Short Payne Poems

There is an ob-gyn named Doctor Payne
He guarantees he'll live up to his name
   When his patients groan
   He whacks their skullbone
Delivers the baby plus a migraine...

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     pliers… scalpel… knife… 

       drat… I feel the pulse of life… 

          if not for my wife… 



     _______________________
      MILs = Mothers-in-Law
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this is a poem that was written by my freind. anything you comment on it i will let him know. his name is sean.

sad, regretful, loving,and woeful
lover of her,
who cares deeply about her,
who believed that she loved me,
who wanted to be with her forever,
who fears that she would leave,
who said "i'll love you forever"
resident of my broken heart.

payne....

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A dental assistant named Bertie 
Found patients could sometimes get shirty 
One annoying old bloke
Would repeat the same joke
His appointment time was 'tooth hurty'

This old joke drove Bertie insane
Still he laughed at it once again
But the dental staff
Had the biggest laugh -
This gentleman’s surname was Payne!

06~08~17...

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Restless legs
Like breeze on pegs
You whip up such a storm

Restless arms
And sticky palms
Can't cool me when too warm

Restless mind
You're too unkind
Brain won't you conform?

Restless night
Put up a fight
Too used to this new 'norm'

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'Restless' ~ by Victoria Payne
May 2017
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/Poemsbyvictoriapayne...

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The old me

How hard for me it is to plan
To go for drinks
Be who I am

It's who I was that you all know
The new me now, so pained and slow

I knew tonight
That old me has gone
The light so bright that once shone 
Taken early so unfair
From days I looked forward to doing my hair

'But you look so normal, you look so well'
Well I'm afraid inside I feel like hell

Victoria Payne...

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Until your gone, I’ll never know the pain of not having you around.
I know the day will come, but I don’t really want to admit it too often.
I think about your death and the effects of your passing.
I know deep inside I’ll live through it, but I haven’t figured out how.
I can’t imagine my life without you.
The only thing that would get me through; my family and friends.

copyright@2012  Monica Payne...

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'Litter bugs'

Why are we such a messy nation?
When blessed with such great sanitation
The litter bugs make my blood boil
When I see street cleaners toil
So of your taxes please don't moan
Would you litter like this in your home?

Please next time you spit out your gum
Think would you like it stuck to your bum?
Coz my other pet peeve
Is shoes up on seats 
And here endeth my morning greet 

By Victoria Payne...

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“Home, Sweet Home” by John Howard Payne

Home Sweet Home -Buzzwords

(Poem Sweet Home)

I’ve been to a lot of lovely places
But the poem-stead is my home.
I’ve seen a lot of friendly faces
But there’s only one place I call home.
It’s where rhyme meets with free verse
And alliteration’s free to roam.
A place where most of us don’t curse
Yes, the poem-stead is my home.

1-19-22

BUZZWORDS Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Kim Rodrigues...

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Empty on the sofa
Lonely without my man
If anyone can make me feel better
Only Dr Payne can
He makes me laugh 
Makes me smile
For him i'd even run a mile
It may not seem far in length
But i just need his almighty strength
To get me through each breaking day
So what I just meant to say
Was thank you for all you do for me
But I have one final tiny plea 
Love me and be mine for the rest of my life
And I will always try my best at being your wife xx...

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Betty Grable and June Havner
Brought the Dolly Sisters to Life on the big screen
It was 1945

They should have both had top billing
Somehow John Payne sneaked into the middle of them
in every single promotional advertisement

I think this is a reflection of how women are treated
as second class citizens
Dolly sisters, studio, not Dolly end caps!

I loved the movie, every bit of it
but do not like the way the producers
decided to write up the billing...

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'Won't let pain win'

From restless mind 
To restless leg
Hung out to dry
Like clothes on peg

Been many years 
Since pulled all nighter
Not same kind  
Now spoons* are tighter

Can't stay rested
Won't lie still
Mind can't fix 
Nor doc 'scribe pill

As fight the night
Must not give in
With all my might
Won't let pain win


*Spoon theory – 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_theory

'Won't let pain win' ~ by Victoria Payne 
October 2016...

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World Mental Health Day

Don't treat anxiety as mean 
Don't think OCD's just 'clean'
Depressed with legs of lead 
Don't mean it's all just in your head

People die of suicide
When each day they want to hide
Damn stigma of mental health
Hits poor girl to gent of wealth

So if you worry for a friend
Or see a family feigning mend
Stop and talk just say
That you'll support them feel that way

World Mental Health Day
By Victoria Payne 10th October 2016...

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I don't know why I am always being questioned
My decisions and actions are never protected
No matter what I have said or what I do
People seem to tell untruths to you
I am just a human by no means perfect
But all you on-seers need not interject
You may roll your eyes and shake your head
That may be because you have never listened to what I have said
I am who I am, no one will ever change me
Ignore the rumors and just let me be me!

copyright@2012   Monica Payne...

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Now the kids are gone

Now the kids have gone it's all gone quiet
Not the time for me to start a drink diet
As the rooms lay empty
Walls poster bare 
Annie you Left without doing my hair!

Eldest, your last year, the time has come;
That dissertation at last must get done!

Kids remember we're at the end of the phone
And for you all, we will always have a home
Well actually,  maybe just a bed
After next move it may even have to be in the shed ;)

By Victoria Payne...

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My freshman reading list is
    Thomas Payne, Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky
  The prof is not one to pitschky-potschky  

  The leaders to be studied will be
    Elijah Muhammed, Stalin, Castro, Marx, and Xi
  I wonder why A.H. is an absentee

  O, I get it -- Good things come in fives
    USA, Russia, China, Cuba and Syria
  Nazi Germany too busy taking lives

  Looking forward to an action-packed semester
    in this new course called ~
  'Proud Traditions of our Ancestors'...

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Sweet falling summer rain,
 dripping off the window Payne
 beauties joy it must contain 
Nature’s point of view. 
Solemn Autumns country breeze,
 floating boasting through the trees
 flutter flies of yielding bees 
the sky a lake of blue.
 Winters brisk temps to fall,
 roses blooms hide one and all
 blanket snow the sparrows call
 shaded cast white the hue.
 Spring bounces birdies’ song,
 the world begins to sing along
 a windy breeze to catch the dawn 
of life to start a new....

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