November 4

Bored is Not in My Vocabulary

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Teach some students with a whiteboard

Sharpen my skills on a chessboard

Can’t be bored

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Challenge my fears on a surfboard

Tour calm lakes on a paddleboard

Won’t be bored

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Earn a degree and a mortarboard

Write a new poem on the keyboard

Can’t be bored

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Memorize the guitar fretboard

With friends throw darts at the dartboard

Won’t be bored

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Maybe I’ll learn to skateboard

Finally learn to jump my snowboard

What is bored?

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(A Poem inspired by the Compound Word Verse. Modified the form)

October 1

Not a Spectator Sport

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Life is this pink and blue treat ball

Upon first glance does not enthrall

Just sitting there not giving

Needing you to do the living

You need to act to get rewards

Life’s waiting to be explored

Live to the fullest, risk the fall

Get all you can from this treat ball

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(An Octelle Poem)