Best Agreement Poems
An act of kindness unbelieved
Love freely offered not received
A thoughtful deed offered to ease
Pain of words from those who tease
A kindly gesture from a friend
Advice and help from those who?ll lend
A means and chance to help me mend
And lift me up least I descend
When all was said I?d hoped you?d sway
And not dismiss these words away
At last we finally both agree
That I love you
And you don?t love me
An act of kindness unperceived
Love freely offered not received
A thoughtful deed offered to ease
Pain of words from those who tease
A kindly gesture from a friend
Advice and help from those who’ll lend
A means and chance to help me mend
And lift me up least I descend
when all was said I’d hoped you’d sway
And not dismiss these words away
At last we finally both agree
That I love you
And you don’t love me
From the book: Absorbed By The Sun
an emotional
prenuptial agreement
was entered into by
two hearts long ago
one were the party's
involved would forfeit
all guardianship of the
spot held within the others
heart when an emotional
split occurred between the
two souls
Talks of putting borders back up again
in those whom takes away the civil rights and freedom
to express opposition against those whom divide people's liberty
undermining the peace agreement that was signed by elite bodies
like every agreement liars to the very word out of order
Now this becomes a broken record scratching
from our past nightmares in those coming back
in that which has left haunting images behind us
not forward this policy for our children's sake
We are not pawns in a power struggle game
your pen has become weak without value
when every word is filled with conflicting lies
Because I may have opposing views on certain issues
There are vastly more things we see eye to eye about,
There’s no reason for anyone to break out the tissues.
We would agree on the freedom to stand up and shout
And the right to peacefully protest social injustices,
There are vastly more things we see eye to eye about.
We are all against bullying and superficial prejudices
The right to worship and practice one’s faith guaranteed,
And the right to peacefully protest social injustices.
I could never stand for bashing another’s faith or creed
One’s right to political persuasions without retribution,
The right to worship and practice one’s faith guaranteed.
In any conversation we should respect fair contribution,
Refraining from behavior making someone’s heart bleed
One’s right to political persuasions without retribution.
Frankly, I am open to helping everyone in sincere need
Because our country has vast resources, enough to share,
Refraining from remarks making someone’s heart bleed.
Always standing up for what is honorable, right, and fair
Because I may have opposing views on certain issues,
Because our country has vast resources, enough to share
There’s no reason for anyone to break out the tissues.
HONORABLE MENTION
written October 9, 2021
"Celebrate Difference" Contest
All Poetry, October 17, 2021
We mammals have an unspoken deal with fruit
It tastefully awaits us on our feeding route
In return, we drop with manure the pits
Which is why too much fruit may give one the schitz
Without Agreement
Living in the vacuum of separation
An ashtray of burnt ember vibrations
In wounded agony torn apart
Sudden separation confusion imparts
Heartbeat separated from harmony’s essence
Absent whisper of the spirit’s presence
Heart in sweaty palpitations of dementia
Body swoons deprived in apt dyslexia
Two starving shadows whimper with fatigue
Pull in opposition as slumber flees
Banished into the abyss absent of life’s thrust
Cries for unity in harmony’s trust
Vertigo reigns in space split open wide
Simple grace caught between two riptides
Heartbeats and spirit wind lie in lethargy
Repulse vitality’s consummation in eulogy
The seed of unity clutched in arid darkness
Orphaned with withering roots of starkness
Nomads wander hearing the echo ancient
Blindly call muffled minds in siren’s plainchant
Climb from the chasm of separation
Find the way back to reconciliation.
9-19-22
Contest: San Mind Body
Sponsor: Unseeking Seeker
social problem film
writer feigns being Jewish-
bigotry revealed
Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
First published 2018 in Hollywood Haiku via wattpad.com
I heard a knock at the door
I wasn’t expecting company
So I was going to let whomever
It was just go away
But something inside of me wanted
To know who was knocking at my
Door at such an early hour
The knock sounded like joy
My heart was smiling within, and
I began to walk towards the door
I asked “Who is it?”
There was no answer
I peeped out of the doors peephole
And the porch was filled with light
I thought, Oh my goodness what has
Happened on the block
I opened the door and there stood the Great I Am
“Oh please come in” I said
We talked and before He left
He asked me to follow Him
My response “I will”
He promised me that anything I asked for in
His name would be given to me
So I asked for understanding, a clean heart
And pure thoughts
Instantly I understood my purpose
My heart was light and my mind
Was renewed
The way He left was amazing
He moved inside of me
Yes
The Great I Am
Resides
Inside
Of
Me
she waited before she sat
I listened to every word she said
I stopped to look over
what she wrote
I had memorized most
of the words in my head
without considering
and even without consideration
it was obvious to understand
even through these negations
lacking considered understanding
I sighted her lack of concern
I stood on the virtue of reasoning
not to have this a lesson learned
which had started silently
each word defined
we read over the contract
not caring or being kind
her face showed no emotion
I hope neither did mine
her offerings were to expensive
and offered too little time
payment and repayment
with no room to negotiate
it lacked consideration
especially if I were to come up late
she reorganized the wording
to create a yearly expense
instead of a twelve month period
she would extend the expense
she allowed 10 months to be perfect
and two months to chore
lateness would have exception
and the time she would explore
I extended my hand
and we'd shake in agreement
time worth taking
a contract of agreement
Divisive, abusive, hollow and torn,
Our politics broken through anger and scorn,
More pointing of fingers, of turning one's back,
Is this the new norm, our thorny new track?
What happened to thinking before all those tweets,
Like manicured gardens torn up by rough cleats,
The skill of debate, of viewing both sides,
Bridging that gap from all which divides?
Conviction and Passion bedfellows at times,
Are often the cause of unspeakable crimes,
Opinions do matter but where the heart rules
Indiscriminately steals the most precious of tools.
Reason and empathy, knowledge and tact,
Not impulse and odium and that's a firm fact;
One road may be windy, the other dead straight,
But both may yet lead to the very same gate.
A viewpoint reminds of an infant just born,
It develops and thrives if loved not forlorn,
Tended and taught by the many not few,
For that kernel of light to shine brightly through.
Balanced and just, open to thought,
Opinions conceived and not merely taught,
An untenable vision, an improbable dream?
It takes but the thinnest of wedges to open a seam.
Asked in faith, for you
I receive and believe for you
Together and apart believe we do
We speak it out together
I’m in agreement May peace, grace and mercy continue
To abound and flourish I believe it so (you to)
I receive it
Blessings continue to you seven fold
Always full abundant
Seven fold beyond always
Amen
Amen
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022©
5/21/22
Let there be an understanding
I am not your keeper
Whatever star you follow
that is your way
probably not mine
We can share a campfire
an idea
or the couched prayers
of our bodies
but let us agree
not to claim to know
if this untethered gathering
of certain opinions
is not the end, nor the beginning
or the middle
of anything important
whatsoever.
Kin, I am but one by the fire
”…U are in all…” came a Chime of Wind
”…Two complete a circle…you must begin…
We’ve crossed and we’ve crossed the Great a.gain.”
A girl stepped forward and out of her mind
Spinning moments to minutes in days to find
Positions are relations in Super Possibilities
i make know sense and as I do, we’ll see…
AGREEMENT
There is nothing we can change to reach our agreement
Life is the toughest battle that topple the astonishment
Do you understand the sense of accomplishment
Let's have a straight talk about what is in your goal of achievement
Tr?n Minh Hi?n Hien Tran Orlando September 18, 2016