Best Handbook Poems

...I am a voice,generations later
Who will shed the image sown
You will not paint my picture
I will not be taken down
I won't play your fiction stories
I am not what you percieve
Do not give the world a......

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...NO PART OF THE WORLD (Part 1)


Have you read Jesus words at John 17:16?

Referring to his disciples he said
"They are no part of THE WORLD, just as I am no part of THE WORLD"

What could he ......

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...Dear budding poet,

Regarding modern poetry this is a result of poets such as you redesigning forms of poetry written through the ages by different nationalities, famous and just ordinary people li......

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...Whining, it happens when blizzards come calling
Grabbing a jacket I walk down the stairs
Beside the window where winter is lurking
Waiting about as if nobody cares

Coating the trees with a cott......

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...Since I began reading God's word 
I've come to a definite conclusion 
It doesn't matter what I've heard 
It puts and end to all confusion 

Everyone reads every now and then 
For current events......

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...have you heard of the cloud appreciation society?
Jesus Christ
cloud spotters
points for clouds
you got ya stratocumulus
I just saw a cumulus congestus tower
thirty points for that
fifty-five ......

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...just in case
ever comes
a day they
decide to
warm up
the cold
war for
that's 
what
it

seems so
today for 
i'm practicing
retirement in 
preparation
last night i
stayed up
as late a......

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...The process of healing has its own time
We have a propensity to do it in different ways

Don’t rush people to move on with their lives
If they are still a work in progress

Their pl......

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...I've been a bit free with the vitriol with a couple of poems recently, and need to check myself.  Some months ago I met a bard, Kevan Manwaring.  In his book, the Bardic Handbook, he recommends satir......

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...A few also rented words by David Archuletta:
"A Writing style technique that hides with an evasiveness, while still long steeped in confusion." 

The above Copyrighted and Trademarked sentence sho......

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...I think it’s funny when in the thrift store I see
An Alcoholics Anonymous handbook donated to charity
With the former owner’s full name on the front, page sides, and spine
And even a return addres......

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...(Door bell rings)

 — The damn dog barks and a voice is heard. Arms stretch, forming a letter Y. A head shakes. Dimples become this smooth cheek; lips form a lette......

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...My dream was such that I just didn’t want to be awake
When an unexpected change in tone caused my good mood to break     
As my Buena Vista faded ‘neath a penetrating sound 
And forced my sleepy h......

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...Her I am 
sitting writing a
   poem 
While my housekeeper 
  is bury cleaning 
my apartment
   I feel a little guilty 
 She is working hard 
while I am just 
   moving a pen 
along a piece ......

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...My ancient Arabs know exactly how to tell a tale,
Of hardship, kinsman, outcasts, how to be so strong,
Withstanding weather, find your way, what it does entail
To fight a world alone, with nowhere......

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