Best Coop Poems

Been eating medusa dates
Lovely fat juicy ones
I ate and ate them
Oh my they were so good
Why does my stomach feel *****
I thought the next day 
Oh my! to the bathroom I ran
and sat , and sat and sat
Dare not leave, was in a quandary
The estate...

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After driving so far down the road,
I needed some sleep, so I slowed.
A sign said "motel"......
but one cannot tell,
when the weirdo is due to explode !!

This motel had declared a good rate.
So,  I checked into my room, rather late.
But the price should be lower!
Compromised...

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We meet with some friends once a week
One couple makes war when they speak
He can’t do what’s right
She starts a big fight
Our dinners with friends end up bleak!

This happens a lot I must say
Each time we go out we all pray
These two will keep still
Not...

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The People's Coop
is a warm inviting place,
for some
a reading and meditation
and arts practice and performance space,
for others
a place to ride sleek bicycles
with self-and-other improvement book racks
while peddling energy into the cooperative Grid,
sheltered by solar panel roof
and natural wood graffiti walls
spun and sung 
with Mohammad's Sufi...

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In one sense,
the Cafe CoOp
started as my therapeutic retirement dream.

But,
in quite another
the CoOp goes back to when I was eight,
and I thought,
assumed really,
everyone indulged in Thought Experiments
about what would my optimal Eden Paradise.
restoring peace and justice across Earth
look like,
feel like,
smell like,
sound like?

And how are these
a...

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In the Chicken Coop
4/23/2015

In the chicken coop in our side yard
When I was just a child
My siblings taught me how to cuss
It drove my mother wild

We went into the Chicken house
And climbed upon the perch
Then said some words you never heard
On Sunday while in church

We...

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country road
honeysuckle smell floating
on chicken coop breeze...

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Accident-prone

Waitress work is interesting and busy
It’s not fancy and puts you in a tizzy
On my feet all day long working 
Carrying trays to customers that can be  entertaining
No time for errors on full course dinners
We want the meals to be winners 

People come and...

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A rooster flew the coop
We don’t know where to find him
He took off and ran away
At the thought, twas just a whim

Now my roosters ran away
I don’t know where he could be
Look high, look low, and in between
Hey look!  He’s in that tree!

My rooster...

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Lying on top of the fresh new grass

dandelions gladly cushioned my head

I chewed a grass blade soft, young and sweet

wishing I could stay in my bed

 

The dishes piled high no one cared

kids eyes glazed from too much gaming

the ants were well fed , the...

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If you were a chicken, how would you handle
The fear of being barbecued at somebody's castle
Would you fly the coop
Planning to paratroop
Drop some poop bombs, their party to cancel...

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Whaat, whaat, whaat are you doing?
IT’S TIME TO GET OUT OF BED!!!
Buut, buut, oh, where was I?
Oh yeah, IT’S TIME TO GET OUT OF BED!!!

Hey chicky, nice tushy you got there.
Don’t run, don’t make me chase you, baby
I don’t bite!  Eh, eh, eh.
Oh by...

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Grandma’s Flown the Coup!

Has anyone here seen Grandma?
We’ve been searching high and low
It’s time she joined the seniors’ home
Burt she doesn’t want to go
She packed up all her make-up
Paid her Botox bill in full
Her kids think she should act her age
She thinks that that’s bull!

Her...

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Snuck out of the house to see my boyfriend that night.
Neighborhood dogs charged barking. Instilling such a fright.

Stepped into a mud puddle. My foot became stuck.
His cousins took up what little room there would have been for me in the truck.

Hoping my parents slept through...

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I read the news today, oh boy
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
The fox in is charge of the hen house
Gates are secure but the creature is inside
Feathers fly in helter skelter patterns
“You’ve got to crack a few eggs” is heard
as those who see the commotion, scramble

A...

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