Short Out Of The Way Poems

Since life is no more than a passage;
let's throw the pebbles out of the way....

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"There's something good
 in every day...
 I clear all that isn't--
 out of the way"...

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fear of dark nightfall
a long stare at the faint moon
move out of the way...

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Every day is OKAY when I just git myself out of the way!!!


11/4/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2020©...

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Geese flock around a still green pond
jolting each other out of the way
honking loudly, wide wings flap
open beaks hungry
for a crumb of bread....

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My wife had driving lessons today,
She did reasonably well I must say,
and her score again,
was seven out of ten -
three managed to run out of the way....

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Three seconds, we go three hundred miles.
Drag racing now, there are big smiles.
Get out of the way
I came to play
Hope I don’t end up in one of those piles....

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I thought I'd saved my best for last
    yet it seems the month sped by too fast

  Glad to get January out of the way
    so Punxsutawney Phil can have his day...

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Making bro angry was what I did best
Getting his face red was my daily test
Got him mad today
Jumped out of the way
His head went through wall in front of dad’s guest...

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Snazzy Jazzy world of dragon of Ghoul
Gold red and Green twirling scales in whirlpool
We ran out of the way
Of his fierce fire today
He is now sixth grade student at our school...

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Step out of the way or get crushed
Here they come 
The mighty Gog and Magog

Wild men with hideous faces 
Forever at each others throats
Manners of wild beasts and eaters of blood...

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A hub of summer
And a secret hid.
Known only to a few;
Its thousands amid!

Quiet, out of the way.
If yet heard, track-led.
Roars, more wildly brash, there.
Roars, somewhere ahead.
...

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t e way i move
is very smooth
i put you in a trance
and prance
watch me dance
i sting like a bee
i don't play i'am out of the way
 and still a standing tree
CAN'T HIT WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE...

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Just not sure how to tell you this today,
I'm certain you know it's Valentine's Day,
Cupid's arrow hit me straight
so today, I find a mate...
"You're blocking my view - GET OUT OF THE WAY!"...

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   Had my nervous breakdown early today
     Good. At least that's out of the way

   Told my shrink he might want to pray
     If his advice was any good
                     ~ he would've been paid...

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A power saw 
can slice through wood with awe
cut kindling or make a table leg
or staves for a wine keg
just make sure you get your digits out of the way in time
or you may be using your fingers only to count to nine....

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Table top dancer was as graceful as every hippo I knew
She did a waltz, a ballet, and an old familiar soft shoe
The people at the table pushed their chairs out of the way
My annoyed grandma decided to never invite her again that day...

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Table top dancer was as graceful as every hippo I knew
She did a waltz, a ballet, and an old familiar soft shoe
The people at the table pushed their chairs out of the way
My annoyed grandma decided to never invite her again that day...

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Trick-or-treating comic strip gals walked down the street.
The rest of us got out of the way of this wholesome treat.
They were sensuous for sure, these comic strip gals.
All the way we could hear comic strip boys yelling their wows....

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guys~
get a grip
don’t be wimps
it’s not like
you’re being asked
to suit up for war

stay indoors and let this pass
stay out of the way of
brave people doing their work



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on April 2, 2020...

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coffee cat café....
calm jazz...morning piano...
smooth chill out music...

instrumental time...
classical...relaxation..
concentration...now...

work pleasure or sleep
a background...out of the way...
cello and soft sax...

stan sand...

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Chipmunks tease us after we bloom
we're clueless as to why
the words of the birds and bees loom
we're small we don't deny

Grow low, we'll be out of the way
lowly we grew to be
thought our colors a bit risqué
butterflies shout, PANSIES!...

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If everybody had an ocean
it would be the bomb
everybody'd be surfin'
like in Vietnam
when we're on R&R
we surf China Beach
get away from the war
and the jungle heat
a little vacation
out of the way of harm
tell the Sergeant we're surfin'
Surfin' Vietnam...

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ok I'm not a good poet
and what I do for art
sucks too and
I'm not really 
a poet or an artist at all.
We can get that out of the way.
And what I am is just a guy
who lives here doing some
biological duty, un-
memorable, living with error,
memory of failure, denying
death....

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Ice cream, strawberry dream,
Sprinkled with nuts...a few.
Add the vanilla and slop on some chocolate.
Cut a banana into.
Squirt on some whipped cream.
Put a cherry on top.
Just go ahead and put two.
Give me a spoon and get out of the way.
Today is the day I break through....

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