Best Plight Poems

a resilient soul
hoists his drooping wings
dreary but dreamy
soars far
so high
he keeps on searching for his illusive dreams
regardless of the storm and height of mountains
goes through miles away
in his equanimity
straight with vision of sunrays
on  plight are failures
not too bad
tries again
the mighty swords in his heart
so...

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THE  PLIGHT
I never cease to ponder at the turmoil in my life 
Though I feel my soul is peaceful it is manifest in strife 
While the strife is all internal 'neath a self content facade 
Turmoil rises in the absence of at-one-ment with my...

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She wakens to the most ungodly ring tone-
her husband's cell phone left there by her bed.
And next, her damn alarm clock's blare is fed
by noise of the neighbor’s lawn mower’s drone.

At work, suppressing groans, she is a clone
who answers e-mails, and with silent dread,
takes clients'...

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Alliteration is awesome;
thanks to thee
it effortlessly erases evidence
of spoonerisms.

Spooky.



Written February 29th, 2016
For the Spoonerisms Contest hosted by Roy Jerden...

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created not by God but man
harsh ridicule he endured

abhorring the mere site of him
people pursued a “monster” in perception only
carrying torches and weapons

angst festered within a tormented heart
sentenced to a life of agonizing loneliness
without committing a crime

abandoned by a thoughtless creator
his arduous trek to find...

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Raven was Death. She dwelt in death. She lived on death. Ages past, she had worn 
the blue-black, purple, feathers of the raven and dined on royalty at Tower hill. A 
tumble from grace had lodged her here in this fragile form. No more would...

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Young, gentle and in bondage
This innocent bird flew towards the promised land
Her frame petite yet powerful
Her eggs beautifully nested when transported from Calcutta

The sight of the new turf welcoming
A dream of hope and fair go brewing deep within
Day and night she laboured for payments equating...

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This poem covers the greatest story ever told
Greater than all the kings and all their gold
This story will bring about deep reflection
Starting with the Immaculate Conception
Of all the stories this is the greatest of all
A complex child born in a simple stall
Quickly the news covered...

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There, watch, the clouds part and light shafts blackest night
particles of doss drift through a ray of white.

Ah, revelation unasked for, and unwanted,
coming endlessly unasked, and never daunted.

I see the bitter blight of man's neglect lay
upon the once fertile field of summer hay.

I see a...

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My sisters and I are slaves,
Slaves to a harmful culture
That forces us to marry before we are grown,
At age 14
At age 9
At age 6
At age 5
Our mothers cannot vote
Nor can they save us
From the fearful and evil old mullahs
Who would turn my generation into suicide...

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THE PLIGHT OF MAN NO ONE UNDERSTANDS---

The plight of man no one understands;
His spiritual self is fused;
Together with physical man;
His flesh often is totally used;
To promote the wrong choices;
Often not hearing those voices;
As for his judgments clouded;
Often misguided by those wrong choices;
That he formed to...

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A Poetic Plight
Poems never read, never shared
for no one cared
The heartaches, sorrow, despair 
no one was there.

Nothing hurts quite as much as that
it knocks one flat
A crossroad the poets are at
head in hands sat.

The poets pray to God on high
and angels sigh
Then write the poems...

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An altercation
metal and metal
one way 
street.

snow plough
joy rider
squares off.

 © Harry J Horsman 2020...

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Take away this negativity.

Banish it with my Goddesses light. 

Protect this witch's family.

Heal them with your aura tonight.

End a troll's bigotry.

May the laws of karma stop this fight.

Destroy the anger inside of me.

Learning to forgive...can end my plight.

Let there be prosperity.

Absorb magic from the moonlight....

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Glorious human race!

Monstrous machines 
unto globe thou place.

Surpassed grandeur, 
overwhelmed with grace;

Heaven's territories 
thou subdue 'nd embrace;

Surmounted all mysteries, 
summits and space.

Yet, thy mightiness, 
perfection never pace;

Tiniest Coronavirus, 
fail thou to face!...

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