Best In The Hot Seat Poems
Hard Hat HeroesThere's a breed of Aussie hero who has served this nation well
and they don a yellow uniform to face the fires of hell.
When day temperatures are soaring and the high winds blow a gust,
and our bushland is ignited it's in them we...
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Categories:
in the hot seat, people, song-daughter, fire, daughter,
Form:
Ballad
One More Lonely Dreamthe thoughts that rest here deep
I’m laying low and waiting
as those bullets whiz past me
it’s those little things that wound
those moments I can’t see
can we reach the pinnacle
or all that we can be?
imagination covers
too heavy in this...
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Categories:
in the hot seat, confusion, me,
Form:
Ode
Competitive Campaigning Results Are InJoy for me means that
You are here where I once sat
Clutching the reigns
Playing political games
Taking over my tasks
Saying ‘I am not wearing any deceptive masks’
Making decisions
Moving into position
No longer in...
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Categories:
in the hot seat, america, england, jobs, leadership,
Form:
Rhyme
The Hot SeatBeing in the hot seat
Is second nature to me
I’ve always thought it neat,
Being in the hot seat
‘Tis not always so sweet
Expressing opinion, you see,
Being in the hot seat
Is second nature to me.
Written August 14, 2022
[I wrote Opinion for the
Huntington, WV Dispatch
for about eight years!]...
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Categories:
in the hot seat, how i feel, perspective,
Form:
Triolet
Tricks and TreatsTricks and treats;
Good old eats;
Treats are just great,
We often crave treats that rate,
Tricks played, could land one in the hot seat!
...
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Categories:
in the hot seat, candy, food, halloween, holiday,
Form:
Limerick
TorchedWe’ve been burned before:
Left in the hot seat
smoldering and angry.
Wondering how we got here
and if we’re ever going home.
We marvel at downpours
their ability to not only quench desire
but to drown out the burning
as though it never happened.
Why can’t they remember
what we can’t forget?
So I...
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Categories:
in the hot seat,
Form:
Free verse
Poetry ThieveryAny good judge and jury would convict me
Slam the door shut, toss out the key
High crimes and misdemeanors in the first degree
Caught in cahoots with poetry
Armed with pen and paper in hand
Stealing from me all that I have
Until my muse says there's nothing left
Empty's the...
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Categories:
in the hot seat, poetry, prison,
Form:
Rhyme
Black and WhiteContrast of cupcakes
decorated with vanilla frosting
and Spring flowers.
A New York City girl -
I say girl, she’s eighty-five,
yet she swivels those hips; and her lips
are flaming cherub swords, feisty with grace.
Her friend, arrives for the final act,
in black and white, so elegant.
Her sleeves flowing, skirt swirling,
bestowing...
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Categories:
in the hot seat, birthday, dance, friendship,
Form:
Free verse