Improbable Poems - Poems about Improbable

Returning home, you walk inside, Awaken the olfactory. There, resting on the countertop Are cookies baked for all to see. Your mind leaps to the obvious: The signs all tell a story clear. No baker did assemble these; ‘Twas happenstance that put them here. Although no other evidence Is satisfying in the whole, The flour spilled from the canister; An earthquake dumped it in the bowl. Although...

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this is my car it is green and it smiles at me I love my car and my car loves me I know because I’ve crawled inside its womb it kissed me I will not marry my car but … we will have a nice affair...

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Long ago, a man said I was special. His aspiration was to be a leader. He vowed I’d be invited to his island country as his guest when this happened; I guessed this to be improbable - an empty promise! June 1, 2020 for Silent One's "The Promise" Poetry Contest...

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I longed for a love pure as driven snow and fresh as spring 'ere Youth's brief joys succumb; but a love never transpired; and, although denied, I carried on to life's autumn. A maid, princess, or queen have I never ...

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improbable thoughts leading me impossibility thinking detours me in every alleyway sheer blind faith belief in the goodness of the universe saving me guiding me toward the bliss of myself...

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He might as well be Xerxes The most dominant in history Towering twelve feet taller than his foes The Spartans take position But one of them is missing Where Leonidas is it seems nobody knows Though an improbable season Spartans are all but beaten When Xerxes comes the battle's good as won A secret plan is brewing That will be Persia's undoing A mighty blow...

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The human genome consists of 20 000 paired genes… about… During meiosis, gametes are generated by randomly swapping genetic material… let's shout… 2^(20 000) = 10^(6 000) possible sperm (proud of daddy)… boy scout… 2^(20 000) = 10^(6 000) possible ova (proud of mommy)… far-out… 2^(40 000) = 10^(12 000) possible...

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Well I can’t figure it out, How everything changed. Was it just my perception? Did I somehow become displaced? The last beautiful thing to remember, Is how we danced in the rain. Our bodies were so close together, There were never any worries of pain. Now the moisture is in the eye, Then there’s that pain in the chest. Slowly being torn apart, Tell me isn’t...

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Reaching my golden age was an improbable, distant image... rarely thought of, or even visualized by me, I still cherish the fancy-free boy that was me! My careful footsteps have become slower, and my skin is losing its gleaming, brilliant look; I stand before my photographs displayed underneath the hand-painted coat of arms with a disillusioned, displeasing glare! Could...

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