Best Begins Poems

And so it begins
The game of life
The dominos of love
Falling where they may
The timer activated
Fresh out of a box
Learning the rules 
As we go along
No plan or ruse
No rhyme or reason
Just out for some fun
Moving game pieces
Taking turns
At winning and losing
Rising and falling
In endless succession
An...

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The fog, it clings the heavens low,
a damp and murky sight
Where creaking branch and fears bestow,
this chilly autumn night

The path it winds, a serpentine,
a' slither 'long the way
As shadows dance a drastic scene,
in silhouette array

My heart now beats a rapid pace,
cold shivers grip my...

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Mornings are dreadful time in life unless waking beside gorgeous woman hopefully 
a not married one  husbans can be such a downer.
And when ya wake to a warm beautiful creature by your side.
And the first thought that comes to your mind is i wonder...

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Preseason Baseball
two-thousand-sixteen
is now underway
oh what fun it is
watching baseball played

the grapefruit league
the cactus league
in Florida
Arizona

who'll make team
and who won't
get in shape

April
for real

play...

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The battle begins with an assault on the hill
Our men respond knowing my will
The white warriors continue their drill as before
My men are confident to the core

I order attack on the right white flank
The whites maintain their tightened rank
Generals continue to deploy the men
Since the...

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I was a man, a cold blooded drunk, as they come.
I lived my whole life in a little house on my dad’s farm.
A broke hustler with a defunct bank account,
My career's future was always in doubt.
I married late, at the start of my forties.
It was...

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There, beyond the garden wall, 
Lost among the grass and weeds
A wild rose grew beneath the trees
With fragrance blithe, to fill the breeze
And her petals soft as velveteen...

She is watered and fed by pearls of dew
But is hidden there, where no one knows
Where no one...

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A sad state our government has become today 
in this awful news that just pushes the boat out further 

As our democracy for one protecting our children 
Why it is even under attack beats me up inside moral grounds 
this should not even be considered...

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My morning begins here

Early morning wanderings
down a dew drenched pathway,
between windswept irises
and pine cone scatterings

Listening to dawn's whispers,
sweet words of love
wafting through sleeping honeysuckle,
speaking softly to my heart

I pause in the wondrous serenity
of a watercolor sunrise at the gate
at the end of your walk, smiling...

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Peculiar positions and no one listens
To my ever raging rants
Try to have a prolific day 
But I'm trampled by Life's Elephants

Is what I feel true or real?
Gardens of Doubt, they grow, they bloom
Squeeze myself into Oblivion,
But, alas! There isn't room!...

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Forgiving is the true nature and value 
of the child lost learning ways 
in which direction expelling darkness 

From internal love finding a sinner within 
unveiling oneself offering the pain of the suffering 
heavenwards our wings are the shield of protection 

An instrument that wipes...

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(My Tribute poem, honoring Alfred Noyes....)

Defiance, The Old Gods Fall, And Dark Mortal Reign Begins

Fiery earth, multitude of chasms deep
The gods rose from their long and restless sleep,
Of those few again stirring brave and wise,
Night’s last breath then magnificent sunrise
Invincible new Gods as yet unborn
Quaked...

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When I was young, I heard my momma say, 
come here my child and sit upon my knee.
This life is filled with many ups and downs,
but you can still be what you want to be.

I was just eighteen when my momma said,
son don’t you know...

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Long days transform into longer nights
As crimson leaves fall to the ground
Green grass starts to turn dull brown
Carved pumpkins decorate
Bright chrysanthemums 
Pumpkin spice scents
Waft in the
Crisp air
Fall

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Mugs of hot chocolate trickle down throats
Snowman is built with a carrot nose
Snuggled into our warmest coats
Can't wait to sled as the snowfall grows
Scrunching on boots over chilly toes

On frozen ponds we all go skating
Sliding our way through the ice and snow
Colder weather anticipating
Doesn't stop...

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