Best Attests Poems

Timely sifting, sets slowly drifting
lofty apart, aloof of sort
as lost ships, in tidal dips 
as ocean attests, perils at best
sortie Est, sortie Quest

Through a remembered...

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Cuba…Mamma Mia…like most of the Caribbean; part of the 1492 slam…
Slavery, sugar plantations… invasions, upheaval, independence…
Then the American kisses; with a slight twist…who initiated the...

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Pardon any absent adulation, bequeathed capitulation, devoted dedication, indiscretion, blabbering peroration, improper salutation or any unintended vexation if this unknown earthling sent a nearly identical...

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Born in Cincinnati that buckeye state 
January 13th 1959 – 57+ years to date
A tangle of arms & legs testing lungs, which sounded great
He kind...

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THEIR MAJESTIES

The appearance of lions attests to their majesty
A creature by Man infused with all sorts of fantasy

There are humans whose brains are afflicted with...

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Villanelle: No man can on his own escape written fate

         For Thiru-Valluvar, the “nameless” author of 
the...

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I lean into the fridge to get a bite to eat.
And as my nose attests to,it doesn't smell too sweet!

I'm trying to decipher what that...

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Although yours truly modest,
     the only personal issue
     I will lightly boast about
constitutes lingering
self worthlessness bred
if not...

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So discouraged by my failures that surely displease;
the harder I try, the more they seem to increase.

I lay break on break, dripping with sweat;
some days...

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Trade tired trust
Ripe remains rust
Aim apt align
Pure pleasure pines


Troubles toss treat
Reach random rest
Asking attests
Pause plunders pit


Teach treatment tales
Rest rowdy rail
Ask approves ale
Paint placards pale


Thrill tales...

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Unquotable quotes: Philosophers – XXII

Take Socrates: the insignia of a true philosopher is the bald pate and the luxuriant beard – the very reason why...

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Last Name, First Name (Nom Prénom)

To address a person by their surname,
Rather than their given shows disrespect,
Attests, this is vulgar and profane
To the individual referenced.

If...

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just moments ago, a dawning realization
     arose within this sol son begat
from ma late mother
     and octogenarian...

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Strolling down the streets of ancient Pompei,
I discovered the tomb of a freed noble man;
unearthed from the volcanic black ashes, 
now it blooms surrounded by...

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Only a thought, a simple glimmer
An attempt at honouring a creator
An artist, a soliliquy in his brushstroke
His stolid demeanour many thoughts provoke
His unusual honesty naked...

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