Best Built Poems

“And the rains descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not; for it was founded upon a rock.” Matt. 7: 27

One day along the beach I took a walk.
Before me, there appeared a church. It...

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Erector sets and wooden blocks
Dominoes and house of cards
Built way up to be knocked down
Scattered all across the ground
Model cars and airplane kits
Making sure each piece will fit
Snapped together without glue
Just to fall apart on you
Puzzles without all the pieces
Will not work and it decreases
The...

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A love built on trust

Our love flutters on calypso breezes,
cruising on the tropic of Capricorn
All of our anxieties it eases,
as mango sun wakes us this August morn

Passionate dew glistens on sun kissed skin 
as we gaze at skies of peaches and cream
your essence incites desires...

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There is a little land that's built on sand in the Middle East
   To listen to the world complain, you'd think it was a beast

Yet it's more diverse, and dynamic, than the USA
   100+ countries immigrants' flourish there today

As for democracy,...

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There are twenty four days
left to Christmas and already
small children dream of toys;  
isn't there a better way
for them to forget the cold
and see some magic unfold?

Skinny Willy has built a snowman,
he's getting ready for a winter's tan;
his cheeks are turning red like strawberries,
but...

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The tarantula built  
a web in the upper-left corner of my patio;
she weaved it perfectly as Antonio
rose on his wobbling feet to reach it.


That boy didn't know that 
spiders get vicious and suddenly bite 
when someone tries to grab them for spite,
and Antonio tried...

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Vainly Built Fires

Was it best that we demanded far too much?
Quiet corner to count our blessed days
Or waste away long childish hours and such
like still winds whipping across open bays.

Finding time, the enemy we all feared
We raced along hoping it would not come
Children their bawling...

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On the hills of glory,
where my mansion stands,
lay the streets of gold, made 
by God's Almighty hand.

The sparkling living waters
flow,and on it's banks,
the tree of life doth grow.

Over there, what a glorious site,
a golden throne arrayed in white,
No!, it's a robe glistening as snow,
and the...

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THE HOUSE THAT GOD BUILT				2/22/03




My soul resides in the house that God built, 
it was placed there with no shame, no worries, no guilt.

As long as I live there, I’ll be on easy street, 
Any and everything I need and want for will be handed...

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She wanted a great big brand new house, among brand new other things,
and just to marry and be my spouse, she wanted great big diamond rings,
So I knew what she was about, when she wanted so much bling,
it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure...

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They said my life is worthless, but my net worth is priceless. 
I'm one of the nicest. I've been bless to express my life on this. 

I was built for this, so they can miss me with that snuffed up "ish",
No need to curse on...

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Or down yet another city street,
This Way down that grand Hiway,
That Third Eye opened:
Random patches of dandelion manifest,
Climbing the overgrown commons by the road;
Disappearing out of sight -
By the cracked, sun-blanched sidewalk;
Golden and deep emerald green dandelion
Over the smog-choked horizon.
Humanity on the brink,
Sliding down that...

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Unicycle Built for Three
Dr. James E. Martin
©January, 2014

A unicycle built for three,
Would be a sight to see.
Where would they sit?
Would they all fit?
From sitting they’d all be free!...

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Someone once said, 

        "If opportunity doesn't knock, 
         build a door." 

                 ...

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At a mosque at Fatahpur, India, --- what was the capital city of the
Mughal Empire, --- Akbar (r. 1556 - 1505), the third emperor of the Empire, had constructed the largest gateway in India.  This imperial construct, Akbar's
Triumphal Arch, was meant to symbolize the...

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