Best Yard Sale Poems

Gary's Yard Sale, the story
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From here to wherever, I'll follow a yard sale sign,
it's a past time endeavor, for my collective state of mind,
I may buy some furniture, or...

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Shrunken sweaters, dusty ball caps
Tarnished silver, and hedge clippers
Pointed hat pins, gaudy jewelry
Faded jeans and worn out slippers
Greasy fry pan, wobbly table
Crates of dog-eared musty...

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Another holiday has come to pass and I am no prouder to be an American than when it started.

What are these holidays for I ask...

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No time for coffee, as the dawn arrives....
I raised the shade. The crowd's outside!
The mob takes over...I'm still in slippers
But someone bought our old hedge...

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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. . ....

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I was going through some boxes,
that were packed-up years ago.
Thinking I could throw away some stuff,
How much I didn't know.

A lot of it just made...

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Life according to John Lawless


Real Life

a childish attempt to gather leaves
on a windy day

looking out the window at the rain
wearing swim suit and goggles

standing in...

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Treasures from my Past

In preparing for the yard sale, I gather all my junk,
I wade through the mass of items from decades before
From furniture to...

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Cleaning for a yard sale, it was that old envelope she found
The envelope worn and frail, but the ribbon around it still bound
A tear coming...

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Did you ever read a fairytale,  
maybe the fun book was on sale.  
I had a fairytale book with a huge purple whale,...

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Cleaning for a yard sale, it was that old envelope she found,
The envelope worn and frail, but the ribbon around it still bound,
A tear coming...

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The Bedbugs Come to Call

By Elton Camp

All my life I’ve heard of this pest
In filthy houses they come to nest
Bed bugs you will never detect
Where...

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The Exercise Equipment

By Elton Camp

The workout machine for which I paid a high price
Sitting in the store, looked like it would work nice

So I took...

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Bags all packed and ready to go?
I wish that were the case.
Tossed some clean clothes in the trunk,
With some things I can’t replace.
Won’t take time...

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