Onus Poems - Poems about Onus

..."A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else." _ John Burroughs In the Garden of Eden, an ominous silence spread. From the Heavenly Paradise, a......Read the rest...

...Bittersweet pyrrhic victory... if a 2024 November presidential Biden win pandemonium likely to occur, subsequently figurative tectonic upheaval might set United States in a tailspin. Thou......Read the rest...

...The broken piggy bank strewn into a bajillion little pieces Unexpected largesse yours truly patiently waits, a metaphor of my dire financial straits courtesy papa's unsuspecting muse the miss......Read the rest...

...Yea if a man labours in pain If not in the Lord, he labours in vain But whatever a man finds to do Be he even unto his master and to God be true Even in his ministry to God above Let it be cheer......Read the rest...

...Emotional fatigue courtesy exhaustive vituperative harangue... Lobbed and unleashed upon the heads of (yours truly and the missus) so called selfish "monsters." The evening of Wednesday April......Read the rest...

..."Life is a gift that dawn brings." Because I live, My mind is not aside from me, The onus is mine to wield its power, The duty is mine to stand like a tower. Because I live, I'll journey th......Read the rest...

...I-n a world of vast potential yet endless need m-ake every effort to use that magic deep within s-o please do your utmost at all costs p-erhaps even more than usual as close r-elationships might ......Read the rest...

...I wonder far but wander near and wish to know if there is treasure here. Would it be buried underneath the sand or way off in a different land? Perhaps it is simply already in your hand. If it only m......Read the rest...

...Celebration of a new year, Thankful for life that chauffeurs my being, Not forgetting a door is opened to the unseen, Not forgetting it's my onus to decide where the needle goes. My resolutio......Read the rest...

...Their intimacy is gloved, moments dovetail in a tea-room. I color-in implied gestures, listen to the ambience of undertones. They enter a confessional space lips linger over shared visions, ......Read the rest...

...It chauffeurs the car, It paddles the canoe, It pilots the plane, It steers the ship. Sometimes it’s a restless wanderer, Sometimes it’s a calm flowing stream, Sometimes it’s a raging sea, S......Read the rest...

...with peace and love borne on its back ~ hope rides along when the dove’s spine cracks Flight Two Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Chantelle Anne Cooke Monoku how many syllables (17) 06/11/22......Read the rest...

...No matter unseasonably blustery March like weather prevails across my neck of the woods (Southeastern Montgomery County, Pennsylvania) and across the main body of these United States of America ......Read the rest...

...Amidst the vast fertile lands the little huts of the people stood, Hoarding the millets from the field To their feathery friends, they offered their yield Savouring the millets and cereals And......Read the rest...

...How can I show you, God, When I am confused, When I am mystified, The closer I get to Him, The more troubles I see, The nearer I walk, The higher the mountains, I have walked this alley for ye......Read the rest...