Stanley Cooper Poems

I ran along the dark-shored lake as
A magpie in a blue gum sang a mystic melody.
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“Peace on earth
Good will towards men”
Heard almost since birth
Over and over again
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On the outside looking in
Or the inside looking out
Not even on the learning fringe
Of what life is all about
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Basketballs bounce
And that’s okay
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Some poems I’ve written are nonsense-i-cal
But I’m not buffoonery smitten
I’ve written some most common sense-i-cal
Which are not as quite dimwit-ten
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They spend no time together
Yet they're relatively linked
These three birds of a feather
Who march through time in sync
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When things are too abounding with ideas too astounding
I find them most confounding
I guess I’m not profound
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One and one is two
Of that there is no doubt
We hold it to be true
Great minds have thunk it out
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To keep my brain from foggin'
I wear my Stetson hat
It does wonders for my noggin
I've learned to count on that
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Creating poems for laughter
May be glee that I contrive
But the laughs that follow after
Is my goal well worth the strive
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