Long Physics class Poems

Chapter 3: College Preparation

My freshman year started quite smooth
Touch football broke my leg
My luck we had a tennis coach,
That brought things down a peg!

My algebra was like a dream,
Played tennis, found it fun,
And Science Fairs...

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It all began in Berkeley, California 
In the springtime of 1974
One fateful afternoon 
I was sleeping in my high school Physics class. 

I looked up and saw a tall,
beautiful Asian woman 
standing there looking at...

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Young Raymond worked the bakery
was up 'bout ten to three.
Just eighteen, still in high school he
had dreams of flying free.

He worked as hard as most grown men
then walked to school and slept.
Took all his wages...

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Oh! Sir!

Great teachers changed the world for me,
I sometimes dreamed of teaching too!
"Yet, 'gift' to teach!" stays blasphemy
While 'taught' to teach still make kids blue!
The Peace Corps pushed some faults aside,
Grace opened doors to serve...

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Weekends started on a Thursday night;
Two quarters reserved your spot in the next foosball fight;
The jukebox played "Afternoon Delight";
Somewhere in the bar was your future wife.

The red stamp on your hand meant you could drink...

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I first dreamt of Angela when I was but a lad of 17 living in Berkeley, California.  It was 1974 and life seemed full of possibilities in that magical year the tail end of...

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There was a merry minstrel once
Lived on the Isle Of Wight.
He sang and played upon his lute
And kept it polished bright.
He loved to write computer odes,
He wrote his songs in Morse's codes,
And ditties sweet lay...

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Displacement 
_______________  =  Velocity
    Time

An equation with little importance
A lesson taken in physics class
But, something the physics teacher said made deep thoughts emerge
He said: “TIME goes on and never stops”

Places...

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It all began in Berkeley, California
In the spring time of 1974 

One fateful afternoon 
I was dozing in my high school
Physics class. 

I looked up and saw 
A tall, beautiful Asian woman 
standing looking at...

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When will she ever learn? 
That mending a broken glass
Much like a broken soul
Then give it back to the breaker
Will only ever result in the same situation 
Haven't years of sitting in a physics class...

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I suddenly remember! Here!
These very commons in which our physics class today
collects tiny manifestations of the laws that govern Nature
in the sunlight of the late morning 
smiles and laughs beaming from every face
Yes, here, not...

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Love Haibun Poetry Soup Contest 

Every morning when I wake up, I drink coffee and reflect on the fairy tale aspect of my life.  I met the girl of my dreams in a dream...

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I teach my class,
Hope they all pass.

I throw a ball
To show free fall.
See: at the top
The ball will stop,
Then turn, come back
Down with a whack.

On chair I spin,
And they all grin.
Two weights stretched out,
I give...

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Before I was of age I longed to go to school. Hand in hand with dad officials went to beg to no avail. Time arrived and did exceptionally well until the physics class when teacher...

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