Best Stashed Poems

        Emily: Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?
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Soldier stashed a silver locket
Safe inside his jacket pocket
When the war would numb his senses
He’d break down and drop pretenses
Open up the only token
That recalled those thoughts unspoken
Images of infant, young wife
For their freedom, he’d give his life...

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I was an accomplished librarian, who took pleasure from written words,
As opera singers find their pleasure, in the halls where music is heard.

I was well matched to such absorbing work, knowing it was worthwhile,
Like stars traveling a long, long way, lending endless sparkles per mile.

I...

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#1
"It is a sin to kill a Mockingbird.
While playing games with rocks or guns, defray,
them, please, ...shoot old tin cans.  Each whispered song 
from Mockingbirds, can heal the wounds  of the day"

Virtues are cultivated, children are weeds, 
exploring a small southern town. Seeds,...

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Going through some old things that just had to go,
I came upon something that nearly got tossed.
Memories came to me from long ago. . . . 
I thrilled that my treasure was no longer lost.

Toys come and toys go. In the 60’s, one fad
was to...

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(Un)Happy Hour

Bob went to the doc with pain in his rear
Walked with a limp and was "loaded" with fear
doc hemmed and he hawed 
amazed what he saw
Stashed deep in Bob's butt were two pints of beer...

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She waits for me beyond this shower certain.
I could open it, and be anything I choose to be.
I could have stashed a box of chocolates behind the towels, and 
rush into the bedroom with them, and a Hallmark.
Is it my rebellious sprit that has stopped...

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No one knows where it happened 
and no one knows when or why,
the little, luminous silver star
came tumbling from the sky

Landing with a plunking sound
falling helplessly into the river,
this tiny piece of heaven on earth
became a gift without a giver

For it found itself upon the...

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In Phoenix, a story was told
That Tom Cunningham stashed his gold
Since Tom is a bard
They dug up his yard
Marmite in hand, Tom laughed, "You're cold!"...

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My brain spots are pastel dots
that always fight with my stripes
over who is left and who styles right.
It’s bad enough that my stripes
also argue with each other,
not over their primary color,
but vertical décor versus horizontal.
My brain top is invisible,
not even shadows of minimal.
Brain designers concur...

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The news brought heartache; her dreams were dashed
In a sensuous, ebony gown, she had waited for her man
Till her soldier met his fate in Afghanistan
Her loss now lives on where nightmares are stashed




* August 7, 2020
“Be Inspired” Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by: Regina McIntosh...

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It being a holiday, with friends, I went to chill out
In a gregarious company, partying was sheer fun
After a heavy booze, my first-time experience, 
I fell flat, plunging into deep sleep and dreaming away  

In my dream, I sailed away
Over the tame waters of...

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Happiness comes from within
Look inside and you'll begin
To realize life can be fun
Once you seek and find the sun
That lights up within your heart
Those warm sunny rays will start
To heat you up with desire
Leading to a new high fire
Burning into your deep soul
Making you lose...

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I saw her there the other day
Left there to just rot ‘n rust away

Setting alone under a sad old tree
She is back in a field; hard to see

Probably a year ‘30 or ‘32 I don’t know
Her tires ‘are flat; bumper is hanging low

Her windows broken;...

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Digital currency, the alternative to real cash, 
decentralized crypto currency, that can be securely stashed.  
No need for a bank, no central authority, 
worldwide currency exchanges, this means no digital minorities.  

Encrypted digital wallets on smart phones and computers, 
you can by tickets,...

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