Best Candle At Both Ends Poems

I have long lost you 
In the wilderness of space,
My love for you 
Like the flame of a candle
Was snuffed so long ago 
By a...

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Let abundant energies     ...............	burn
Late into the night as    .................	the
Light of a flickering    ....................	candle
Throws reflected shadows...

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Remember hangover days?
Dreadful headaches, you wished
to die!
But your soul fixing took a while to
return.
All your funky promises to never
do this again!

Alas, there you were in...

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Sewing machine, long idle, gathered dust;
it's now a desk which seems a breach of trust.
Clothes made at home had always been a must.  
Married...

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I'll drink to that, three sheets in the wind, the Booze cruise             ...

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The end of the world is foretold to arrive any time soon so I am leaving a message in this bottle for anybody with advice...

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I write this note and place it, in my favourite bottle of wine
I sealed that top so tight then I wrapped it with waxed twine
The...

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SAVING GRACE

In the middle of the universe, I stand
Where it all revolves around man
Selling and consuming disastrous blends 
Burning the candle at both ends 
Neglecting...

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

Happy birthday to a lovely lady called Jan
Who's a poet from The Isle of Man
So please raise your glass
To a very nice lass
Burn (s)...

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STRESSED

Sometimes when things begin to close in,
I'd like to sit down and chill out,
Find someplace to just get away,
And refigure what life's all about.

Sometimes it...

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Wasted years, all gone and past
trying to catch up for time lost being juvenile 

No time for regret, resentments have no place
Growing older burning the...

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It was just an ordinary maze of a day unlike so many others

An array of multitude hanging from intersections of fortune

Aberrations cul-de-sacs opposites shadows cautious...

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pushing aside last night's clutter
from the late night burst of creative energy 
open the blinds and let the warm light stream in 
select the perfect...

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UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: XLIV

Don’t translate poems if you want yours read.
A pain in the ass is a pain nevertheless.
A « race" in any other language is...

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I am a teacher

Eager beaver

Full of beans

I build bridges

And burn the candle at both ends

I am a teacher

Cap in hand

Full of the milk of human...

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