Short Lollygagging Poems

puppies in a heap
lollygagging in comfort
dreaming of milk bones...

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The sassy cat promptly lollygagged and rolled in the nurturing sun....

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I’m Awake!!

The emptiness of morning awaits
grey clouds lollygagging
across snooze alarm sky.


John G. Lawless
10/9/2017...

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Lightful lithe lollygagging lexicon
What dictionary page have I been on?
Over adjectives and adverbs, I greatly fawn
Never saying no to a thesaurus, said my cousin John....

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lanky lean lithe limber lollygagging Leo loved a little lampoonery
loving lasting laughter, leisurely learning lemonade lessons
lickety split, laundering little leagues of lithographs in lime...

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sleepy English Cream retriever puppy
asleep in my double recliner, next to me
inverted over the side, head lollygagging toward floor
legs in air, touching me, belly exposed
showing me his trust...

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Lily pads lollygagged in lovely repose
I wish I had their water lamented a rose
But then you would drowned answered lily from her cot.
I had not thought of that, she said, rethinking her thought....

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Fifteen frenzied fowls with frilly frightening feathered frocks
Pirouetting, prancing, preening against granite rocks
Generating elongated,  lively lollygagging locks,
Strutting around in their striped chicken-like socks....

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a hundred degrees in Kansas
feels like two thousand degrees somewhere else
we cannot get comfortable
sweat is rolling down the small of our backs.
our dogs are lollygagging with tongues hanging out
the humidity of the Midwest is our undoing...

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we were all lollygagging about on a fine summer day, you see
Snakeburt, Dinogut, Pidgfeather, Yellow Cat, Dudley and me
Smelling the flowers, acting like we were enjoying the day
Wishing some adventure with pirates would come storming our way....

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Just the whiff of pink rose
growing outside my front door
brings my heart to my throat, stirs a desire
to don frayed cut-offs and white tee-shirt
and climb into the womb of my childhood fort,
to dream, to write, to lollygag to my heart’s content....

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lovely lithe lively lemurs
languishing lovingly lengthwise
laboriously lightening our loads
laughing in lemur-like linguistics

lovely lacksidasical loving lemurs
letting loose leeches live
living lemur-like lightness
lollygagging in lemur-like ways...

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effectual effective effort
fortified Fred’s frenzied format
generating general genealogical gems
heaping habitual happiness
igniting impetus imperturbable inklings
justifying Jerry’s jerky juxtaposition
kindling kindred kinfolk
lamenting Larry’s lollygagging legalities
making melodious melodies...

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My natural habitat is outside
Why would anyone want to be anywhere else?
I had forgotten how peaceful it is
God’s sunlight saturates my pores in a loving way

My backache and neck ache are readily disappearing
I am here, and it is wonderful as I feel her rays
I soak up the sun the way a cat does
Protecting my belly and lollygagging...

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Nothing 
  Like, lollygagging by a waterfall
    Watching the clouds deliver 
      A daytime, honey drizzler
        Falling in wet, misty, aerosol

Rain 
  Invigorates 
    Me 
      Yea

Enamored
  As the heavens open wider
    The afternoon sky takes a gander
      Showcasing, a freshwater
        Sun shower, water whisper...

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Puppies and kitties teach it in a frolicking way
We watch them rolling and lollygagging 
Enjoying being alive, excited about milk
Love comes in many colors, shapes and sizes

Enthusiasm is a form of it; coaxing imagination
Delight and joy are found too 
If you follow your heart, and find your passion
Self-love is essential if you are to have it with other humans....

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The sign said not to loiter
But I’ve never understood
The assumption that a loiterer
Is up to some no good.

So I say to all the fritterers
Or lollygagging crowd – 
You should stand your ground and dally
Just as if you are allowed.

Show the world that you mean business;
You’re not plotting something crazy.
It’s American as apple pie
To slack off and be lazy....

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We have a new boss; the jungle association was told.
He is carefree and relaxed, and he looks raggedy and old.
I saw a new guy lying on his back, lollygagging in a tree.
I had no idea who this lazy interloper could be.

He’s the new boss said the tiger and a red bird.
That lazy dude? I thought this was insanely absurd.
Nothing made him angry, he was cool and calm as a tree.
After a while having a sloth for a boss seemed the best to me....

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