Best Nondescript Poems

Not epic nor disastrous, a life mediocre
A trait that followed me down to the crypt
Expressions neutral, a good face for poker
Like everything about me, nondescript

I'm sure I could be out committing crimes
Who could describe my median brand
But after years gone by and passing times
I just wade in the plain and the bland

To people I've met...

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Elusive beauty in the nondescript
Perception needed it will be revealed
Perhaps you disagree but please admit
Subtle attributes most often concealed.

Consider the weeds that rampantly grow
In garden that's sculpted with loving care
Unwanted intruders and yet they glow
Sublime in meadow flowering laisse-faire.

It's all a matter of one's perspective
Is something nondescript, or is it not?
Beauty in all things sometimes...

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He was not much to brag about.
No one at the dog park ever shouted:
“Hey look at him, he’s so gracefully beautiful”.

We had met by chance
Each on our daily stroll
Shared a moment together.

He fell into step with my gait
And we, somehow, became friends.
He would go off on his own sometimes
And I would worry…a little
Knowing he needed...

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Like a hard drive out of memory,
  Alzheimer’s attacks

The downloads that you stored before,
  still there and looking back

All recent entries in the trash,
  a reboot not the fix

The present distant—past so close,
  and future nondescript

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2017)...

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Cause for concern:
Do you discern?


Nobody comes
Nothing to sum


Death pays surely
War is ugly


Wayward wind blows
Nothing to show


Noise defies poise
Stick to sure choice


Now once again
Blame slurs refrain


Words on the move
A pulse that grooves


I remember
Shades of amber


Sparkling tints here
Gemstones fling cheer


Pearls on a string
Smiles fondly wing


There is no price
To feed surprise


These ancient woods
Can spur ***** moods


Nondescript strains
Echoes said...

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