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Best Foolproof Poems

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Foolproof

You can put your trust in Man
to protect you,
if you want to ...

But my mama didn’t raise 
no fool
Daddy didn’t raise
no dummy too

I hid my...

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Categories: foolproof, religious, self, truth, wisdom,
Form: Bio



Foolproof
I lost my job two years ago today
Unemployment ran out sometime in May
Saving cans you know
Still play the Lotto
My little retirement plan, per se...

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Categories: foolproof, satire
Form: Limerick
Premium Member The Poets Are Dead
On days I read…
   O dread
      The poets are dead!

A taste of bitter
   A tatterdemalion squalor
...

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Categories: foolproof, writing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Baggage
Some people wear baggage like a hat in church,
Still others could conceal it through a customs search!
Me? It depends on the mood that I'm in,
My...

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Categories: foolproof, confidence, conflict, emotions, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
The River
Sometimes The River is long
at places mighty deep
The currents not always steady,
into the ground, water will seep

Along the way the water rushes,
there's a need to...

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Categories: foolproof, inspirationalwater, life, river, water,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member - the Insulation Is Almost Trouble-Free -
I feel emotionally flat
    the experience is very stressful
    No flooding or concentration
    Acute, which is...

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Categories: foolproof, life,
Form: Free verse
Methinks Mine Earlier Rhyme Came Across Desperate
Methinks Mine Earlier Rhyme Came Across Desperate...
For Hard Cold Cash

This small medium at large
kibitzer did appear
more brash (albeit) poetically,
and insinuate with soft pedal blare
perhaps at...

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Categories: foolproof, addiction, culture, green, heaven,
Form: Bio
TWINFLAMES
TWINFLAMES 

Obsidian oscillated into lava
     slid across syntactic streams
        tumbled thick greenwood thickets 
...

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Categories: foolproof, allusion, blessing, character, deep,
Form: Alliteration
The Mouse
We have a mouse in the house.
Not an average mouse
But rather a mouse with some nous 
That trips traps as it goes traipsing through the...

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Categories: foolproof, addiction, evil, humorous, imagery,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member This Man Called Jesus - 2
THIS MAN CALLED JESUS - 2


Hey, Caiaphas! What do you think of this Man called Jesus
Well, now that you mention it, I think it's time...

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Categories: foolproof, christian, heaven, jesus,
Form: Narrative
Bio-Thermal Geometry
	
Mama, mama ...
I got a triangular problem
And I need you
to give me the square deal truth
Straight honest for real, lying foolproof — 
it’s a rectangle...

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Categories: foolproof, cute, fun, humor, math,
Form: Light Verse
I Am Ok
Yes, "Foolproof" did win third place and you sent your "Congrats"
Even before the judging I felt your sympathy
The heartfelt comments, from the very first to...

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Categories: foolproof, introspection, thank you,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Lottery
I have won the lottery
Though the numbers are not drawn.
I'm promised that it's foolproof,
So my waiting won't be long.

I have my winning ticket
Mounted to the...

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Categories: foolproof, philosophy, political, religion,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Why I Don'T Trust Psychics - 2nd Third
NOTE:  This is the 2nd THIRD of a funny 3-part piece. No other way to post it due to file size limitations. It's a...

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Categories: foolproof, funny, humor,
Form: Narrative
Biothermal Geometry


Mama, mama ...
I got a triangular problem
And I need you
to give me the square deal truth
Straight honest for real, lying foolproof — 
it’s a rectangle...

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Categories: foolproof, best friend, girlfriend, satire,
Form: Light Verse

Book: Shattered Sighs