Best Ticketed Poems

Am I dreaming 
or have I dreamt myself awake
I can’t seem to discern 
between real and fake
What’s right 
What’s wrong
which direction 
should I take
Am I reasonably responsible 
for the many mistakes I might make

Backward bouncy walking
Crazy ticketed talking
Following the run
in a pretty girls stocking
Unafraid of...

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AT   THE   BUS   DEPOT

Faces and suitcases with little rumbling wheels.
The seat is hard and littered with yesterday’s paper.
How can these moving actors know how it feels 
To be old and no longer a ticketed escaper?
Faces fade past - abandoned...

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I slip on through the smoke screens
hitting just a little too close
night vision is a bonus
to help me see right through
no different from what I discovered
some things will never change
and I leave you like I found you
with nothing rearranged

I once passed you on the road
your...

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the bottle bounced,
said shatterproof.
kids have to do it
more than once.
mom’s countenance 

shatterproof -
probably laughed
behind the scenes.
more likely created
creases, mad lines.

when our kids
don’t show up
on time -
when the watch
ticks slowly
fear growing…
anger ticking,
if relieved
by the doorknob
jiggling…

shatterproof,
no explosion,
just quiet,
sheer silence,
no glance,
no hello

when ya know
you’ve completely 
screwed up

shatterproof
at remembrance,
when...

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Elderly Driver On The Highway

This is something to raise a laugh and  a guffaw or two…
I’m pretty sure all readers here will agree with me too…

A  patrolman was holding watch over the heavy traffic on a busy highway…
And all makes of vehicles were...

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Waking me in the wake of her brilliance
words spoken,written in convoluted high tones
ringing meaning esoteric and quite unknown
the craft was hyped in meteoric terms
shining bright, sending craven tremulous brain numb.



Harking, in glory she strode the road

on which no one else was allowed 

they lined up...

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You act so mellow melatonin,
pure relax and laid back
Motorcycling thru life
with your golden hair blowing

You speak so leather serotonin,
smooth and REM sleep inducing
Resting in your Laz-e-Boy ... ambience: quiet demure — 
disturbing the peace, you never got ticketed for

You’re a natural born Tryptophan
My eyes close
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I can not imagine what this Officer in New York City was thinking at the time of this Parking Violation. You would think when an officer writes a  Parking Violation, he or she would interact with the Driver who is being ticketed. Well that...

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I sped past some and never stopped 
didn’t slow down or take a look 
others had me riding the clutch 
they gave less than all they took 

photo enforcement snapped a shot 
ticketed me by US mail 
saying if I didn’t pay the fine 
they...

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By Elton Camp

The words of Jesus, Chef Arnold tries to heed
By actions, the hungry, homeless ones to feed

Words alone to the needy, Jesus did condemn
For the hungry, words won’t do good for him

Fort Lauderdale proclaims such as a No! No!
To give them food must not...

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Is the soul to a human 
What the seed is to
A dandelion - a vessel 
Of the continuum?

Both are readied for winging;
One swept, unknowing, clinging
Upon the vagaries of zephyrs,
One ticketed to sail the ethers. 

The seed carries an embryo where’er blown
Prepared by its mother to...

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Rubbing elbows on the table                                        ...

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I pray each and every day
From GOD I try not to stray
Through this week things have gone so bad
Lost a beloved uncle, which is so sad
Said a proper goodbye and buried a good man
But things in my own family have hit the fan
My son messed...

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From F to A,

Stale 
a begotten breeze 
life begs and begins 
her drain 
of time

pile upon pile
unfiltered
polluting the helpless bog

weeds, weeding out the weeds
chocking out our roots
as we bend to the bust 
in the hurt

release 
release of the pain
perpetrated
and stolen 

inside our dignity
derailed upon our...

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RED States/Blue States
Finances: RED or Black?
Cincinnati REDS
Boston RED Socks
Chicago White Socks
Detroit RED Wings
RED Blood Cells
White Blood Cells
RED Tape
RED Cars
RED Socks

I have stories of two friends who loaned me their
RED Car in the early 70s. One was an Impala, and the
other a Volks Wagon. No, I...

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