Best Baton Poems

Study what God has made known;
ponder His Word, our mainstay.
Ready in your exchange zone
pass the baton, be alert and pray. 

Plan for success in life’s race; 
contend, despite handicaps    
Relay God’s love and God’s grace,
leave no room for generation gaps. 

April 1, 2022


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Aloof enough to be devil?
Deep down not caring

Distorted spirituality?
Mess all caused by sin!

Drawing nearer to God
Who should wonder where He is all the time?...

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Baton


Within Baton is a scroll
The teachings of a life.
The scribe of history
The makings of who you are today.


Bestowing elegance, discovery and comfort.


Air between the reeds brings a Mother’s peace.
A smile, a soft gesture, conveys a Father’s direction.
Coalescing fibers link a Crest.


Stand tall. Accept the honor...

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(Aieee! We Gon’ Pass A Good Time Yeah Cher …Enjoy et Laisez les bons temps rouler)


Haricot was tall and quite lean
In English they would call him String Bean
Haricot would often travel down the Bayou
by way of pirogue to visit with his sister Sue  

Every...

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Dear Pam, Curt, and Jem.

Pam, my father, your grandfather, died when I was 13 years of age.
When I was 36, I had been fatherless for 23 years.  So many times,
 I would have loved to have sought his advice, but he had passed on.

Curt,...

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HE FLOW PROMISES IN FAVOUR OF PEOPLE.

BUT  THE TIME WAS TO EARN VOTES FROM PEOPLE.

HE WAS AGAINST THE BRUTE AND ABUSIVE ACTIONS.

WAS NOT HAP BUT NOURISH HIS IMAGE FOR THE NASTY ELECTIONS.

PROGRESS AND PEACE WAS THEIR SPEAKING IDIOM.

NOT AIM BUT IT WAS HIS SUPPORTS...

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Gunfire blasts as chiseled arms and legs
begin to rotate
Getting out and kicking is the key, one
mustn't hesitate

My leg is ALL mine to run and for me to
consume total control
I must run freely and fearlessly, I must
dig deep down within the depths of my
soul

Running this race...

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Passing the Baton

she cried at the site of lights
but they laughed and they reveled
praised her lips, her eyes
2
wrapped her softly, fed
intimate nectar, she grew large
garb kept getting short
3
Sprouted buds of her own
one two, three and four
she gave her nectar
4
they grew and grew but
her own nectar...

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many of us are living lives of deficiency
not functioning at our full capacity
running on a tank that is half full
coasting in a life that's tired and dull
we make it through each week but only by a hair
TGIF, thank God Friday is now here
we're talented beings...

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We are as music
       watching a conductor, 
 a baton to follow...

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Likes to play the trump for he is called Don,
leaves nothing unturned to long carry on,
to make the nation stand first.
Sticking to the dreams he nursed,
lost the race, refused to pass the baton.

November 24, 2020
Syllable count : 10/10/7/7/10
Checked on howmanysyllables.com
Rhyme checked on RhymeZone.com
Contest : Out...

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Death comes for us in whispers, 
Leaking stardust to our eye.
A lump of moon stuck deep inside each throat, 
We wear his night like some great overcoat.
Words all left suspended in the air, 
Comic balloons un-funny;  so un-fair.
All our storm and agony, 
Fight and...

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Our grandkids have something
Our kids never had – 
Two grands on the side of
Both mother and dad.

Our son is their daddy.
We’re urban and vote
For the Democrats and
Of the arts we take note.

The others (that’s Grandma
And Pop-Pop) watch Fox.
Their life in the suburbs
Avoids city blocks.

Yet we...

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Oh that Lily, she the epitome of a  
Golden Child as I watched her
Exuding effortless grace, a liquid-silver baton—  
a Haddon Heights Garnett.  
a Blazing Comet /  
enchanting /  
popular and stunning.  

Envious, was I, her?  
a younger...

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Wake up, dress, and greet the dawn!
Meet dancing daisies on the lawn.
Wake up and banish that sleepy yawn.
Wake up and put your running shoes on.
Race outside before the day is gone!

Dress, run out, and hug the fawn.
He wants to show you what he’s drawn.
He used...

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