Short No Brainer Poems

Lord Rupert Davy
despised lumpy gravy
His cook used a strainer
it was a no brainer!

02/19/21...

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Right brain

Says nothing

Left says

Nothing appearing..

Yet..there is no brain

Whether right or left..

Just the no-brainer:

What seems happening......

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Parked at the lake where we surely were't strangers
A Starling momma thought her babies were in danger
She flew at my head
Pecking away to my dread
Till I ran in terror trying to save my old brainer...

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mmm was she
was she Italian
or Hispanic nor

either no brainer
no breather
gasping

album cover art
a photograph
for the tunes

on the cover
but me under
cover for the sales

of Whipped
Cream &
Other

Delights
or more towards
my tongue's fantasy...

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Life, life is a no Brainer
Why can't we get it at all?
Atlas nature at her best
No question to ask
The least of us think of her as a flower
While I think of her, as a man 
With no plan, giving us her best shot
Results may very,
But nature, nature is a true form of art

SandyIvy
2-28-13...

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Adam and Eve, the parents of you, me and Steiner
                     Defy God’s wish, go to market, and buy a strainer
                         They strain the streaming sin from the fruit
                            the fibres remain, the seeds to uproot 
               They yell Ha the sin’s out seeds out we’re free,no-brainer...

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Roll it out or squoosh it flat;
Make a pie or cobbler,
But the eater must be
An imaginary gobbler.

Form a bunch of little balls;
Fill a little bucket.
Poke some holes and when you're done 
You might decide to chuck it.

If you do, just mush it up
And stuff in its container.
Kids and time and Play Doh?
I would say a real no-brainer!...

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Colored bright, for kids’ delight,
The ice pops on a stick
Start dripping way before they’re done,
A foolish snack to pick.

So hands and faces bear the traces
Of the colored dye
Which, too, is splattered on their clothes,
A mess they can’t deny.

An ice cream cup can fill you up
With drips in the container.
To say that is a better choice
To me is a no-brainer....

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When going on vacation
It might be a true win-win
If, like killing off two birds
You get to visit kith and kin.

Seeing family's a no-brainer
If you're living far away,
But a detour to some friends can make
An even better stay.

Relatives might be the people
You have spent your whole lives with;
Still, it's fun and quite relaxing
When you hang out with your kith....

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“The Memoirs of a Cat Lady” 



you slinked onto my sunny windowsill
winked with your one good eye
a no-brainer, all in your face, head

saucy marmalade pants 
bittersweet No. 1 wins the day,
in my bed

oh to be dominant
in my realm of warmth
once again

Moonlight 
calculates the temerity 
of a head-over-heels

One-eyed Pirate upstart
heart-claiming
Love Cat

she remembers
shameless,
she silently grins

(LadyLabyrinth / 2021)
...

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A Horse, A Horse, Of Course, Of Course

For horses, horse flies,
For humans, shame,
But horses don't kill off
The halt and the lame.
It's apples and oranges.
My, what a surprise.
Horses don't deal in
Deception ... and lies.
Just stop and think.
A no-brainer ... of course.
To have a clear conscience,
One needs be a horse.



 from a poem by Jane Hirshfield


I have permission to use the phrase from her poem, and she signed the original of this poem, which I still have....

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