Best Buts Poems

IF’s and Buts

I started this poem way back in September
Dog-eared my journal so I could remember
I didn’t have much, just one line in rough-cut
And it...

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Why people why




About so many things I want to let fly,

Political correctness is like a stick in my eye.

Capitalism and greed over helping others, WHY...

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My word is my Gold 

No ifs nor buts attached

A spade’s a spade 

A joker’s a clown in a circus charade


I think carefully before speaking...

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I have a dear feathered friend who greets me each day at dawn!
He likes to dwell in and around the crab apple tree on my...

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I met her by chance on an Instagram post
A ravishing blonde, of which I now boast
Hard to say why she did it, how she fell...

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Some days movement of any kind                   ...

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My day began with mommy 
making beef patties all morning 
I helped cutting the veggies for 
the curry soup while sipping ginger 
beer I remembered...

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"Penny Dreadful"





Penny Dreadful
Penny Dreadful

Do you remember when?
That time long before Formaldehyde kicked in?
When the Transformer grew your freedom wings, blew your neurons in?
That time when...

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I wander through this house
As silent as a mouse

Though it is my own I feel I've been away
I'm rather speechless, having not much to say

I...

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(from Simon & Garfunkle's "Bridge Over Troubled Water)

If is such a weak word, it branches, crackling under foot.
You know it, but you use it to...

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His beat rages for hours
darting to the computer table
without time to greet Mom or Dad
as the light pops every minute; wired in 
space, lost ...

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(from Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkle)

If is such a weak word, it branches, crackling under foot.
You know it, but you use it...

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BODY TALK
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Suck thumb
Act dumb

Wide eyes
Look wise

Wise friend
Old hand

She lied
Hands tied

So cheap
Skin deep

Big nose
Smells rose

Sad pup
Chin up

Nice pair
Eyes stare

Felt heat
Cold feet

No buts
Have guts

Learn part
By heart

Young bride
Tongue-tied

No...

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... ALL ABOUT HIM
It's all about 'him'...
This may not make sense, I write it anyway 
I should have used a clearer expression, yet I chose...

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My lawyer drives a Jaguar,
a slim and glitzy marque.
He seldom ventures near the Law,
(the work's done by his clerk),
buts sends in bills at Partners Rates;
that...

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