School Verse Poems

It was a balmy night by the sea
the bar wasn't empty, nor was it full
I was on my 5th whiskey sour
it matched my mood
some days...

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my first summer of retirement
would I bemoan not going back to school?
I sat outside, smelling my fragrant flowers
watched my dogs trot along the fence line
so...

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Peter (my bf) is coming to town - tonight. I’m breathy with excitement.
My energy is so sick. “Someone scrape her off the walls,” Leong remarked,...

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You used to say 
that pizza always sucks
once you’ve had your last slice
you’d grab the best sneer to mimic
all those moments we couldn’t box in
would...

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Step into splintered sunlight
broken beams flash
across bare, silhouetted flesh.

Above
Father-Sun forever scintillates,
a deep and ancient ember,
giving ceaselessly to all
wanting nothing in return.

The trees, they dance
in verdant...

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Jan Juc Primary School
Annual Fundraiser
A Kite Festival

Perfect day
Windy, warm
Families crowd onto the lawn
Above Fisherman's Beach

Prams, dogs, wheelchairs
Giggling youngsters
Parents saying, "Look up!"
Cameras capture glee

Big blue whale
Wafting
Above...

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a seed is planted in the garden  
watching it push up slowly  
through the wet soil
green shoots rising
in the spring rain

she holds the...

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Head is heavy with the load of pressure,  
The pressure that I bought unwillingly.  
A burden passed from hands I trust,  
Now...

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Country life is simple, 
Spacious and organic
Simple life is healthy life
Imagine natural beauty 
Where you settle and established 
Your family life and your future
Living the...

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As a child we watched George Jetson face-timing Mr. Spacely.
We knew this would never come to fruition.
Our stereo players took an entire end table.
Videotaping was...

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It's great to see someone working
Passionately for their job
A beautiful smile is a bonus. 

Living happy means living well
It's better than graduation 
To any school...

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Here’s to scrumptious nights.
cats and boots and cats and boots
We went clubbing last night, to recalibrate
ourselves on the dance floor, where magic happens.
cats and boots...

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once upon a time
in the fifties and sixties
school playgrounds had small merry-go-rounds
and teeter totters aka seesaws

our slides were as tall as our nine story school...

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Like a ghost I sit here
No one notices me
With their heads down, like they have somewhere to be
Hustling around like ants on a mound
Going in...

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Looking right to the side, 
what will it do than leave my mind? 

I have guessed enough, 
measured rough, 
estimated tough, 
loved through, got through...

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