Best Harried Poems

“The
children
are always
interrupting.
You never have time
for me,” her husband whined
as he dropped his dirty clothes
right there on the floor by the bed.
Trying not to roll her eyes, she gave
this quick response to her disgruntled spouse:
“The kids, chores and mishaps have me spinning,
and you tell me you...

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Seth Brown had a popular magic act
everybody in town knew that fact.
But his rabbit got sick
with a display of I C K.
Seth fired the rabbit and got a new hat....

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The day my life became harried
was not the exact day I married
but, the stress turn is deeply storied
in all things wife and mother varied:

While it is piling up,
I attempt bearing up,
patience blows up
and discord shows up;

Known as routine,
it makes one mean,
it creates pressure,
it makes attitudes...

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Society demands, upends
Threatening the loss of voice
Burying the vitality of self

Society wants your disease, craves it 
Needs you to submit in belief
That society is the only support

Nature quietly pushes its roots
Or sudden adjusts itself
Marked by essential movement

The water, the land, the fire of the sun
Are...

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Life is lived in one breath,
especially when it is demanding,
through the rush and melee',
we miss the things that are
so beautiful and carefree,
One day rolls into the next,
The years go by so fast,
which leaves us wondering
if we lived life fully, or knew
how it felt to really...

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Slipping  and sliding along
Downhill days of later life
Rushing headlong madly
With nought  to do I think of you
Keeping busy haphazardly sadly 
Frantic antics slowed reactions
Thoughts awry with flustered bluster
Like swarm of bees in rumble cluster 
Piling days of constant wrath
In aggregating  piles
Neath slews...

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Harried Harris heir still feels horrid courtesy heist he doth declare...

Earlier this merry month of May
a goniff who possibly did gossip
about his/her surreptitious exploits
when he/she brazenly
accessed ATM machine
situated at 13 West Ridge Street
Lansford Pennsylvania 18232
pulled off outright theft
found him/herself
in possession of debit card
with Mastercard logo
(I...

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