Best Mediocre Poems

The most gifted poets who ever wrote
Occasionally penned gibberish and tripe
Even Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Keats
Sometimes were at a loss for words
In exchange for a royal coin or a token
Valued principles were sometimes broken
Even poets will follow the popular herds
To sit with the noted, the famous...

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There once was a man that was lackluster
Who's life was one giant cluster
Writes a suicide note
He slits his throat
Blank stares are all his family can muster...

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I went berserk
I went Down 
Down Under the ocean
Down Under the sea
Sea for invisible to be
Sea for none to see
See the limits
See the Rules
Rules to restrict
Rules to follow
Follow the leader
Follow the mediocre
Mediocre is the way to be
Mediocre is the way of life
Life that is bourgeois
Life...

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Had natural touch
And loved his playing so much
We did stay in touch.

Was mediocre 
When we first met our broke
And I could choke her.

Want to retire
Stock in straits that are dire
Liquidate entire.

The last Super Bowl
Seriously had took a toll
Ended up in hole.

Preliminary
If cows are in a...

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Rapid beats keep me sane in woe
Stress leaves, only for panic to settle
Guffaws prevent a show of shame
A day of commitment, followed by a day of inconsistency
Failure known, a choice concluded. 

Blank paper, equivalent to unknown writings
Basics discarded as a device is employed
Habits adopted, leave...

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Often times I can't remember
What I mastered long ago
Relentless as a timber
Wiped out by wind's blow

I try so hard to recollect
My most favorite, finest skill
To fulfill what they expect
My brain, a hollow wheel

Diverting attention becomes my mission
Ignoring my trembling hands
Relax and breathe, though full of...

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Some write and satisfied 
with good enough 
while others still strive 
for perfection....

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Words that do not speak to me
       Fine poetry may very well be

     My taste, middling mediocre
       No literary bona fides
     ~ This wild card's...

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My love is greater
Than her petty attitude
On mediocre

Russell Sivey

Entrant into Brian Strand's "ONE FROM YOUR ANTHOLOGY" contest

2/11/2012...

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Mediocre son (me) crafts letter to his papa

Impossible mission to escape end of life woe
visit courtesy grim reaper 
inevitable for every mortal,
whether he/she alive
yesterday, today or tomorrow
quintessentially senescence tabled
upended wrested status quo
belief, dogma, faith...
(i.e. Unitarian Universalism)
albeit atheistic to the core

mine temporal perspective yes and no
affects...

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Let me tell you a story awesome little little kids 
who were born innocent, so pure were their deeds 
this is not about the tree but about their seeds 
you can mould them into whatever you want 
but when your born in orthodox society you...

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Mediocre
Is to me
Just a lazy
Ass to be...

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“need to lose a few lbs. before
summer.  need to lose a few lbs. 
before summer so i can get that 
tat i saw in the ink shop yesterday
(twas so very pretty).  got to save
up so i can get that tat i saw in...

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Mediocre we need not flatter
With laurels on a cheap platter:
Hero’s Effort make a matter;
A dropped metal’s heavy clatter…

“What is right” we foully batter
And Future Foundation scatter,
When save we just can The Latter 
And ensure True Victory later…

Mediocre we must not flatter:
On our clothes staining mud...

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mediocre 
existence 
fell into 
it without
noticing 
it was 
happening 
fell in a hole 
of my own 
making 
created a dull
future through 
past missteps 
made 
did not 
understand 
the future 
ramifications 
of my actions 
at the time
if i had i would 
have not made 
may unwarranted...

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