Best Pertinent Poems
Patience Is PertinentIt's important to be patient with one another, be it mother, father sister or brother.
By being patient you show that you're in control instead of out of it, by taking a breath
And waiting a few minutes instead of throwing an instant fit.
Nobody benefits from the...
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Categories:
pertinent, encouraging, feelings,
Form:
Rhyme
Pertinenta sincere death wish
percolates in the early morning,
from where it rises &
how long it will last,
there is no center, there’s no
way of identifying a source---
like a brand new cancer that has been
personalized to
one,
it lies behind the eyes,
it rises when called upon &
it quiets to the...
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Categories:
pertinent, life, death, death, cancer,
Form:
Free verse
Pointedly PertinentOur mothers warned us not to point
As early as the age of two.
She told us there are better ways
To insure our own point of view.
Our teacher used a long pointer
To show us where and how to look
And taught us to use a marker
On important...
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Categories:
pertinent, on writing and words
Form:
Quatrain