Stupidity Street

I saw with open eyes
Singing birds sweet
Sold in the shops
For people to eat,
Sold in the shops of
Stupidity Street.
I saw in vision
The worm in the wheat,
And in the shops nothing
For people to eat;
Nothing for sale in
Stupidity Street.

poem by Ralph Hodgson
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Shopping Without Edgar Allan

We will always shopping go
Without Edgar Allan Poe.
We go shopping, hopping, hopping,
From this store to that.
Edgar Allan was a Poe
Who never ever had to go
Shopping.

O.K., and so perhaps I lied,
And so perhaps his lovely bride,
Annabelle Lee and he
Went shopping, like
The rest of us.

poem by Fred Babbin
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You Are Too Smart For Me

You are too smart for me
Lady
When you shop
Because when you shop you shop for the bargains
And
I can see that you love bargains

poem by Aldo Kraas
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Loving Fun

Old lady
Age - 65
Old man
Age - 80

Booth are
Begger's...
shop to shop...
Begein
On the road...
shop to shop

They are not
Husband and wife...
They are
Friends
To companian...!

But;
Booth are

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poem by Otteri Selvakumar
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Shopping Malls

Shopping malls where
people gather,
shop, then go
crazy.

wrote 9-9-08

poem by James Foulk
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Shopaholic Prize Specials

Shopaholic
sweat compulsive
shopper

what is this
the secret
of thy smile?

Shop new late Friday
night specials
obtain prize specials

sleep blissfully happy
for the weekend
much better than some

who do not ever enjoy
their weekend special time

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poem by Terence George Craddock
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I don't have any beauty shop memories. I remember the barber shop.

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Shopping turns me off.

quote by Tea Leoni
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A poem a day - Shopping with a friend

Shopping with a friend is cool
There's nothing forbidden, no rule
And no parents to say what's suitable
Or to tell you what's unaffordable,
Actually you don't need to be rich
To try on whatever your eyes wish.

Shopping with a friend is so nice
You might forget budget and price
And buy things you don't need
Just by habit, not by greed
Like get ten or eleven similar tops
From two or three different shops.

Shopping with a friend is funny
Even if you don't have money
You can try a formal blue shirt
With a long gypsy orange skirt
Pretend to buy them but act lost
Then don't, because they're low-cost.

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poem by Rita El Khoury
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5. Leg-less

My wobbly legs don’t take me far
They buckle with the strain
I end up kneeling on the ground
And I can’t get up again

A little frail old lady
Tries to help me to my feet
Someone from a nearby shop
Rushes forward with a seat

Between the well intended
I’m sat there in the mall
They collect up all my shopping
That scattered in the fall

From the shoe shop some-ones coming
With a cup of hot sweet tea
Drink it up its good for shock
They seem more shocked than me

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poem by David Threadgold (2008)
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The Low Down

Mother; remember I am small
a little over two feet tall
My view from here is limited
the shopping mall a place of dread.

Boots and shoes are all I see
as people rush impatiently.
You have forgotten how it feels
to see only toes and heels.

You hold me firmly by the hand
but I don’t think you understand
Just how it feels to be so small
and dragged around a shopping Mall.

If you ere small and couldn’t see
then you would know what frightens me.

16-May-08

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poem by Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg
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As Time Goes By

In our town there were many small shops, one selling
buttons the other socks; and a hardware store should
you need a hammer and nails to hang up a picture of
your mother -in- law, in the living room.

There was also a shop selling scarves, another selling
ladies hats, and a third one, quite posh, selling suits and
ties. I mustn’t forget the shoe shop, leather footwear
black or brown and white tennis shoes.

In our street of trade most shops have shut, those still
open are run by the Orientals where you can buy all
you need for a very small price. If your shoes wear out,
no point going to the old cobbler, buy Chinese instead.

Red lanterns sway in the fiscal breeze of decline where
wistfulness has no price tag. But you must remember
this, a shop is just a shop, yet, for us sentimental fools,
are remembered as a sweet memory of times gone by,

poem by Oskar Hansen
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The Thud Of Silence Was Like A Tsunami

What happened in London-town
Caused traditionalists to sport many a frown
Michelle Obama touched the queen
With bare arm around the royal beam

The thud of silence was like a tsunami
Heard from London to Miami
Never before in all times past
Have Londoners been quite so aghast

They even stalled their daily tea-time
Which they rarely miss in war or peace-time
Yet Prince Charles, the stalwart prince
Didn’t allow his royal feelings to evince

The Queen had never been touched before
Assuming one believes that English lore
But somehow or other she made it through
‘Cause she liked Michelle, her friend so new

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poem by Stanley Cooper
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The Most Normal Thing That Happens In The Mall

an ocean of people
inside the mall
many people are talking
within themselves
no one listens
to each his own minding
the most normal thing
that happens
here in the mall

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Windows To Bill Gates Or Paul Allen And History Of Windows

window's leaves
windows of open sea
windows as far as possible
windows easier
windows update
window shopper
window tablet
windows on the world
window seat

(Music by The Implicit Order) .

poem by Nicolas Grenier
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Shop

Frozen meat.........
Onion rings..........
Shuf’ling feet..........
Scanners sing.......

Babies cry..........
Shoppers wait........
Mothers sigh...........
Getting late…

Sun has set.........
Night has come.......
All have left.........
Shopping's done.

poem by Lazarus Knix
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Down the Sweet Shop

The little corner shop
full of special treats
Chocolate, bottles of Pop,
and jars and jars of sweets.
With pocket money in hand
given to me by my Dad
sometimes a little bit extra
if he heard I'd been a good lad.
I really loved that little shop
it was every young boys dream
you could get everything you'd want
Football Cards, Toys, and Ice-Cream.
My dad used the shop as well
he'd pop in to buy his fags
and Mum did her weekly shop
she'd get me to help her with the bags.
Then along came the big supermarket
the little shop began to lose it's trade
so sadly it had to close it's doors
an end of an era again I'm afraid.

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poem by Kevin Halls
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4. Best Buys

Best buy said the advert
But who decides what’s best
Is there some secret record
Or are they like the rest

The shoppers hear them shopping
Great deal’s we’re coming back
Influenced by special deals
Impressed by giant stack

This shopping is a science
With formulas for selling
Each manager has bought the stock
Head office has been telling

They told him where to stack it
In hot spots round his store
And adverts showing best buys
Would bring them back for more

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poem by David Threadgold (2008)
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In the Midst of The Shopper's Climax Season

We are in the beginning stages,
Of the shopper's climax season.

The Labor begins.
With a shifting of Autumn winds.
And children are sugarized...
By delights of ghosts and goblins.

Dressed in Halloween costumes,
To get treats...
From those who open their doors,
To discover they have been faced...
By creatures all over the place.

And in between Fall and Winter,
Indian Summer comes as if Spring.
To then chill the air...
To prepare for Thanksgiving.

~We gather together to ask...~

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poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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3. Funny Sonny

Dancing on ice
When I came from the store
All of my shopping
Got strewn on the floor

Head over heals
Flat on back in a pile
Shocked other shoppers
Made little boy smile

No harm was done
So please smile on sonny
Cos if I’d been where you were
I would too think it funny

poem by David Threadgold (2008)
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