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Best Laid Plans Poems - Poems about Best Laid Plans


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Robert Burns knew schemes. Like all of us, His vanity Lent him an illusion Of control. How did his wisdom come? Did his head fall beneath the trap? The cat is away, time to play. What's dearest to your heart? A night in paradise? A glass full of lies? Maybe a vision of ladders Climbing closer to your treasures. Come now, come now, Free will, will reveal the maze. Starving...

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Categories: best laid plans, dream, people, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Best Laid Plans
THE BEST LAID PLANS… When I was young…growing up…still a boy…not yet a man when thinking about my destiny…I had some awesome plans. I knew early in my life what was in store for me… I knew what I was going to do…I knew who I wanted to be. I wanted to be a post office clerk…like my dad…although he...

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Categories: best laid plans, destiny,
Form: Rhyme



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Ann planned to lose her cherry in full moon, She even picked the month, that to be June. Her hapless hopes had sunk, She hooked up with a hunk - In the middle of December, at noon. June 6, 2022...

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Categories: best laid plans, humorous,
Form: Limerick
The Best Laid Plans
>center>THE BEST LAID PLANS I planned to marry her in spring – but then I found she had a husband 24th August 2020 When Plans Don't Go To Plan contest Sponsor - Silent One...

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Categories: best laid plans, marriage, spring,
Form: Monoku
Best Laid Plans
Left my computer on Grabbed the keys off my desk Packed up the RV And we headed out West We grabbed some snacks Toys, clothes and some cash turned out the lights, Fed the pets Shot out the door, dumped the trash Kids were excited You could hear them say Singing this chant the entire way Are we there yet Are we there yet What do you...

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Categories: best laid plans, adventure, car, child, family,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member The Best Laid Plans
My sisters were coming for a visit for the very first time, Heading to New Hampshire, leaving the Georgia heat behind. Our friend Charlie was a house guest before they arrived. My husband, Charlie, and I all hatched a plan brilliantly contrived. We decided to impress my lovely sisters, and hired a limousine, To greet them with champagne, and treat...

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Categories: best laid plans, family, funny, humorous, sister,
Form: Narrative
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Best laid plans of both mice and men Can surely go wrong, can screw up in the end Your very best shot Will be enough... NOT Best laid plans... to the looney bin, you descend...

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Categories: best laid plans, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Haiku: the Best Laid Plans
trap sprung, mouse missing a Christmas gift left behind spinning a grey tail Brian Johnston December 6, 2015...

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Categories: best laid plans, life,
Form: Haiku
Best Laid Plans
Peddled up the hill of life Intent on coasting down Discovered much to my chagrin No place to turn around...

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Categories: best laid plans, age, metaphor,
Form: Couplet
The Best Laid Plans
Perfect plans just don’t exist No matter how you try. It’s possible to nail the gist But other parts won’t fly. For circumstances do contrive To ruin the precision With which you kept your hopes alive The way you did envision. “The best laid plans of mice and men” Is such a brilliant quote; When Robert Burns put down his pen, He knew a gem he...

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Categories: best laid plans, life,
Form: Rhyme
Best Laid Plans
Getting one solid piece of wood that you mold. Going to create something everyone can behold. It will be something you will be proud of, so will they. You get your tools ready and begin to chip away. This will be very difficult, but that you knew. So you start shaping it into what you want, a canoe. Your son comes...

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Categories: best laid plans, devotion, life, river,
Form: Rhyme
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A flawless ceremony, and elegant reception, followed by long honeymoon delayed by snowfall. For John Freeman's love /humor contest Won 2nd place...

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Categories: best laid plans, wedding
Form: Dodoitsu

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