Befits Poems

Premium MemberThe Democratic Party really only cares about illegal aliens Q and A part one

...Q: Why did the Democrat's under the Biden/Harris administration have an "open boarder
     policy in the first place?

A:  They wanted to retain permanent control over the government by allowing i...
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Categories: befits, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose

Save Me, Dear Lord

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What name befits my current plight?
Cursed, broken, depressed, or a walking dead?
I've tried and tried to find an easy light,
Through this hard life, just to make it ahead.

Yet failure greets...
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Categories: befits, death, depression, dream, fate,
Form: Free verse


Paterson, New Jersey December 1, 1957

...Paterson, New Jersey December 1, 1957

Amidst the *****sapien species 
one anonymous baby birthed:
I recount one little known piece of news
which one young married couple did enthuse,
profusely...
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Categories: befits, adventure, age, anniversary, appreciation,
Form: Free verse

Unique You

...Early to rise is for the sun,
To get its radiance high, 
Illuminating the earth with hopes,
Until nature is satisfied and done.

I've seen your tiredness, weariness,
And your readiness to give ...
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Categories: befits, beautiful, creation, day, dedication,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberToni's Smile

...How long have we known you, a lifetime it seems,
upon reflection, about ten years have passed.
The first thing one notices is your face that beams,
smiles leave an impression that will always last...
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Categories: befits, friend,
Form: Quatrain


Premium MemberGemini Garden, Silent One

...“a mute tongue is a slave to silence” - Silent One

You rouse the proud, sung praise all wowed
     Who draws the crowd and plays so loud?
Sway befits a rock star jam
     Baby, it'...
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Categories: befits, appreciation,
Form: Lyric

Premium MemberThe Mice Are Out Tonight

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The mice are out, it is a wonderful night
The waxing moon is in a laid back mood
Mice pass through the grass out of sight
About “em there's a mysterious attitude

The mice are out tonight 

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Categories: befits, imagination, uplifting,
Form: Light Verse

Premium MemberTime for a Serious Poem

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  It's time for a serious poem
    So I can truly show 'em
  That I've mastered metaphor
    simile, prosaic petit fours ... 

  I'll pull out all the stops
    rhyme and meter, extra hops
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Categories: befits, allusion, hyperbole, language, metaphor,
Form: Couplet

Dust Jacket Quotes

...from my new novel, Approaching Storm.

Left (front) Dust Jacket Quote:

“The bats in the tower
 rats in the barn
Night befits cowards  
who run from the storm”


Right (rear) Dust Jacket Qu...
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Categories: befits, war,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberIn Our Feasts, We Both Drank Lover's Wine

...In Our Feasts, We Both Drank Lover's Wine,
Second poets tribute series, third poet Gerard Manley Hopkins

Blood that entices with its red-glow appeal
Its bright warmth into a wanton soul seeks
S...
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Categories: befits, betrayal, dark, deep, imagination,
Form: Rhyme

Approaching Storm 5

...The bats in the tower
 rats in the barn
Night befits cowards  
who run from the storm

(Poem To End Chapter 48: March, 2023)...
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Categories: befits, courage,
Form: Rhyme

Lament of the Aristos Akhaio

...His fragile frame spills scarlet still warmed by the fervency of his love
Love never to be betrayed further
Stolen from me in his naive pursuit of a modus vivendi
Between my alcove in his heart an...
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Categories: befits, 12th grade, bereavement, grief,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberCompletion

...Safe from the storm
I reel in your love
gray clouds part
peeks of sunshine
rule my daytime solace.
We share a history of plenty,
Bonafide benevolence befits
our complete contemplation.
We ret...
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Categories: befits, appreciation, for her, love,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberBlue In Centerstage

...*Image of Blues by Google.com.

Blue In Centerstage
Fondly, instants our measure of blue ... a boost or flat bring on,
Promptly, sea and sky are li...
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Categories: befits, blue, meaningful,
Form: Lento

Premium MemberFive New Poems, Part Two

...THE BALLAD OF THE EARTH

O blessed earth, that carries me
To conquer all my days
You lift me up, and set me right
In thy peculiar ways

The sky above befits thy sight
The sun, thy welcome ray...
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Categories: befits, devotion,
Form: Rhyme

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