Best Pay Attention Poems
Pay attention
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Just when she thinks the coast is clear
In walks the ghost with a smile and a can of beer
“Come over here - let me tell you a story”
“Sit on my lap - you don’t have to worry”
“Do as I say and it won’t be gory”
Pay attention
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As the ghost tells his bed time story
Strokes her hair and tells her not to worry
Listening to this ghost and his horrific sounds
Her body is stiff, her heart pounds
She tries not to cry as his pants begin to round
Pay attention
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“You know I love you” the story begins
“Don’t tell mommy” the story ends
Back in bed alone in the dark
The ghost and his beer have left their mark
An innocent “bedtime story” is how it all starts
Lay
**Submitted to Crystal Wilkins Childhood Memories Contest
*Won 2nd place
Authentic acknowledges each dedicated example.
Boisterous is a good trait to have.
Courage highlights all the struggles encountered.
Devotion is a needed reminder.
Emptiness should be filled with compassionate moments.
Fabulous signifies most standards.
Greatness emphasizes our mothers and fathers.
Helpful is a useful example.
Inspirations are reasons to feel included and praised.
Joyful means happiness and laughter.
Kindness comes from our sons and daughters. Perfection is a natural conclusion.
Music is the key to relaxation and movement. Energy is constantly flowing.
Nasty is ugly no matter how it's displayed. Play nice when others refuse to.
Optimistically make decisions, hopefully good over bad.
Politely represent life in a formal description. Summarize all seconds and minutes, which leads to hours, followed by weeks, months and years. Treat them as rewarded achievements.
Quietly pray when times are troubled. God and his Angels will respond to those issues. They're never too busy to answer.
Remove all pain and fill it with sunshine. Best friends will faithfully assist you.
Spectacular will frame that gratification. Cherish and honor forever.
Treat life in general as an ultimate blessing.
Understand that many things aren't pleasant.
Very carefully manifest a plan for changes.
Wondering won't get the job finished.
Xerox your mind with your personal thoughts. Never release words of printed displeasures.
Yearn for desires and appreciate success.
IN SINCERE RECOGNITION----
Zestfully praise your mother for the day you were born. Nurturing beautifully describes her. A flamboyant queen, in a well-deserved kingdom, sitting on her golden throne. Remember her and the person you are. A doubled reflection of the finest creations.
When a new day does start,
My pen to the paper listens, with a poets heart.
Hey you reading this lend me your eyes and ears.
Don't be foolish the emptiness you feel is only fear.
Why is it that I don't pay attention to what's right in front of me.
So stubborn to admit that somethings in life I cannot see.
I use to see the signs and red flags but I ignored them all the time.
Thinking that I can handle the situations on my own, I was that blind!
But I knew what would will happen if I continued on that path,
Soon I knew that my decisions would be my own demise, and I wouldn't last.
Sometimes it's impossible to understand this life.
We must stop and pay attention to the little things, not the strife.
Heavenly Father I admit that you tried to teach me,
Until it seemed pointless.
Repeatdly you tried to teach me ;
But I would not listen.
You tried to tell me,
But I wouldn't pay attention.
I'm feeling alive
On top of my game
Can you feel me
Get you a cup
And fill it up
With some ice and Henny
Is there anybody alive
That's ready to ride
Really?
I don't know fo show
Most of these dudes is hoe's
I know
And most of my poetry
Turns into flows
With blows to your souls
I'll keep you on your toes
If you just listen
Chill with all the assumptions
And quite *****in'
For the hidden messages
That are written
Ya'll keep missin'
I'll keep that head spinnin'
If you'll just pay attention
Thru the intense spittin'
You'll see sign's between these lines
And expose my intentions
A life with drugs and alcohol is not hard to achieve.
You do not live in a fable.
You know drugs do deceive
The lies they weave
Make life very uncomfortable.
A life with drugs and alcohol is not hard to achieve
For some reason you believe
Their babble
You know drugs do deceive
You won't get any relief
You are not able.
A life with drugs and alcohol is not hard to achieve
Once you have a bad habit it is hard to retrieve
Your mind and speech that has become a garble.
You know drugs do deceive.
A lot of people will grieve
Because you let drugs and alcohol take over your life
That was stable.
A life with drugs and alcohol is not hard to achieve
You know drugs do deceive.
Good Golly
Miss Molly
Lord's Done
Miracle Spun
Lost Faith
With Wait
Got Down
Uttered Sound
Check Arrived
Came Alive
Uncle Sam
You Da Man
Tribute To The
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Also Entry For
Carolyn Devonshire's
Believe In Miracles Contest
Pay close attention...
less you're unaware...
New order on it's way...
The elderly a summons...
work harder every day...
Drive prices even higher...
Grass is greener? Not you see!
For riches will be starving...
Bar codes will be poorer...
...Spending will decrease...
Out the door goes money...
Computers they will cheat...
Holidays four weeks?
No staff (no one to cover)!!!
Less and less go out to play...
...less risk found in their homes...
...So adapt and all get ready...
...Save your money...(every penny)
...Sell the car and buy a bike...
...Avoid the petrol hike...
...Boycott the oil barrel...
...Dinosaurs met with obsolete...
...Stay home curl up with chocolate...
...and watch movies on T.V...
It isn't all doom and gloom...
...But change is on the way...
...Avoid the over spending...
especially if you cannot repay...
Don't be like the greedy...
and crash into a wall...
Pay attention...
Less you're unaware...
...Less jobs, less cash in store...
There must be misconception with all this
Perpetual deception.
There must be a new order
Stealing all our sons and daughters.
There must be a definitive line
Separating that which shines.
There must be a wave of confusion
Most of what we see is an optical illusion.
There must be someone teaching
But all I hear is false preaching.
There must be storms in the air
But no one seems to care.
There must be great dissatisfaction
Keeping most filled with distractions.
But…There must be a fresh sound
Delivering those who are bound.
There must be healing rain
Because all of this cannot be in vain.
There must be a shift in direction
It's time for a personal resurrection.
There must be another dimension
To arrest our spiritual attention.
Stop, pause, open up your ears
You are constantly being pumped with irrational fears
Wake, arise, uncover your eyes
For too long you have been hypnotized.
Breathe, exhale, You will not fail
You're the head and not the tail
You're the head and not the tail.
By: Sabina Nicole
Another candle-lit eve
brimming with flowers and stuffed things
tin tears and puffy prayers
fiery speeches from cherry-tongued preachers
all the while the hollow-eyed ogre smirks.
Waves of:
blame
the gun
ratatatat
blame
the man
ratatatat
blame
society
ratatatat
blame
our faulty, faded genes...
ratatatat
Nothing ever gets done,
they're Numb to the origins of carnage and blood.
Thinking it will never happen to us.
But there's a pair of snake eyes
in the back of every school bus.
Do not deny there were always clear signs.
There are always signs
Please pay attention to the signs!
I pay attention.
I see the sadness in a young schoolgirl’s eyes
When she has been cruelly ridiculed and ostracized.
For what? She doesn’t look the same
As others; too tall, too fat, too blonde.
Does she have the wrong last name?
I pay attention.
I see the old woman setting alone on her sunny porch
Accompanied by lush green plants silently watching her.
Caressed by the purring of contented multicolored cats,
Alone, but herself content to be out of the race.
I see satisfaction and relief on her calm, but weathered face.
I pay attention:
I see the fast-paced hustle of the young entrepreneur,
So excited, but anxious, rushing to be the first there,
Where his efforts and sacrifice finally make the grade.
He’s given his all to elevate his life and pave a new way.
He is reaping sweet rewards his own hands have made.
I pay attention:
I see the patterns and the interconnected revelations
As a host of humanity marches through my life.
Leaving their own special nuances and inspiration,
I reflect the collage of their unintended influences.
I wonder what my own contribution will be.
Will someone, someday, pay attention to me?
Copyright Chula Schlesinger-Fleming © 10/10/2024
Here lies Harry Allen McGruder
He passed when he wrecked his scooter
He waved his goodbye,
While fixing his tie
They buried him in satin and pewter.
Written March 19, 2022
SADLY, I SIT IN MY BEDROOM
MY TEARS ROLLING DOWN MY CHEEKS
THINKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE I'VE LOST
AND I HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF THEM IN WEEKS
IT SEEMS LIKE MY MINDS BEEN ON AUTO DRIVE
THE DAYS WERE JUJST PASSING BY
I LOOK BACK TO TRY TO SEE A MEMORY
BUT THERE'S NOTHING, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY
I KNOW I'VE GONE HERE AND DONE THIS OR THAT
THEY WERE JUST REGULAR THINGS I HAD TO DO
BUT WHERE WAS MY LIFE OF ANY SUBSTANCE
WHAT THOUGHTS OR EMOTIONS DID I GO THROUGH?
I'VE REALLY NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENTION
TO MYSELF OR MY LIFE AS IT IS
I NEED TO BE MORE IN THE PRESENT
BEFORE ANY MORE DAYS GO BY IN A WHIZ!
Carry me away angel.
By your side, I'll fly.
With wings spread out, so beautifully.
Onto the next life.
We both look back at loved ones
Who are waiting for their turn
To meet our heavenly Father
And all of his children.
We shall hold hands together
While standing close we watch.
My family pay attention
Ill be present
in your thoughts.
Dreams are my way.
Of trying to, communicate.
In morning light try remembering
Each msg I send each day.
Always pay attention
And do not fall behind
Focus on doing well
Keep everything in line
Education is vital
Enrich your brain
Knowledge is power
There is always more to gain
Many days to live
Plenty things to overcome
Plenty mistakes to be corrected
As season's passes by
More mistakes to make
If you ain't paying attention.
You will meet different people
Within your circle
Different foundation and education
Attitude, habits and behavior
Another class
Pay attention or regret your mistakes.
Don't be timid
Don't be desperate
Don't be mediocre
Never settle for less
Be grateful
Gratitude open doors.