Long Armrest Poems

I had a long argument today...
Whilst sitting by the 
surcharging charging airport port,
shouldertoshoulder with this pastor.

Delayed flight and low juice
kept us there, squared off;
shoulder to shoulder.

He with his Righteousness,
me with my Right View.
He with all...

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Space travel in ordinary time,

The woman tries to concentrate on her book
on change and the power of positive thinking.

She is not succeeding because 

Her seatbelt is cutting off her circulation,
and the guy with the headphones...

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She stuck out like a lily among thorns, when she sprung up in 
the midst of the Baptist Student Union.  All eyes were on her, as she raised her 
hands and lifted up her...

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I am almost embarrassed to admit 
that spread out along the armrest
of a lounge chair, a fox fur
complete with head and feet
has found a refuge in our home.
Rescued from an op shop,
it seems relaxed on...

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Next day after the funeral was a celebration of life
at Mom's/Grandma's for a grand supper with memories ripe
afterwards eldest suggested we take some memento's 
going through her things I felt like I was pilfering,

To think...

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To all my Poetic Family, I would like to start a new word game It's very easy You pick a word
Define it and sign your name ( see examples below ) I will then with...

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looking at the water
with less money than i had before
thinking about the latest person that was blessed with a lucky scratcher
i look down at my lunch
i look in the armrest compartment at my work badge
i...

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Sepia-tinted season is on
You are yellow and red
Crunching leaves in the lawn
Soft sun on bed



You are yellow and red
As I pick apples
Soft sun on bed
Squirrels under maples



As I pick apples
In red-and-gold forest
Squirrels under  maples
A...

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On a dreary day, the sky hangs, like layers of grey cotton wool 
As I am curled up warm and toasty next to a roaring fire
Across the armrest, my old throw casually lays 
Favorite magazines...

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Written: February 19, 2024
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The dam, in which 
the tissue residue is present 
has a saline...

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When People of Size Take to the Skies

By Elton Camp 

When the extremely obese get onboard a plane
About their comfort and “rights” they complain

They forget that one ticket means only one seat
And with their seatmate...

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Fighting for that last chocolate chip cookie
Arguing over the doll you know is yours
Fighting for the front seat in the van
Arguing over who got more frosting on their cake. 
Fighting for the allowance neither deserve...

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Men at work, bumper to bumper
tensile traffic, thick black bitumen.
Everything seems to last longer 
then that grey granulated concrete

that extends from Bodega, Cali-
fornia to Savannah, Georgia.
Blacktop pot-fill smells like
the solid and searing work of roofers;

hardhat...

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As I ponder upon each breath done well
Without melancholy or deep sadness
Life's brush will paint my worn soul in pastel
Calm memories I have of its madness 
My Autumn days I have found wonderful
Spent with the...

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I live in the fall, 
the dying nation between two worlds.
I am barefoot, 
strapped to a catapult. 
I toil where the dark storms brew.
I see you there,
like the armrest between the discomfort, 
and the sadness....

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Today

Today is a day that we will never forget,
Playing over in our minds like that favorite cassette!
Thoughts rippling like water, reflecting the sunlit sky,
While the image of playful birds, captures our eyes!
Today is a day...

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congregate and anticipate please,
eliminate traces of old dirty fleas.
please don't confuse any old thoughts with these.
christmas trees smell better without presents.

pungent, pulpy stenches float up my nose,
duct-taped paper-clips make a nice rose,
miniature villages, cotton-ball snows,
oranges...

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