Best Flea Market Poems

I am watching a flipper show 
Where pairs of two 
Run around 
A Flea market 
Making deals 
Competing with the other pair 

The entire show Intrigues me 
Delights me 
Excites me 

I want power tools 
And goggles now 
Which is ridiculous 
When you realize I...

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Long before dawn
we find
the most incredible
silent energy.
A line of cars
and trailers
packed with
questionable treasures
idle, 
waiting for their
booth assignments.
In the field,
in the light of headlights
hushed merchants
set up their tents
and tables startled
only by an occasional 
tent pole striking
the pavement.
Some, self satisfied,
have been set up for hours,
these are the...

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Spent today at a Flea Market with she,
All for nothing, nothing for free,
Bought some clothes for she,
A potplant for me, no weed,
Food and books  I didn't need,
All for nothing, nothing for free,
Anything old was new again,
Vendors on the gravy train,
All for nothing, nothing for...

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Dealers arriving
Merchandise appearing.
Bargain hunters searching
Treasures departing.
Dealers exiting
with pockets a-jingling....

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a flea market trip
is like a journey through time
never standing still...

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A DOG GOES TO FLEA MARKET

                  A dog goes to flea market with foam in the mouth,
           ...

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A Visit To The Flea Market

By Elton Camp

Over 200 vendors the sign does say
Leave the Interstate to come our way

For here you’ll find bargains galore
How could you possibly ask for more

The advertising signs made us bite
We wanted to learn if they’re right

As soon as we...

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Outside a quaint town in fair Vermont,
by my family’s vacation home,
is a small field with fences and sign,
in the warm month’s it’s a place to go.

They have a flea market on weekends,
rows of tents pitched under mountains green,
for most people it is just old junk,
but...

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What is a flea market? I asked, unsure.
I found all kinds of things not found in the mall.
Antiques that brought memories back
Things I have never seen anywhere else
Things I knew I would never see or find anywhere else again
Home made things from creative people
Shiny things,...

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everything has a price.
you like that vase?
for you, $10.
the lamp over there?
you have a good eye, lets work through some numbers.
a daughters heart?
talk to her father,
he'll give you a good price
on damaged merchandise....

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anxiety, 
big brown bag
cash, cash, cash
daybreak
earlybirds, eager, enter
forward, follow 
gorgeous 
hats
igloo icechests
junk, junk
kettles
lamps, lanterns, luminous lights
moving men making money
nice 
old ottoman
purchase, purses, please
questions, quick
reasonable red robe
still sealed salad shooter, spend, spend, spend
trimmers, trees, thousands treasures
unopened umbrellas
video viewers
with warranty 
x-mas, 
yellow yarn, YAWN!
ZERO........

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The outdoor flea market is where everyone goes.
It is a place to find great deals as anyone knows.
Each weekend for five months out of the year,
bargain hunters show up in droves here.
From early morning, through most of the day,
merchants at rented tables place their goods...

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on weekends, Mondays, and maybe Fridays too/
across the Bebop time zones/
people be digging at flea markets 4 Bebop jazz gold/
walkin', talkin', lookin' workin' the price/
on a table way in the back/
I dug into a crate of LPS and found jazz vinyl alongside a vacuum cleaner/
...

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The women were busy pointing out features, making change. 
It was Saturday, and their flea market booth was crowded
In the back I could see the prettiest thing in the booth
He was about three years old, sitting in a little hammock
Singing to himself, as his mom...

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