Best Behooves Poems
Counting Seconds-The Rewrite
...i sit lonely.
the crowded restaurant is thick with sound
i pick away at it
moving back into the stagnant silence
of my own comfort
the air is nasty here
it telepathically a......
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Categories:
behooves, mental illness,
Form:
Prose
Life According To Andrea
...The Life Savor (my favored title!)
Life
is to
be enjoyed.
Yes, we must work,
but we can strive for
jobs that will fulfill us.
We have obligations, but
sacrifice should not consume u......
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Categories:
behooves, life,
Form:
Etheree
To My Fellow Poets
...Dear fellow poets – the young and the young once,
Modern poetry to me is “today’s poetry.” It presents poetry from the hearts of current writers using their own unique styles, which are influenced......
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Categories:
behooves, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form:
Prose
Our Last Thoughts
...Last thoughts come before our final breath unexpected
Expressions of regret, sometimes heartfelt goodbyes,
A sincere apology on the lips of the dying detected
More likely words uttered in pain, as......
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Categories:
behooves, dark, death, spoken word,
Form:
Rhyme
Points To Ponder
...When you hurt someone
and care to apologize,
When you vow to shun
and redeem your lies.
When you look
beyond your creed
and help those
who are in need,
In the midst of your troubles
Wh......
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Categories:
behooves, faith,
Form:
Didactic
Give Him Those Extra Meals Please
...Marmoset directs traffic better than monkeys or sloths.
He stands in the highway and walks his feet off.
We have hired other species. but they do not hold a candle.
To Marmoset who can do it at ev......
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Categories:
behooves, animal,
Form:
Rhyme
The Kentucky Derby
...So swift behooves...
in challenging quest...
competitive hearts...
race their best...
A treasure to win...
one measurable test...
for equine ones..
Churchills best.......
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Categories:
behooves, history, people, pets, places,
Form:
Rhyme
Liar
...That’s how she saw me
A lying jerk
Filled with mal-intent
And inebriated twist of the devil’s tongue
She removed my smile
My patience
My need for her
She was a professor
with a Masters Degree in I......
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Categories:
behooves, forgiveness, friendship, life, sad,
Form:
Free verse
Ingredients of Life
...What's a sweeter gift than love?
What's the greatest wealth than hope?
What's a richer state than faith?
It behooves you to live by your faith,
And keep aflame the spirit of love,
Woe befalls him wh......
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Categories:
behooves, faith, hope, love, lost,
Form:
Sestina
The Unknowned Gardener
...I’m the unknown gardener my name is mentioned in the bible, but no one need honor me. Just a pauper, I was in the garden that day, but my only contribution to grace works was filthy rags. Hearing a r......
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Categories:
behooves, angst,
Form:
Narrative
The Real Turtle Soup
...It's only a paper-mache
moon, they say, too cool,
too full of interstellar space
to sympathize or stress about
lovers, kings and fools.
Or is it? According to Deutsch
the so-called final ign......
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Categories:
behooves, care, computer, fear, magic,
Form:
Free verse
Soul Stance River - 12
...In the setting sun the Sioux Tepees look like vandalized pyramids,
the Tetons themselves appear as though angels raped
by the savagery of centuries yet noble in barbaric beauty and warrior ethos,
......
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Categories:
behooves, adventure,
Form:
Epic
The Unknown Gardener
...“I’m the unknown gardener my name is mentioned in the bible, but no one need honor me.
Just a pauper, I was in the garden that day, but my only contribution to grace works was filthy
rags.
Hea......
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Categories:
behooves, allegoryday, inspirational, easter, clothes,
Form:
Narrative
Within Our Reach
...They say the devil has power
They say that God loves blood
Each moment sweet or sour
Bids us to yield to God.
One pool in which we thrive or stray
One pool of invisible wealth
It behooves us ......
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Categories:
behooves, abuse, bullying, faith, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
Brother From Another Mother
...That guy
The one you called phantom
Then fled from
A gentle giant meek and strong
His convictions -
Voluntary surrender to get better
He oozes love
Like muscular Mandiba
Listen with your inne......
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Categories:
behooves, appreciation, encouraging, growth, history,
Form:
Light Verse