Best Lesser Poems

I’m tired of knowing
That because of my race
Because of where I live
Because of my last name
I’m part of the band…
The children of a lesser God

I’m tired of knowing
That there is so much hate
That it can only escalate
Till someone presses the button
And we blow up in...

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another primaveral day dawning upon me
as i linger stir-crazy in the moments unfolding
in apoplectic thoughts within my mind
while watching the carelessness of others
my moue tightly tucked beneath my mask
hides my silent screams for more distance

famished it seems the world has become
beneath the burden of these...

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"Light travels faster than sound".
A fact that appears quite unique.
Conversely, sometimes people appear to be bright,
until after you hear them speak!

Things don't always stay the same
if you know what I mean?
Consequently, "Change is inevitable".
(except from a vending machine)

Patience can be a misnomer,
so don't let yourself...

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Thou art no migrant bird, O Pink Beauty,
But forced art to fly many a long miles
Looking for fresh habitat and water,
In search of new breeding and nesting isles.

And in this search of a shallow wetland,
Ye fly hundreds of miles in patterned file.
Once there, watching ye...

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Again, you gave writing a go;
In shame you now hang your head low.
You once had a sonnet
Or two in your bonnet;
Now limericks are all that you know....

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A rage results:
the orange dolt’s
been at the tweets.

Or truths they’re called -
I am appalled;
please bring receipts.

Then Harris talks -
word salad pox
from pre-typed sheets.

Oh, RFK
You had the day,
why the retreats?

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A Rhupunt of the form aaB ccB ddB with 4-syllable lines...

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What lesser mortals? 

What lesser mortals
than Rimbaud
claim themselves 
a poet within 
another self, 
for there is more 
than just one self

depending on the
time and day 
and nothing 

is as it seems
at first, 
we are born 
from abstract 
firmament to the 
Infirmament

arriving 
planned and unplanned 
in...

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Poem of Remembrance
Remembering Man’s Best Friend
   
    “God’s Lesser Children”
Who says that all must vanish.
Surely wilted flower's scent, does yet remain within its seed.
As they stood guard, 
Now, we too stand
To guard the memory of selfless acts
These lesser children, who...

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Freedom won on a distant battlefield
Gallant words to remember them by
Unspoken tears for the old to cry,
A game for the young to play
Never a thought for freedoms way
.
For tyrants are easy to spot
Peaceful takeovers not,
Look through the haze
.
For when wheat replaces the meadows
 The birds...

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Lesser gods, dressed in mortal boxes, 
have the power to build a utopia.  
Their choices, have built a hell, instead.

Human error; ego-driven, 
horse powered engines.
slaughter civilizations; 
now the universe.  
Lesser gods, don’t think; they just do.

Lesser gods, 
grand creations, that they seem; 
fail...

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It still lurks
safely in the past,
but now dredged up because
it is so good for modesty.

No, I will not succumb!
The thing you shun is a gift,
a ringing sword thrust to be cherished,
a uniter of souls. 

It is for us 
to confirm our separation
as inviolate. Hold close...

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There was a time a president
Was someone we'd revere,
But now we live in what I'd call
A different atmosphere.

We have to choose between a woman
People just don't trust
And someone else whose attitude
Fills folks with pure disgust.

The lesser evil surely seems
Quite obvious to me.
I guess that this...

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Winds sing harshly, 
And nature gone extinct. 
The earth has softened, 
Though the sky is in a rage. 
A silent echo is monstrous, 
And life cringes for change. 
Harsh words release a beloved temper, 
While the knock sings to the lesser instinct....

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The Fear like a shroud coalesces 
Round the heart and struggles
To hold in the Darkness,
Forming a shell of iron will
Impenetrable to the Light 
That seeks to free the soul.
What power the darkness must
Possess to be held so fiercly.
The battle so intense in its
Ferocity, fading mind...

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I pray to The Lord to thank Him,
for gifts He provides each day.
A prayer of thanksgiving to Jesus,
for the blessings He sends my way.

I thank you Lord for the lesser things,
and not think it so odd,
for I know that even the smallest,
is given by The...

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