Short Conference Poems

waterfowl party
ducks quacking to swimming acts~
a webbed conference...

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Trees at conference
promoted plant tree cut tree campaign
rehab a dirty world...

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Calm, composed exteriors
   Belie agenda-driven minds

Words painstakingly chosen
   Cover well-padded behinds...

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Show me a man
without a dream

And I’ll show you
— no man at all

(James River Writer’s Conference: October, 2016)...

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To all that this may concern, let this notice be known,
"The Procrastinator Conference Day, has yet again been postponed."...

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galaxies agree
harmony among planets
shall be called free bird
 



* Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute...

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Preparing his conference speech
Old man ended up on nude beach
By virtue or vise
He stuck his device
In each blowhole he could reach...

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OH PEAR !

As aliens who come from out there
All our heads are the size of a pear
Most consider us sane
Despite a tiny brain
Attending a conference, we swear...

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Writing for the ages,
—not for the agent

Answers became questions,
—all wonder returned

(James River Writer’s Conference
  Richmond Virginia: October, 2016)...

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If doctrine and dogma
held a conference with reality 
and an agreement was reached  
on a common philosophy and set of tenants
Would that be a paradox or paradigm shift?...

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My Poem still an open wound,
  unstitched by edits snare

Running free on a salted page,
—new blood for all to share

(James River Writers Conference: October, 2016)...

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My Poem still an open wound,
  unstitched by edits snare

Running free on a endless page
  —new blood for all to share

(James River Writers Conference: October, 2016)...

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This little piggy went to market
     This little piggy stayed home
     
     This little piggy came clean at a press conference
       Confessed, "No matzo balls in my genome"...

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Confusion reigns in him, even before the press conference.
Yet when there's a chance to make a bad choice,  none's more decisive.
Acting only when he must, he throws the chips, lets them fall....

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Let’s give him the nickname of Sayles.
In suit, he does chomp at his nails.
Preoccupied schlub
gnaws down to the nub.
A shame as he chews at details.

7/14/2022

Wow! True story!...

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A breakthrough was imminent,
Exhilaration ensued;
  Ships listed idly,
  The HEAVENS were still.

A press conference was called,
Adrenaline spoke well.
   Ere a headline's created
   Ought the SEA not to swell?...

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I go to the conference,
she explains, no self-discipline,
no self control, just lazy
an F student

I agree, he has none
but neither do i,
no one taught me,
so how do i teach him?

"I guess we are losers"
She is angry...

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Imageries of tribal stench
Streets stretched in stray bullets
Carcasses charred in church
Women slit in the dark
A conglomerate of conference table
Littered with  coffee and curfew
Monkeys mourning
Centre crawling
Sentiments sighing
Jos, a shadow....

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PTA Conference with Mom.
You mean you don’t have an hour and a half lunch?
Child looks smug.
You don’t get off at 1:20?
More smug.
You don’t let them play video games during their hour 
morning break?
This kid is a genius.
How can I possibly grade him?...

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I got drown in the river of love 
It drew me by and by to the conference of love 
This is where two rivers meet for love 
Then I saw an angel walk towards me with hands full love 
In the same river where I was drawn for love's sake I found myself again in the arms of love...

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teens table their tablets —
a boy and girl lean into conference.
their mom, the professional, puzzled
as the family dishes out dinner, discussing
the call, “that man and his sidekick, so funny!”
tasteful humor provides entertainment.

6/10/2021
Bite Size Poem no6
Sponsor - Line Gauthier...

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My daughter says
I hate my cell phone.
I always have to call home
When I get there, 
Where I’m going, with whom and when.

Flashback to me at her age
Coming home from a conference
Out of town
My mother worried at half past twelve
When she thought I should be home at ten
I wish I had a cell phone then....

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Conference day
Some leave happy
Excited, thrilled.
High fiving their teachers,
Loving them still.
Twirling and whirling 
A dancing drill.
Others leave unhappy,
Decidedly sad,
Protruded upper lip,
Frowny forehead, acting all big and bad.
Angry eyes,
Completely surprised,
After their mean teacher
Spread her lies....

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Zeitgeist
of yesteryear,
so vividly captured!
A photo frozen in time of...
reporters waiting for a press conference;
the sky above them soon to change...
from white to scarlet red.
Look at those cars!
Zeitgeist


Back When Poetry Contest (Winner: Honorable Mention)
Sponsored by: Line Gauthier 
Date written: 03/05/2020...

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He lied
He’d died!

Alan Abel faked his death and an obituary was published in the New York Times on 2nd January 1980, On January 3, 1980, he  held a press conference and said "reports of my demise have been grossly exaggerated".

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11/15/20...

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