Best Be Of Use Poems

My name is Devi, a foolish name really for it means Angel, and I certainly am not. The city of Phnom Penh had been our home, father was a professor at The Royal University. I was their only child. I was just getting ready for...

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THE SHED  

Down there in the shed I know,
There is something that I need.
I haven’t seen it now for ages, 
But I know it’ll do the deed.

Whether it's a bit of steel that’s,
Sort of,  shaped like this.
Or    a little plastic...

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Alchemy

What process need there be to make
of broken things – the real?  Great
sorcerers have failed, formed molten
monuments to greed’s glory.  I, poor
peasant that I be, had neither flame
nor Patron, nor desire to be purified.
Priests had tried to rid me of the evils
they perceived;...

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"No, I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;
                                  Am...

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AnGel
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That Carpenter's tool
once so shiny, and brand-new
and so proud to be of use,
Lies now worn and broken
of no use to anyone, now at all.

Rigorous abuse
led to it's own down-fall,
Now left on it's own
just to fade away, to rust,
Serving no use at all
in dirt and dust....

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Why you have to die,
since nobody else will tell you
might as well be I
you see the comforts we've acheived
have grown from luxury to necessity
and your beauty and your grace
remind us only of our place
upon this throne condemning all
to comply or perish
be of use or moot...

What's...

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Can I have your attention please;
Just a moment of your time.
In life we have no guarantees;
We must live with our begrime.

No do overs where it matters most;
No chance to sit idly by.
To sulk within our morose;
Or play into the conquer and divide.

Let us be as...

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How do you start to describe God's love?
a love that no human can ever produce
it has to be experienced to be known
no amount of good works will be of use

This love shows God as a heavenly father
who always does well for His own
their best interests...

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Here's a question for

Whomever may have the answer

Because I am not in possession of it

Neither am i a fan of massaged statistics

And so called experts who them through

The media supply endlessly in droves 

But how many young children are choosing

To take their own lives and...

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Pitter , patter drops of rain
after weeks and weeks have passed.
We thought you'd never come again
but here you are , now, at last.

Not enough to be of use,
though cooler air you brought along
and after all the sun's abuse
your pitter, patter is like a song.

A drop...

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Some years had passed while Balgar learn the druid ways
now full of knowledge and ready to help those in need
He set off on his travels following his instincts as he went 
first he came across a woman in despair she had a broken arm
which he...

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Magick - Enforce thy will,
By the power you hold,
For good or for ill,
 Be wise in your control.

Elements - Earth, Air, Fire, Water,
A pentagram in proper fashion,
Implements to open the door,
To express your mystical passion. 

Conjure - Bring forth for thou,
A spirit or god to...

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In isolated area silence is loud enough,
Deafening us from natural melodies
Which could be of use like remedies.
Under the influence of gentle breeze
Your advantage is taken by dancin' trees.
Birds are whistling; available to restore
harmony and reduce the feeling of agony.

That moment I tried to bear my...

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(The writer Bourget is discussing the murder of
his friend, Gaston Calmette.  Sixte is the hero of
one of Bourget's novels.  Proust, another novelist,
lived in the street where the murder occurred.
Sorel was a pre-Fascist philosopher.)


3. Paul Bourget

I wonder why she'd do it? It's unclear,
at least...

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