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Apportion Poems - Poems about Apportion

Where Are You Now, Gloria Dubbins?

...Gloria Dubbins - not much of a name,
but trust me on my judgment, gentle reader;
in terms of Beauty, she was Hall of Fame.

We’re talking – let’s see – nineteen seventy-two,
but I’m the keeper o...
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Categories: apportion, nostalgia,
Form: Terza Rima

My Father's Hand

...My Father’s Hand!

My father left me when I was a baby
and all that remained of him… was his hand! 
The hand that edged its way
into the last photo he took of me!
As I grew, I used to study tha...
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Categories: apportion, betrayal, family, father, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberArt And Loving

...Tendency is, to apportion 
Love:

like slices of iced sweet
at a party

braying festive, 2 playful swipes 
at a swinging, loaded donkey

(not the husband this time)

toffee for the dear lo...
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Categories: apportion, art, inspirational, love, passion,
Form: Free verse

Apportion

...Unlimited source
Depend upon the giver
To deserving force....
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Categories: apportion, engagement, judgement, perspective, prejudice,
Form: Haiku

Nature Does Kindly Nurture

...Do you thank the Sun
On any day for duty done?
Due to Sun, life is no burden
As He makes World a garden

Do you salute the Moon
For His giving a cool boon?
Never postpone, do it soon
He chall...
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Categories: apportion, beautiful, best friend, celebration,
Form: Rhyme



O' Seed

...O seed of minute proportions,
So small, a minuscule apportion.

From God, you were sent,
From a low place, you were meant for a glorious ascent.

Yes, low, down into the ground you go,
Covered...
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Categories: apportion, change, confidence, encouraging, growth,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberShort History

...Twenty six people is all there would be
Between Mr Julius Ceaser and me
Twenty six lives laid end to end
It’s a notion akin to making time bend

Let me explain what I’m ranting about
That histo...
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Categories: apportion, history, time,
Form: Couplet

Premium MemberThe Marmalade King

...The Man casts a shadow purulent with stealth
    Having seen his apportion of nebulous days.
In fear of himself... too long on the shelf
    And a vague memory of far better days.
He then lowers ...
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Categories: apportion, courage, humanity, humor,
Form: Rhyme

Playing the Blame Game

...While i understand and totally get

It's human nature to want to
apportion blame

When it comes to one's government
remember

Very rarely do the voting public agree

With the choices made o...
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Categories: apportion, slam,
Form: Free verse

Diary of Boys To Men

...DIARY OF BOYS TO MEN

WHEN WE BECAME A MAN:
Entrant into the promise land of adulthood
Where the wanderings cease and building begins
Where that unstable thing in us solidifies
Where the irresp...
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Categories: apportion, 1st grade, age, childhood,
Form: Narrative

Wisdom Was Found

...WISDOM WAS FOUND

The day moves me into this ultimate search
Of the principality that Lords over life
And rules over Kings, nobles, aged and Princes
As my desire yearns for that which is profita...
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Categories: apportion, 2nd grade, bible, spiritual,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberLethal Warning

...Whether the Good Lord or Charles Darwin gave Adam his fruit

Regardless of ideology versus faith rules our common pursuit


We need to accept that life is dangerous and fraught with peril

Don...
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Categories: apportion, health,
Form: Rhyme

Heterodoxy

...So-called Lady Luck, post your impulse rounds: 
Tell where next goes your famed Midas touch; 
Where in the days near shall your wild leg lead
The favored donees of your capricious search? 

Agai...
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Categories: apportion, destiny,
Form: Didactic

Premium MemberThe Hunter

...Think
  Ponder
Identify
  Envision
Dream
  Wonder
Consider
  Reflect
Muse
  Contemplate
Mull
  Deliberate
Examine
  Analyze
Weigh
  Balance
Pause
  Hesitate
Stabilize
  Aim
  Fire...
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Categories: apportion, growth, success, thanks,
Form: Free verse

Let Dawn Linger

...Why dear night, do you remove the
canvas every day before the drenched colors dry?
how will we ever see and admire the portrait,
that which starts with blisters of pink from the 
mountain of lion...
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Categories: apportion, animal, appreciation, art, color,
Form: Verse

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