Best Attempts Poems

Written: November 11, 2023
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    Oh, what strength and valor the heart may be!
As a way of enduring life's various struggles,
    Minor flaws are where it typically...

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Changing my diet
is such a riot....

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Even the Great pyramids,
magnificent structures of wonder
are overshadowed by
the majesty of mountains;
crowned in golden sun.
Halos glisten white.
Spoiled tower of babble.

The long and winding road;
travelers delight to follow;
a pitiful mimic of
the mighty river,
cutting, free, it's own path
with unbridled sinew;
recycled and recharged in the sea.

Enormous jets of...

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How she devours fare
And still look fairly pretty
Is beyond me.

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Her exotic eyes, 
Like clear December skies, 
Can melt hearts of ice....

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I am not the sun
Which your world revolves upon; 
To you, I'm nothing.

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Such classic beauty
As hers aglow that Venus
Would die of envy....

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Not divine enough to deliver scriptures
Just a uncommon erector or life depicter
Unapoligetically painting pictures,
that expose the sinister.
Like these spiritually damaging supposed ministers
Preying physically upon our undeserving young brothers and sisters
Or politically inspired facade motivators
Attempting to build the highest encasing for elevators  
Those with unapparent...

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Depression can't be seen, yet he follows me everywhere
You can't see him beating me down and taking away my strength
I feel it everyday, he makes me act up and brings me to tears
He laughs at me for my frustrations and failed suicide attempts

I was numb...

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I feel out of place…out of place
I dream of floating in space…
Away from the darkness below
I hide my eyes from the undertow

We couldn’t see cuz we were out of our mind
We shouldn’t be left behind while we’re blind
I made failed attempts and it’s tempting to...

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Introduction: once again I incorporate 
my trademark penchant 
to fabricate fictitiously
portions of the following poetic endeavor
can you care to 
discern fact from fiction?

Attempts at lifelong friendships and holy matrimony...

Shot thru with figuratively cankerous nub,
cuz yours truly did flub
even though as a scouting cub
how yours truly...

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Its hard always trying to impress people, especially when they truly are not looking.
To go out of your way to prove something, that really nobody cares about.
Each and every day I try to do what is right, to show them that i have changed.
It is...

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those early attempts at a Mexican food
no store bought cardboard taco shells
she had to prepare her own
the appearance of the tortilla press
the arrival of the tortilla holder
became a beginning to a menagerie of new tools 
experiments with red and green chili
she chose to pursue red,...

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I interview myself 
Quote its gist -while swirling wine
All to myself:
“I’m popular”

-Yet believing, 
  An’ with no despair
  That fame may come home...

And I hear those rhythms
An’ I feel then moan
An’ In my bones they shake
As blood attempts heart...

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Alternately titled: Get out of my head mister chatterbox!

While inside me noggin legions
of monstrous demons abhor
protest being force fed
arcane and obscure
assaying into religious dogma
hence mind chatter goes full bore
thus crafting poem quite a difficult chore,
one lightweight bag of bones
basketcase weave gotta deplore,

nevertheless mine tincup rattled
courtesy...

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I'm in the arms of my first love
It feels so good, it feels so right
Why did we give up
If we were ideal
It broke our hearts
It changed ourselves
But we were trying to be the same 
Why didn't we fight 
For our feelings

Chorus

I knew we were meant
for...

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his heart broken
too late for last ditch attempts
~ everything failed



posted on November 8, 2018...

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