Best Knock Down(A) Poems

There are twenty four days
left to Christmas and already
small children dream of toys;  
isn't there a better way
for them to forget the cold
and see...

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At times coming unglued
delaminated
Strands separating
vaguely holding their shape

I breathe in the breath of delirious spirits
swimming in circles around a splintered mind
I reach oblivions doorstep
cross the...

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When you realize it, nothing is funny. 
Not every day in the business world is sunny. 
Stormy weather comes when the barometer falls. 
There can...

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Who
 They’d say “who made you a man, young lad,”
It was my hard old father, bad,
He stood me up, and made me fight,
He taught straight...

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The other day while rummaging in a closet I was instantly overcome with joy
when I ran across our storage bins filled with our children’s once...

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Betwixt two sides
protection from the devil
a blend of calm and chaos

separate the twins
and the iron doors appear
a prison of one’s making

Do you think we’re better...

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Rubbing boys shoulders with sunburn oil. The sun smiles at the pain, the brush of fingers against raw flesh. But like a war wound, those...

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Tick Tock, Tick Tock
One second, two seconds
And it
won't
stop
Every minute counts, ever seconds that is passing by I see the time being wasted over nothing, why
Why
Can't...

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Team players shake hands good luck
Shoot scores the hockey puck
The soccer player kicks the ball 
The sky diver takes the fall 
The football player must...

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YELLOW BAG

Is there something you want to tell me?

for hours and hours your eyes
mirror doubts and resentments
but let it be... let it be...
I  ...

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The Storm

Black rimmed skies,
Clouds with no lining of silver,
Gusts of wind,
Trees protesting,
With a dance on the horizon.

Rumblings of thunder,
Flashes of lightening,
Animals and humans,
Caught up in...

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	Debbie Guzzi
Contest Name	
For Love of Language

Cricket-Rounders

A new bloodsport in the town,
We call it Cricket-Rounders,
The bowler runs up to the pitch,    (22 yard...

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You cannot quit
Quitting isn’t an option
Keep fighting
Keep rising
Give it all you got
Jump every hurdle
Knock down all barriers
Face all your giants
Like David against Goliath 
Eye to...

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so you say
your turning
twenty-one years old
today

Hootie Hoo!
happy birthday

and you want
some advice
on the game
of life
so you don't
get played

okay! baby
you know
you just came
to the wrong
place?

so this is...

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Languishing inside a cell(his demons) so fierce
                  ...

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