Docent Poems - Poems about Docent

... Welcome. I'm the one they left behind. An alter ego of sorts— just the keeper, the inventory clerk, interim ghost. New items arrive every day— spat out from my boss's pockets, sometimes st......

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...The first time I thought of him His name was playing shortstop; Too few siesta’s spent, he’s found eighteen. Stingy Time did swiftly pass us forth, Spinning nurture, spanning missteps, Till fo......

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...The Docent David J Walker So this is heaven I said to the no-name frame Of a departed loved one guide On a drive-by tour of a place That can only be seen in Dreams… for now He smiled B......

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...While viewing a painting I liked by Paul Klee, A docent-in-training came over to me. Can I ask you some questions, if you wouldn’t mind, About “Old Married Couple,” as she’d been assigned. I to......

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...Duet between Omodele Oluwabunmi and Wems Henry Temmy speaks... cautiously OmO Mother, I forget not thy words When I was a score and half a dozen “My daughter, let your heart hold my teaching "......

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...I’ve been working since I was twelve years old, But my first on-the-books job Was as a sailor in the US Navy, Gunners Mate. Six years and three Westpac deployments. Fifty months of sea duty Cha......

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...They fired all the docents In Chicago. This is why: They’re mostly old white women, Though they’re well-informed and spry. They train for months and volunteer; That’s right - they earn no pay,......

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...Not many notice I am in drag. I was complicated, what with the codes, and the hidden secrets of last suppers. In my day you had to be circumspect, my works were only for a select few like you......

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...Museums are quiet except For crackling parquet floors, Wooden squares, a game board: Checkers or maybe chess Of various right angle, grain striations. Parallel to paintings in oil, red lines ......

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...A docent leads a group around To highlight what’s on view With information most Museum-goers never knew. If he or she’s a good one, Your attention will be held And perhaps to more exhibits Y......

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...A small collection Working on a small poetry connection There is no haste a poem a day keeps the mind focused And not drown in self-pity. It is needed good laughter, the fun of a joke That ca......

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...I'll remember the museums And the fine historic homes. There's been mention of both music And parade within my poems. But it really is the people That will stick inside my brain, For connecti......

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... Where is that daunting monster Boogie man in life’s shadow Master mentor and concierge Whose touch I’ve come to know To you I’ll waste no breath Beauty is not long and septic My dau......

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...WHOLE AGAIN While young on the ladder of growth, I boarded a similar covenant ship; Having summoned the great Teacher, And sworn a thick fealty – hinged on An immutable decision to pave way For......

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...cat layin' in the sunbeam catching the ease - that falls through the stream jus' warmin' up to the notion of fillin' in for the leisure docent - life, now this is what it means © Goode Guy 2012-10-......

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