Long Thinking time Poems

Inspired by the painting Automat by Edward Hopper in 1927.

The painting shows a lone woman sat at automated restaurant table.

Viewing the painting will enhance the poem.

Centre stage yet unseen, star still observable when no longer...

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I don't know if there's a way to describe spinning whilst still
Reverse vertigo, maybe I'm still whilst spinning
But what if pieces of me flew away
Centrifugal forces dictate that happens

I don't know what I'm left with...

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For Laura

She suffered in silence from the years of abuse
If not for the violence she felt of no use
She denied that her soul was addicted to pain
Inside she felt cold so her blue eyes would...

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Strewn on a beach
Threads exposed
Elastic challenged by extremes
But vibrant and undefeated
For it was only Spring 
So far it had only ever known being wanted
From the excitement of the designer
To the machinery operator's efficiency 
Perfectly paired
High...

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Born in 1874 Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill 
Nicknamed Winnie, with a Bulldog spirit ~ resembled my Bulldog Bill
In thinking time sat on his ‘Throne’, Lord Privy Seal rang Winston’s phone   
Yelling his retort...

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I hear the alarm and I think what? Not already! I have been up and down all night.
My usual pattern, I am used to it in many ways, because nighttime is my quiet, creative, thinking...

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Hourglass
By MEH3

As time passes
we try to find our own way
Not understanding life challenges
but not willing to turn astray

We notice our feet moving
However, it feels like we are running in place
Going nowhere fast
trying to chase His...

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The past was me
Falling in love...man next door
Jealousy enraged him
I was/am just a whore

You just wanted someone 
To make YOUR dreams come true
Watch and raise your children
Turning my mind and body black and blue

You took...

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Caged Women, treated like cave women,
 not by our men like long ago.
Caged women, treated like crazed women, 
a power struggle only few women know.
Dominated to the fullness
Not a chance in hell to win
Degraded beyond...

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Looking out the window is easy
But can you go further than that vision
Looking at a door is easy
But can you go out that door instead of just grabbing the knob
Looking at an empty space is...

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Do I exist without shadow
Am I anything without light
He talks of my decadent glow 
Should I step out into the night

Frozen with knowledge and foresight 
No trust in words he does bestow
No doubt of love...

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Sometimes I have an impulse to scream.
I’m so approachable, contactable –
Email, mobile, in person –
Is there any time that’s mine?
Do I need any silence?
Thinking time?
Control?
Self-control?
All is static.
I’m drowning in the silent noise of my mind.
Consumed...

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Do you want me to play music?
This is a teacher who obviously does not write much.
I was giving them silent thinking time
for the thinking-writing activity I had assigned to them.
I am horrified, but it is...

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Marriage? Pull out the flesh calculator.
Love, number bottom of the list.
Spouse first? Five will do.
Me! YES! One over all!
Sex above the friendship?
Chuckling;
Communication can be established in the golden years.
"My need!" 
"Yes indeed!"
Puzzling thought from my...

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A singular speck
So rarely noticed
More often removed rather than studied
But here you are, you made it
In view!
All we crave and despise 
'to be looked at'
I see you now, your fleeting time
On the side of the...

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Night time is such a long time
 Time of thinking,time of dreaming
 Dreaming of all the good times
 Thinking of all the bad signs

 But sleep will come along
 And wipe your fears away
 Leave...

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No one only her eyes 
Glimmer beyond the sunlight 
Rays of hope still present 
She faintly smile 
May my happy days come?
She question herself multiple times 

Immersed in deep thoughts
Tear stream softly from her eyes...

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I sit with two I-pads on my lap 
Four hours at a time
Sometimes six
Playing word games
Why two?
Because one is thinking
While I am pounding the keys on the other one.
I do not abide thinking time.
I have...

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Delight in your life. Listen to your soul dream.
Silence yourself. Still your cells.
Sit quietly.  Be reverent.  Clear your mind. Relax in the moment.

Let your breath take you where your body cannot follow.
Close your...

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He can fix anything

no matter the year

the make, the model

but has his own way 

 

No, just throw that

on the scrapheap

with all the others

 

Seriously, I just

want to work

I hate people

mostly but not always

 

Get...

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The significance of midnight
I don't know what it is
The last possible moment 
Disappears

It's watchable
Tangible
Takes you with it
Not into the promise of tomorrow

I'm on the other side of midnight
The true night time
Hushed sounds
Empty hours

Time to think
I'm...

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Staying in the game,
May Give power back to your name,
And free you from all blame.

Saying in the game will give you more reading time,
More family time, 
And a chance to understand time.

Staying in the game,
May...

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