Best Preliminary Poems

Gilded pols with verbal jousts disarm
With statistical ballasts constituents charm
On opponents deceptive feints, sound the alarm
Scout for votes in city, dale, and farm

Broker deals that...

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I believe that poetry is and of is was were have has been of as one pretenses a 
poetic practical pompous, pro  (p) ransomedramatical...

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I wish to
Relay
To all of my people the importance of sticking together as a 
team

And that
Because we have run 
through the preliminary trials as selfish...

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Dear Mr. / Ms. Presidential Candidate
A preliminary wish list, I hereby state...

Dogs that do not bark
Coastal beaches without sharks

Skunks that have no smell
Adults who never...

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I like to think 
that poetry
has intrinsic value
above and beyond 
the actual craft…

That the origins
of poetry’s meter
and rhyme precede
each preliminary
draft…

That something, perhaps
even spiritual, transcends
the fore-and-aft…

And...

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I've grown rusty and unused to summoning words from a blank page - but FINALLY - there's something new to describe. School (11th grade) is...

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CARPE DIEM

These struggles are not insurmountable.
I am striving and thriving for more.
The strife I am in put me on top of the world.
Today I know...

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They called their gang The ReVolutionaries,
my Father Sun and Mother Earth drew time with them,
but they often called themselves Yang and YinYin,
respectively and mutually respectful
yet...

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Our Las Vegas Wedding ( For My Love)

As our feet finally touch down on safe terra firma
Thoughts of our marriage could not be further
Jet lagged...

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I'm done with this I've had enough of this/
Slushy trip since Hell Paso son just quit
This empty pursuit
Of letting the past keep livin' through you/
Go...

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Evolution Not God

It is the case that there is no God,
He does not exist, he is not the one,
He is not there, he’s not everyone’s...

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He stared at the pictures,
faces of the love searchers,
twenty first century wanted posters, 
scanning their rewards,
nothing pecuniary ,
preliminary,
maybe,
move on.

“Shall I advertise myself,” he thought,
no one...

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Dad is that you?    What are you doing there in the mirror?

I am trying to shave and I don’t need any help.

Do...

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Tis quite a beast of burden to bear atlas (shrug off not allowed)
Atlas shrugged an impossibility
tantamount to skinny dipping in the lock nest lagoon

Tantamount to...

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MY BLOOD
By Curtis Johnson

A motorized blood bank came to our church today, and I decided to donate blood.
I don't know if her needle was too...

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What is this entity that's entered my body
day by day now I feel myself slipping away
slowly fading into memories...?
I fight tooth and nail to overcome...

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Had natural touch
And loved his playing so much
We did stay in touch.

Was mediocre 
When we first met our broke
And I could choke her.

Want to retire
Stock...

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The Candidate

The man with his wife, wave and smile at the onlookers,
Then descend the escalator in the posh New York Tower.
Melania’s appearance flares of elegance...

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Elbows need to be carefully packed.
I squeeze together organs
filling only a certain delineated area.

The flight attendant approaches,
tries to ignore me

I have some preliminary questions,

"Can I...

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Soon, the instincts that kept us drawn,
Excitedly, will all be chased.
Xenophiles, that are of your case,
Uncover thoughts that have been spawned.
Aggressive measures, that are fawned,
Lead...

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The East Meets West Philosophy Association
had their annual 2020 conference in Rio,
when and where anything multiculturally lusty
is more likely to happen,
especially between sunset
and sunrise.

Coincidentally
and existentially
and...

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2389 South Street 
Hampton City 
8:15 a.m. 
September 23, 2016 

Tarlene was somewhat nervous. Detective Sparkly eyes 
Looked familiar to her. She was very secure...

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SOWING A SEED THAT LIVES FOREVER
 
Just as a dry seed dropped on the ground sprouts forth new life so is hope against hope for...

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You energize my soul. 
Being around you is 
rejuvenating. 
I feel Ponce de Leon
adventurous and
go in search of
your fountain of youth
Mornings I dream of you,...

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Prologue



 Preliminary jazzy melodies bestow the ambiance,	

 Rustic, sophisticated, out to impress.

 Eyes investigate thoroughly with probing curiosity,

 The newly found treasure is now being...

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