Best Desk Poems

Today, meandering through the clutter of the local antique store,
I almost tripped and fell over an object partially hidden on the floor!
My hands came to rest on an old-fashioned school desk sitting there.
It reminded me of the one I occupied in my school days, I...

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She sits alone..
Everyone has said their final goodbyes
To her husband of sixty some years
Her seven children have never known
Or at least never mentioned..
How she never smiled

Just day to day
Did her job
Like the old man said
Woman..
Bring me my......

Now there across the room
The forbidden..
His roll top desk

Head...

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There is an antique writing desk
in my little study
handed-me-down
from generations of would-be
writers in my family

And there are ancient creatures
from days gone by
living in this old desk still
evil, larcenous little creatures
envious of literary skill

This explains much

Lately, I have caught them unawares
aghast, thought I imagined them
but they...

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Hiding Under My 3rd Grade Desk
David J Walker 

Mrs. Pollards smile 
Was enough to reassure every member
Of her third-grade class 

That their world was secure 
As the crass voice in the 
Crackling PA speaker announced 

An End of the World Drill in the
Middle of the...

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from his desk
master of the universe
lizzie at his feet



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on July 30, 2021...

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You're next to my crush
the love of my life
you shouldn't sit there
that spot isn't yours

IT'S MINE!!!!!!!

Give it back to me 
you don't deserve it
I  him
I deserve it

Give.
It. 
Back....

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It happened in an elementary school
On the monthe of October 18th
The children were in the classroom
They were all seated ready to learn
One child hurried into the classroom
He was about to be seated at the desk
The teacher said " You don't sit there now
"I moved your...

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monoku

flower on her desk  secret admirer  mum's the word

Feb. 9, 2016...

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Negative Karma
Excess of intense drama….
Crying for Momma...

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I saw him sitting there 
so beautiful and sweet
wind swept hair from the
school air conditioning

The desk next to you is empty
and I hear it calling my name
I'm too shy to talk
but my heart longs for you

babe at the desk...

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Flowers are blooming on the volunteers’ desk:
Roses, carnations, a spring bouquet,
Dish gardens and gold mums (a more masculine look,
The florist said).
Blooming like a garden
Of well-wishes and sentiment,
Blooming here in the hospital lobby
(Well, after all, it is spring).
Each vase or container bears a card.
What is its...

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Poetry Contest on my Desk ……..Peter Onyancha

Sometimes when I bleed on paper
The ink does not talk me well
And I lose the contest words
The words come; all at once
Me here! Me! No, me!
They scream for choice
They beg the ear 

Listen, the streaming screams
Daunt, open me, pen...

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Seven Post-its,
a constellation not unlike the Big Dipper
guide travelers through a deskscape
of escarpments and promontories.

Out beyond the half eaten sandwich
dotting the horizon
are The Spires of Mountain Dew,
monuments of deadlines never met.

Rumor has it that beneath
a sedimentary strata of folders
and never-read reports
are Fed-X artifacts
and a 1990...

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Written by Paula Swanson


Here at my desk I sit,
with silence all around.
Just the hum of the frig, 
a clock in the background.

An old brass lamp with green shade,
sits back, off to the right.
A paperweight of tranquil glass,
kept prominent in my sight.

Legal pads, muted yellow,
azure clay...

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earth beauty prospers me -
   
                        more than dollars garnered chained 
        ...

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