Best Almost Poems

       As I am growing older and life becoming lonelier,
       The past beckons, and though I had almost tossed it out,
       The idea of going back to...

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Written: June 14, 2023

Pick-A-Title, Vol 37 - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh 
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Amidst the rolling hills and verdant green,
Lies a land of arcane, almost Xanadu if seen.
A place of ariose where dreams are born,
And the sun rises each day as an auric crown.

In this Elysian land,...

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My suntan comes from a bottle
My hair from a wig maker in Peru
My legs are very hairy
I have to put my teeth in to chew
I have had plastic surgery
And a nip and tuck
And I'm soon to have my nose done
With a bit of luck
My lips...

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Lying in the meadow on a long afternoon
I press soft against you and start to spoon,
but the lump at the base of your spine has now grown
(vestigial tail , I guess) presses hard against my places unknown,
so rolling you over and with gentle caress,
your yellow...

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I feel emotionally flat
    the experience is very stressful
    No flooding or concentration
    Acute, which is more persistent
    Maybe therapy and skills training
    - some will need it just for...

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With my fishing vest and waders, and a found long wooden staff 
I walked along the jetty, on a rock-piled curvy path 
The day had grown to darkness, with no light there to be found 
When something unknown had startled me, when it made a...

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I believed in fitness and healthy living, including obtaining sufficient sleep,
To revel for years in buttery sunshine, which makes emerald willows weep.

I consumed only healthier foods, including plenty of fruits and vegetables,
As the glassy, black midnight water, reaches up for moonlight collectibles.

Exercise was part of...

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“She toddled in the mighty Duck
And almost never was”
Whether by design or luck
Or maybe just because

Summertime in Tennessee
So scorching hot and dry 
 The family thought a swim could be
Relief so we would try

While swimming came so easy
For most of us that day
But Mom was...

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 Almost on the edge of the map

Standing on the sand holding her board
watching the wave and tide
she knew no matter how far out she went
she’d have to come back this way
    here be dragons 
    here be dragons...

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you were NEVER mine...

yet

I felt you slip through
my aching fingers,
like arthritis longing
to be healed.

       you are my rose never picked-
       yet the thorns deeply pricked

I endured the sorrow of
a death that never died-
for...

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In the war of words count the cost                                     ...

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I almost cried…..
When we fought,
And you went away.

I almost cried…..
When we were all alone,
and had nothing to say.

I almost cried…..
When in night,
You slept away from me.

I almost cried…..
When your arms,
were not there to hug me.

I almost cried…..
When in the morning,
You didn’t wake me up with...

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Carve the face of the sleeping moon in a 
Pebble of bone and set it in silver,
Adorn another finger.
I see his soft, peaking profile when my
Hand lies where you should be.
An inward smile unfolds inside me and
Gently calls my eyes to close so I can
Imagine...

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He learned the trade of punchin' cows
An' silence of the men
He was alone but so were they
Not like it was back then

Not like the days of sweepin' floors
In brothels and the bars
An orphan lookin' for a meal
An' washin' whisky jars

Now he crossed the plains wide...

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Is it a reverie or a true slice of life?
Have I landed in Arcadia or an earthly paradise?
All seems so magical, eyes refusing to believe.
Am I dreaming or do I simply fantasize?

I see everything clothed in glistening sheen. 
Around me, all I see is beauty...

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