Long Home economics Poems

Dear neighbors,

I realize we have not met,
other than the guy next door
but that doesn't really count
cause that was just to put up a fence between us,
and I have met Marvelously Mad Max,
behind me, on the...

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The Cunning Stranger at Dragon's Lair - A Narrative Poem

One day at a comic shop,
I met a man selling cats,
For the money, he wanted to swap,
But I really wanted some bats.

"Got any bats?" asked I.
"For...

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It was a mistake to take home economics out of the curriculum at so many high schools, says Wally, a retired teacher who has an ongoing interest in education. He taught high school for many...

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JUST DOING MY HOME ECONOMICS

In four (4) years another USA presidential election will come, but…
I am not trying to get rid of Donald John Trump.
He seems to have hell to confront.
Isn’t it awesome thing to...

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Man, I remember the thrumming of that last bell of the school year.....
Like a prisoner being furloughed into the warm sun, buzzing of grasshoppers.
Field stickers burrowing into your ankles, joyfully, while you take the wrong...

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My Mom didn't understand
why I had quit High School, 
it had nothing to do with the kids
I didn't find them to be cruel.

I had a lot of friendships
ones I will never forget,
they helped me when I...

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The time was 1969, the place- Home-Economics class in junior high. While guys got sent 
to “shop,” those of us of the softer sex learned culinary skills. I loved those days when the 
room was...

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He last had a pal in the 7th grade,
 They shared a class from the 1st grade.
 And together, for Home Economics,
 they were always late.
 But the seventh grade showed up, in its
 claws...

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The clothes that I'll describe, my age I'll surely reveal.
Recalling clothes worn to school back then now seems surreal!
Not to sport the latest fad, you weren't one of the 'ins'.
Your were a social outcast committing...

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I love the stories my granny will tell
From a much more simple time
The way she met Papa and in love they fell
She worked at the five and dime

Then there's the one of her driving lesson
Flying...

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Old man limping
Walking toy poodle;
Patient devotion

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Old master
Kung-fu sessions;
Evening serenade

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Haul of freshness
Seafood and meat;
Home economics

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Bourgainvilleas sparkle
Five colourful hues;
Hot weather blossoms

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Pomegranate tree
Fruiting abundance;
Happy harvest

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Family time flings
Feisty mahjong moves;
A royal flush

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Morning salutation
Music of birdsong;
Tender revelations

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Hear the wind chimes
Familiar...

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Women of a certain age
Remember, when in school,
Boys did woodwork, girls
Home economics, as a rule.

The boys made houses for the birds – 
They sanded, sawed and nailed
While girls both cooked and sewed,
Which every housewife’s job...

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