Best Common Poems

"England and America are two countries separated by a common language." 
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A tribute to young daffodils 
   may grace the poet's page:
new grass, full streams, or nesting larks,
   as Spring takes center stage.

To write of faith feels natural
   when pondering creation -
to render praise in poetry
   with words...

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Now I’m thinking, while sitting on a chair,
There is something that I would like to share
I fear my mind is dense
Can’t make out common sense
How come they call it common if it’s rare?

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Quote: “Common sense is very uncommon” 
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The traveler reeked of weariness,
His companion was Fatigue
Wear upon his clothes suggest
He'd come a million league.

Gaunt were eyes deep set and brown
Above his cheekbones high
His being was pure somnolence
And I heard his silent cry.

Hard roads had been his travel
The pains chiseled on his face
In lines...

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Will you leave this life
Without a murmur or a whimper
Be cast down to the depths below
In a hallowed tomb of timber

You did not exit stage left
To the sound of thunderous applause
Or the scream of heavy bombardment
Or some tearing tiger claws

To all the men who slipped...

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whether bound and dragged 
behind a pick-up 
‘til limbs slowly dismember
or shackled hand and foot 
then tossed unsecured 
into the back of a rolling 
makeshift coffin

whether judge, jury or executioner 
all don the same hat 
and fancy themselves a God
and your only crime was to...

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He wrote poems for the common man,
That everyone could understand. 
Gave us life in rhyming works of art.
Brought smiles that could lead to tears.
Made us face our hidden fears.
Touched our souls then led us to our heart.

He painted skies with blues and grays.
With images that...

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That amphibian skinned day
in time will soften to cotton
perhaps even a strand of silk 
with love forever entwined.

The heart pond filled with nibbling ghouls.
In time will turn to whispers of silky soothe.
just hold on for another moment.
Nothing can soil a heart forever.
Not even a cluster...

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George Orwell tried to tell 1984
but here's what 1984 told us
1984 was the year we had 
The Terminator
the ultimate movie
about Artificial Intelegence 
with the ability to travel through time
Today we have AI
Let me be the first to name it
The Terminator
It also has the ability 
to...

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COMMON  Faith

In faith, I do have and see with my eyes
From sunset to sunrise beauty in the skies

It’s my heart that loves
While the heaven moves with wooing doves

Old and dote a foolish heart 
Memories no longer a  part

Only my plaque thus far I...

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When people aren't right
 I head for the door.
 I no longer ask, why, or what for??
 When people escalate
 I look for the gate, because
 you know things aren't going that great..
 I did not cause their anger
 I did not cause their pain
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A swathed October,
With freckled bundle of leaves
In a child's fingers—
How warmth is supposed to be,
The ground for a bassinet....

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I'm concerned with the lack of common sense;
it's notably missing when needed most.
And though its absence comes at our expense,
nothing else can match it, not even close.

It once mitigated anger and greed;
lately, however, it's been a no-show.
I pray for its return in thought and deed;
if...

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Every Day,
My Father got up early
And sat there, in the dark, like a mushroom,
And thought, and thought, and thought…
And... grieved...

He would not be the hero that he'd hoped,
An ordinary fellow with flat feet...

What DID he think? enveloped in the pre-dawn hush?

Perhaps he thought up all...

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a first sip of miso soup
exotic and warm
forging a downward path
flowing like a life force
transporting me
as I close my eyes
to a timeless moment
sharing with countless kin
through the ages
young and old
some in the prime of life
some near their final breath
the sum of their days
deep in their...

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