Best Basic Poems

Iamb, Trochee, Spondee, Pyrrhic. Do those words have meaning for you? If not, you may find it handy as a poet to learn how to employ at least a few of them. They are names for the most common of the two-syllable feet used in...

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Basic Elements of Earth


True gifts...our elements of earth;
     this solid mass on which we stand,
with gravity at center core,
     stability is well at hand.

The sky above, our ceiling, holds
     the sun's bright rays,...

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Time has changed my life in many ways
I never eat fast food, yet seek out a quiet place
but, the best date I have had in many years
was the fun and laughs from a Happy Meal
holding hands with a man who's love is real



I have never...

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Shaz
Daughter, Friend, Stranger and Creator 
Sister to Vicki, Bronwyn, and Steven
Lover of life, theatre, and mystery
Who feels happiness, independence and fun
Who fears regret, failure and sometimes love
Who would like to see Italy, Ireland and the bottom of the sea
Resident of Gippsland, Victoria
Cheesman...

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Energy can not
Be lost… Tis fact! so whence goes 
our souls when we die?
...

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"Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth" 

The title 
meant little
to the entitled, 

the small print 
was ignored
for the glittering

walking jokes 
that led 
the Earth;

all 
pages burnt
for fuel

the axis turned

(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)





The Ticket Punched to Leave New World: 


Basic 
Instructions
Before 
Leaving
Earth
...

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Loves of the street dogs;
Accompany even in death
Sticking on his friendship....

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Everything 
As 
Required
Touch of 
Holiness...

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For it was 29 years ago 
When as I boy I left home
On the train other lads I find
Apprehensive blind leading the blind

When we got to our destination 
Shouting started is this an allucination 
Standing still waiting for orders 
That corporal from the Scottish Borders

Get...

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There, a note lays on the table
And I would read it, if I were able
I move the candle a little nearer
In hopes to make its message clearer
My heart is racing, my hands now sweating
But, my mind tells me there's no use fretting
Will she stay or...

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Basic Training

My will is wasted on the words,
	Confined in its nothing,
Speaking in shards of everything that failed,
	All laying in its waste.
And with slow hands, I tremor,
	Confined in its something,
Rising and falling upon the everything 
	That I nailed,all rejoicing at its gate.
And with steady hands, I...

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Refusing Diligence, To Do Even Basic Math

Why do we too oft blindly walk a deep, darken path
Through the volleys of arrows shot by Fate's mighty wrath
When in this wicked world, we could accept light's reprieve
By opening both heart and eyes to truth thus perceive
That darkness...

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Global warming's changing our world,
as deserts increase, farmland shrinks.
And ancient glaciers have no ice, 
the sea's dying and the air stinks.

Weather upheavals forecast gloom,
as rivers flood altered courses.
And torrential rains drench the earth,
a shift in natural forces.

Virgin forests scared by fire's flame
leave barren soil to...

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On this UBI's Day, May 1st, to observe the greatest socioeconomic concept ever conceived.


You can't have all you want
but not having all you need,        
it's a pity, unworthy economic being,
don't expect a man plant
growing grains, fruits and juices,
rise...

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On this UBI's Day, May 1st, to observe the greatest socioeconomic concept ever conceived.

UBI, what if I'm missing the necessary.
Solve it, opportunity for statues.
Long version 

This statue down there,
across me, don't know
what hunger is 
and what's to be needy.
No needy left a statue,
at the most...

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