8Th Poems | Examples

Assuming You Knew


Presumably assuming, 
Presents peculiar perspectives,
Within our collective, 
As a selective few move through, 
Unabated, 
Unafraid of the path laid before them,
Restoring glory to an old story,
As we climb assuming the truth, 
Teaching our youth what's true, 
Sharing the beauty of the view 
As we stew the pot, 
It's getting hot and ready to boil, 
The soil ripe for sowing, 
As we keep growing as a whole, 
Giving love the control, 
Governing our own soul, 
Presumably assuming the best, 
We have passed the test, 
You guessed it, 
I'm talking about you, 
I assume you already knew, 
Just what you came to do.

Justice

Consent covered by deceit, 
Would be nice if I could retreat. 
Instead of being beat, 
By an unseen enemy. 
Our world run like a company, 
So many tired and dying.
They're trying to kill us, 
Training us to cuss. 
Hustling through the bustle, 
The food poisoning our muscles.
As we hustle through the bustle, 
Ads rustle threw our mind,
Leaving only dirt to find. 
While hiding behind the light,
They're playing with our sight.
Most are too weak to fight, 
This just isn't right.
When will the night end, 
And time bend,
So my heart can mend.
You're my only friend, 
Who can heal this land.
I demand Justice, 
Because I can, 
Come help my fellow man.


Premium Member It’s The Children Who Fall

When the elders declare a war,
they have lived their lives.
Wars thundering through the
centuries,
Death is present to reap,
it’s the children who fall.

They haven’t walked enough,
in childhood’s discovering journey.
The bombs, the drones,
the guns,
the screams of fright,
it’s the children who fall.

Dust plumes in the hellish rampage,
and in the rubble they are dead,
mothers, fathers wail to God Who
weeps on His heavenly throne.
Psyches bleed, ravaged by grief.
Wars trample and crush the flowers
of innocence,
as the butterflies search for them,
it’s the children who fall. ~

Premium Member In The Mourning Fields

The breast of the Carolina wren sighs,
and the tinge of autumn glorifies the
silent beauty of his engraved name on
marble and granite,
a tribute to the youth bridegroom
known for the cherish of his gleaming
love he had in life.

A cascading veil of lace,
white roses,
teardrops,
a pall cast over his bride and
nuptial guests.
Hail him, with his heart that had
goodness, generosity, and joy.
The bridegroom died on his
wedding morn.
In a passage of mortal to eternal,
the sparrows dedicate sorrow in
autumnal songs to him.
His betrothed stands in the grass,
her groom, her love, in
September’s embrace,
In the mourning fields.

North Carolina bereavement is
everlasting,
in her mountains of gold and 
crimson,
her Piedmont, her coast.
Such lament aflame-
unbridled in its pain.
Our paean rings of his song,
his tragic journey to join the Lord
and His angels,
as the mist shrouds envelop
his bride,
in the mourning fields. ~

Premium Member H is at Play Here

hedgehogs, happy birthday hats and hamsters have a holiday
having hand-held hoes has highlighted Harry’s heavy Hanover hay
hellacious heavy thunderstorms hasten the hedgehogs away
leaving birthday hats and hamsters, who happily decide to stay.


Premium Member READING IS EASY

Reading is good and easy
As is loving a  pet
Without a noisy jet
Or even Picking a ripe tomato

Deciding what to read 
That is what’s hard
As are waiting for the first tomatoes
And avoiding the eye of the wind 

Sometimes something seems hard
But is really very easy
Including reading learning
And reading as well!

soft power

Soft power of a white shirt
is worn by public women
who are a minority
Their lifestyle has nothing
to with the struggling 
low-income women we see
all around us

Premium Member Barney B Bear

big balloon-like bouncy Barney B. bear
Came out of the bushes from practically no where
His nose had led him straight to this buzzing bee hive
He hesitated a few minutes when he counted thirty-five

The bees are in a tizzy, he thought, who stirred them up?
Did he have his bee suit? No. It was being let out by Buttercup
Buttercup was Barney’s bubbly, bounteously beautiful wife.
Barney dove into the bees for honey, for he only had one life.

Premium Member Bringing in Fireworks After Dark

fourth of July T-rex was carrying fireworks for the park
They would all be lit in a specific order after it got dark
People were seated on blankets, whispering about this lark.
Luckily, they did not see T-rex, as the park was so dark.

Premium Member kraken bagged his first clipper ship

kraken bagged his first clipper ship on a Monday afternoon.
I love the feel of it in the bag, he told his cousin Swoon.
Swoon thought that keeping a ship in a bag was bad luck.
He asked how the creatures would breathe, but
Kraken did not give a gut

Premium Member feather queens new headdress

feather witch queen had a colorful headdress of feathers
she showed it off to her familiar, a black crow named Weathers
Weathers was irritated with the dyed job, it is fake he said.
She got angry and gave him a super noogie on his fat little head.

Premium Member aliens brought their own camper

the aliens did not come empty handed, they brought their own camper
It had a clothes chute, a laundry room, and an empty clothes hamper
They showed me their kitchen and their tv room, which was amazing.
I turned and saw three more aliens on beds, they were just lazing

They offered me a tv dinner, and I thought what the heck
the meat tasted crunchy, like a brittle turkey neck
there was something that looked a bit like potatoes on the sink
They offered me that too, but it turned my stomach, as it was pink

We had a good time, even though I did not know their language at all
They measured my tummy, and made a note that I was not so very tall
I recognized the numbers, they were similar to those we use here.
They hugged me too hard, making my eyeballs pop and tear.

Premium Member Three Aliens Camped Out

three aliens camped out in the desert in the heat of the day
Their skin which had been green, turned a tiny bit more gloomily gray
They were huddled around a campfire or was it a TV?
I tried to tiptoe past them, hoping their intentions were friendly

One of them pointed and my head began to twirl around my neck
It rotated three-hundred-and-sixty-degree circle, what the heck?
the aliens laughed; one of them handed me a tin full of beer
I did not dare reject it, because I was now trembling with fear

funny stories were told in their alien language, which I did not know.
I was relieved at two thirty-five a.m. when they finally let me go.
they had a giggle that clued me as to when I should laugh
I ran all the way home to hug my cuddly, a furry giraffe.

Premium Member Is Everything Ducky

Everything is ducky in their house I bet
I turned and saw the twins – Annie and Annette
Wearing duck hats and ducks on their feet
With dour expressions, they never look sweet

Sure, just ducky I agreed and we all had a laugh
The elephant, raccoon, me and the giant giraffe
Annie and Annette have been grumpy since day one.
I do not think they have even once had a bit of fun

The fact that they dress in ducks is amusing to us
They look stupidly silly, said a sloth name of Gus
He rarely comments, said the elephant’s daughter.
I smiled myself as these grumps came out of the water.

Wearing ducks as if to say everything is ducky
When their expressions always say the world is yucky
The contrast brought a bit of a smile on me
Then they turned and dove back into the Indian Sea.

Premium Member the spoon is the wise one

the fork thought the knife and spoon were against her
A conspiracy was in the works, their mission impure
She used her ring finger and accused them of a conspiracy
The spoon pointedly ignored her and stirred up his green tea

The knife was not as wise as the spoon and argued most of the day
It seemed to give them satisfaction said the spoon named Gray.
They are used to arguing, it is their way to be romantic he thought.
He had heard his parents scraping and hissing since he was a tot.

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