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Time-Wasters To Go-Getters
So much time we have wasted here on Earth,
Never living up to the expectations given at birth.
Sitting around all day, just watching the time pass.
Because...

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Categories: getters, adventure, encouraging, fun, growing
Form: Carpe Diem



Premium Member Memorial Day, 2019 In America
Americans are Americans, period.
No matter color, sex and for heavens, sake!
Not ....Their "party affiliation,"
On which some are insanely fixated.

We were born au natural.
We were not...

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Categories: getters, america, angst, holiday, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme
Bah, Humbug
Ah, the glorious damned winter
and the inviting  
gray chill in the air.
I meander 
ever 
so
slowly 
past lawns
strewn 
with a cluttered array
of pagan snow zombies...

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© John Heck  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: getters, introspectionchristmas, snow, christmas, snow,
Form: Free verse
Am I Really Free
I thought about my older brother when I wrote this


One morning I woke up
and my bed was now a king size,
No more chow lines
and my...

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Categories: getters, freedom, hip hop, life,
Form: Rhyme
Ode On Old Virtues
Virtue, thou art old wine of vague value
Admired even by vintners nary more,
Nor by the adherents taking time’s cue,
Ye decorate archaic ancient lore.

Watch new high-fliers...

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Categories: getters, good morning,
Form: Free verse



Roadkill Vittles
Driving along
What's that I smell
The daily delight
Of the latest roadkill

From raccoons to possums
In this flattened cuisine
As vultures take lunches 
On this finest of dining

Call us...

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Categories: getters, animal, funny, humor,
Form: Light Verse
North Korea Now and Not Black Power
North Korea Now and Not Black Power

Is a prosaic 
Of something quite archaic
Country far behind.

This is what I thought of after
watching news about North
Korea exploding...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: getters, sad,
Form: Haiku
Blatant Bill Propose
Blatant Bill Propose

Blatant bill by congress they did propose;
When a weirdo on you grows and grows;
Latest have heard,
Is totally absurd;
Trump has orange hair and nose...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: getters, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Never Say Die
Navigating every path and summiting
Every mountain; climbing peaks and 
Valleys indefatigably. They don't give up, the...
Epitome of tenacity. Nothing weakens the
Resolve of ambitious go-getters!

Strong-willed and...

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Categories: getters, inspiration, people, tribute,
Form: Acrostic
Discount Medicine Man
I have Geritol at half price
The tamper proof has only been breached twice
Viagra for you real go getters
B12 for Telemarketers aka appointment setters
Come on kids,...

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Categories: getters, socialme, self, me, self,
Form: I do not know?
What Does Not Kill You Makes You Strong
Whenever obstacles arise 
Hinders future possibilities
And pin the victim down
To the ground

Dangers of allowing
Obstacles to reduce our zest to life
Endangers our chances of victory and...

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Categories: getters, hope, journey, joy,
Form: Acrostic
Star-Gazing
It is neat to gaze upon a star;
light shows the way -- God's route.
Adventuring near, adventuring far
affirming persons who doubt.

Light shows the way -- God's...

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Categories: getters, 11th grade, giving, light,
Form: Pantoum
Unstoppable
Unstoppable 

(Chorus)
I'm on it ,on it
Yeah a mission
Got to see, my own vision 
Make a decision, running out of time
The clocks keeps ticking and then...

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Categories: getters, bird, change,
Form: ABC
Deconstruction
This sea's end on a misnamed shore
Is not the terminus of your sin
Nor my beginning in the dusky yore
But we can in false time begin
To...

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Categories: getters, history
Form: Verse
Premium Member Smashing Rules
I guess in the old days, rules were made for 
a reason.
Now, attention getters gone amuck like
beings in a quiet room with a loud crashing...

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Categories: getters, poetry, religious,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs