Long All in a day's work Poems

The Letter         

A young man strolled along the waterfront,
His mind and heart at ease.
Said an old man, sitting on an upturned punt,
Gazing out towards the sea. 

“Come...

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If I ruled the whole wide world there's so much that I would change
I wouldn't be Mr Popular and they'd think me somewhat strange
First thing to go would be nuclear arms they would all be...

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What a busy day it was today, hospitals needing extra
Staff as the pandemic increases in rate, numbers and deaths,
My desk is cluttered, a challenge as two of our
Recruitment staff are off sick, one with Covid.
I’m...

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I sat with a friend 
discussing the corona virus
they are killing us she stated
the virus is a gas 

I saw it on the internet
they're dropping it on people
the virus is not a gas I stated
a...

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You’ve got by somehow so far without debt as 
You know this way of life is no good, but they won’t leave you be 
To manage the best way you can with what you have...

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mom always told me to be aware of my surroundings / especially if I ever found myself in  the  dark / if my stomach ever burned of a thing stronger than hunger /...

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Smooth wood 
Worn by water and air
Never polished 
Escaped by the hands that touched it
Ropes and tackle attached streaming up towards the sails
All foreign to a land lover.
When tied at bay she seems so tame...

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The world needs leaders, that it can respect,
lying to people builds distrust,
granted people can and do make up false beliefs,
conspiracy theories, 

The Russian people turned against the Czar
because they believed, that Rasputin
was telling the Czarette...

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Small Summer Cabins for Rent on Lovegrove Lake
				by Barbara C. Agarwal


I left my chance when
A chance I did not take
When I saw you long, long ago
At Lovegrove Lake.

Do you remember per chance also,
Me perched on...

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(Southern hospitality with a twist of lemon and a rope)

Who dares to serve me tea with lemon?!
On my own plantation born in heaven
Flowing in the land of milk and honey
Did I not say please....I'm sure...

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Sitting watching a June summer king establish his reign over hazy hills and dusty dales,
I could just hear a sharpened scythe's ring across green fields cutting away at the corn,
With the hustle and bustle of...

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Standing on the porch savoring the taste of a cold Blue Moon beer, I pause. 
A days work has ended. I watch as our border collie Rusty navigates the pasture, Herding cows into the barn....

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As I am walking these Heavenly clouds,  when life gets to be too much, when all 
seems lost and you just want to cry out loud, walk out in the rain, let me wash...

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“We have no milk,”
you speak quietly
in a tone reminiscent 
of another’s observation
that wine had run out
at a wedding feast.
Miraculous transformation
of wine or milk
from pitchers of water
seemingly absent from
the church job description
of educator and
director of parish...

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Within the confines of my nearest Zoo,
There’s a place that’s off limits – it’s not for you.
It’s where the animals go for therapy,
As animals have issues just like you and me.

It’s here where all the...

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This is a story of three little boys
who are always playing and sharing their toys.
Each day after school they play with each other
and to see them together you would swear they was brothers.
But these little...

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I woke up today
I am sure I did
Or have I?
I slowly unwrapped myself from my bed
Groggy and yawning
I was off to write the constitution
Should I failed in this endeavor
I shall hope to have enough gasses...

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The working day started with the smell of cooked bacon,  the taste of contentment, fueling hearts made to fly.


Now days begin with strange smiling faces, they want to help you but you are never...

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When cowboys sprawl 'round the camp fire after the days work is done,
They strum guitars and tootle harmonicas and sing to have fun.
Real cowboys don't sing Honky-Tonk or She Done Me Wrong stuff.
They leave that...

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The Fulton fish market 
 
 
Day breaks early on the misty water front 
the streets wake outside South Street 
to  sounds of fog horns fading in the distance 

Morning comes alive to the...

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I heard tell some folks think cowboys built the West.
The only thing I know for sure is I always did my best
to give a man a good days work for an honest wage
ridin' among tumbleweeds...

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I love the dawns first breaking light
I love the full moon when it shines at night
The pride I fee for my country each day
The comfort I feel with you whenever I stay
My favorite songs that...

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He was hungry most every night so she oversized his portion 
after a long days work at the landscape pit he was bone tired
he didn't have the cash so he received without a single tortion...

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Everyday, 
I stare into the thin air surrounding me,
watching the world pass me by day by day.
When im too busy gazing at stars,
i fall back to the harsh reality of life.
Walking the earth, hoping to...

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Thoughts run through my mind as I toss and turn in my bed trying to find sleep, 
   going over the moment I awoke and first opened my eyes , as I bent...

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