Best Preterition Poems

(Preterition = the act of passing by or over; omission; disregard, in this case, charity)

Who can accuse him of lacking charity?
He felt the rain, cold and dank, too many people
without shelter, poorly dressed, wet and shivering.
I’d rather not talk about it. I’m like everyone else.
No...

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They say I wait for you 
Didn’t they see me vying
for another look at you
as they shut the oak wood casket.

They say I wait for you 
But know that they are lying.
I don't save space on our bed for you
Just that, that side is sagged...

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I won't sing the words to what was our song.
It would hurt my heart too much to even try
so don't ask me again or you'll make me cry.
I cannot sing it because I am not that strong.

"But, Mom, it had such romantic lyrics and melody..."
Stop...

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Whoever I dreamt about
Certainly it was not she
Though any woman I dream of
It might very likely be she 

No I do not say that
She comes only at night
Though it should be very natural
If she avoided eyes of light

No balcony came out from the house
It was...

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The Homeless

People and animals are helpless on the street of any city,
regarded as worthless, society just passes them by, 
empty and hollow, they fall into a black abyss of nothingness.
Today, I saw a man with a kitten, and I ran to the store for food,
even...

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I entered the poetry contest
with a poem of which I was proud.
I had read the rules so carefully
to be certain of what was allowed.

I took my time and edited
the grammar, the flow, and the rhyme.
I checked how fast it was filling,
entering it in plenty of...

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I don’t want to think of that silence
Excruciating quietness and all that’s unsaid.
That lone ticking clock speaks in the distance
I don’t want to think as that silence is bled.

Except for the silence, there is nothing to hear
Too scared to speak for the fear of the...

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"Granny, tell me about the snake in your garden"
"No, child let's not talk about that rattlesnake with blade in"

"Tell me the story one more time do it with rhyme"
"Child, you're too young to hear how that snake crawled in the sweet thyme" 

"Tell me, granny,...

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Preterition of Cooking


Don't talk to me about cooking
I don't cook anymore
Tried to cook on a cattle drive
The boys gave me "what for"

We was eight days from Abilene
Cooking was goin' well
A twister jumped the herd that day
An' blew the cook to hell

We don't talk about cooking...

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Preterition Swears on the Bible

                                   with all due respect
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He wanted my number and name.

I saw on his finger a ring.

I wouldn’t be playing his game.

He wanted my number and name.

I said to him (when the drinks came)

I wasn’t the type for a fling.

He wanted my number and name.

I saw on his finger a...

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I'm just an old country boy
City life's not for me
In the country I felt free
This city life is chokin me

I got my clothes packed in a matchbox
A pocket full of affairs 
My thumb up in the air
And I'm country bound, I swear

Had to hobo me...

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Retirement day came for the most responsible employee of the company 
Thirty years of waking up each morning at 5:00 a.m. in the morning
Making routinary tasks without stopping except for the lunch break
A surprise tribute was arranged by their coworkers and supervisor
Balloons, flowers and a...

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Although my birthday's very soon,
I won't expect a card or gift 
(the shops are open late tonight);
don't think of me; I won't be miffed.

These aftershaves, these ties and shirts
are looking good - but save your cash;
and at my age my birthday's banned!
(That barber shop would...

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Pearly gates god waits
Sara, all that booze and men 
you cannot come in 



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