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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Preterition Swears on the Bible

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I cannot say how poems come to be-
from just one thought to full reality.

I cannot say how I hunt down my words
to image themes like...

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Preterition Contest
Sponsor: Sara Kendrick


Your touch is pure when loving me right, my man,
my man, loving me right is as pure as your touch,
let us not...

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Why me?
The news will tell.
While shopping at the mall,
An innocent bag untended - 
Why waste a call or raise a false alarm
For that which might...

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