Best Answering Poems

“Tell me, what it is you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
  [The Summer Day ~ Mary Oliver]
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I plan to travel far and wide
across...

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The serpent called her

And as if swans carried her light airy behind
She ran through the cooling blue vines of the garden

Into a jungle that puffed magenta steam clouds 
Circumventing cawing crowds of warning green fowl

She wasn’t startled by the beast’s bright yellow face
Nor his elongated...

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In the woods no right of way, no right to live, no right to play.
I travel quickly, as dusk is beginning. Woods are thick, on this day.
Wood tick and spider heaven, I walk gingerly, on wet old leaves.
Dog has deserted me, long gone, chasing things...

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The inhuman toadie, that does not have your voice? 
You want me to call you, I have made a choice.
To listen to Mr. Techno Man, for me is a total crucifixion. 
Hearing the same inhuman male across the USA, shows 
our disrespect for others as...

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July 24 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Ecclesiastes 5-8

Key Verse – Ecclesiastes 5:20 …God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR ANSWERING US 
IN THE JOY OF HIS HEART	

Praise be to God for answering us 
in the joy...

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I stood and watched them
One by one by one
Working ever so lovingly
Until all the work was done
There were parents and adults
Kids of all ages too
All this was for
In memory of you-know-who
They were washing headstones
Using shaving cream, to clean
There were so many of them
And even more...

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God answers prayer
indeed that is certain
many can indeed testify
blessing to God is their refrain

I can indeed testify so
as I am retired now
something which I had prayed for
and now it's happened wow!

My works future was uncertain
then redundancy came to me
being not 60 years yet
but God said...

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I saw that red, flashing “1” on my answering machine
and stared at it for over an hour;
in my thoughts replayed that terrible scene –
she must have called while I was in the shower.

Perhaps that message is one of remorse;
Perhaps it continues the fight;
Hit the button...

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ANSWERING AN ABSTRACT
 
do you trust the world not to fall on you?
 
i’m standing on the world, i have to trust
myself not to drop. i’m an implosion of doom
enjoying expressions like good grief, my structure
is closer to collapsing because the bolts unloosen,
thinking my thoughts...

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Hello Dr. Phil, have you got a segment
I've got a few things latched onto my mind
Don't worry this won't take but a second
If you do me this I'll return the favor in kind

Hello Dr. Phil, it's about my mother
Well really both her and my mother...

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Breaking free from regret and fear,
I will arise, my spirit soar,
and to the grace of God draw near.

To share with those who do not have,
a hug, a smile, a loaf of bread,
and words of hope, a healing salve.

7/4/16
For Nette Onclaud's "Tell Me" contest...

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" Answering The Call "



The fighting American soldiers who answered our need
they are all the brave men who followed the creed
I think of past history with a silent rage
as I give this thought for you all to gauge.

Remember the leaders who all asked that we
as...

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I have updated my phones, all the latest gadgets, that is me
So this day I unplugged the old answering machine
No longer needed, a redundant old piece
Time for the old thing to be put to rest
It has served me well over the years
Keeping me in touch...

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Hi, you've reached Bill.
You Know The Drill.

BEEP!...

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“I do know how to pay attention,
how to stroll through the fields…
Tell me, what it is you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
---The Summer Day by Mary Oliver
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To follow my heart where it leads
enjoy happy moments of life,
Have simple living with good...

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