Best Clear And Simple Poems

Reflecting in her garden sits a winsome little maid;
She holds a purple flower like the circlet that she made
And wrapped about her braids to grace...

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I used to fish from the banks of a lake next to our farm
many many years ago.  My fishing gear consisted
of a thin branch...

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The Accoutrements of Knowledge



The accoutrements of knowledge
had crept into his life, overtaking it.
No more did he sit and think,
idly allowing nuance to shade gray
the black...

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What is the reason for my being
Am I sent here just to learn
Is it everything I'm seeing
At each and every turn

As I open up my...

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I can’t play with words
I can’t make them dance
I can’t show the essence
Of a sweet romance

I can’t make them soar
I can’t make words fly
I can’t...

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I was a vampire that night.
My fangs were red and orange with candy corn.
My face was smeared white with sweat and paste
Causing a ghoulishly acrid...

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Come let us hear you argue truth,
Reach for a style that feels worthwhile;
Yes let's be clear in simple proof,
Pry open smile and purge that guile;
Tell...

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An example of SciFaiku*

terraforming mars
will the god of war
be pleased


 *SciFaiku, is a form of poetry inspired by the Japanese haiku, also sometimes known as...

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I remain silent though my heart is weeping.
I exist - impassively and automatically.
I’m a machine – indifferent, hardly functioning.
Yet I breathe. It can’t be true....

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If everything were simple it would shape just like a brain,
And I’d take it out and look at it and never feel a pain,
And I’d...

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Listen, my heart brings you greetings:
Offers clear rhymes simple and plain;
Voice that now starts lovely feelings;
Each thought takes time to fling fond gain;
Let my soul...

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I HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS HAPPY
SO GLAD SHE HAD COME ALONE
MY DAYS BEFORE WER CRAPPY
SINGING THAT SAD
LONESOME SONG
IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF SPECIAL LADY
AINT NO SHAME...

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Master Longchenpa’s heart advice is simple yet profound;
that everything we perceive is our mind’s projection,
and thus delusion,
that everything we experience is in flux, 
temporary and...

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I look deep into the tapestry of my mind, where shadows dance incessantly,
There where fear and insecurity weave imaginary stories, fluttering beneath my ribs.
None of...

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