Best Effort Poems

My mama said to get a man,
I first must prove myself a cook.
I could not feed him from a can.

I tried to learn how from a book
And sought to make a chocolate cake.
I didn't care how long it took.

I set the oven high to bake
Then...

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Two birds sit in a tree...                            A colaboration from Wilma Neels & 
Only separated by the sea.. ...

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Said the said poems
We are a coordinated effort of Al juman
over 800 proud,  profound and strong.
We are one of a kind,
spontaneous, different and entertaining.
We are the Said poems,
anyone else is just a fake, false wanna be.
So said you pen pusher,
go find your own way.
Any...

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Buy ink which remains indelible on the soul
Lick your stamps as they should never lick themselves
Keep envelopes open to suggestions and to be stretched
Hide them in a dry place or pine desk out of trouble 
Hold pens gently into the wind or corresponding weather
Leave an...

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Midgeted paws gently experiment 
with the silken whiskers of their maternal dynamo
  
Dabbling with the conscious but succumbing 
softly to the confetti of uninhibited dreams

Rejoicing in a triangle of togetherness  
Basking in the periwinkles of space and time
 
Under a backdrop of light...

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Community effort 
We need not wait on them 
To change the world for us
Too long we stand with laments
By the way is like that 
Drop of water that make a mighty ocean 

Community effort 
We create more problem by 
Ourselves 
If we the people fall...

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The end of the world is foretold to arrive any time soon so I am leaving a message in this bottle for anybody with advice on how to survive if this should happen again.
In the Bible it does state that the Earth will go on...

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Seeking makes absent...

Observe inner desire...

Allow them arrival......

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Largely undiscovered radiant jewels were rock climbing up very sheer cliffs. Waves laughed beneath them and slammed into the stone in an attempt to make them fall. Yet the jewels inner manifestations,prowess and determination allowed them forward and up and up they went. No falling...

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Come one and all to our symposia
Grab a press release
It’s on world peace
And how to make this a better world

Bring your ideas
We’ll have a sizzling brainstorming
Starting in the wee hours of the morning
We’re counting on you

Circle the date on your calendars
We can all make a...

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I have no time; I can’t do it.
Let’s take a moment, take a sit,
Think about time for just a bit.
Relax for now, don’t throw a fit.

It’s not the time that holds us back,
And not the time that we most lack.
Maybe we don’t use our time...

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They make me wonder---
What fingers wove the tapestry of their being!
The splash of violet here, mauve there, white with red stripes—
They stand tall and do not bend till the wind forces them to.
Though soft, they manifest dignity.
When stress and depression shoot their thorns,
 A glimpse...

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your fear is tangible
cancer has caught up with you
vulnerability has overtaken you
I see you yearn for a warm embrace
it’s obvious to me
you're the hurt little boy back when
you cried himself to sleep
why me? why me?
you’d  since been charmed 
but worry now 
your luck might
soon...

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Flowered patios,
admired for their charm,
Andalusian patios lovingly cared for.
As new-born babies 
that Andalusian women take care of 
with gentleness, dedicating
their time with the same devotion
to as a baby who needs attention.

Beauty with big eyes
that shines in a blind world 
to old emotions.
Patios of my Andalusia,
you...

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A little fertiliser
And the flower will bloom
A little catalyst
And the chemical reaction will complete
A little yeast
And the cake will grow
And so man
Please remember
A little more effort and confidence
Will do 
In your entreprise...

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