Best Credit Poems
I
"Gotta job as a nanny!"
"Maybe they'll hire me as a butler"
"Butler and nanny always live
in close quarters"
She winks
He raises and eyebrow suggestively
II
"I love flirting with poets
so...
palpable"
"Indeed my dear, indeed.
We are a flirtatious, passionate creature"
"But we're also dramatists
adulterers
alcoholics
and prone to murder and suicide"
"Yes, some may look down on our kind,
but goddamn, we ain't boring"
III
"The first time I read Bukowski,
it was like I rediscovered
some part of myself
that was missing
or that I'd hidden away
either consciously or subconsciously
years ago.
I might have to write that down.
New freeverse."
"Love when that happens"
"Me too.
That's one thing i love about talking to poets.
Conversations often turn into writing"
"Simple Ideas morph into insolent dreams.
There's my freeverse snippet of the day"
IV
"A good poet may exaggerate,
but is no liar"
"True;
and exaggeration is like getting high,
makes everything better.
Possible Haiku?"
V
"Love is our strongest muse"
"Absolutely.
It's the most vital element to human life;
brings our greatest highs and deepest lows"
VI
"The cool thing about dating poets
is that they don't give a care
if you get
caught up with someone else
and by caught up
I mean
hopelessly
carelessly
seeexually
entangled."
VII
"The white gown
drapes over your succulent frame
like a dress of beauty.
Your hair, rusty orchid
in the shade of the picture,
cascades down smooth cheeks
the hand can die happy
having once caressed."
"That was my mom's wedding dress.
I like rusty orchids,
and the Shakespearian ending
was a harpsichord
resonant
a saunter around my affection for the dead
living
doll
I once was
came again to the meter of memory
an escapist serenade"
VIII
"Where does time go
when poets commerce?"
"Onto the paper"
Friends, by the way
Much credit for my POTD
surely goes to Bobby May
His 'Pick a Friend' contest
motivated me to try my best
to describe what Chris Green means to me
and so, it is now clear to see
my POTD also belongs to Bobby!
Every time I see you,
You make my day.
Has anyone ever made you feel that way?
Every time I see you working diligently
I stop and distract you for a while
We practice some small talk,
I try not to smile
I awkwardly then leave,
Grin and wave.
I tell you "Good Luck!", "Goodbye!" and "Behave!"
When you ask me questions,
I ramble on for days
Because I get so nervous
And only want to stay.
But what I'm really interested in is you.
How you feel and what you're up to
You're the only person in the world
That can make me look forward to accounting
Whenever I walk into class
My heart is pounding.
Just hoping that I can maybe catch your eye
Most of the times I don't
Because you are glued to your book
But all I'm asking for is a simple look.
Not a wink, a wave, a smile, or a "hello"
Just a little thing to let me know
That perhaps I can make it into your mind.
When it's not right the clerk gripes
But now cards have chips and mag stripes
To swype or insert
If done wrong it can hurt
Like partners who don't know their pipes
Your new bank card is on the way,
praise god for all his/her ways
if you can't beat 'em join 'em (I say)
Oh lord have mercy on me.
Relax you've got mastercard,
New fan dangles is your fate.
No worries about interest rate,
Oh lord I hope you are merciful.
Help your child to not lose,
these cards with too much loot,
and the card limit well overshoot
Yes Lord have mercy on me.
Alas, my card has been refused,
I curse the clerk who snipped,
"They want the card ripped,"
Sob, have so much mercy lord.
No card now, such a relief,
Eat beans and rice and believf.
Numbers and letters on Excel
Determine how I excel
Teacher plays wizard
Competition rises
Prize of apples, robes, cars
Blood thirsty blood hounds
On a chase
Or a race
Bye, childhood
Friendliness no longer exists
I’m a monster
New goals
Apples, robes, cars
Sweat, blood, tears
What is chivalry?
Camaraderie?
It’s a hunt
For apples, robes, cars
Must survive
When I opened the bill to my credit cards,
The pages measured seven yards.
Credit Kills More People
Than It Helps
By
Tom Wright
There was a young man from Stone Bluff,
Who purchased all his “stuff” on the cuff?
But then one day,
It came time to pay,
And that bankruptcy court sure was rough
Merde!
Nous sommes a la plage
Is all I can remember how to say.
Merde!
Was back in the (high-schoolish) day
when French was all the rage.
Merde!
Nous sommes a la plage.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HA! And I actually got admitted to college!
I am going to write something about the devil
First thing is don't take him lightly
And don't give him too much air waves and air time
Don't give him too much credits
Because anything he does is does not matter
God has the final say
Nothing he does or say
can match what God does and say
He can never touch you
You are protected by the Lamb of God
-Who has died for you
So you are no longer bound by sins and death
God has made you whole
- strong body and strong mind
Nothing that you do can make you otherwise
Nothing can anyone or anything do can change it
to something that God does not want you to have
So don't be scared, threatened, or confused
You only have one name
And you answer to one name
And God gives you one name
It is the child of God
Don't think otherwise
You are not the child of the devil
No matter how bad you turned out to be
God can wipe it all clean as white as snow
So don't be losing
hope and whatever else
The only one loses is him
He has lost it
all at Calvary
So don't give it
and turn over to him
when the One you should turn to is God
He is the One you should get closer to
and not someone else
So get straightened okay?
in your thinking and conversing
Give credit to the Man
Upstairs and not below
You know who I am talking about!
Owe no man anything but love,
And pay off all your debts;
And when you give, give from the heart,
And all you give, forget.
Be willing just to lend your aid,
To anyone in need.
Don't worry 'bout your recompense,
Or tally your good deeds;
For that just leads to selfish pride,
And generates contention,
And paves the way for much discord,
And clouds the spirit's vision;
But look ahead at all the things,
The Father's done for you,
And all the things He's doing now,
And all that He will do.
Then ask yourself what you can do,
To show appreciation,
For all that you've received, No Charge,
Save love and veneration.
"OWE NO MAN ANYTHING SAVE LOVE, FOR HE WHO LOVES HIS NEIGHBOR HAS FULFILLED THE LAW."
Romans 13:8
"WHATSOEVER YE DO UNTO EVEN THE LEAST OF THY BRETHREN, YE DO IT ALSO UNTO ME." Matthew 25:40
don’t judge others by your own standards ~ only end up hating yourself
be like me take others as you find them ~ and then become mad jealous
By
David Kavanagh
Credit Crunch
So they rob the money
Ain't that Funny
Banker,Flankers,Tankers
Fingers in the pot
Political situation hot
Slight of hand, diversion
Laundering, pondering
Dollars devalued
Pumps run dry
Petrol prices sky high.
Weep little peasants
Learn the lies
Under employment
Over indulgence
Credit cards blaze
Fictitious accounts,
Spending craze
Bim, bam , Wham
Credit crunch
No more caviar for brunch.
Porsche parked, others jump
Pension crisis, Banking slump.
Brinks Matt robbed !!
And no guns pulled
Faces change, government bull
Play the card, Tell a story
Worldwide crisis, escalating prices.
Bankers paid, government sway
A con trick is a con trick
Watch the play
Another angle, another drift
What if? What if?
Then move to the present
Unemployment rising,
Increased border crossing
Refugees , returnees
And don't forget
The deportees.
Holy Moses we are Sunk!
Run to the tax havens
Lets do a debunk.
See Ya!!
Anxiety increases as Christmas draws near
Kids may not get what they asked for, they fear,
It’s presents holding them rapt, not good cheer
Santa shows disinterest, he has another beer
‘Tis Mrs. Claus stretching the budget this year.
Written December 11, 2022
dry, crisp leaf falls, gets blown far away,
fresh, green shoot sprouts, brightens up the day,
lose some,
add some,
all accounted for, that's Nature's way !