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Best Off Duty(A) Poems

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Premium Member To Boldly Go
My training at Starfleet was over, they were now deploying me
I was over the moon when they called; I was full of glee
I entered the...

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Categories: off duty(a), science fiction, space,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Permanent Check-Mate
I am standing naked on a crowded street
But nobody seems to be noticing me
I am less embarrassed by my nakedness
Than by my invisibility

They all seem...

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© Joe Flach  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: off duty(a), allegory, introspection, life, me,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
Spent two years in a one room chateau 
Went to the pond to dip his booty
No dice – lifeguards off-duty...

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© David Mohn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: off duty(a), humorous,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member The Subway Incident - Both Audio and Text
Hopefully these two young boys stayed out of trouble after getting a wonderful break like this.

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Categories: off duty(a), forgiveness, inspirational, uplifting,
Form: Narrative
Counting My Blessings
On this magical night of mystical beauty 
the enormous moon is my friend;
As I gaze at the colors of lack in the night 
I deepen...

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Categories: off duty(a), beautiful,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Little Red Riding Hood - Once Upon a Time
Little Red Riding Hood was dressed in red leather
Went out on her motorbike whatever the weather

Every week she drove to see her sick grandma
She lived...

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Categories: off duty(a), fantasy, granddaughter, grandmother, humorous,
Form: Couplet
Incident On I-59 Part Ii
Ah be careful, so careful my friends
be careful before you go getting involved
Isn’t it strange how we sometimes get swept up
swept and sucked into a...

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Categories: off duty(a), life,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Where Is Land a Collaboration
I am scared, and I have never been scared in my life. We lost our radio, radar, and other electronic navigation gear when we came...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: off duty(a), death, feelings, ocean,
Form: Haibun
Gay Policeman
Gay Policeman

He was beautiful, the gay policeman. Wearing his silver swimming trunks. Baby oil glistened on his body. As he strutted his stuff in the...

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Categories: off duty(a), beauty, culture, dance, fun,
Form: Verse
Shogun Series Bill's Side 11 Richard Pickett Story
(Continued from Bill's side 10“)
     
    "Never  mind that. I know you well enough to know you...

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Categories: off duty(a), adventureme, work, me, work,
Form: Narrative
Kindness
In this day and age when we are so 
absorbed by all our gadgets beginning with i,
I am glad to report kindness is alive and...

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Categories: off duty(a), community, friendship, thanks,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member If Ever I Had a Country : Xi and Xii
IF ever I had a country: XI - XII

IF ever I had a country
And if ever I were but the Admiral of the Fleet
I'd issue...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: off duty(a), deep, environment, green, ocean,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
I Missed Your Birthday
Those 24 hours
I missed loving you
1440 minutes passed by
with no mention of you
86400 seconds my heart
was off duty
I wish with all my heart
I could make...

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Categories: off duty(a), forgiveness, friendship,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member The Punisher
THE PUNISHER
Caught in a war
His miss duty
A Marine serving his country

A husband and father first
Yes he fought over seas for this AMERICA

Frank Cashtiglione
Also known as...

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Categories: off duty(a), anti bullying, caregiving, endurance,
Form: Heroic Couplet
Down By the Boardwalk - My Version
ENSEMBLE
Oh when the days seem long, and when the sun shines bright
We step out the door, and stand in the light
We walk down the street...

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Categories: off duty(a), song-lyricday, day, sun,
Form: Lyric

Book: Shattered Sighs