Best Borrowers Poems
We Are BorrowersWe think we are free
But alas..as long as
Separation and autonomy
Are sown into our
Cloak of beliefs
We are borrowers
Accumulators
Of beliefs not our own..
Freedom eludes..
Freedom is felt when
It is found that these
Borrowings are also
Expressions of
Indefinable Freedom......
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Categories:
borrowers, death, identity, irony,
Form:
Blank verse
We Are Borrowers- -This someone you loved, died,
It is hard to find the words to describe.
I wrote a poem that might comfort you –Now-
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To the grieving family--------
O’ what a borrower, I am;
What a borrower, we are;
It’s hard to materialize;
These tears that we would cry;
Tho! This soul has...
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Categories:
borrowers, analogy, appreciation, bereavement, death,
Form:
Free verse
Borrowers of TimeWe don't own anything.
The petaled glade or ocean tide.
The mighty mountain or lonely stream.
We're just one grain of nothing on an eternal beach.
Borrowers of time we are.
Life is a blessing, but we own only-memories and death.
Don't fret over or material things, everything's temporary.
Even skyscrapers...
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Categories:
borrowers, life,
Form:
Rhyme
What If They Say NoThe silliest neighbors are getting on my nerves.
Always wanting to borrow a car or a snow blower.
Asking for money, and I wish I was kidding.
My dad said I should start asking them first.
Maybe he has a point.
But what if they say “no”
What if they stop...
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Categories:
borrowers, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Light Verse