Best Goofing Off Poems
A lazy Sunday afternoon
For reading and reflecting,
For crossword puzzles, Words with Friends
And on-the-phone connecting.
The dreary weather makes me feel
No guilt for staying put.
I did my morning walk so there’s
No goofing off afoot.
Well, maybe just a little bit
For closets should be tackled,
But it’s real nice from chores to be
Just fleetingly unshackled.
Arrogance fostered by entitlement
Bigotry in all its forms
Conceit beyond all reasonable norms
Demanding attitude of deferment.
Entitlement, did I mention this?
Forgetting an appointment, indeed
Goofing off on an hourly-wage job
Hearing a disapproving sarcastic hiss.
Intelligence wasted in a trivial pursuit
Junk mail! Junk mail! Junk mail!
Keeping a secret to thwart the police,
Lying to cover up a just lawsuit.
Making fun of another’s creed
Not owning up to a nasty deed.
Openly betraying a friend’s confidence
Pretending coming to another’s defense.
Quitting, leaving a job undone,
Relishing when someone is hurting,
Speaking a lie when you know the truth
Taking what isn’t yours, it’s stealing
Undermining another’s position,
Violating an avowed code of ethics
Withholding some valuable information.
X-rays indicating I have the disease
Young puppies all covered with fleas,
Zealots … spare me, O God, please!
written February 8, 2022
We have come to a cross roads in this country,
where some folks truly believe
they don't have to listen to a Zebra,
Minorities get no respect in America!
Citizens are sinking to an all time low,
because they have grown weary of
the Political Show,
Republicans and Democrats have both
left messes,
Yet, somehow ordinary people are dealing
with the stresses of a torn goverment,
Advantages are being taken that are inconceivable,
because minorities are thought of as not being
commanding people,
Businesses think they can treat consumers
shabbily because there is only a minority at the
helm,
For all intense purposes,
Minorities are perceived as goofing off on the job,
The wrath of Obama should be unleashed on these
simple sods,
America is still Red, White and Blue,
Minorities should be treated like their
counterparts,
It will never become a white/black or minority
thing, if people act from their hearts.
9:14 pm 22 feb 2014
Eating dinner and watching children play
Takes me back to a care free day
When I was young and life was still new
Goofing off with a buddy or two
Talking about girls
and exploring the world
Not worried or wondering what others thought
taking the stage right there on the spot
Beating drums made out of air
with unwashed hands and long messy hair
No commitments and no where to go
just taking it easy nice and slow
Stars bright
Fireworks flying
Being close
Feelin safe
How I get this way?....
Giggls an laughter
Calm talks
Silliness an goofing off
How did I get this way?
......
The moment you walked through the door
The moment I saw your smile
The moment I heard your voice...
Your name hasn't left my mind.
Mama bear pins up clothes on the line.
April day is wonderful, breeze is so fine.
Grandma is in the kitchen, tasting vinegar wine.
Children and husband are waiting to dine.
Little brother is doing a chicken dance goofing off.
Siblings are laughing, observant deer gives a cough.
Daddy brings a compliment, he is no sloth.
Best day in the spring, according to gossip McGoff.
I linger in my bee hive watching the bear family.
They appear as normal as any bear family can be.
I love watching their excitement from my dangling hive from the tree.
No one has any idea all of the activity this bee can see.
Inside of our embryonic bubble,
immune from outsiders trouble
Blissfully detached, so unaware
without any single, worldly care
Permanent ecstatic, numb state
contented, equilibrious, sedate
Seemingly impossible, extreme
I can barely, realize in a dream
Perhaps zoned out, on cocaine
goofing off, to Nirvana’s Cobain
Serotonin’s, absolutely buzzing
my perfect lover, she’s stunning
Is this just being, self centered
never have to run, take shelter
Am I the only one, of this kind
perhaps, have a one track mind
Unable to think, beyond today
godless aberration, in disarray
Helping out others, feeling used
giving to charity, getting abused
Being judged, pretend neighbors
giving service, looking for favors
Lock me up, in a heavenly tomb
like it was, inside mothers womb
Good intentions, bring confusion
everyone wants, easiest solution
Do no bad or good, its the same
agnostic, but that’s just a name
Put all this together, and add up
joyous poem, or equally corrupt.
Inspired by, but not for, Unseen
seekers (joy continuum contest)
By David Kavanagh
The night before the next surgery,
Playing games in the hotel room.
Laughs and giggles all around.
Tomorrow forgotten for now.
Getting your mind off of things,
You are sitting there laughing,
Carrying on. Tomorrow will be different
No goofing off. No laughter.
Serious tomorrow.
Rushing about in the morning
Getting you to the hospital,
Getting the rest of the cancerous tissue.
Chemo treatments to help heal it all.
That's the surgery that's left,
The removal of the lymph nodes,
And the insertion of a chemotherapy port.
Then we're all set.
Then we will be able to get back to normal.
Normal?
Started walking the mall again, a little slow to start
A winter goofing off sure takes it's toll on my parts
Look like an old man
Hey wait... I am
Sure can creep up on this mangy old bard
Walking barefoot
in the sand,
Holding tightly
to your hand.
While you're
looking up at me,
What a memory
this will be.
Just a mother
and her son,
Goofing off
and having fun.
In a moment
all alone,
The greatest joy
I'd ever known.
Written by,
Sheri Lynne Evans
December 13, 2005