Long Plan of attack Poems

Once again it’s Saturday; the day when footy reigns supreme.
The Dogs are up against the Cats, the premier favoured team,
but I’ve got no doubts the mighty Dogs will surely cope with that.
I couldn’t think of...

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JOE VERSUS THE RACCOON 
By Kate H. Stark


Each night ‘twas the same old proverbial shout. 
“Hey Joe, will you please take the garbage bags out?”

Joe sighed, rolled his eyes as he walked toward the door....

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They say making a friend is quite easy,
It’s “not being eaten” that’s hard, 
And a cloud’s life is known to be breezy,
A dog’s mean (that’s tied in a yard)....

That a lifetime can pass in an...

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In May of seventeen seventy-nine
Henry Clinton was having a hard time,
so tired of the rebels still fighting,
had to somehow get Gorge Washington
out of the looming Hudson Highlands,
and then force the war to a final ending.

He...

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My father is now pitching the bottom of the ninth inning.
We need a few more tests to determine just how many outs he has left.
I had the opportunity this past weekend to visit him on...

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Frogs and Dogs

There once was a dog that liked to eat frogs though it gave him indigestion.
He did not even care when the small children stared, or if they happened to ask a question.
He would...

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Strange noises come from my basement,
And they're making it hard to sleep.
A cold chill rushes across my skin,
As I hear the sound of a child weep.

Soft cries rising to a crescendo,
The pitch is deafening to...

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I hate the situation I'm living I don't like it at all. I learned from my mistakes I got scars from all my falls. I learned how to take a lost and cover up all...

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 What Llama Lil Saw in Baghdad

In Llama Lil's Cafe eating crackers and Stilton 
surveying the street and reading Milton 
Sits a strange and moody itinerant 
Icon for a well-known roll-on deoderant 
Under cover spy...

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I left the corporate world with the hopes of giving back
Returning to school to earn my teaching degree was my plan of attack

Such a diverse group of fellow students I encountered in grad school
We all...

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I've got a story, that needs to be told,
about my mean ole granny, she's pushing "83" years old.
She came at me trippin, it was a Tuesday night,
griping up a storm bout her broken, bedroom nightlite.
She...

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Secrets Of The Pink Floss Diary

Pink bubble-gum lip gloss is my signature smack and my best plan of attack.

Italian pumps of the best design prop up my gams, 
making them look as if I ran...

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The determination in my eyes
says don't mess with my time
to brilliantly shine and to rise
keeping my focus on the prize
with no one causing my demise

I will keep my self contained rage
coursing deep inside my veins
To...

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When we found out a friend of ours has cancer…
the news immediately darkened our day.  
We wondered how we can help her on this journey fate created…
what can we do or say?

She knows all...

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Your memories perplex a confused mind.
A vast sea-like water spout erupts behind.
I morphed into what you were enduring.
We are once again being left in the wind.

Scars were tickled with scent of spring.
Tulip gardens and vivid...

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Think you’ve got the workplace blues
No matter what work you do 
These words will hopefully inspire you

Yes, your job may be redundant
But the paychecks are abundant

Some days you will get off track 
But the next...

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I'm having the hardest time
Trying to find something that rhymes
With Paul Simon's counterpart 
Garfunkel so I'll just call him Art

Always standing to Paul's right
Feeling left out in his life of strife
Struggling in the crossing over
This...

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Poetry Soup Becoming Latest Rage

Why is it that I always want to see
Another great poet remembering me
Thinks my poems are all the greatest
According to scoop that is the latest.

Each poem readers do love and laud
And...

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Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust,
The end of all we knew.
The death of all the love and trust, 
To be reborn anew.

Spring, rebirth, a phoenix, 
All symbols we have seen.
One step forward, not a...

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Maybe I should do it
Is it worth a shot
So I said to myself
What the hell and why not

How should I do It
What should be my first step
Make a plan of attack
Figure what to do next

So...

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He fought for glory 
He fought to kill
Trained in battle
Broken rebuilt will
Once an innocent
Now a master
Following orders
No matter the disaster
Women , children
Clad all in black
Strange lands of sand
No plan of attack
Reinvent reality 
Dreams are red
Blood...

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choke back fright dark and dusty,
flight plan a little rusty,
hope for a ride have fun, 
then run, and hide, 
twinkle twinkle distant dear

insecure considering all that's been said,
up for interpretation from a rocket bed,
sparkly conjecture,...

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I smile to mask
The pain I feel
But even then
The pain is real
I cannot stop
The rain in my eyes
And ever so slowly
My soul quietly dies
I sit upon
Death's open door
And ponder the meaning 
Of life once more
Death...

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Trying to keep my emotions in check
Not letting the world frustrate me
So I have more time to reflect

Every time I take another pill
I think about this journey
How I'm traveling uphill

Let so many things hold me...

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Inside this casino, I think I will linger,
because I see no wedding band on her finger.
How can I talk to her while she deals blackjack?
I am trying to formulate a plan of attack.
She is one...

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