Short Pajama Poems

my pajama
pants keep
getting stuck
in my
ass's crack 
keeping
me from getting 
sleep
going to go
to bed
naked...

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Our beloved  44th President, Barack Obama
He talks with Michelle in pajama:
“Michelle, help me promote jobs and US businesses”
She answered:  “Your pajama, Barack,  is made in the Philippines!”...

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I sneaked down the stairs on my own
To catch Santa working alone
But there stood my mama
Without her pajama
And Saint Nick was doin' some moan

11-17-19
Contest: Holiday Themed Limerick
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin...

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Poppy the parrot

Picked pus from a pimple’s peak

but then Poppy pricked Poe’s pajama pole

Patrolman Pat picked Poppy up by his beak

Prisoned Poppy pleads for parole

and pecks popcorn and crumbs all week...

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Creepy crawling slimy wiggly thing
Feels eerily strange against my pajama leg
I wake up suddenly
Thinking cobra
or sleazy wet rat
violated by my own imagination
Snatching my explorer hat
out of the clutches of the crocodile
in the swampy forest floor...

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pajama jeans painted
she loves me
acquainted
learning to breathe
her rainbow love
showers me
from
tears
above

silence

was it her kiss
prepared
for
me


closing my eyes
she brushes into me
my seams burst into
beautiful colours
she patches
me
to
her
pajama jeans
painted
?...

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Last night again I tumbled down
Pajama clad and half asleep
Past universes dark and deep
To land transformed
Upon the warmed
And wet volcanic earth.

And there I saw a million souls
Adrift on pools of amber light
Like fairies bathed in candlelight
Without a care
Approaching their 
Next reincarnate birth....

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In fuzzy pajamas I drink my coffee
Warm and toasty, cozy
In an hour I will be getting dressed
I cringe as cold street clothes hit me
Settle at my computer
To teach virtually
All the children are wearing pajamas
It is pajama day but no one told me?
I am in my warm fuzzies before my next class
Mrs K has on her jammies!  
Yes I do and I wear them the rest of the day
Delighting class after class...

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It Was Only a Dream

The days of rush and running;
The airport, the hugs the drive.
Our special gourmet lunch place.
It was only a dream.

The twinkling lights, pajama nights,
Planning presents, paper crinkling.
Lingering laughter, long goodbyes.
It was only a dream.

Breakfast out and you’re gone.
Time is rolling along.
I know it was only a dream 
Of sun spent days, but…

Your forgotten present lies on the couch....

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The Following is the poem "Lama" by Ogden Nash


The one l - lama
He's a priest.
The two l - llama
He's a beast.
And I will bet
A silk pajama
There isn't any
Three - L lllama.

My version of the lines Nash missed.

But Mr. Nash
I must insist
On an addition
To your list.
The three l - lllama's
Clang and din
Brings cries of “Fire!”
In Brooklyn.



Yes I should be publicly flogged in a poetry forum!  An old joke but still a good one....

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Emily wakes up laughing
but I see tears upon her pillow.
She's so far away from
shoulders and sleeves.
Remembering surrendering.
No more pajama tops
or secrets in the dark,
just a flame burning slowly down to spark.
Where and when
then and there
she's losing track of details.
She punches the clock
and puts together
pieces of permanent plastic.
She hears a song,
her strength is gone.
She lays down her munitions.
Crying on the coward's birthday....

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The way your pajama bottoms don’t match the tops
The way you exercise to ensure ‘proper fitting pants’
The way our dogs wait for you to walk
The way our kids tease you just to hear you laugh
The way you keep on the move so you don’t fall asleep
The way you do things for all of us, unasked 
The way you take time to listen to a friend
The way you persevere when life sometimes makes you weary
It’s all this and more that keep me …… well, it’s just your way...

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