Best Idle Poems

America's (Idle) Pastime

From New York, Austin, and L.A.,
From Cleveland and Seattle,
Ingloriously they screech or bray
In an auditioning battle.

And by the time we all feel sick,
(the judges homicidal!),
we get to know from whom we’ll pick
our next great Singing Idol.

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often
daydreaming
the ripe figment 
of imagination
ruptures 


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Cinqku Poetry Contest
Sponsor Charles Messina
Placed 2nd
© 21st April 2020...

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The answers don’t seem to match the questions,
The lesson have not been fully learned,
The struggle continues, the progress is real,
Pressing on seems the course, 
And standing still remains an option....

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A pond kept unclean
                             is detrimental to all
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Oil train sits in Lac Megantic 
Town folk sleep not so frantic 
Patrons socialize while they slept 
Unannounced the train it crept 

No such thing a train in idle 
This one proved homicidal 
Train engine fire silent alarm 
Town unaware no fear of harm 

First...

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Standing at the train station
thousands of people around
a father arguing with his child
the child had joined a gang

He hoped to take her home
but with fifty kids in the gang
he had no hope
the child was lost never to see a future

kids without jobs 
join together as...

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People make assumptions,
And that's not always good.
Instead of thinking just the best,
As one another should.

They'll often add to what you've said,
The thoughts in their own minds,
Changing what you meant to say,
To something less than kind;

Giving what you meant in jest,
An unfamiliar ring,
And something really innocent,
Becomes...

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In the shade of a Cali wat Lao I debate with Ajahn Anan
What the secret Rakshasa Sutra must really look like.

In Lao we call them Nyak or Yuk or Yak. It depends.
When they’re hungry, what do names matter?

I ask: “Does a zombie have Buddha nature?”

He...

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Idle words transmit
Laziness trapped in a web
Wrapping the speaker...

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Harvest is over
crops are in and
Fall’s first killing frost
stirs feelings of melancholy
sustained by winter's cold
With its bare trees
migration, hibernation
wisdom of fallow fields and 
mice attempting entry 
during long, cold nights
Yet farmers are never idle
caring for their animals
cleaning, repairing equipment
checking their fences
cleaning fields and
clearing tree lines






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November...

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Its amazing how weeks fly by
When your doing nothing worth while
and all there is to do is sit around and think
Yet it seems like I am forever stuck on the brink
Of a epiphany? Or maybe its madness
My youth is fleeting its time I buckle down
But...

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Fallen Idle

I watched a YouTube Ted talk, the guy did well,
Discussing the problems of millennials,
The disenfranchised generation,
Whose parents divorced intercourse,
Whilst aspiring to be like the far film stars,
With wealthy trappings, expensive cars,
Inculcated self belief of making an impact,
Because the parents were too weak to try,
Although...

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Idle Thoughts

In to each life, a little rain must fall.
One thing for certain, it happens to us all!	
There’s no escape, it’s just time to pause,
Take two steps backward, it’s a wake-up call!

Don’t take life for granted, pay attention to the signs,
Follow your first thoughts, its’...

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If sadness be the eternal gift of love
Live out a life of Love till Eternity
And let all sadness Lie
Because nothing good
Ever comes from rotten plums
And idle bums...

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Bone Idle Cat
Lazy boy was just that, a bone idle bat. Staying in bed all day sleeping, up all night playing computer games. Not working, never done a day's graft in his life. He's just like his mates. 

No responsibility, no income, taking cash of...

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