Short Take Home Poems

sharing of everything that people don't want to eat or have to take home...

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Enticing Icing and Pricing

We were inspired by the great icing,
That had been attractive and enticing;
We wanted to buy;
Take home and try,
Until we saw what it cost and pricing.

Jim Horn...

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In shackles, the angler stands accused,
His reel now silenced, dreams diffused.
Caught by the law, his freedom at stake,
No fish to take home, just fines to be paid.
An unlicensed cast, is the price he pays....

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Time is running trickling down the path;
Hope is longing to take home and grasp;
Mentally holding to those things that last;
Yesterday is today's tomorrow past;

1/4/22
Written by James Edward Lee Sr © 2022...

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mornings
sometimes, too soon
come, thank God for hope (blood)
that part of my day I take Home
planet holds wonders, dark ambitions, too
could we forget the abused child?
the spurned woman, mother?
God weeps blood tears
returns...

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Wining and dining!

I enjoy a good glass of wine
Whenever I go out to dine
But the prices are steep 
So I make sure I keep
The rest to take home cause it’s mine!

Copyright2011 Beatrice Boyle       Written for contest on June 23, 2011
(All rights reserved)...

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Oh, Lord, you left the flock,

as others wept in shock-

to seek the stray you lost;

take home at any cost-

that one misguided sheep

which from your arms did leap.

How deep- your love for all

to save just one, from Fall.
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Baked turkey and sweet cornbread
Dressing with gravy
Seven cheese macaroni
Collards and green beans
Real cranberry sauce
Take home plates
Yum!

Red velvet cake with pecans
Sweet potato pie
Custards in aluminum
Moist coconut cake
Pound cake with icing
Extra plates
Sweet!...

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Beware the Bomber - Epulaeryu

They call them “Belly Bombers”
Onion steamed burgers,
They say to, “Take home a sack”,
Square, holey patties.
I ate too many,
And I got,
Sick!



Original poem written for the contest:
“Fast Food Epulaeryu”   ¤¤ 3rd Place ¤¤
Composed 4-28-2011...

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2
a tea party for two
just me & you

in your best birthday dress
you'll be a success

we'll have jelly,cream&cake
& a take-home keepsake

there will be games&songs
some solos & a few singalongs

so please.. quickly... r s  v p 
by text to yours so very truly



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I spoke to a Rose last night~
topics not the usual color and
scent; more, how noses toward
blossoms fondly cant – spoke
of dreamy dreamy eyes...of 
dreamy snuggles, and dreamy
sighs: was offered a blush-one
to pick and take home! Said, 
I would settle, like Lincoln, for
a presidency, and a poem....

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She said she would
but I never could

find the time to meet
but then I got cold feet

what if my wife finds out
I have to think things out

should I take a chance
and to hell with the expense

I will give the girl a call
and meet her at the mall

No, I will stay at home and not go out
perhaps take home some sauerkraut...

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You have perfect skill.
Bringing everyone in the crowd to chill.
You make dancing seem so easy.

The way you move can catch everybody's eyes.
People know you will take home the prize.
Flawlessly impressing anybody.

No one thought this would befall.
We didn't want to make that call.
The hospital says you won't ever perform again.




2/24/2017...

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Many people often say
that they have no luck in love 
even when they pray
each time they see a red dove.


I say that they have no luck 
with their type
and that they hit a hard rock
each time they believe the hype.


It is time for them to step outside
their comfort zone
and search far and wide
for the one whose heart they can take home. 

...

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Study from bee
You will see: Mercy and Unity
In a safe bed hole
Mother feeds baby bee
	
Feed on pretty flowers
After absorbing the pollen 
Leave flowers without stains.
Help breed future flowers. 
Take home, sweet food, 
To produce honey: A nutritional value

Sometimes, somehow, 
Man unwillingly commits something,
With a lack of consciousness.
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I skate
with date

not ready
unsteady

cling rail
would bail

afraid
my maid

would skate
He-mate

leave rail
act male

fall down
I frown

but she
helps me

cling arm
no harm

we skate
up late

let go
oh no!

spill cup
helps up

red face
no race

to rail
still male

take home
not nome

miss
kiss

high school
now fool...

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These divine Jurby mice
could live in my ‘hice’
they’re cute as cute as can be
I’d not want a real mouse
come to live in my house
a toy mouse would make me happy

We love to visit this church
on the pews we will perch
and enjoy a cuppa and cake
We take home some cake slices
(homemade cake's one of my vices)
and it saves me having to bake!

09/02/20/...

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Key lime pie is not considered nutritious
The pie is greenish and sometimes tart,
Free in some restaurants, it’s so delicious
Be sure to try before the Keys you depart.

Try it with a dab of fresh whipped cream
Buy one to take home for a late-night treat,
Pry yourself away from the second stream
Guy, we’ll have another when again we meet. 

written April 26, 2022...

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It is not really a fun 
To claim that I am a part
 Of the divine who created us all
If I believe He resides in me
 Then life becomes more complicated 
Rather than what is expected to be simple
For the fact that He is an associate
 Of the crime I committed
Then how He can judge 
Make me responsible 
For the sins I generally do
Or how I can take home all the virtues
We together earn without giving Him His share ....

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Listen to poem:

Civil Rain
David J Walker


I could see it from a distance
The stroke of midnight looming

When this OD Green façade would
Dissolve in a civilian rain

How ya-gonna-act
	Who will you be
What will you take home 
Besides pain

I am my own blurry memory as
The chemical color 
representations 
Fade within the frames 

Drinking up 
	      The familiar cup
Of civil rain

And a prayer for each passing day...

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When I find myself in times of trouble…
That’s right, Mother Mary and all the rest.

Always right there on our shoulder
And in our hearts.

It’s all good you know,
And there can really be no regrets.

You wouldn’t know what you do now 
If you hadn’t known what you did then…

And so it goes
Around and ‘round.

Until all that’s left of the terrifying tiger
is a cup of ghee to take home to mother.

(4/27/25)...

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Silken thread
weaves charming patterns
of many colours
Cross stitch
needle in and out
Creating design of
pastoral harmony
When completed
and framed it will
hang on wall 
for many years
Finally
finding its way
into thrift shop
With luck someone
who appreciates
vintage crafts
will happily take home
this humble offering
So, the journey begins.




Charming Patterns
Poetry Contest
Sponsored
by
Julia Ward 
27/09/2021...

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Everyday is one more chance
To give a smile to people you pass.
The longing for acceptance is always there
Until you say something they will not care.
Look up i say don't stare at pavements
As someone might need you for a helpful favour.
Just look around what do you see
Is there something you hadn't noticed that now sets you free.
Take home the conversations you hear on the train
Think of those less fortunate and create a gesture that will remain.

27/02/2017...

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Another pair of cowboy boots
beneath my bed
banishing dreams of
a permanent man
right out of my head

They call me a buckle-bunny
but that sets too low the bar
for at the end of the night
I take home the rodeo star

He rides wild horses
and even wilder bulls 
I lap him up by the mouthfuls

Lust curls in my belly
when I spy the champion buckle
his laughter is sweet as the honeysuckle

An aging buckle-bunny is what I see
until the next cowboy smiles at me...

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