Best Ineffectual Poems

POTD 4th Nov 2019

Vanquishing all reservation
 twilight's prelude heralds
 shadowy anticipation
of a secret amorous thirst
He surrenders once more
to his darkest desires 
amplifies the sultry ambiance
with...

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Beautiful, you are, from whichever way my eyes see
Swift is your style, with something I can never compete
Reserved, you are, don't let yourself sway by...

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Her chapped palms smell of
-ungrateful jasmine-
roughened by shrewd plays of world.
And in the creases of
- youthful forehead-
sleeps an orphaned childhood, old.

Among distasteful leering,
ineffectual rags of
-modesty...

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Self reliancy stimulates political independence,
pragmatic critical thinking spurs revocation of spurious Partisan information,
vigilanteism guards against the Juntas,
systematic interdiction of peoples' ability to to procure food,...

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There are moments when troubles enter our life’s
And we can do nothing to avoid them
But the one's we can
They look convoluted unless we demystify
But we...

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"The body, like the oak, is bent and gnarled,
The shallow-rooted mind is overthrown,
When we are near the evening of the world."
---From, 'Runes for an Old...

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All the teachers were basically horrible,
each could be placed on sliding scale of 
horribleness….thus;
1.	(the worst) Complete ****
2.	Largely a ****.. with a degree of reserve
3.	****
4.	Headmaster’s toady...

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Man, I remember the thrumming of that last bell of the school year.....
Like a prisoner being furloughed into the warm sun, buzzing of grasshoppers.
Field stickers...

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A blot they want to wash, detergents do not work
Ineffectual, institutional and cover ups a stir
Excuses abound, squirming hierarchy found 
"Its just a darkie, why...

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A slight pause is taken between a thought
and the words that I speak from my heart
for words often rendered in too much haste
are frowned upon...

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I hear the lovely dirge called Autumn Leaves.
It echoes back and forth in my obfuscated mind,
Part full of grief, part an ineffectual endeavour
To understand why,...

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Hark! These four stone walls of Mamertine quell
My caged heart's protest; its sullen lament,
That one should take another's life in hand;
Raise their one dream before...

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EITHER 
a searing indictment of 
contemporary American society 
OR 
just a bit of fun! 

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They seem to have forgotten common courtesy, 
'Have A Nice...

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Simmering on a low constant flame,
Lacking visible steam and smoke,
The red blood became more deep in color,
Is the rose of my heart!

Adding onto day after...

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Ever since creation, there have been voids
	Ineffectual places for deviants to hide
	In the beginning there were just a few of us
	Milling around in the dark
	Stumbling...

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