Best Fair Trade Poems

I’ve been to the auction house, I go there once a week
But still no luck, I cannot find the rarity I seek
The Chinese urn to one side of my fireplace stands there
Looking kinda lonely as it’s meant to be a pair

My wife is always moaning...

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a lifetime
of stuff
i would
trade it all
for freedom
for time
for open fields



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~DARK CLOUDS~ 2020

AP: 2nd place 2021

Posted on January 3, 2019...

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Despite the fear mongering
(phony news) (Socialist Blues)
American's economy is doing
well – not, in a hand-basket,
going to hell.  Today's new
jobs report, 228,000 created,
America being resuscitated -- 

(Sorry for tariffs, no other choice)
(Capitalist’s again have an enterprising
sane voice)
(Despite Socialist Boos, by adopting 
Free-trade World Economies will...

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I’d gladly trade technology
For life before A.I.,
When brains and effort were the things
On which we did rely.

When human contact helped to solve
Our problems or our fears,
Without the witch hunts which today
Can sabotage careers.

When children got to play outside
And passwords weren’t used
And many things did not...

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They wait their turn, 
Watching from the sidelines.

Cheerfully chattering, they speak, 
Perhaps of weather.

Then suddenly they’re off! 
Swooping down, they glide,

Wings extended in crucifix, 
They brake. Alighting softly 

Onto the pavement. 
Here there are seeds scattered.

Tossed each day by a frail hand 
From the porch...

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