Best Absentee Poems

He’s never heard one lesson of this class,
but has to get a grade in history.
So he’s shown up at last, sure he will pass
the test that prior students say is easy!

He feels no need to read the test’s directions.
It uses letter symbols; he can tell
he only needs to trust his recollections
about the fifty states. He...

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N ow that the Mid-Term Elections are near
  O ne of the things that we always hear
  N ot one of the candidates will give his agenda
  E ach one flings mud that could stick on my fender.

  O h, how I wish that our process was different
  F or...

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ABSENTEE MOTHER

And the kid shaking his head,
side to side he cries with dread,
“Mom, mom, where are you?”
Cursing and boo hoos...
In haste, to fountain she fled!

5/9/2018...

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How convoluted love may be
When you are an absentee 
Falling in a pensive state
Only to re-create...
Enchantment from a clear conclusion
Contemplating fiery fusion
Though there they are with love by side
Never really satisfied
Clearly in a pensive mood
Recovering from a feud
Hence my love I do condemn
For I wouldn't wanna be them...

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A flaming red sun cast purple
Against the foggy morn.
A pale gray sky now awakened
By sunlight and adorned

The symphony in the valley
Rises swiftly 'pon cool air
Unmatched by Mockingbird's singing
Then Crows take up their dare

Back and forth the melodies sound
They entertain one soul
While most run and race about life
Trying to gain control

The bright illuminance shines forth
As the...

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until i was eight 
i thought you were another man
raised by him taught by him
but i did not understand
i didnt look like him
nor did i think
that it felt real
then in a quick blink
he was gone too
me and my brother 
us with just our mom
to two little kids
they think they did wrong
why did he leave 
and...

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Eat your heart out I know you see 
how I beam when I am in love;
You could have worn me like a glove,
or had the sweetest taste of me;
Your feelings always absentee,
what  feeds my soul was disposed of;
Eat your heart out;
I found a man who will not flee
unless he pulls me high above;
Making sure...

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fluent
truant...

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The Absentee Fathers
(I cry for the children)
You disc your children
As though you don’t care.
You cry you love them- But
 don’t give them the time of day.

Your children look to other men 
For what you refuse to give
They search for feelings
You obviously can never feel.

They long to take your hand
And walk by your side.
To have long...

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They were all briskly heading 
For a full member's wedding
With an attached harsh Levy
Only too fittingly heavy
For The Careless Absentee,
Who had stayed back like a tree;
Not The Dying at that time, 
For that is Poor Health's own crime
A New Couple for wild cheer
While not skipping pleasing beer;
Charles and Eve watch as they join
And their church...

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The feeling of doubt is when you have emptiness in your heart
Your thoughts when your brain won't function the sadness and depression is consuming the darkness from the inside out
It's when that someone who you loved so much just left and you don't know why
The only thought that comes to your mind is it’s my...

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