Long Worth its weight in gold Poems

Grab a wooden spoon, and choose a mixing bowl
A breakfast that is piping hot is worth its weight in gold!
You can make them by the dozens, or one or two will do
Make them for your...

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Note: "The original hymn text was written as a "Hymn for Christmas-Day" by Charles Wesley, included in the 1739 John Wesley collection Hymns and Sacred Poems writing, (song) HARK how all the Welkin rings "Glory...

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Love’s a mystical force, that’s laden with nectar and emotion,
That many people sacrifice so much so often for in this life.
Love has the properties of an all-powerful alchemic potion,
Which is said can better help those...

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These humorous lines were inspired by
Viv Wigley's "Food Fight" contest. 
Could not resist the temptation:)
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Foreign On Wind And Word 

Tie down words in yesterday’s dilemmas, gondola soft
Send them off on feathers, light as weathers messengers 
What are words but air up there in winds
Let them fly, to catch a...

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You can take back my adulthood
          I don't want it anymore
               Please...

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A stanza at the end of the year
Wouldn't show how much it meant
It almost seems like it was a different world
That has come to an end

Life back then seemed like just a fleeting dream
The kind...

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I know a very fine poet, a dear colleague, who’s so exquisitely talented and bright,
And has a superb facility with words and themes making all fit perfect and right;
She has an unrivaled mastery of the...

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I know I am getting old,
But I have not put making a budget on hold,
And the theory does not leave me cold,
As my marbles point to it being worth its weight in gold

Yet counting marbles...

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The girl was from a wealthy home,
And he was very poor,
They both were told they shouldn't wed,
But thought their love was sure.

The boy was raised in poverty,
And she, with silver spoon,
And people told them they...

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On this land of shifting sands under hot hazy skies
Merchants bringing their treasures, and best wines
Arabs traveling the sands with valued salt supplies
The caravans of camels lead by their puller in lines

Merchants bringing their treasures...

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Well did somebody say something about love
Love worth its weight in gold, heart and soul
How many times have I been played but love
Is finally here with me today and it's got me
Dancing down a rainbow...
Why...

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Dear Paramedics….  With this poem I admire and honour you
For the occupation you have chosen
Doing a job that so many of us just couldn’t do

You are first on the scene
Dealing with behaviours, emotions ,wounds
Raw...

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The snow comes on the rumblings of mistakes
As alien nature not named but numbing all the same
Comes crashing, colliding by accident in atmospheres 
In fear, chrystals of silence remind us of the loudness

How unkind ice...

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A game she had played every night 
on guard for that opened-door light;
was quick to react,
cause it was a fact-
each time, it was somewhat a fright!

Cause, under the covers, you see,
'twas something, that just shouldn't...

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Any poem just for you as long as it makes you feel the way I do 
I'll sweeten it with sugary words of love and sprinkle it with care 
penning by the light of the...

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The Guennol Lioness is the most expensive sculpture ever sold at auction.

If she were of another constitution, 
which was better suited to our social responsibilities – 
a frailty of son, 
a defenselessness of husband, 
a...

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(To the tune of Ghostbusters)
Is there something strange
Deep inside your lungs
Whatcha gonna do
Corona

Will you quarantine
Go out and have some fun
Watcha gonna do
Corona

I ain't fraid of no bug
I ain't fraid of no cold
I ain't fraid of...

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I dreamed of something silver
Worth its weight in gold
I dreamed I found a necklace
That was something to behold

I dreamed of myself walking
At the end of my tightrope
I dreamed I found a necklace
That would give me...

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Every little seed that has been sown
Every little secret ever told
Be assured and you will know
Is worth its weight in gold

Every time you stare into the sun
Every time you say the words I love
Every time...

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