Best Ownership Poems

People buy pictures
They have a notion
That they are owners
But actually
The pictures own them. 
They will outlive
Or outlast them
They are only
Custodians.
They purchase
Pyramid,
Art will live.
And they...
Pharaohs:
Dead.

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Date 2-28-14
Motif : Epic
Dr. Ram Mehta
First Place win
Contest: Impress Me with short poems II...

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Plucking at the metal strings
Thumping vibration pulsing the air
Tuba all classy and dancing with bass
Suddenly silence, the palette bone bare

The voice of the infinite instrument
settles the band and elates
You're singing and smiling and lifting the sky
while the keys all turn toward you and burn, concentrate

The...

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One can’t own anything in life
Possession of a thing breeds bondage
With each thing that you acquire
There comes a new worry of
Never to let lose that thing
Whatever one possesses will own him.

People take ownership of diseases
They say, “My blood pressure,
My diabetes, my heart disease
My!  My!...

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You have to love them to sift their latrine,
The uric fragrance burning your nose and eyes
As you render their special place fresh and clean--
One of them watches, impatient, and sighs.
You have to be ready for sleep-rending howls
When one recovers his ragged cloth ball--
At twelve or...

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A flicker of hope 
starting the flame of life again...

Dangling on weathered ropes 
where a sudden rush of wind 
can send you to the ground
clinging to the promise 
you never heard but somehow knew existed

they always knew you would be stronger than this - 
they...

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Dog owndership is not for me nor is the
dog walking buisness even if someone was
to pay me a fee or buy me a car and
throw in a house that's free of mice

  Dogs always have to stop and sniff around often
 even and lag...

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Ownership
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Wealth does not stay with 
one person to own for ever,
It always passes through many hands
Before it gets totally disappeared.

The house you laboured to build 
or possess will not be yours forever, 
Some one will occupy it after you,
They may not even know you.

What you...

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My privacy is a world, owned by me.
Giving up this freedom, would be costly.

A tranquil place where flowing ideas take flight.
Of new ideas and the ending of old plights.

Privacy is sacred, staying true to oneself.
The taking of this would be destruction itself.

Hold onto solitude, while...

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The earth belongs to the One who created it*
We are only stewards of the area we possess,
Known to the ancients, this fact is no secret
No one owns anything forever is my guess,
So, enjoy it while you can is as good as it gets.

(*Psalm 24:1)

Written May...

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Exclusive Ownership

Breath be still
As I look into thy eyes
Calm your heart with emotion
Let our spirits join and fly
Own my love with passion
And I shall give the same
Two candles touching
Two candles in flames
Let our fingers touch
As our hands become attached
Beauty lies in your heart
Let it out,...

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investing money
planning for retirement time ~
money pit repairs...

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The need to love and be loved,

to be patented and acquired for belonging

cherished,

relevant,

appreciated,

wanted,

and owned

resumes magnified

plaguing her mind

for comfort

almost

immediately

despite and even after the heartbreak....

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Ownership
Haiku: Miracle Man
5/16/2023

Yesterday, was mine.
Today, another blessing.
Tomorrow, God holds.
...

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Rights’ rollercoaster seats these three:
1 ~ What's yours is mine. If necessary
I'll take it by force and quickly flee.
Such a ruinous view lacks maturity.
2 ~ What's mine is yours, so you may see
when need unfolds or there’s calamity, 
no holding back, you can count on...

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Targeted prey is pursued profoundly
Course of chase, chivalrous courtship
Pressure to conform brashly mounting
Coupling portrayed as claiming territory

Ownership is onerous are words I once wrote
Telling of my possession limit mindset
Current seduction consumes what I've known
Muliebrity awoke signals love timeless

Pheremone flow credits his ferocity 
Two spirits wreathed...

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