Best Custodian Poems

THE CUSTODIAN

The husband never forgave me
I'd given him a slim five hundred
He cashed his ticket in on a stormy day
I could not enjoy the song and dance  of rain
No nostalgia!
I swayed like branches blown by wind
But not once did I fall
I could have had...

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The technological era we live in

As

The "Blasphemous One" will be recorded in the annals

Of human history

Because Man,

Instead of acting as the custodian of life on earth that

God intended him to be,

Unwisely, 

Was transformed into life's merciless annihilator!







© Demetrios Trifiatis
     26 January...

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Custodian of Apostrophe's Apostle

Who done it, steed?
Who said what's read
between the lines marked
with ad hoc diacritic dashes?...

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Mom, our custodian
The house, cleanliness observe
Punishment deserve....

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My son Jacob, he follows traditions
  Religious, he has certain ambitions

    He prays to God three times a day
    I think he even knows what to say

  Straight as an arrow, and square as a box
 ...

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Written: April 4th 2025, for contest sponsored by Brian Strand
 
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April arises with a gentle promise  
crocuses awaken from their winter dormancy —
while vibrant purples adorn the dawn 

nestled amidst luscious emerald 
she sparingly scatters her...

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As long as they're slobs
We have jobs...

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The dead roach with its upended crinkly legs
has been lying in the windowsill for at least four weeks.
I would get rid of it, except...
nothing has amused me for years half as much
as people's horrified reactions when they notice her.
This poor ugly black dead thing.
I have...

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They, the idols who have the right given by you to dispose of your own soul, offer to admire their wise reflections, but do not offer to share their wisdom with them. They don't want you to be on the same level of insight. This...

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