Best Bidder Poems
Newspaper clippings...
Too little
too late
God said to me
in this dream I had about fate
So I asked him
what did he expect,
A goody two shoes
a prophet
a saint
to be something I ain’t
Not at all he ......
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Categories:
bidder, confusion, god, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Racism, a Disastrous Element...RACISM, A DISASTROUS ELEMENT
I look at the world horrifically,
With depression and disgust,
As the masses enjoys in poverty
And fear.
I look at the world horrifically.
Every places, full of s......
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Categories:
bidder, racism,
Form:
Free verse
Auction of Emotions...When fate pulls at my haiku of heartstrings,
I curse the syllables of my poetic musings.
If I do not express my sorrows,
how will petals blossom in my garden?
Upon the midst of bewilde......
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Categories:
bidder, angst, emotions, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
Lady of the Night...
Getting lost in the wake of a beauty so exotic
Warm balmy night promises speak from her beckoning eyes
Ensnaring themselves in a web of sultry desire
As heady perfume of white jasmine p......
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Categories:
bidder, lost love, lust, sensual,
Form:
Verse
The Reunion...They came from as far a way as New York and Dallas Texas. The class of 1981 wasn't a large class, it was the very first class of a very very private school. Their school, the Verdant Academy was star......
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Categories:
bidder, allusion, death,
Form:
Prose
The Chatty Chair....
U-umph, Oof-fa ha!.... There, comfy now?
Hey, would you pick up your tush,
reach in here and pick up your wife's locket?
It's down here under my cush,
and please get that screw driver outa yo......
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Categories:
bidder, funny, imaginationme, me,
Form:
Free verse
Adopted...There’s a tale that I must tell
Of a heart that I knew quite well.
This heart dwelled within her chest
And had given its very best.
Love and compassion had filled this heart
But it was taken a......
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Categories:
bidder, childhoodchildren, heart, child, children,
Form:
Rhyme
The Highest Bidder's Oversight...
Written: November 24, 2024, for Contest: Sponsored by: Sigrid Ermine
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Shadows dance as dreams collide,
The gavel falls, in a th......
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Categories:
bidder, analogy, business, character,
Form:
Rhyme
A Black Man's Perspective...Life in Africa was full; years in the bush, a treat.
Music made us happy; drums sounded for dancing feet.
A loving life with family always made us smile.
Living together freely, we never knew defe......
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Categories:
bidder, africa, america, black african
Form:
Rubaiyat
As the Vultures Gather To Suck Beautiful Venezuela Dry...now that Chavez is dead,
the american oil companies
chomping at the bit
begin to salivate & lick their lips,
seething
with the foam
of potent country-gutting
rabies---
for while he was alive,
Venezue......
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Categories:
bidder, life,
Form:
Free verse
Eleven Pm Part One...Do you know what happened
At 11 p.m Tuesday night
I guess you must have it
However much I protest-
But do you know
Of course you don’t:
The victory of ignorance
Come on! I will enlighten you
I too......
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Categories:
bidder, fun,
Form:
Free verse
Brains...Brains:
Many secrets held in
caverns
energy in the
literal folds
do not sell your
mind
to the highest
bidder
there is something
new
under the sun
Be brave -save
our
planet
Don't sell......
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Categories:
bidder, abuse, environment, natural disasters,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Embrace the Lines...Embrace The Lines
Vitality marks gently stretch your soft skin beyond the wildest dreams of
beauty unbound where children had once or thrice embraced your womb
the soothing waters cushioning and......
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Categories:
bidder, life,
Form:
Free verse
Free Cee Why Cry I...WHY, CRY I
I wonder if my disappointment will ever dissipate?
And will my sorrow suddenly end tomorrow?
Will my life create anything but hate?
And instead of lending will I be able to borrow?
......
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Categories:
bidder, angst, me, people, cry,
Form:
Quatrain
In Defiance of a Female Warrior...When she stepped out of the shower
In pale wet skin
And splendor
She wore water like a queenly robe
Dripping breasts
Made of gold and treasure
Such beauty deserved
To be inscribed
Something no ma......
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Categories:
bidder, girlfriend-boyfriend, love, passion, romance,
Form:
Rhyme