Short Downtime Poems

windows wide open
hearing the ocean express
decadent downtime...

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When the sun sets
the moon comes rising
the stars around dancing....

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need new computers 
told these are just fine -use them 
black screens and downtime...

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Take time for downtime,
your ocean’s a bit calmer;
Recharge how you like;
Mind, body, and soul connect,
yes it’s ok to unwind....

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That Grand Old Opry;
Nightly Nashville celebrates
Country heritage.
Down home folks sing down home songs;
Hard working lives in downtime.
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Feeling sublime looking for a perfect rhyme
rejecting halftime, bedtime, downtime
considering the pleasant tinkle of a chime
making faces at the sound of slime and grime
settling for a garden of lime and thyme.

August 20,  2017...

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It's Recess, or whatever 
He calls his downtime.  God's 
at play in the sky, bowling popcorn 
balls of cumulus against the walls 
of a candy sky.  He does not wear 
a long white beard, or flowing 
robes. He's shaved, and
got his rompers on....

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Tears of wax are frozen in time,
yet they morph from sad to happy;
A statue that’s covered in grime;
Tears of wax are frozen in time, 
feelings resurface with downtime;
Wide smile transforms anxiety; 
Tears of wax are frozen in time,
yet they morph from sad to happy....

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timeout

polished sandstone grains
fine trickle through time's measure
in downturned hourglass


            made out of dust

man grinds man to dust
harsh words make quicksand for him
dust speaks up for dust


           Elah unveiled

in Elah's vale
a stone's throw from enigma
gigantic hate falls...

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Warrior Poet Zen 1-1

I think of that well-known phrase about the rose and time.
We should go beyond that simple act in our downtime.
To stop and only smell the rose may be sublime.
However, we should endeavor more than a clever rhyme.
It is our pleasure and duty to become that rose in our lifetime.
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White sand cascades in a wee washed-up jelly jar.
Shiny on its side, stepwise tumbling as a child turns it.
Boy’s curious mind reveals a tiger’s eye, rhodonite,
Snowflake obsidian, red jasper and quartz midst sand.
In reverse play, stones look like sleds on a snowy slope.
Slow reveal of each prize mesmerizing and calming.

11/22/2021
Line Gauthier’s BITE SIZE POEM no27...

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As I looked down the line
Conspicuous stars faded away
The suns gradually disappear
And black swallows further 
Every Glimmer Of Radiance
My sword is drawn
Struggle against resentment
Safeguarding the cosmos
And every single one of its inhabitants
Apathetically exposed to the left
Simple downtime now
Prior to the depravity of man 
recovers and reappears.

Written: May 22, 2023...

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I pray to that know-it-all Inter-web 
- that I can book a safe beach vacation. 

That I’ll meet some nice cahtholic boy online 
- without p0rn fueled expectations.

Weber-net, without undo downtime 
- please address my ongoing frustrations.

I need my Christmas loot on time 
- and not priced-up by supply-chain inflation.

AIs, who are listening, it’s time to send me a sign
- beep or whir to let me know you heard my small rogation...

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never knew
you would dig my every haiku
but you do
even more i love you
you read another
then you read the other
we relate like sister and brother
we enjoy our downtime like father and mother
oh my oh boy
you read a few poems of mine with such joy
at first i thought it was a ploy
motivation from you i now employ
never dawned on me
your love has set me free
you represent 'you', 'her', and 'she'
again God proves that Mighty Is He.......

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Dude's limp described by the sum in ink 
could be only by an inclusion of think
"definitely dude's dexterity deserves downtime
for all the day long hiz soldier stood sublime"
"i'm done" hiz exclaimed smeared in hern stink


* "limerick poems have a humorous or 
   amusingly coarse or irreverent subject"...

   i quoted PS vide supra, "irreverent" being 
   this case and for the;anywhoz, this write iz 
   not humorous to the bard 'fore yours...

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Dark as a demon, but with the soul of
an angel, he's a Portuguese Water 
Dog who's never been to sea, but, as 
he oughta, he loves water, and highly
proprietary when you're watching 
TV, downtime is shared, so it's his paw
on your foot, or else it's his head. 
Morning ablutions, one leg in the air, 
he waters a thicket, which wakes up a 
cricket who begins to sing. The world 
is his lavatory. Noblesse Obligatory. 
It's a Water Dog thing.

                   for my granddog......

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Some day
One day
How about today? 

Let all that is you
Dance to the rhythm of your soul

Indulge in some soul sessions
Whatever they might be
Acknowledge who you are in this moment
Pretty, afraid or even anxious
About anything and everything

Don't double back on what you feel 
There is enough doubt going around
Try not to put on the dress of insecurity today 

Give yourself that downtime 
To recoup - leave indecision at the door

©wilmaneels
©07062020...

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