Counting Poems - Poems about Counting

If eyes open too soon then a few mornings go missing, but they are catching up they will fly in backwards tumbling out of windswept decades. Eyes that open too late have to wait, have to stare at a future blankness while ears gatecrash the present. Will the thrown newspaper land on the lower or upper step? It matters, a quantifying arithmetic is essential to determine next...

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Physicists may say, 'Random is not truly random, it only appears to be,' but another theory goes, (according to me) 'Not so when playing games of chance,' (and I have done the sums) for this experiment logic states, 'The odds in favour are 5 to 1.' As I spy with my little eye, seeing spots and counting dots on a regular die, (these don't go to 11) the...

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Counting On Me You're always counting on me. Watching me bleed. You're so care free. Spending all the money. Never appreciated a thing. Always asking for more everyday. I feel the frustration building up inside. It was all a lie. You take me for granted. It was fun while it lasted. No more conflict. I...

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One, Two A shoe Three, Four I walked into a door Five, Six I like to eat sticks Seven, Eight I'm full of hate Nine, Ten My name is not Ben Ten, Nine I'm far from fine Eight, Seven I came from hell not heaven Six, Five Don't punch a beehive Four, Three I saw someone kiss a tree Two, One No more son, he is done 'cause I have a gun...

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There once was a man who found sleep Through enumeration of sheep. Not those in his head, But roaming instead, He’d census the sheep in his keep. ...

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1. One little brown bear, Wanted to shave all his hair. 2. Two anxious alligators disagreed. Thought the little brown bear, Would look to different without any hair. 3. Three...

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Thinking about earthly matters One should not forget about the soul Sometimes I look at the sky When I look at the it, I fly So much foreboding these days Though life is thick and thin for me I arrived one year with peace Simple celebration is heaven to me Fried fish, jackfruit, rice and tea Enough to thank God for 55...

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Count your fingers and toes! It's five that drives betides! For our minds can't juggle More than five at once. Can't grip, grasp sense - six. How we sense and perceive, Also comes in five flavors. Touch, sight, smell, taste, hearing, Which constrains, contorts our thoughts, Into believing we know what's Right, true, all so insightful! But, why or why five? Has ego, fear, doubt, desire Succumbed to...

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Look god I know there’s a way people usually pray to you But I don’t work that way So I’m gonna just say what I have to say I want to love you But you cant I struggle And I know there’s not excuses For the thing I’ve been doing And I’m not gonna stop...

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Syllable Counting Counting syllables is a pain in my rear Obnoxious divisions to which I must adhere Understanding them is not clear Never one to learn much in school To post good poetry, I must follow the rule. OR NOT!!!!! ...

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Lock me in a room for days Suffocating in purple haze Tried so hard to change my ways Catch me from this second chance floor I used the window, but you slammed the door No, holding me close like you did before No use hiding anymore I've been holding it so long I forgot how to breathe I've been waiting so long I forgot how...

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Last night, I had to shoo me away some sheep. Having to count 'em was keeping me from falling asleep. Tonight, I do battle with a big herd of cattle that somebody, I’m sure, has prayed the Lord to keep. ...

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Counting Numbers 750,000 dead in the Civil War 116,000 dead in WW1-The War to end all wars 420,000 dead in WW2-So much for ending war 38,000 dead in Korea-A police action 58,000 dead in ‘Nam-Save the world from communism 8,000 dead in Afghanistan/Iraq-Make the world safe from terrorism ?????? dead the next war-Make the world???????? When can we stop counting? ...

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Counting After you count to 100 really fast you’ll turn orange-violet, get lifetime FREE PARKING, bullies will powder your itches better, cane fields will grow horns, the letter B will disappear on your PC. ...

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The wonderful thing about counting your blessing… if you start counting from the top… you’ll find you have so many blessings… you won’t have time to stop. ...

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