Best Observed Poems

The sky shone gaunt gold
on the lip of the storm
before the anvil shaped clouds advanced
upon the burning margins of the world 

Like a dream
the thunder rolled away
leaving cotton candy swirls 
before a spreading dawn 

Gentle white horse clouds appeared
pulling pastel chariots
bearing angels - 
rainbows, tinted...

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Cecil the Magician knew a heap of tricks,
But, alas, couldn't get himself out of this fix!

Carl was laid to rest for his eternal snooze,
Brought about by guzzling too much booze!

Pete was a rock-hard liberal Democrat.
Lord, be merciful and forgive him for that!

'Twas well-known that Cletus...

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It was Friday night in small town, USA. The convenience store clerk was outside in the parking lot, arguing with her boyfriend. Instant recognition, one person is both clingy and aggressive, perhaps slightly inebriated, and jealous or insecure or having some sort of emotional semi-crisis....

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A Winter’s night observed    by: Steven Hudson


Tranquility mounts in the silence of the moment,
Snow glistens from the branches of a full moonlight
Contrasting darkness’s shadowy backdrop,
A gentle calm breeze permeates the air,
Stillness, listening, as this wonderland envelops you
For a season an instant another...

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From age's vantage post
Romantic love found
Life's journey bound
A duet without a sound
Waves crashing on the coast
Eyes glancing, breath by breath
Without any thought of death
From one generation to another
We merge to discover
A moment of perfect symmetry...

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By your word
My Creator's thoughts 
Mean a lot
Electric
Energetic
A colleague of mine
Said it's only a matter of time
Your book you write someday
You will have lots to say
Take this as my testimony
You are writing a love story
As said by my Father
The greatest storyteller
You have sight
I got this...

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You micro manage our performance
Like germs under a microscope
Always watching probing controlling
We are never free but nor are you
All of us are observed from afar...

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Morn's great beauty
Each unique sunrise

Varied colors_ shades
Decorate sky

Evening's beauty
In setting sun
Artistry observed  

Contest:Shanzi
Sponsor:Joann Grisetti
Form: Shanzi...

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I look around and what I see
A world built on war not peace
Conform, comply or be deceased
We will not fight, morale decreased

This is what I have come to observe
The commodity you choose is the god you serve
The power it possesses is beyond all words
A competitive...

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A glacial breeze drifted off the headland of near death,
And she breathed a breath almost as though her last,
The rat tailed airwaves scrammed her moistened cheek
For she pin-wheeled and spun when the train thundered past.

That train, she closely observed, reeking of livestock filth,
And reams of...

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Eyes observed you 


Chandeliers like tears that will drop down to your very feet 

Lighten what I've said and somehow made the conversation quite complete 

Mirrored walls reflect the sun to bounce around to then be spun to what we really seek 

Journey through elaborate...

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as we become the observer
soul and spirit, one in prayer
our cognition becomes single
with all forms, our spirit mingles
seeing, as does the Creator

31-July-2021...

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Observed A Manifestation

Remember observing a mental manifestation,
That resulted from Trump's each frustration;
While we survive,
And remain alive;
He has been disturbed by a delicate situation.

Jim Horn

How did you like my interpretation
of Rodeheaver?...

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It is crazy
To be lazy
And lousy
To be mousy:
Of one naughty
Who chose to be haughty
And Snobbish
Who often mouths rubbish. 

You can’t be chatty
And not hearty
Nor Natty
When you’re the fatty:
From almost every nit
Not a word of wit,
Everything mirroring a haze
For his longest gaze…

All these: What live observed
And...

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He wrote of his life when he was a boy
in a book he entitled, Surprised by Joy,
before he had met the Joy of his dreams.
Who was he?  A jack of all faiths, it might seem.
 
This Jack, also known as C. S. Lewis,
chanced upon...

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