Avoidable Poems

Confront Rage Control

...Don't give revenge
Such loyalty
So easily.

You'll get angry
With anyone
Without a cause.

Such course of time
You invite rage
Avoidable.

Never dispute
Angry to people
It's life mix up...
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Categories: avoidable, conflict, confusion, life,
Form: Than-Bauk

Premium MemberInvert the Hierarchy

...About 600 BC sailors went down the East African shore
A Pharoah had sent them, afraid of an oncoming war
They rounded the coast at the African horn
Astonished at what they saw that morn.
The sun ...
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Categories: avoidable, africa, death, history, motivation,
Form: Lyric


Premium MemberEnds

...Sometimes my mind takes an idea
and takes off with it.
Today I am pondering ends
Some ends may be good,
like the end of a long road,
the end of a wonderful book
the end of a long struggle
but ...
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Categories: avoidable, encouraging, endurance,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberDon't Be Hasty

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Even if a busy road you are to cross in a hurry,
and you see a school bus flashing the red light,
don’t overlook it, be careful and mindfully wary.
It has the right of way, don’t keep it out o...
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Categories: avoidable, care, children,
Form: Rhyme

Collateral Damage

...The hardest lesson old age has taught me,
About life is that collateral damage will never let me be.

When I was young collateral damage was not real to me,
It was something dreamed up to by othe...
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Categories: avoidable, age, angst, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Dramatic Monologue


Premium Memberprotests

...If you’ve read any of my delicious, hand-crafted vignettes and listened to us talk, you’ll know that my roommates and I are critical thinking swifties who spend hour after hour talking about anything...
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Categories: avoidable, appreciation, celebration, education, freedom,
Form: Free verse

Lost Works, Part II

.........The loss of Alexandria,
the burning of Ashburnham House,
the Grand Library of Baghdad
which the Mongolians tore down,
the countless Aztec codices
that the conquistadors all burned...
just...
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Categories: avoidable, books, history, loss, lost,
Form: Rhyme

Deep

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You can’t avoid it, it’s all over the news.
Every clip and video, millions of views.
Varying opinions, not all of them healthy.
Is all this attention because they were so wealthy?

Some people...
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Categories: avoidable, death, deep, psychological, society,
Form: Rhyme

Defeat Educates and Elevates

...If the news received is very bad
Surely it will make anyone sad
But, a wise soul gets wisdom
Feeling glad in God's kingdom

Losses simply reflect the defect
Proving we are not at all perfect
I...
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Categories: avoidable, anxiety, bereavement, conflict, loss,
Form: Quatrain

Premium MemberScoundrels of the Senate

...Again these men comes to mind,
Paid to say yes and nay,
Lame duck,

Canker, ***** rapscallion minds
Incorrigible,
Political impostors detached from the humdrum of street cries
Maggots in honor...
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Categories: avoidable, africa, analogy, corruption, freedom,
Form: Free verse

When Peace Is Far

...When peace is far away 
Troubles becomes visible
Pain becomes obvious
Grieves become normal 
Depression becomes avoidable
Sorrows become a comfort

When peace is far away
War becomes closer
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Categories: avoidable, africa, freedom, humanity, love,
Form: Epic

Too Late To Die

...Too late to die 
I wish to let it all out alone from my heart 
And continue without you 
Yet you sim avoidable
I can't denny the fact that 
There is a feeling you left me with 
Despite how far ...
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Categories: avoidable, africa, dedication, deep, emotions,
Form: Epic

Jinxed Jesting Jejune Junior Jobber

...Jinxed jesting jejune junior jobber...
just jabbering gibberish (A - J)

Again, another awkward ambitious
arduous attempt at alphabetically
arranging atrociously ambiguously
absolutely asinine ...
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Categories: avoidable, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Free verse

A Responsible Beginning

...This is the night to bring in a new year 
You might want to celebrate with some beer
That is quite all right
As long as you have someone sober drive tonight 
Drinking and driving is not cool
At ...
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Categories: avoidable, anxiety, celebration, drink, holiday,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberMy God, Thank You For Saving Me According To Your Own Purpose

...November 28 Scripture Meditations Based on 2Timothy 1-2

Key Verse – 2Timothy 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose...
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Categories: avoidable, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme

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