We do not know

what he meant

and he did not know either

but it sounded good

at the time

it flew out of his mouth

like a undigested meatball

he thought he had really

put the reporter down

calling him

a "One Horse Pony"

in his mind

the ultimate insult

a brilliant putdown

he had scored

he thanked the audience

of otherwise compliant reporters

and...

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Their hair is turning gray

white creeps in

where brown had been

he and the dog

growing old together

they watch for cats

they watch the weather

they watch out for each other

just two old dogs

turning gray.

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She tears up at the breakfast table

her little wild squirrel named Stumpy

has not come back

to peek in her window

to eat out of her hand

to beg for a handout on her porch

where was the inquisitive squirrel

who always stopped by to say hello

she named it Stumpy

for the fact that it had no tail

it had become a regular in her backyard

a friend in the wild

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She is on her own

in her own little house

finally through with

the hearings

the judges

the lawyers

the divorce went through

now she is left

to her own devices

her cell phone

her tv

her old radio on the counter

her voice echos into empty rooms

her kids are grown and gone

she has no dog or cat

she has nothing to keep her busy

so she relies on her ...

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Despite new vaccines

in millions of doses,

our Disease Center

adamantly proposes,

we cancel all gatherings

it's their only focus,

we all could get Covid

it drips from our noses.

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one little

dot

can stop

a lot

a train

of words

screeches

to a stop

a period

is like

a

lock

the

audacity

of just

a dot.

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On Christmas Eve

we were kindly blessed

with the opening of

so many fine gifts

gifts gaily wrapped in

bright ribbon and bows

each package a gift

with much love bestowed

gifts given so freely

versus those obtained

are in fact equal

when love is exchanged

the true gift of Christmas

we have come to believe

is the pleasure of giving

and ...

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How does Santa get down

the chimney tonight?

with his huge bag of toys

getting stuck, he just might

Besides that, he's too fat

he's unfit, he'll admit

with that belly so round

how in the world does he fit?

But not to worry

about Santa's sad plight,

somehow he will make it

down the chimney tonight

It is cookies he covets

licking his rosy li...

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They say 6 feet

is the perfect distance

to keep Covid away

and stay alive

if you go 4 feet

you will die immediately

on the spot

in fact you will become

a spot-

on the pavement

if you go 12 feet

you are home free

and won't ever catch anything

you will in fact live to be 110

and outlive your children

so 6 feet is the rule

even the bacteria know th...

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I find myself

thinking of them again

and again

it happens so often

I hear them speaking

every off-hand remark

every small act

reminds me of them

what they would do

or say

in little sound bites

they repeat themselves

it is automatic in my mind

a common occurrence

I hear them talking

as if they had never left

they are still with me

retelling th...

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My animation is suspended

my license is too

no reason to panic

I'll just have to do,

My suspenders suspend me

till my suspension is through

when they lay me to rest

suspend my death too.

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My back yard

is a burial ground

for acorns

that have fallen down

And squirrels are always

coming 'round

to bury acorns

later found

I watch their antics

from afar

how do squirrels recall

where acorns are?

I am their vault

their storage yard

squirrels have good sense

in that regard.

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They say you should make

a To Do List

to keep organized and

to make sure you accomplish

certain tasks for any given day

For instance

I know I got a lot done yesterday

I just don't remember

what it was

I try to make a To Do list

but then I can't remember where

I left the list

and even if I find the list

I find it much too difficult

as th...

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Men are like cars

at first they are shiny

and have that new car smell

they always sound good

and give lots of pleasure

but there is a hitch

the longer you keep them

the more they lose value

they just don't bring much

on the open market

their worth diminishes

with each passing year

men like cars lose their luster

they start to rust out

if you keep a ma...

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Late at night

I hear a voice singing

faintly in the other room

she sings to a tune she knows

word for word

so perfectly

such a pleasant lilting sound

in the calm of evening

as I lay down to sleep

a song means someone is happy

lifting the spirit of

the singer and the one who listens

a song is the soul

come to life

her voice a thing of beauty

she sin...

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Every morning I cook up a poem

for breakfast

for all you hungry souls

who get up late

but I got behind this morning

and so now I am playing catch-up

I know your stomachs are growling

having no morning poem to digest

but hopefully

this mid-morning snack of words

will tide you over

until you get some real food

in your system

a steady diet of poetry

will...

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these days

they are always talkin

about that there

Herd Immunity

I don't know much about it

I worked many a herd

and there weren't no immunity

that i ever saw

if one of them cows got sick

they all got sick

one after anuther

we'd just give em some molasses

and hope for the best

them cows didnt know nuthin

about immunity

all ...

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In counting sins

I can't begin

to count them all

like sheep

There is no end

my flock of sins

forever

postpones sleep

How can I count

so many sins

whose recall

makes me weep

This no account

is just about

given up on

counting sheep.

~ Po Wit

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Waves of the ocean

undulate

slapping shore

in steady beats

An invitation

still awaits

as waves lap

at my feet

This salty shore

impresses more

as sea and sky

compete

The roar of waves

a summer day

a memory

complete.

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I have a hat
but it's a fact,
the hat's too small or
my head's too fat,
inside my hat
my head gets packed
then I can't extract
good sense I lack!

~Po Wit

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I have a hat

it is a fact,
the hat's too small or
my head's too fat,
inside my hat
my head gets packed,
then I can't extract

good sense I lack!

~Po Wit

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Two boys ready to go see the grandparents

who have waited so long to see them

the boys were going to stay the weekend

but what happened

one gets the sniffles

one gets sore throat

both feel out of sorts

so in an abundance of caution

the mom pulls them out of school

to see what might develop

what symptoms will ensue

in these days you can never be too safe

the...

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We store these ornaments carefully

so hopefully they will last

and bring back precious memories

of Christmases in the past,

Little trinkets become treasures

on our tree so proudly hung

reminders of our history

when our family was young

Christmas ornaments are tokens

of who we used to be

so many years of happiness

displayed upon our tree,

For in these s...

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There is no subject here

nothing presented

that will confuse or upset

I thought it best

to make this one easy for you

so you could start the day

in a happy mood

without worry or stress

There is no subject

in the subject line

because there is no reason

to make an issue

or antagonize

there is no subject here

because for once

you can have a pleas...

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Snow makes us slow

snow wets our clothes

snow reddens nose

snow freezes toes

snow plugs your hose

snow is too cold

snow does grow old

snow it goes.

~Po Wit

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Out of the blue

the bombs reigned down

upon the sleeping

men and ships

and blew the harbor up

and ripped

the fleet apart

the balance tipped

No warning came

as men awoke

to find their lives

gone up in smoke

Pearl Harbor was

the target then

all hope was sunk

by grim Japan

Yet in the end

America awoke

and brought revenge

a g...

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Once words get

out of the box

there's no telling

where they will lead you

put several in a row

and you will see what I mean

they are fascinating to watch

as they form a line and interact

they play around

they play off of each other

spin the word wheel 

see where it will stop

the arrow points to

the winner-

the poet.

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They come in

they take your temperature

they take your blood pressure

they ask you the routine questions about Covid

have you been in contact with anyone with it

have you left the state recently

have you had a fever

a cough, nausea, sore throat, congestion

no no no no and no

then another nurse comes in

and asks you the very same questions

because apparently th...

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The city's Christmas Light Extravaganza has been cancelled

because the Center for Disease Control has determined that

sitting in your own car and looking at Christmas Lights

from a distance of 100 feet is prime Covid infection territory.

In fact, it has been found that the lights themselves, generate Covid.

All this time we thought Covid came from a secret Chinese lab

but ...

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We put on our shoes
to take a walk
but walking is now
outlawed
it is too risky
they say
so we are told to
stay inside and
stare at the walls
isolate and
not go out
not drive
or ride a bike
or even go the park
it's all confusing since
Covid wanders around
at will
completely free to do
whatever it wants
just like it used to be
for us
when we were free
and happy.

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Living when young

is easy as a freeway

there are many lanes

you can speed along

at breakneck speed

and there is no problem

your body is strong

your mind alert

and the speed limit

can be ignored

Living when old

is another story

it is like a one way street

you have to be very careful

and drive slow

the body breaks down

the mind forgets

and...

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We know in our heads

how things are supposed to be

yet we miss some things

like spelling or punctuation or

a line that is incomplete

we never see the obvious

the mistake right in front of our faces

our mind sees something different

skips over the error

and keeps right on going

we omit words

we misspell

but our minds give us permission

because w...

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We learn from experience

that things are not always

what they appear to be

we learn that poems

are like shadows

sometimes obscure

open to interpretation

the writing in the writer's hands

the meaning up to the reader

the poet makes a shadow on the wall

a composition of light and dark

with parts that are not definite

who knows if it is poetry

or just a fig...

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