Best Commandeers Poems

Mrs. Robin, busy as a bee
  visits my home's skylight annually
She builds a nest there carefully
  her private retreat, only I can see

She...

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‘What good´s permitting some prophet of doom? To wipe every smile away …’


The orator grins at his drunken audience through make up and mask

Opens the...

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Grey clouds clot, choking a waning sun
reclaiming shadows, the day had won.

Birds fall silent in the somber air,
as the coming storm evokes despair.

Gaia showers where...

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In class, the aerodynamics of thought -
the engineer commandeers our papers.
She wears a blindfold over mouth and nose,
trains us on how to crease and navigate.

The...

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September sixteenth, wedding change of gears.
I wait my turn an usher by my side.
Surprise! my arm, the groom now commandeers.
Revised rehearsal plan requests his bride,
a...

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'...stick with me baby, I'm the guy
    that you came in with.'
    Luck Be A Lady Tonight - Frank...

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The way she twists her hair
and places back that wayward 
wisp behind her ear, the way she 
checks her face in every mirror.

How she shimmers...

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12/06/2020 03:41 PM.

Imagine a long and winding line
all the way to Jabip
upon the handle of small grocery cart
envision mine white knuckle grip,
as the misses commandeers
moseying...

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How many times do I start to quickly and easily reply
To a comment and realize with a humdrum of a sigh
That it has become part...

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A delightfully deep azure blue sky commandeers the aurora borealis
Somber Swedes slumber in used pup tents, unaware of this beauty
Visitors stare into the night, hoping...

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The way she twists her hair
and places back that wayward 
wisp behind her ear, the way she 
checks her face in every mirror.

How she shimmers...

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This happens daily.
We are all in the lunchroom 
Laughing and having a great time
Co-workers who truly like being together

When Miss Doom and Gloom Enters.
She is...

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My third cousin Ivanic has IMM Disorder.
Without pausing for breath, he commandeers all conversations.
Family reunions are ruined because no one else can speak.
His mother, Elzoretta...

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the words coagulate, stuck
in the back of my throat, I choke
on the words I cannot seem to
acknowledge, articulate, remember.
aphasia commandeers my body as her vessel
inarticulate...

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