Best Detract Poems

POTD 21 November 2017

So professional in his lies - So ruthless in his ambition
Feeding lies to the simple folk - convincing in his deception
Telling them...

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through a very small circle
and without reason
I once caught sight
of a magnified ship
'standing still'
out at sea

when it came into focus
it merged with the sky
that was...

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On that day, 
When life took its first breath,
Was destiny formed?
Was life responsible, 
For its own choices?
Or numbered by the days,
On which life lived
Did age...

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Why, why, why? Is all I ask
Do you send these folk my way
They're not the ones I'd choose myself
But I attract within hooray
You must have...

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Gandhi


What principle stimulated or stirred this Guy
Which Doctrine or what Teaching did he buy?

Sauntering on sandals and wrapt on his robe
Miles that he treaded traversed...

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(As Galileo left the session of the Inquisition
at which he had been forced to deny his own
discovery that the earth orbited the sun, and
had to...

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Kind But No Longer Can Find

he really was kind
always gave us peace of mind
glad when I did find

died and passed away
now in heaven every day
beauty...

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Theatrum Mundi

Theatrum Mundi, derived from the Latin as: “Theater of the World,” was famously incorporated by William Shakespeare for his well-known metaphorical world-view often referred...

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Z Z Top and Cousin It took the right approach
     Dark sun glasses and beards detract from scraggly hair
Next time my...

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How Very Often We Miscalculate Things


How very often, we miscalculate things,
How very often our fear spoils everything,
How often, we predict too heavy rains,
Which would wipe...

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Armed with little more than hope,
truth becomes your trusted shield.
For you believe in yourself;
and the confidence you wield.

The City is aglitter,
yet hunger's all too real.
And...

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Memories of a Green Beret

“Where have all the soldiers gone, Long time passing,
Where have all the soldiers gone, Long long time ago,
Where have all the...

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[A poem to celebrate the 350th anniversary of Newton's discovery of gravity]

Sir Isaac Newton is my name;
I have a certain reputation,
Philosopher of great acclaim
Amongst the...

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Refuse to be a Refugee

?Would we refuse to be a refugee?
Share things between you and me;
Never will I say what's the use;
In my mind, remove...

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Your Honor, I Object

By Elton Camp

Lawyer Louie caters to a special clientele 
Only those who are rich and guilty as hell
And, in exchange for his...

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