Best Downturn Poems
A Downturn In Economic IndicatorsThe moon
is a bay leaf
folded among the trees.
It is not.
There is no time
to love one another, the days
smear like wet ink.
It is the time
of the wolf.
We must feed him....
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Categories:
downturn, angst, introspection, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
Upside To DownturnThere must be something wrong
For you to say what you do
If there is no problem
Then what's wrong with you
You've got to be a little off
For your dreams to be what they are
If you are not thinking
Then you ain't going far
There's no point in hanging 'round
If...
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Categories:
downturn, life, people
Form:
Lyric
Only Time To BurnMeg often told Josh
to try to be less reckless
but Josh had panache
when dealing with dangerous
too often being feckless
since days of sixth grade
their hands often intertwined
Meg and Josh displayed
how their main wants were aligned
though to harm Josh was purblind
Meg off to college
while Josh acquired war knowledge
strife...
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Categories:
downturn, angst, change, conflict, loss,
Form:
Tanka