Best Give Up The Ghost Poems

Bidding tearful adieu,
I sat on his grave,
And his spirit stood beside me,
Consoling me to return home.

As I opened eyes to my conscious ,
Ghosts encircled me...

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I've startled a frog, who leaps in flashes.
He and a grasshopper zig-zag away.
The lawn whispers mildly, in tune with the sun,
Yet something's amiss--the air is...

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HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY

Her hand’s swan-like dance,
ivory shadow puppets
romance. Hungarian rhapsody.

The musician sans existence
as emotive fingers move
imaginary marionettes
with splendiferous precision.

Drama drops onto piano keys
occasionally taking a gentle...

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Overarching Genocide

Noah built the wooden Ark in his homeland instructed by God
to save his wife three sons and their wives from drowning a life 
raft...

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That soft-spoken Sovereign commands a big stick, 
runs the world into ruins, once our bailiwick.
If asked why, He grins grimly, pale lips slightly pursed:
"Vindication? Straightforward:...

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ANSWERING AN ABSTRACT
 
do you trust the world not to fall on you?
 
i’m standing on the world, i have to trust
myself not to drop....

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Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 25

Followers are made from day one in the womb
Not gods but by men in the full-length skirt
Pavlov mice...

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Spring flowers that never 
Give up the ghost; 
Perennially in bloom,
Worth fighting 
And dying for; 
Love and friendship 

Like a fine wine 
The more aged,...

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Did you know,
that in the age of stone,
long before
the age of workflow,
decisions were made
alone,  where to roam,
no direction known?

The paradox of
that great unknown…
was not...

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Yellowed moonbeams flooded slantingly through the forest, 
Crisscrossingly spearing and slicing the night,
Whilst throwing the foliage alight, 
As I work to finish my task, brimming...

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Soul Consciousness

As I struggle with the endeavors of my existence, leaving me at times numb, continuing to seek the answers that will set my mind...

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On an azure expanse without prospect or sail
        the debris of my ship rent asunder from gale
 ...

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Some like to say “give up the ghost”, 
To mean forever abandoning your post. 

The rowdy ones prefer to kick the bucket, 
Though that would...

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Seven walked the lonely road
Searching for a secret key
To life’s door of humanity
Maybe if they let it out
People will be gentle again

One falls from hateful...

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'I'm bored and going crazy,' 
    said the young man to his friend.
'This small town living sucks my soul 
  ...

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