Best Fret Poems

Life would be a whole lot better
If I weren’t such a fretter.
Yet, that’s just my worried way;
I guess it’s in my DNA.

I wish I could be less uptight
And trust all that will be all right
But worry worms its way inside
And somehow it gets magnified.

To let...

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Why is everyone upset?
I sink down in regret
I think of all the debt

We owe cuz of our sins..
Tossed down in trash bins
I am a dolphin without fins

I am down and about
I will rise above the doubt
There is an in, so there’s a way out

There is...

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The famous guitarist Segovia
Was able to strum high and lowvya
With acclaim; so he did
Till his death in Madrid—
And his records continue to moveya.

July 18, 2019...

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Fret Not, I won't take thy places
For thou art my guide through life's various phases.
I may be growing in lyrical might but Nay!
I cannot take thy influences away.

You blessed me upon my birth,
And in Thy waters of lyrics I took my bath.
Fret Not Ye Muses...

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There's no need to worry, there's no need to fret
I'm certainly not ready to throw in the towel yet
Lots a living still to do
With the help you crew
I'm never without friends, I'm forever in your debt


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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After Forgetting To Fret

Ego is like a flying egret
Foolish and he found regret
Showed off his big wings
Ego to him sadness brings
Run over after forgetting to fret.

Jim Horn...

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Your wrongful sins – your mind can’t wrap itself around it…it still denies
As my racing thoughts keeps asking those ridiculous why's
I tried my hardest to protect you from your own mistakes…leave the past behind you
(hit the brakes)
Don't let me go, please...I know our time is...

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“Nuns Fret Not at Their Convent's Narrow Room”
by William Wordsworth

Nuns fret not at their convent’s narrow room;
And hermits are contented with their cells;
And students with their pensive citadels;
Maids at the wheel, the weaver at his loom,
Sit blithe and happy; bees that soar for bloom,
High as...

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trust God; never fret*
clear precept shouts from wall frame...
yet, stress-angst reigns

*Psalm 37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not...

March 18, 2019...

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I Fret the Holiday Season

I invited it in:
insipid, insidious 
holiday hoopla;
and now rue 
my indolent heart
As time escapes
I inveigh aloud 
a tirade of syllables 
that berate my 
immutable, 
irascible self

I pine for insouciance,
iniquitously doled 
to some
not to others,
and wear the  ignominious 
crown, self-bestowed 
upon...

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Fret and frenzy,
dwell no more with me.

Peace and patience,
my companions be.

(copyright 10/30/15)...

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The day has drowned but not like the day we met...
The day we fought and to the day I fret..
Call upon me all thy mercies...
Our days together gonna seize...!!

I lost the skill to forge my agony..
 Carve out impressive prosody...
 Everything was for you dear..
...

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Don't fret if the ice caps start to melt,
And the waters start to rise.
There are plenty of man-made mountains about
Should the need arise, 
For something to cling to while on your cell phone you try to dial out.

There are mountains of rust and mountains of...

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I ever see you
Know
Love 
Lord...

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Jack

Jack doesn't dance. Jack doesn't sing.
Retired, Jack does hardly anything.
Jack is reliable. Jack wears black socks.
To speak bluntly, Jack is well boxed.

He lives in one, watches another.
Has one inside to match the others.
Jack gripes, Jack frets, Jack has strong views.
He pays close attention to the...

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