Working Out Isn't Working Out
...I used to like barbells, enjoyed pumping iron,
my Nautilus* gym was one happy environ.
Those posters of 6-packs and marbled biceps
inspired me to start counting carbs, pounds, and reps.
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Categories:
medicine ball, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Academic Issues At the Holiday Table
...One has a rallying spear
Other has a chomp to fear
But on the weekend to give gratitude
A Seminole and Gator won’t be showing any attitude
Cancelled is their rivalry match
Neither one will ...
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Categories:
medicine ball, america, football, games, school,
Form: Rhyme
A Poetic Couch Potatoe Memo
...It is time to retire the red skin
Better blood pressure will win
Anger management is done
Now happiness, laughter and fun
If a fight starts
Diplomatic channels will be giving a part
Debati...
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Categories:
medicine ball, america, anger, political, society,
Form: Rhyme
A New Reality
...(Another very old, slightly tweaked, piece from childhood)
"Suffer us not to mock ourselves with falsehood
Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still..."
T.S. Eliot, "Ash Wednes...
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Categories:
medicine ball, age, angst, change, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
Public Confession
...Writing is my meditation
Not a gift from the gods
It serves to keep me sane
It remains loyal at all times
It has become a common thread in my short existance
Ever present in my unruly life
Its ...
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Categories:
medicine ball, art, beauty, dedication, deep,
Form: Bio
Tom's Tid Bits (Yet Again!)
...How come they call it Labor Day when nobody works?
And why Pool-Table? Where's the diving board? the water?
How can you play "Draw-Poker" without paper and pencil?
Do ******* really have bigger ...
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Categories:
medicine ball, confusion, education, funny, mystery,
Form: Burlesque