Best Losing Poems

Drained fingers jot sweet memory
calling Pam’s name in every bloom,
as laced nights recall the glory
of fondness born from love’s heirloom...
Time pauses… her Glow swirls on trees
where romps christen fire tasting life..
And though wonder darts to appease
pale the ticks, yearning for dear wife.



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It is important we know this eternal truth,
that our earthly lives may be linked but not our deaths!
you may have special memories from early youth,
but one has to watch the other take the last breath!

you will for sure shed tears of separation, grief,
fear future prospect...

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Today I thought I lost my keys
And knowing what’s at stake,
I searched like crazy, but my husband
Took them by mistake.

An hour later, for a class
Of quilting, I was stopped
When my ruler disappeared
Until I noticed it had dropped.

The class complete, I headed
For a shady bench outside
To...

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They tell me:  clean all the closets --
give away clothes, things you'll never use--
toss it all, decorate anew -- but, 
must I part with what you
touched -- what you gave life
by using, by cleaning,
by valuing? What to me
had no intrinsic worth
you made precious, and
now...

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My self esteem never peaked
Mental abuse always leaked
From your foul and mean mouth
All my dignity just flew south
And never came back again
Your so proud that you could win
The power of my sad heart
Broken from the very start
I was born -- it never ended
Young and naive...

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I’m losing it; you know I am

When I ask myself questions, then answer them out loud
     And consider this a “conversation”

When the lizard that made his way into my home
    Becomes my pet

When I repeatedly count the cards...

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Do you seek me?
     I'm still here!
Look for me in nature,
for my love is growing there.
My messages are written,
in earth and sea and air.

     Do you hear me?
Listen to the song birds,
as each new day is born.
Can't...

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Out of the darkness of
absence came shadows
of never, and the heart
became silent to walk
that void forever.

The denseness of my
emptiness chokes my
very soul. The scent
of love has departed,
leaving a gaping hole.

They say that time is
a healer, but memories
linger so. And the heart
it carries the hurt, the
hurt...

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Riding stormy winds to the past
 To find out how we lost our way
 How long did the great ones last
 Mayans left their pyramids where trees sway

 We are left to ponder the whys
 As vines constrict their ruins
 Incas left their calling card...

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I sit here, watching the faces walk past,
Some of them I recognise, 
But so many I don't, 
I imagine if I were one of them, 
Walking past me,
Seeing me, like I see them.

I wonder some times if these simple passers by judge me,
If they ponder...

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Between Velcro
And touch screen

We are losing touching
Feeling and doing

Thumbs made us
All thumbs we will be



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"a dagger of pain, a tear of grief"
quote by Constance La France


Tossing and turning, I think
where is the lid to this pain?
Perhaps, capping this catastrophe
will cause an explosion.

It’s nightmares like these
that come from my bouts with radiation.
A wish for death, easy death
to hasten the...

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Losing the ego
Swallowing your pride
Embodying your philosophy
Metamorphosis - manifesting inside

The ego you carry
Around in your head
The illusion of importance
Sense of self; dead

The ego craves attention
Loquacious; trivialities all the time
Desiring affirmation
Pompous thoughts in his mind

Validation is necessary
Recognition a must
Exposing the façade
The ego gets crushed

Losing the ego
Curtain...

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I made the bet on who’d win the game
the Bulls looked great; my team played quite lame
dressed in clown’s clothes
with a red clown nose
the whole office will laugh without shame
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In leaving God 
The west got
Lost
The rest of 
History will
Tell great loss
A world of
Sorrows
And spiritual
Costs...

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