Best Hedged Poems

In still small voice you spoke to me
And whispered oh, so earnestly
“Be careful, child, this will not do
You wander far for pastures new…

Be careful, child,...

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That is the path I've chosen,
covered with soft blades of grass
hedged with variegated hostas,
and moonlight filtering 
through hanging willow trees.
The winding path tilts slightly uphill,
towards...

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Lay down your old ink pen...
Rise from the table...
Push back your chair.
Gather them all up...
Put them out of sight now...
Place them safely in the cupboard...

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When Silence And Indifference Hold Sway

When they came for the snake to take away
I gaily approved, had nothing to say.
Next the frog, croaking after bright...

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What Is Love 
   by Edmund Siejka

My parents argued frequently
So love was an elusive something 
Usually found in someone’s else’s home
In high school...

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No
I had a desire to be a martyr to my word
To quench my desire for justice with the
Peak of my poor pen 
To quash intolerance,...

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Many mistakes 'til now from then,


          Many roads that might've been,


     But...

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It's hedged--but an allegory
Augments the lore in each story
Son Isaac he'd gore 
But Abe knew at his core    
Zeal with excess has no glory




Author's Note: 
I believe...

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I often saw her in the patterned garden
Tending tenderly small children,
Until their parents came to pick them up.

I was absorbed in her antics as children...

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Never Forget 

Oh thou of wretched heart and deed
Inferior our seeds?
When thus thou felt the need to rule
Annihilate deemed weeds

Thou casteth out your wicked net
Of...

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 English quintain 

I’m leaving, going far away
and when I’m through, I will return.
But meanwhile, mind my vineyard, stay.
I’m staking out a risk to earn;
It...

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Handcraft peaceful wave vibes.
Hone serene as heirloom
Homes need for hearth’s joy bloom.
Harbor laidback designs
Hedged by goodwill’s good times.
Hands hold, hearts mold and rise
Hooked on smooth,...

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Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?


A...

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the country stile
hedged the wild flower meadow
where I sit awhile...

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Mother shook her head in deep despair of the new love I had found.
But Daddy said,” He’s not your type, he is seen all over...

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