Best Minimalism Poems

Queen of Materialism Versus Queen of Minimalism
She shops and shops and shops and shops.
She is either in a store or on the phone.
Amazon boxes surround...

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MINIMALISM

            Seems Minimalism:
           ...

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It's hard to be minimalistic
When everything seems worth keeping
And I can't keep my mind clean
When everything seems worth keeping...

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But
if
quakers
are shakers-
they do it with style...

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my needs are simple
when isolated 
from my wants
it took a while
to realize
my many wants
were mere
obstructions
preventing me
from
focusing
on my dreams



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~GATEKEEPER~ 2020

Submitted on...

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some see the beauty in a sunset  
               and some...

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Minimalism grape
Hyper secret neon ring shot
Transistor star life...

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I have
Been
Relegated
Condemned
To follow
The straight
And narrow
Path
Of Poetic
Minimalism
I shall not 
Stray
From behaving
In this way
Its the straight
And narrow
All the way
From now on
For me


Straight Arrow

No more
Than a few
Words I...

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An Economy spirals up in euphoria, 
enslaving Casinos, Supermarkets, Malls.
Lavish and happy hedonists in quicksand,
relish in desert of drudgery, not so small.
As we dance, an...

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Quaint

gas street lamps;

not too many are left.

Their soft, warm, amber glows

replaced by hard, cold, white beams;

the new  L  E  D  technology
...

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Reckoned I’d write a bit o’ rhymin’ in the cowboy vein;
it slipped outta my lasso and I couldn’t take the rein.

So then I tries my...

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Haggis hype
Bagpipes bleating like unshorn sheep
Tartan theatrical - military tatoos
Scotland cloning Dolly the Sheep
National pride - Robbie Burns, poet, bard of Auld Lang Syne
Highlands of...

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One
told us,
learn from
the flowers 
and birds--
beautiful 
and
thriving--
with 
no cares

joyfully give
be content
love

two coats?
give one away


12/18/2018
Minimalism Premium Poetry Contest
Sponsor:  Cecilia Hopkins-Drewer
~5th place...

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SOMETIMES        RED



It happens when  I see  a little boy kick a kitten
Or someone’s  three-year-old children...

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The dyed bamboo of Chinese finger traps
Should have taught me everything

To strive is to cut through jungle
To surrender is to know
I am jungle...

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