Short Sharpener Poems

Who you calling a loser?
You...There's plenty of proof
Wait till I finish my poem book
You'll still be a penniless goof

Shoot I broke my pencil
And you can't afford a spare?
My Kingdom for a sharpener!
Hmm...That deal sounds fair...

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“How can you be in love with a water bottle?” The ruler asked.
The pencil sharpener shrugged. “You love who you love who you love.”
Scissors says to pencil, “Pencil Sharpener is ridiculous!”
“You have to admit she makes a good point though,” says the pencil....

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Every child in school owns a pencil
Used for bringing out a writing skill

It always goes with the sharpener
So it writes clearly on a paper

Sometimes it styles in many colors
Also smells in different flavors

In school it is very important
Need to have this not only for want...

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Kleenexes
Clorox wipes
A roll of tape
Kitty cat eyes on a pink pencil box
red apple peeks out behind yellow thermos
hand sanitizer
unused pencil sharpener because I forgot I had one
three folders with lesson plans
a marked up notebook
laptop computer
stapler
my desk is on fire with usefulness today...

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PENCIL   GOES  TO SCHOOL

Taught my little girl a rule:
Your  pencil feels dull,
He needs a turn in sharpener-school.
He’ll come out full

Of new tricks  -
He’ll  get  a new start.
His sharpness we’ll fix  -
He will look smart.

He will even be able 
To write better  -
On the kitchen table
Or sometimes on your paper....

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The teeniest human-like robot is six inches tall
Half the length of a standard ruler
she can walk, kick and do pushups
I understand the value of walking
we can watch her walk down the desk
Kicking might come in handy if she meets a mean pencil sharpener
But why would a robot need to do a push up?
Techno weenies amaze me in their odd thinking...

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A poet who doesn't feel 
Is like a dealer who doesn't deal
A knife sharpener without a steel. 

A writer who won't emote
Is like a schoolboy reciting by rote
A person who truly never wrote. 

This dabbler 'I' at least tried 
With words like feelings that never lied
Or sought coldness as a place to hide. 

"Upon Looking in a Modern Volume of Verse"...

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