Short Debater Poems

did you hear about the great debater
who was also an expert ice-skater
as he most gracefully slides by
nothing but hello and goodbye
seems we will hear his arguments later...

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" I am the master.
On the soft ball team, I am the master batter.
On the debate team, I am the master debater.
On every fishing trip, I am the master baiter."
Usually at this point of my blind date most say, "Check please, see you later."...

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Wife, mother, sister, daughter, granddaughter,
cousin, neighbor, friend, citizen, congregate
schemer, planner, inventor, debater, organizer,
cleaner, listener, comforter, painter, writer, singer,
baker, cook, swimmer, driver, grandmother,
one woman, wearing many masks...

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Like a freight train
She barrels in
And slams upon the shore
Bringing all her treasured gifts
Up from the ocean floor
Randomly choosing 
she makes a deposit
As if purging her depths
Or cleaning her closet
Then passively leaves
The feisty debater
Will reclaim her trove
When she returns later...

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When there is no plan B
When all weighs heavily upon me
When all friends seem lost
When I have considered all the cost
When bills pile high
When all I want to do is cry

Then I will challenge problems anew
Then I will search for solutions through and through
Then I will give thanks to my Creator
Then I will silence my inner debater
Then I will offer up a song of praise
Then I will look for better days...

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Some topics closed for the debater,
Not only 'Divine', 'Incubator;
For good eggs their silly layers can't hatch
For the premature babies to life catch!

Some issues defy a debater:
Whether a ship needs Navigator,
Crocodile-like the Alligator;
Terrorists like a Terminator...

To some arguments just say "later":
A waste of time writing a letter,
With the sun's heat rays farm soil wetter,
Without drugs the nursed sick much better....

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