Success Analogy Poems

Written: April 28, 2024, For Constance la France Contest

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love.
Sophocles, Greek...

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A sly inflection shifts the paradigm.
Rambling renaissance men without a clue.
Notable declensions; mismanaged time.
Skewing the truth and balance of value.

When paying mind to another's success.
Visibly...

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Written: February 22, 2024
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Divine dole of daytime, distinct as it...

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Are many questions that run through my mind.
Why does anyone want to do away with NATO?
Russia only represents 10% of world's GNP.
How are they having...

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The day after Valentine's Day,
for most may be sublime,
as a day achieved a measure 
of some success, while
others gave it no light of
day most likely...

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Written: January 28, 2024
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Under a shivery...

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I cast these concepts
I cast these kernels
Kernels in my hand
Kernels in the clay
Clay of loam
Clay of words
Words to describe
Words packed
Packed with exegesis
Packed with strength
Strength of...

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Rumi Verse
("I want that love that moved the mountains.
I want that love that split the ocean.
I want that love that made the winds tremble")
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Master
crafter

paper
later

compute
astute

website
ignite

laptop
giftshop

FedEx
success

jogger
blogger

clever
weber

keyboard
switchboard

email
voicemail

midnight
uptight

father
mother

good night
sleep tight

blanket
flank it

cover
lover

father
smarter

mainline
offline

loser 
snoozer.
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Written: December 19, 2023 

"His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship. Edmund Wilson"

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It’s a warzone out there 
And your mind is a minefield without the warning signs 
Breathe;
it's only ash clouds out there 
The sun's burning my...

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Written: November 04, 2023, For Jaymee Thomas Contest
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Written: October 29, 2023
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Years gradually build up over...

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Keep thinking, keep interested, keep praying, keep dreaming. Be mentally sensitive at all times so that the magic word that motivates you may one day...

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Through troubled times I traveled far, 
lugging life with lanced dreams’ deep scar.  
Twilight tinged the mountain mystique,
I couldn’t climb the attainment peak, 
failed...

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