Wake up Kavita!

Behind blurry, foggy windows
My 'wake up' words sit and wait.....
'Poetry..... Poetry'
(A reached for, flattened cuboid shape)
' Poetry....... For you it is early!
Here my lunch, I already ate!
Are you awake? '
(The words focus slowly)
' Kavita........Kavita?
Awake! , shower! tea!
Walk with me! '

Hearty steps steer
Legs walking me to work
As into your words I peer
In and out, the signal waits
For me to walk and catch its waves
With your friendly words in their wake!
'How your tea you take? '
Playful banter we make

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Showing My bladder Who's Boss!

Oh what an annoyance
It happens to be
When my bladder, at night
Wakes me up for a wee

I'm often too sleepy
And stubborn I get
So I drift back to sleep
As I'm sure I won't wet

The nerves from my bladder
I try to block out
As to nod off again
Is what I am about

You then try to trick me
By hijack of dreams
But I've learnt not to cave
In your dreamed up latrines

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Earth Without People

You wouldn't write a song and not ask a voice to share.
A balloon's a useless thing if you don't fill it with air.
We wouldn't make a hammer for a nail not to be hit
And who would craft a chair, then allow no one to sit
in it.

The crafting of this Earth followed logic of the same
With all conditions set just right for life to stake its claim
The other planets not designed or destined for this use
Then how could we, the most evolved, bombarded it with obtuse
abuse.

We use up its resources at a rate it can't sustain.
Its spells its sad prognosis but too slowly we refrain.
We watch the species dwindle, as we hog the crafted chair.
And our tone deaf ears kill nature's song with notes that simply are
not there.

Nature filled balloons with breathe of life that we pollute.

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Clever Fella, My Fold Up Umbrella

Work here has been slow of late
I'm a fair weather recluse
The other hand bag 'hang outs'
get an awful lot more use

My canopy's been folded
Held in place by Velcro strap
I lost my cover long ago
(an unfortunate mishap)

I long to stretch my metal ribs
And lock my tiny joints
My fabric is a wondrous sight
With nippled ferrule point

The sound of pitter patter
Excites my buttoned springs
They'll nip you like a playful pup
They're temperamental things!

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Invisible

Did you spot the girl
Who sat all alone,
On a bench in a playground
Outcast and unknown? ......

The mates meet up early
To recall and recite
From the programmes they watched
On the previous night

The girl on the bench
Her eyes dart pensively
She doesn't join in
As she has no tv

The mates meet for break
Strong opinions they share
On what clothes they like
Trends in labels to wear

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Just a load of silly limericks about people I know

I know young lady called Dee
Who lived in a bubblegum tree
She savoured the view
Whilst big bubbles she blew
And she only came down for her tea.

I know I young lady called Carolyn
Who said she was gonna go travelling
She afforded the lot
By a pay out she got
When her ex got impaled by a javelin.

There once was a poet called Ben
Who couldn't let go of his pen
He had a 'to do'
With some strong super glue
And it's been stuck there ever since then.

There once was a young Mr bright
Who wanted his farts to ignite

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Angels fall

Angels fall

Angels fall
Sometimes it is because they are tripped
Tricked
Unguided
Neglected
No one really to show them the way
Easily received but selfishly not wanted
An accident
An inconvenience
Left to their own devises and what they know
They land on dirty grown, grubby nails and knees
and they scramble around in ignorant bliss 

Angels fall
Sometimes it is because they were pushed 
Rejected
Frustrated
Tempted

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A Lesson On Poetry From My Five Year Old

I sat in bed one morning
With a note pad on my knee
When in wondered my Charlie
And he snuggled up to me

He said, 'You writing poems?
We are learning that at school
I know a lot about them'
I said, 'Really mate, how cool'

He stared at me intently
As he stretched out on the bed
His legs crossed at the ankle
And a hand propped up his head

After I had sorted through
And read back what I'd penned
He slid off of the bed
And peered up at me from the end

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First trip to the pool for Rosie

Two tiny tots
Named Rosie and jack
Raced to the revolving doors
With sports bags on their back

The were so exited
'Bout a morning at the pool
Jack had been just twice before
But Rosie, not at all.

They manoeuvred obligingly
To climb into their suits
Then as their mums locked up their stuff
The two were in cahoots

In between plans
About what, we'll never know
They made their way to pool side
Mums cried 'steady as you go'

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Cure For Stuttering

Whilst walking to work through Brunswick Square
A man on a bench went to stand
He wore a brown suit and he had auburn hair
And a notebook was poised in his hand

His eyes were sincere and they pleaded to me
More than his words when revealed
A stammering sentence
congealed at his lips
And the smirk at my mouth I concealed

I fashioned a smile which served to bring calm
And he heartily took in some air
He passed me the book at the end of his arm
And I read under his watchful stare

The sentence was simple, it said nothing new
And I handed it back with conviction
I decided to give him the time he was due
And help cure his crippling

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