Best Lunchtime Poems

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If I gave you my heart on a big silver platter
would you sit with me here at the edge of the moon
Arranging the stars in...

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We danced in the downpour

The rains falls
not hard, more of a drizzle
this late Winter night
leaning on the light post
across the street,
watching the light in your...

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For those of us who are married
We know how it often goes
Good days, bad ones and some
Common, annoying marital woes

I left a smidgen of toilet...

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This morning I went for a country stroll
Saw greenery of summer at its best
But off road walking had taken its toll
So the next stop was...

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Sunrise mingles with the clouds
     Casting shadows on the hills
          As song...

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Oh, morning I greet you! hey
Hello… and how do you do?
The sky is so bright and blue
I have to go…there is so much to do...

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I was working up Loch Valley logging for a local mill;
camping in a make-shift hut I built half way up a struggling hill.
I worked till...

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I ate in an outdoor shed today;
The cold did not stand in my way.
I wasn’t bothered by the noise
Of traffic which, at times, annoys.

Construction sounds,...

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In the workshop of my waking hours,
I am the maker of my own day,
Crafting moments with a DIY attitude,
Twisting fate's threads with hands unbound.

At 6...

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I have told this story, a long time ago in a different way.
Because its true I would like to tell it again today.
It’s a new...

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Numbers on 
White board…names written hori-
zontally

Students ask
To go pee…right when class starts – 
THAT’S just wrong…

Bathroom line
Of students who have bladder
Problems – WOW!

People are
Not using...

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Turn if off!
I told myself

Are you behaving like an addict?
Do you have to read your emails, look on Facebook, tweet a few lines,
Play a game...

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To tennis
What a cracking sport
To play, to lose all worldly cares.

Returning
To the tennis court –
That small rectangle, out of time;

Win or lose
It doesn’t matter,
I’ll keep...

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"The Dreams Follow"

We are on loop replay
sleeping to wake again,
morning, sunlit, shines 
through the blinds,
sparkling dust columns
dancing in front of our eyes,
where each particle 
plays...

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Try to imagine the Alice Cooper song "School's Out for Summer" as you see these words. I tried to match the rhythm of that song...

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