Assignments Poems - Poems about Assignments

(a series of micro vignettes) Chella and I are reading our analysis assignments together because that’s how we link and build. We read out loud too, because how else can you judge the flow? When my phone, lying on the table, jiggled. The caller ID read, “Tommy’s girlfriend.” Chella gave me a little look. “I never change anyone’s ID,”...

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Maurie had been given worst assignments But most had been easier than this one They had saddled him with two sidekicks Cats who hissed and spat at the moon. The moon was not in the mood for it either. He kept asking Maurie to take his leave. But his task was to lull the moon to sleep. He stayed, fighting off the...

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Tuesday lasses we all have classes get up and go there’s no time to waste join the flow there’s no reason to wait everyone’s hustling coffee guzzling bus shuttling paper shuffling syllabus assessing apple-watch checking there’s a fall-like feeling making things more appealing file off of the bus and join the crush trudging up science hill thru the doors up the stairs climbing in pairs, in class, at last, setup and relax. I open my binder and...

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They say we’ll get a hurricane, that they’re calling hurricane Lee. Probably later this week, and it’s a category 9 at least. Some are saying prayers, but I say: Why’s God sending it here? Someone must be sinning a LOT. Hey, don’t look at me - I’m not. You’d think that would affect our classes, that maybe we’d get hazzard passes, for assignments that are...

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If you cannot build a fence, help with a section. If you cannot build a wall, install the Northgate. If you can't build a house, try painting the kitchen. If you can't install a water line, turn on the faucet. We need not worry about the things that we cannot do. We are responsible for executing our God-given assignments. 011223PS Inspired by...

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Queen of Caterpillars was nearly finished assigning butterflies She did not need a consensus, but she wanted them to be happy They were tossed into the winds according to placements. Scattered to the farthest curves of the globe in record numbers This might be your prettiest batch yet, her mother told her. Queen of Caterpillars had to stifle a laugh. Her...

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I have been incredibly unwelcomed at my new position. As a guidance counselor at a grade school one day a week. This was told to me yesterday by the other counselor… You have bus duty first thing in the morning. At nine-fifteen you can help deep clean the loos. What about my counseling classes I ask? You will probably have to...

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