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A Downturn In Economic Indicators
The 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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© Glen Enloe  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: downturn, angst, introspection, visionary,
Form: Free verse
Upside To Downturn
There 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
Premium Member Only Time To Burn
Meg 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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© Ng Rippel  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: downturn, angst, change, conflict, loss,
Form: Tanka

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