Short Assortment Poems

The forest has trees
A large assortment of trees
Some stand tall dying...

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BREAKFAST PIECE

assortment of objects-
a flat surface
in tight focus...

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She collected 
his every phrase 
like an assortment 
of antiques. 
She realized 
she could also 
sort them by date.

2/21/2021

Credit: Someone You Love Is Gone by Gurjinder Basran, Page 21...

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sunset explosions
wandering butterfly swarms
windblown rose petals

bird populations
animals of many kinds
autumn leaves swirling

prestorm dark gray clouds
the world assortment of fruits
bouyant rainbow skies...

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This man does weird things to his heart’s content,
wears odd sock pair, thinks it’s not indecent.
      Likes to live life of contrast,
      in assortment he has trust,
hopes mismatched socks become a style statement.
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Birds chirp within the vast assortment of trees
The lake shivers with each cool breeze
Butterflies are fluttering past
Fishing poles are decorating the Kelly Green grass
The fishermen dance with gleam 
As they fling Blue Gill Catfish and Bass from the sea...

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Toothpaste
soap
candles
Matches
three dimes
small yellow rubber ducky
Dog treats
diet pills
red, white and blue buttons,
assortment of threads
rickrack
scotch tape
needles
missing bracelet
pincushion
measuring tape
Nails
stickers
temporary tattoos
Sewing box gone wild...

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Calamity in the cupboard.
Little tornado in the hall.
A lava lamp under my bed
Enormous flames now, big and tall.

I understand the need to crawl,
To get low, and to not scream and bawl
But the fire is scaring me in an assortment of ways,
So I am doing all of the things wrong, and I mean all…....

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Give me some mustard and collard greens. 
Bring along some rice and beans. 
I'll have some chicken good enough for finger licking. 
Those barbecued ribs are rib sticking. 
If you want to see me open my eyes, 
serve me any assortment of pies. 
This is the food I extol. 
This kind of food is good for the soul....

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At a flea market
Assortment of items
Spread our to be sold
From food to clothing
Jewellery and more
One vendor had 
A variety
Of birdhouses
In different styles
One really stood out
It was so different
Four birdhouse on
     a pole
I call them condo's
Home for the birds
They are lucky birds
They live rent free...

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I saw a child
He seemed sober and mild.
An assortment of vegetables was before him.
The look of the cat near him seemed grim.
The child was not cooking.
Nor the green vegetables he was eating.
Was this a pose for a photo?
Was it just a fun motto?
Whatever it might be, he looked cute.
With a traditional chef's suit…
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I wonder what she dreamed when

She walked barefoot over cobblestone streets

In 1864.

Did she fancy where her future would take her

What her descendants would be?

Would they remember their veteran,

Her husband from the Civil War.

As crows perched on his wooden cross?

She dreamed of an assortment of children;

Maybe she even dreamed of me....

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No, you cannot turn back time,
although you may want to;
When a poet writes a new rhyme 
words capture just how those days flew;

Maybe that’s the magic of love;
An assortment of building blocks, 
there is nothing to dispose of;
The past plays through an old jukebox;

Revisiting moments dug up
fitting your life in a puzzle;
Spilled art from a very full cup,
sometimes hell but so beautiful....

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Joulupoyta
Feast fit for a king on a day the king was born
17 Nov 2015


Joulupöytä (translated "Yule table") is the name of the traditional assortment of foods served at Christmas in Finland, similar to the Swedish smörgåsbord. It contains many different dishes, most of them typical for the season. The main dish is usually a large Christmas ham, which is eaten with mustard or bread along with the other dishes...

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See the house
In the country
Among the silent hills
And flower fields
Where green grass waves
Under blue sky
Long abandoned

Or is it

Take a closer look
And see

The new occupants
A fox slips out the back door
See her den in the kitchen
A field mouse now calls
The bedroom home
Bats sleep in the attic
An assortment of insects
Await those who seek

Though abandoned
And forgotten by man
This house is now cherished
By the wild...

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Whoever came up with the bagel
  was a right-smart clever fellow
His brainstorm surely ranks up there
  with taste treats like pudding and jello

For I'd never put toppings on pudding
  like lox, tomatoes or cream cheese
And who would think of serving jello
  with an assortment of delicacies

So, a doff of the cap and three cheers
  for that purely anonymous soul
the centerpiece of whose discovery
  was quite an ace in the hole...

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by Mark Miller 12/30/2017

Traveler starlight dusts 
Our color emotion departed
Ever within never dissident  
Below sordid toss assortment 
Blooms circuit substance 

Our obsessive privy throws  
Living symptom circular gaze
Before myopic oceans deep gray
Grasping worlds structure foray
By shipwrecked days estrange

In homes left untouched the many
For whom history appoints
The fill of sentry tales 
Holds purpose tenants void...

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Life Didn’t Exist Without Nicks
Written: by Miracle Man
8/19/2017

Life’s been loaded with a myriad of glitches, 
I’m considering the use of the moniker scar.
Twenty times in life I’ve experienced stitches,
So I’ll never be mistaken for some film star.

If fewer than three sutures they don’t count,
Or the broken bones and assortment of flays.
It began at fourteen and with age would mount,
I’m just an old dog that had a few rough days.

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All of the joys
Of chocolate…
Delightful pleasure
of tiny secretions 
that excites taste.
Releasing mounds of
Milky darkness…
An assortment of
Overindulgence,
A savory variety of 
Irresistible explosions
And heavenly bliss…
Layers of richness
That taunts sensors to
Recall succulent memories
Of indelible guilt,
An insatiable desire 
To spawn a gluttonous
Compromise…
Hers is Godiva,
Deep chocolaty inner dream-
Deliciously black coated
Vanilla cream......

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 A Political Truth
or 
Term Limits Will Never Happen
Tom’s Opinion
July 20, 2020

This November, from a vast assortment of people,
we’ll choose those whom we think best qualify.
Once in office we’re then viewed as mere Sheeple,
and we’ll view them as just another gadfly.

Many will become “all hat and no cattle”,
and master the art “of strutting sitting down”.
Then after fighting their last political battle,
they get a huge pension for making us frown.
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