Short Commute Poems

winter tires sing
music by morning’s commute
bizz-blizz is-is-is...

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drive to work in snow
so much fun to cuss and spit
a hater by force...

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the bridge is biggest
when large rain comes down to kill
wet wheels wishing life...

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Go,
go,
go.
Stop.

Turn,
go,
stop.

Turn,
go,
stop.

Go,
go,
go.
Stop....

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It’s
not just
the commute
that I dislike; it’s
more about the fact 
that it keeps on bringing 
me to work every single day...

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i once knew a girl named sloot

who liked to travel by chute

dropping into a town

she would leave with a frown

due to the horrid commute....

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It wasn't so bad this morning
But I arrived an hour early
If I'd left later—
     even a few minutes?
Only the clock will tell
After all
     It's only my first time...

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each ant scurries
the melodrama plays on
directed misdirection
  the constant hurry

nor rhyme nor reason
  rules the roost
when whirl and bump
  are what's produced...

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As I traversed beneath the early morning glow-
With cotton candy skies illuminating the beginning hours--
I found my heart calling to your in the midst of the beauty,
Begging to bask in its glory with you by my side....

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The train was stuck;
The tracks were icy.
Weather cold;
Conditions dicey.

Stops and starts
Made travel slow.
Patience was
The way to go.

Home at last,
Relieved but spent
And wond'ring where
The hours went....

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Totally ruining a peacful commute
ready to drive my car into the pool
after standing still for 3 hours
facing 10 miles of gridlock, a disaster
feeling like screaming
I want to rip my hair out
carefully I count to 5 hoping to calm down...

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anywhere without you
aint that pretty
but i keep my peel on you
cold and wet in new york
the wind like a proverbial knife
crowded train
queues at the bus stop
pulling down the ball and chain
Unreal faces behind newspapers
commute at your peril




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I
Wet sky, I
Must greet morning
Rewards my eye
Flying beings swarming


II
Birds, bats, locusts?
Suddenly swarms sundered -
Sundered by Comorants
Usual places wet
None for drying
Winged variety morning
Commuting to feed
As employees do
Routines go on
Beautiful -- wet, too...

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Is anyone really watching
as I commute on my way 
            to Philly

             As Poe
            with pen
   like the tornado wind
         I pull you in

    I capture your pose
          I imagine...

     all of you buckled
             in my 
             throw...

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Mourning Commute

would be phoenixes
masquerade in Gotham
snowbirds alighting 
outrunning the cock's crow
leaving their respective nests
cold
huddled in subterranean tunnels
awaiting the next iron worm
three piece sardines 
breaststroking up steam 
in relentless pursuit of false promises...

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Thy wish makes me jubilant enough
Only to reach the cloud nine

Last evening being so tough
You did not receive tweets mine

Dwellilng in a city chaotic
Has a toll on my comfort

Daily commute and chore hectic
Has taken away my forte

But life is a mystery
Even in its misery

All one needs to decode
To ride on success road..!!...

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Can I Take My Vote Back?

 Hey Senator!
I love giving you smack
Cause you’re always
Showing your crack,
Which makes you 
So easy to attack.

You lack any
True character,
You just run with
Your fearful pack.

You have affairs
Behind your wife’s back
With a lady in Spain,
What kind of commute
Is that?

Okay, can I take
My vote back?...

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DIGRESSIONS ON BILLBOARD HAIKU

Sick of the commute?

	Early morning pavement gray as masticated 
	breakfast sprinkled with broken glass.

Brakelights driving you crazy?

	Blinking red Morse with its Monday 
	bad news: Accident Ahead.

Take the train and dream.

	And off beyond the shoulder, fields of grasses 
	growing free, whatever the mind can see....

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The morning may be messy
For the people who commute,
With highways slick with ice
Before the snowplows clear the route.

For those who will be driving
Some anxiety’s at hand,
‘Cause Nature may disrupt
The travel that you might have planned.

Alternatives start floating – 
Do you heed or take a chance?
The young may risk it but the wise
Bow down to circumstance....

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Softly sneaking off for solace 
in the warmth of your embrace,
chasing stardust peace in dreams,
drifting both in time and space

Am I rising but to fear,
or fearing but to rise?
Cloaked inside your arms of down
I'd shirk each day's surprise

I serve this endless sentence,
in the cozy cell that's you
the warden daren't commute it
unless stardust dreams come true...

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Bedazzled
by the beauty of night,
you gaze at trillions of twinkling stars. 

Mesmerized,
you commute with the stars,
feeling like you’re connected somehow.

Overwhelmed,
the sanctity of space
encompasses you, body, and soul.

Miracles
are rarely in plain sight,
with one exception; the universe.


(Parallelogram de Crystalline)


2/23/2021...

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Lost

My golden earring is lost, gone.
A symbol of my working past 
Sophisticated, young.

Days of suits, neck bows;
Dressing for success;
Simple, professional.

The times of being a part of happening things,
The rush of keyboards and telephone rings,
Passed, oh, so fast.

Now jeans and sweats in silence,
Only the roar of other’s commute;
Goodbye, golden earring....

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Daily this tweet enchants me
And I become texting spree


Never feel that you're alone
I'm with thee like a drone

Worried about thy committed chore
And stressed work field more

Soon I expect a promotion precise
Thus making thy commute concise

Let's hope for the best my mom
For you are divinely calm..!

I wish I were there with thee
O my lovely sweet mommee..!!...

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A worthy pursuit, though not a commute. That it's even achievable, some would dispute; but those who do, deserve a salute. Calm and solace; peace and poise; even silence is involved; and if obtained, it will last, not spoil, and will not be dissolved. Sadness will always be a bit pricey, but happiness is still affordable.

08102017TGPSContest, Rhyme Battle: Happiness, Juli-Michelle; 4-line max...

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When I, a black man, invisibly commute
Passing every sight as good as mine
I must be sensible to the solemn truth
The mantle of my soul by God's design
Is made absent by accidental blindness
But because, like me, earth's still in darkness.
Let us then embrace face to face
For I'm outwardly the all of your race.
Night provides a bridge across my skin
Love provides a door for you to come in....

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