Best Asked Poems
Six Slopes
The six steep slopes they gave me..
yes, all were mine.
I can give them to you..
if you wish them.
Though they tend to be.,
unkind.
Don't wait for them to love,
or understand,
or forgive..
It's not their way.
They serve only to light a path,
show you the way.
Discover who you are, yes,
and where you come from.
It's what you...
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Categories:
asked, dream, extended metaphor, forgiveness,
Form:
Blank verse
The Country Walk That Asked a Question
Recently being on holiday at Strathpeffer
one day taking a countryside walk
so pleasant walking among the woods
time passed by noticing no clock
Having walked quite a fair distance
decided to turn around to walk back
then halfway along met a man
who was struggling along the track
this man stopped us with a question to ask
'Who is the greatest man in...
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Categories:
asked, bible, nature, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
The Immigration Officer Asked Me
"The Immigration Officer Asked Me."
I was asked where are you coming from?
I answered I ran away from the war in my
country.?
I was asked how many years the war lasted?
I answered there was war for sixteen years
we were bombarded daily attacked by militia
on our way to work when we could go to work.
I was asked why...
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Categories:
asked, poetry,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Someone Listen
“Zoloft.” was someone’s loud, quick answer.
“Yasmin.” I heard, spoke by another. Huh?
“Xanax.” Was then offered.
While these people shouted, I stared, perplexed.
“Valium, is inside my pocketbook,
Unisom, too. It’s up to you.” said some voice.
”Thank you,” I began, “you are all dear,
Seems though, I have not been clear.
Really, all I want and need ….”
“Quick dissolving...
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Categories:
asked, angst, character, conflict, confusion,
Form:
ABC
If I Were Asked
If
I were asked, my dear
What in you I would like
To change,
My answer, emphatically,
NOTHING, would be,
Unchanged, I wish you
To remain,
FOR
How could I dare interfere
With your splendid being in
Any way,
When
Our Lord, in HIS infinite wisdom,
Has you, my love,
So
Perfectly MADE?
©Demetrios Trifiatis
15 February 2013...
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Categories:
asked, girlfriend, love, wife,
Form:
Epigram
Farside Otherworldly Lovers - - Dedicated To Rick Keeble, You Asked For It
He was howling at the moon,
it was mid June's heyday, she
was naive beyond reproach
her innocently lit chiaroscuro
made him hunger all the more,
til one day she let down her guard
'neath an impatient violaceous sky
drinking effervescently blissed wine
kissed him with rosé blushed lips
But his instincts betrayed him,
devouring the petite blossom
of her youth,...
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Categories:
asked, desire, dream, emotions, longing,
Form:
Romanticism
You Asked For It
I sit in lambskin slippers
and jackets by the score.
I find it hard to pay for heat
The oil is costing MORE?
I squint through specks
the scripts too old
At times I’m VERY quiet,
at times I’m very bold!
I eat raw bits of fishies
on dishies by the score,
and I can use chop stickies
or slurp just like a bore!
I...
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Categories:
asked, funny
Form:
Rhyme
You Asked Me Why
You asked me the other day, my dear friend,
How come I:
Think of you,
Worry about you,
Care for you?
Feel your grief and partake in your joy?
Share your dreams and face your fears?
You were not able to understand the reason I stand by your side
In moments of:
Success and failure
Laughter and tears
In sickness and in health
In celebration and...
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Categories:
asked, friendship, god, love,
Form:
Free verse
You Asked For This Through Your Words...I Accept the Challenge
Face to face, eye to eye
I stand tall and stay firm
My voice does not raise
And my tone does not change
I might listen... if I feel like it
But chances are...I won't believe you
I already know the words
The story is always the same
You are unchanging, but need to change
Your inflated ego will have you unable to see...
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Categories:
asked, friendshipme, me,
Form:
Free verse
God Asked Me
One day, one time, God spoke to me.
The Creator who knows everything supposedly,
had a question that needed answering from yours truly.
"You're always helping others in need less fortunate than you,
and many of these people aren't particularly liked by you.
Why do you do all of the charitable things that you do?
What's your reward? What's in it...
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Categories:
asked, caregivinggod, people, god, people,
Form:
Rhyme
So I Asked the Lad
so i asked the lad
he was at work with his mother
she manages a laundromat
where one may only need machines
but there is a service of clean and fold
for us single elderly gentlemen
what is your favorite candy bar
snickers he replied
and what flower is your favorite
hmmm.... i like roses
and when is your birthday
another answer fulfilled
now said i of...
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Categories:
asked, devotion, endurance, love, remember,
Form:
Free verse
~*~ He Asked Me If I Could...~*~
He asked me if I could …
show him how I move
so guess what I did…
I showed him my tactics on how I move and
how he should move with me.
He asked me if I could…
show him how to love
so guess what I did…
I showed him my passion on how I...
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Categories:
asked, happiness, love, passion, care,
Form:
Asked-Unanswered
Poetry should never answer,
—more questions than it asks
(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2016)...
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Categories:
asked, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
She Asked Me Why
She asked a question, not so long ago...
someone I know just through our garden club.
"Why do you write so much...it seems a chore,
especially because it's not your job?"
So stunned I was that she put it this way!
It surely knocked the wind right out of me.
I should have said, "why do you breathe each day,
and eat...
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Categories:
asked, meaningful, poetry, poets, writing,
Form:
Blank verse
I Asked My Future
I asked my future
and the crystal ball revealed
the future for me
was the same one for us all. . .
what we give. . . earth shall give back
March 7, 2020 for Brenda Chiri's Picture Prompt Poetry Contest...
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Categories:
asked, earth,
Form:
Tanka