Best Priorities Poems

Death be not proud but humble with strife
Old man flicks ashes, has one last choke
‘Tis nothing to fear, just the nature of life
 
Many passed before him, cut off like a knife
They fester in his memory with this his final smoke
Death be not proud but...

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When the internet goes down,
When you have no good shoes to wear,
When the only thing in the cupboard is bread and jam,
My friend, you shouldn’t care

When your friends no longer see you,
When you cannot buy a beer
When you pay your tax return
Things aren’t so bad...

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What fills your goals, son?

I told you!
Need to get my car rolling [life rolling, love rolling]
yesterday,
if not today...

If I may interrupt
to process mindful resilience
for a bit...

Let me ask again:
Noticing you are concerned about long-winded
and -winding
and -whining 
and -worrying despair
regarding personal and commercial transportation issues,
[but not...

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There was an old pirate named Greg

Who found a big hole in his keg

With no time remaining

And rum quickly draining

He plugged it with his wooden leg



Now, normally Greg would not balk

But this placed a limp in his walk

Yet each one of his mates

Felt it planned...

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Honoring commitments
Is healing though you're sick
For soul has many aspects
And Love is not a trick.

The contracts that you honor
Give you more faith in man
And that which helps your brother
Enriches your lifespan.

With facets like a diamond,
Restated Golden Rule,
Shines light in many corners,
Not covenant of fool.

Still Kantian...

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I'm feeling things now I've never felt before
Maybe because I saw myself standing at deaths door
The devil tried to claim me, just another naive prize
But God granted me his mercy, and extended my time

There's people I need to love more, more I have to give
Before...

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Revere God; raise your voice.
Make daily praise your choice.

Through deeds, show loved ones care.   
Of friends’ needs, be aware.

Help those with less than you;
good deeds will bless you too.

To self be true, I’ve heard*. 
Set free your dreams deferred.**



 *“To thine own self...

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"How many people are praying for love?" ("Don't Save It All For Christmas Day" by Avalon)


There are countless people in this world who have no one that loves them ... NO ONE! Why is that not the most critical concern for all of us who...

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Only one
of my assets
qualifies
as glory crown.
Pampered hair
plumps my ego
and has drained my pockets dry.

Permanents,
dyes and rinses,
cuts and sets
salon shampoos,
never missed
hair appointments,
as if it matters at end..

6/15/12

Crown of my Body..A Whitney contest...

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PRIORITIES
By Sammy L Holt, Sr.

Throughout our lives we celebrate,
Special events and even some days,
We always allow an amount of time,
And make a big deal in different ways.

The ides of March is no big deal,
But we remember just the same,
Then comes St Patrick’s two days later,
Better...

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I find imprisoning parallels
between early Nazi Germany
and early Roaring Trumpian 20s USA,
between fascist and fake propaganda,
between judicial patriarchal-privileged racist stockpiling,
between CEOs living above our democratically inclusive laws
while self-pardoning for agressions,
trespasses,
debts against a cooperatively co-investing society,
between mutually irresponsible yet authoritatively self-justified
aggression,
violence,
betrayal of natural-spiritual nonduality,
like royalty of...

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my needs are simple
when isolated 
from my wants
it took a while
to realize
my many wants
were mere
obstructions
preventing me
from
focusing
on my dreams



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~GATEKEEPER~ 2020

Submitted on December 18, 2018 for contest MINIMALISM sponsored by CECELIA HOPKINS-DREWER  -  RANKED 1ST...

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I am recovering my mojo, though I have almost no hair
That damn Chemo stuff took it away, and one day it was not there

And it really did fall out in a matter of days
Almost comical your mind says HEY!

And despite being a woman, I feel...

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The light once so bright
In the humble dandelion,
The power that amazed us
In the migrating birds,
The patterns so intriguing
In frost on the window
Are not lost forever, merely
Held in reserve,
Awaiting sweet release
From the numbing effect
Of fixed preoccupations,
From the stealthy separation
Of projected self-propulsion....

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The kitchen's disinfected, the worktops squeaky clean,
The laundry's in the wardrobe and nothing's left in the machine.
The crockery is washed and dry, it's stacked in cupboards, looking neat.
There's just one nagging problem, I've got nothing left to eat!...

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