Best Pastimes Poems

Twelve was the number Roger Staubach worn.
Eight was the number Carl Yastrzemski wore.
When they played I needed lots of popcorn
Watching them play was something to...

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By the early years of that ancient decade, the 70's,
I'd tired of my obstreperous tomboyish games: 
kickball with the neighbor kids, sledding in the winter,...

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Maybe not once in a lifetime,
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In memories that i hold dear,
As callow youth unfazed by fear.
Those carefree days so long ago,
My leap of faith, rash bravado
Emboldened by the atmosphere.

A photograph,...

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You embrace your forsaken life with such ease, 
praying all your negative thoughts will cease.
Your muse has been solo and full of sorrow,
there's hope in...

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Feeling trapped and alone
Fed up of being home
No one listens anymore
I feel like such a bore

All I do is nag
I need a punching bag
Constant reminders
Where's...

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His mind asked his heart a question, 
"How long do you think we'll love her?"
Without hesitation or needing immunity it pounded a reply, "After the...

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I was an experienced astrologer, for wandering stars held much fascination,
Luring in opal darkness of mystery, like beautiful butterfly transformations.

My days were spent charting pretty...

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Star Fairy

Not found in dim pastimes of the hopeful, 
nor water, or mellow adventure.
Your essence is a  rose
turned toward the sun.
Your magic, a free...

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He's been struggling with depression,
She said, so then have I.

It's our bad news
that competing depressions
breed more contagiously
than our cooperation feeds happiness.

Yet our good news grows:
Depression...

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A list of rules upon your retirement
because I have my interests and activities;
no, we are not getting rid of my car,
I cherish my freedom to...

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In slowing my breath I embody delight.
My mind is peacefully still, comforted
in meditation by compassionate warmth.
I am consumed by effortless pleasure,
enraptured and filled with a...

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Paint pretty pictures peacefully 
Paddle past ports paddocks – places panoramic 
Peruse prospects pending play 
Plan perceive possible plots 
    ...

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Most people who meet her, consider her charming
But she has ghoulish traits, they’d find quite alarming
With her gleaming blonde tresses and sparkling blue eyes
Her cherubic...

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It's time for me to change
People repeat their pastimes
And make the same promise each year
But it's time for ME to change

For that I must arrange
My...

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