Best Awry Poems

It was my first Thanksgiving dinner as his wife
so I wanted the meal to be perfect in every way
But...trembling in fear, I cut my finger with a knife
It was the beginning of a day in piteous disarray

I didn't know a turkey would take so long...

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There was a painting offered as inspiration for this contest.  I'm sorry I'm not able to include it for lack of a premium membership, but I hope I've managed, just a little, to set the scene with imagery.



Moonlight was diffused by a shadowed sky
Thunder...

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They’re playing bingo in the lounge bar,
between ten and dinner time,
pensioners arrive from near and far,
to try and win a bingo dime.
I’m watching from me usual stool,
and hear numbers shouted out,
while drinking beer that’s nice and cool,
waiting for the ‘bingo’ shout.

While there is laughter and...

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Hubert awash was a Josh for his Bonn,

he was in a toss at the ton and never knew his cons,

say today that was interest and wand, that he could only shoot his lawn-

he never needed but had all his own knots for the fawns....

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I have always, so it seems been obsessed
I know it strange, tis most bizarre I guess.
With the phenomenon of gone awry
And signs and omens God puts in the sky.
And now, Erika in yon atlantic.
Calm resolve and prepping . No need panic.
Over " Bermuda triangle" ever...

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grief is summer rights
twelve and sexy to grandad
the beat of hearts when...

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Stupid
Cupid

“Aim’s off!”
I scoff

His bow
Hit low

Beau's voice
Once choice

Awry	
Now high




*Entry for Dane Ann’s Valentine Footles contest...

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Sometimes plans just go awry
Despite your best intentions.
Then you rally and you try
Assorted interventions.

You could shrivel up and die
From all the added tensions,
But to do so would defy
The normative conventions.

It’s a waste to wonder why
There have to be dissensions.
Life is likely to supply
Dilemmas and detentions.

So...

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"THE PLAN WENT AWRY"


I see hundreds of these females 
inside that courthouse. they all 
stand there: the rich, the poor, 
the borrowers and the undercover 
street whores. these are the ones 
who lick the popsicle stick and open 
their flytraps at night and pull out...

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Gangsta rap gone awry
Critics and fans ask why?
Artist say it's an open market
Parent's say they're young, and the target

Rappers write for the buck
Teens listen and buy for their luck
Rap music was once focused towards blacks
Now that it's multicultural, watch your back

Rappers on the west coast...

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April has gone awry and is sending snow.
Old Man Winter laughs, and refuses to go.
He huffs and puffs and sends a cold blast,
But Spring in her glory will soon surpass!...

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When plans go awry, 
You can howl; you can cry.
You can beat yourself up like an ape;
But what good does it do
When you try to pursue
Actions getting you bent out of shape?

It’s much better, I think
(And of course, I’m no shrink)
If you take disappointment and...

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Things go awry but life moves on anyway
There's love and laughs and takes for gain
For every high there is low and loss the same
A fight against change let my good times stay
Please remain please remain they never stay.

Things aren't right but life moves on anyway
The...

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Beneath smile exotic, gleaming moon’s delight,
We embraced romance of a passionate night,
Whispering deep secrets of moments sublime
Unveiling sweet story of undying-love in prime,

Of promises eternal, pledging together forever,
Journeying through life’s endearing endeavor,
Vowing to traverse through oceans of ardour
Eying abode amorous, vying tomorrow’s shore.

Alas! love soon...

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Once upon a time
In the distant past
There was a country
Built by the sweat of her adopted children
And painstakingly through thick and thin
Became God’s own country
The light of the world
Whenever she spoke, the international community stood still
Enemy countries quaked and trembled
While allies scampered to mollify
The police...

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