Long Off duty(p) Poems

Hopefully these two young boys stayed out of trouble after getting a wonderful break like this.

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My training at Starfleet was over, they were now deploying me
I was over the moon when they called; I was full of glee
I entered the transporter room where I'd dematerialize
And within seconds I was aboard,...

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Paradise in the tree is looking down at thee; paradise in the tree has a message for you and me, the stains are dripping from the vine and I have to hold on to what...

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(Continued from Bill's side 10“)
     
    "Never  mind that. I know you well enough to know you know what you’re doing. 
Just stick with me and keep...

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Ah be careful, so careful my friends
be careful before you go getting involved
Isn’t it strange how we sometimes get swept up
swept and sucked into a life event by sheer chance?

After attending to the baby, I...

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Lately i have been studiously going
over and delving into John Lennon's 
back catalogue of work

And what I learned and took from it
from it is this

It seems as if he really suffered for his
art what came...

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ENSEMBLE
Oh when the days seem long, and when the sun shines bright
We step out the door, and stand in the light
We walk down the street and go around the corner
The sun is shining brighter, and...

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Little Red Riding Hood was dressed in red leather
Went out on her motorbike whatever the weather

Every week she drove to see her sick grandma
She lived in the next village; it wasn’t that far

Little Red would...

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Sothern Romeo (second edition)
by Cate Rock

It hurts inside,
These bottled feelings
I just can't hide.
My beating heart a time bomb
INDEED.
it's my southern Romeo I so desperately need.
just someone to rely on...
A pain that rips my heart in...

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(A Native American Story)


Iktomi is a spider fairy, 
though in truth he is related to mankind.
Like most of mankind
Iktomi is vain, shallow, and mischievous 
yet he alone, is the master 
of greedy craftiness.

He has long...

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At one time it was said
From Hull to Valparaiso,
Or  any deep sea port
Any Mariner might know,
You could find a body who’d
Heard of the old Earl de Grey,
Many had even been there
On an onshore off...

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The air arm touches the sky with glory
air force stand for Aerial warfare,
for the sake of their country
took the oath to serve the country,
the Indian air force showing their victory.

holding the fourth position across the...

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I am scared, and I have never been scared in my life. We lost our radio, radar, and other electronic navigation gear when we came through the Bermuda Triangle. One of the old salts aboard...

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Come on you lot wakey wake
A start of another crazy day
Give the comatosed children a chant
Dash to the bathroom now it's vacant
No time for a rest or sleep
Just on the go cup of tea
Uniforms pressed...

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Gay Policeman

He was beautiful, the gay policeman. Wearing his silver swimming trunks. Baby oil glistened on his body. As he strutted his stuff in the gay club, it was heaven.

Everybody loved him. Even the straight...

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We were making our way from Whyalla to Port Lincoln 
For a day of sight seeing on the west coast driving along
We were about 20 kilometres south of Whyalla town
When we saw a Toyota 4...

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My son-in-law took my 15-year-old granddaughter for a driving lesson. 
She has a permit so she needed an adult.
On the way back they stopped for ice cream, and she wanted to eat hers
so my son-in-law...

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IF ever I had a country : L - LI

			L

IF ever I had even in my dreams a country
And if ever I dreamt I were the Minister of Defence
I'd order every single soldier airman sailor...

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Today I remembered 
that I have a glass chin,
Its kind of funny 
Your memory has no
specific time to bring things
to your attention.
For those of you who don’t know, 
A glass chin or glass jaw 
is...

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Tonight, we can go out to that restaurant, 
You've been telling me about all week; 
When I get off duty, I'll give what you want, 
Without you again having to even speak. 
 
We can...

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In this day and age when we are so 
absorbed by all our gadgets beginning with i,
I am glad to report kindness is alive and well.

Walking home after a foreign holiday late last night
in the...

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RIP Police Constable Keith Palmer 2017.
By Stanley Russell Harris
The new mad author

Who shall we bury today?
Who has been taken away?
Not me yet I’m pleased to say.
So I can write these words today!

As we mourn loved...

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I am standing naked on a crowded street
But nobody seems to be noticing me
I am less embarrassed by my nakedness
Than by my invisibility

They all seem to be looking right through me
Or staring down at the...

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THE PUNISHER
Caught in a war
His miss duty
A Marine serving his country

A husband and father first
Yes he fought over seas for this AMERICA

Frank Cashtiglione
Also known as now 
A tour of duty in Vietnam
One time off, off...

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Fido

I took Fido out for a walk
I knew that the neighbours would talk
His ears stood up proud
His breathing was loud
And his teeth were like big lumps of chalk

I bought Fido only last week
From a bloke...

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