Best Handbook Poems
Beautiful Woman
...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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Categories:
handbook, freedom,
Form:
No Part of the World
...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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Categories:
handbook, bible, christian, god, gospel,
Form:
Didactic
You Want To and Can Write Poetry
...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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Categories:
handbook, age, devotion, imagination, me,
Form:
Prose
Probably Whining
...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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Categories:
handbook, fun, winter,
Form:
Rhyme
The Bible
...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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Categories:
handbook, bible,
Form:
Verse
The Cloud Appreciation Society
...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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Categories:
handbook, humor, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
This Is Just a Test
...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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Categories:
handbook, muse,
Form:
'beauty In Diversity'
...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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Categories:
handbook, growth, hope, inspiration,
Form:
Free verse
Satire and the Soul
...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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Categories:
handbook, judgement, mystery, poets, psychological,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
An Uncanny Truth
...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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Categories:
handbook, allegory, allusion,
Form:
Prose
The Phone Number In the Big Book
...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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Categories:
handbook, addiction, books, cute, drink,
Form:
Rhyme
The Beginding
...(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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Categories:
handbook, adventure, allusion, analogy, animal,
Form:
Prose Poetry
A Very Rude Awakening
...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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Categories:
handbook, funny,
Form:
Quatrain
A Visit From My Housekeeper
...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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Categories:
handbook, football, love, poetry, work,
Form:
Carpe Diem
As-Shanfara
...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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Categories:
handbook, adventure, appreciation, poetry, tribute,
Form:
Quatrain