Best Foibles Poems

There once was a man they called Fred.
who had to be tied to his bed.
When deep on the sauce
his cookies he'd toss.
Then proceed to fall on his head.


for "Short and Sweet' contest
sponrored by Brian Strand...

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strange and foolish quirks

trivial human foibles

speed bumps in my life...

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If you  can laugh at the crazy antics of yourself,
Instead of sitting on the shelf,
You will find others will be laughing with you.
Instead of at you.

If you do this and don't hide your mistakes,
You will have no fear of snakes,
As you climb up ladders,
You...

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Manoeuvring through purplish cerulean azure
'Til she touched the empyrean Zion
Perching above the whinstone during cockcrow
Possessing allured ala line with grandiosity and passion
Dressed like a virgin woman from ABOVE
Divine messenger? A cherub?
" NO " - An Orphic pixie
Cradling the scintillation with her left mitt
Intent - coveting...

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human foibles

for some a way of life

mine all can read...

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HUMAN FOIBLES

nature... her time spent
perfecting life's perfections
man in denial
~
human life upsets
natures equilibrium
decimating... why...
~
nature screams aloud...
at the human race... hear her...
she will right our wrongs
~~~~~*~~~~~...

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Love, discipline
And firmness are 
Golden foibles....

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Let the kinks and oddities remain esoteric
to herald that special uniqueness
that makes you, just you, as you are.
Resist the shapers and conformity grinders
that would smooth out the crumples,
iron out the creases and wrinkles.
Your texture becomes you when gripped,
Your spikes and bumps adorn, when worn displayed...

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Are chemical apparatus
where dangerous experiments are done

Are wine-glasses
for leisure bashes in the evenings

Are tea-cups
to relax muscles with hot sugared  water

Are good  ivory beds
to keep calm the amorous overweight body

Are deception bill-boards
where lies are written, formally advertised...

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Flaws and foibles, dents and blots, 
all viewed as quirky, cute and nice,  
are mere trifles, that makes us lovable.

How quickly the tide can change,
when sensibilities, foil those foibles
into scruples, qualms, faults and vice,
up-welling into wellsprings 
of misery and strife....

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with scamper and scurry, slither and slink,
with rustle and rattle, crackle and snap
the shy, bashful, humiliated and humble
sneak away scared, to hole-up and hide-a-way
covering up their foibles and fears, 
which they know all too well....

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haiku
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let's walk with nature
sunny day hark birds singing
cuckoo you mimic

cuckoos' all gone
shot by hunters' everyone
they're not specific

swifts' last to arrive
cuckoos' once first on the scene
most humans' remiss

TERCET
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haiku
two words split
senryu

senryu
------
a haiku a page
once the masters had their say
who are the experts'

a senryu... foibles
humans their rights and...

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our foibles
do you have any... 
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the spoken word
feel free speak... say what you want...
shush... enough's enough

silent words poems
when I write I shout it out...
to the world

blinkered... it can't see
ponders when it is stood still
a horse... what thought you...

a sleight of the hand
i'll catch...

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Foolish speed bumps in my life
Do you have foibles?
Human quirks?






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1/6/2020

Poetry form: Quinzaine - "The English word quinzaine come from the French word qunize, meaning fifteen. A quinzaine is an unrhymed verse of fifteen syllables.  These syllables are distributed among three lines so that there...

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Don’t forget
I tried and did
My best
I gave it all
And more
Don’t forget
When you
See my picture
That this man
Lived ten lives
Took the pain
Of ten men
But felt the
Love of none
Don’t forget
I was just
a man
Of flesh
And sin
Foibles
And Faux pas
Don’t forget
This man
Was your
Dad...

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