Best Best Laid Plans Poems

trap sprung, mouse missing
a Christmas gift left behind
spinning a grey tail

Brian Johnston
December 6, 2015...

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My sisters were coming for a visit for the very first time,
Heading to New Hampshire, leaving the Georgia heat behind.
Our friend Charlie was a house guest before they arrived.
My husband, Charlie, and I all hatched a plan brilliantly contrived.

We decided to impress my lovely sisters,...

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Left my computer on 
Grabbed the keys off my desk
Packed up the RV
And we headed out West

We grabbed some snacks
Toys, clothes and some cash
turned out the lights, Fed the pets
Shot out the door, dumped the trash

Kids were excited
You could hear them say
Singing this chant 
the...

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A flawless ceremony,
and elegant reception,
followed by long honeymoon 
delayed by snowfall.




For John Freeman's love /humor contest Won 2nd place...

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Best laid plans of both mice and men
Can surely go wrong, can screw up in the end
Your very best shot
Will be enough... NOT
Best laid plans... to the looney bin, you descend...

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Ann planned to lose her cherry in full moon, 
She even picked the month, that to be June.
Her hapless hopes had sunk, 
She hooked up with a hunk -
In the middle of December, at noon.

June 6, 2022...

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Perfect plans just don’t exist
No matter how you try.
It’s possible to nail the gist
But other parts won’t fly.

For circumstances do contrive
To ruin the precision
With which you kept your hopes alive
The way you did envision.

“The best laid plans of mice and men”
Is such a brilliant quote;
When...

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Peddled up the hill of life
Intent on coasting down

Discovered much to my chagrin
No place to turn around...

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Getting one solid piece of wood that you mold.
Going to create something everyone can behold.
It will be something you will be proud of, so will they.
You get your tools ready and begin to chip away.

This will be very difficult, but that you knew.
So you start...

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THE BEST LAID PLANS…

When I was young…growing up…still a boy…not yet a man
when thinking about my destiny…I had some awesome plans.

I knew early in my life what was in store for me…
I knew what I was going to do…I knew who I wanted to be.

I...

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>center>THE BEST LAID PLANS

I planned to marry her in spring – but then I found she had a husband

24th August 2020
When Plans Don't Go To Plan contest
Sponsor - Silent One...

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Robert Burns knew schemes.
Like all of us,
His vanity
Lent him an illusion
Of control.
How did his wisdom come?
Did his head fall beneath the trap?
The cat is away, time to play.
What's dearest to your heart?
A night in paradise?
A glass full of lies?
Maybe a vision of ladders
Climbing closer to...

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