Best Prized Poems

As people start to age wisdom gains an edge
Regrets wish to reassess to honor old pledge
Memories once sour, clamor to turn a page
Wisdom gains an edge as people start to age 

Truth that once was remains the guiding light
Stars that twinkled then still sparkle bright
Departures...

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This teapot, chipped and faded,
brings memories so dear,
of friendships made and secrets shared,
while sipping its fine brew.
This teapot chipped and faded.

Kim Merryman
8/4/15
For Nette's Prized Refrain Contest
#2 teapot...

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Prized Possession


When was it that society and religion
Became so afraid of the sexuality of women

Or was it just men who became afraid

Trapping and turning beauty into ***********
To suit the idealism of a capitalistic
Ideology
Made women its prized possession

There was once spiritual prowess in her nakedness
Once long...

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Not valued as gold which still glitters when covered with dust,
honesty is the most prized of all virtues that define one's spirituality;
and if all practiced it, others would give many glances of trust:
who has known an honest person who was actually deceived by vanity?


Abraham Lincoln...

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persians pickled
firm and crunchy,
thin and pint size -
spice them with little red flakes
and briny water.
pack them side by side
in a sparkling jar.

twist, pop that top,
fork-stab those
puckery suckers.

serve:
alongside a sandwich -
perhaps a plump pastrami
or
with dumplings drizzled
with thick and  savory gravy
or 
combine spears with choice cheese
on...

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Elmer Fudd went hunting for a big prized Turkey.
A Big Gobbler he heard, Gobble near an Oak Tree..
He aimed his rifle, fired a shot!
Missed, Fell back, landed on his butt!
The Turkey saw, ran, and laughed uncontrollably! 


I wish everyone a festive
Thanksgiving with family
and friends. Stay...

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Word from dream, the act of becoming, then woman
From Eve to Anat, the rib dribbled on the sand
Love and worship from dust of conviction life's promise claimed
And we from altar to grave turned, wounded and maimed
What is left but the pouring of desire, the moon
Exciting...

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It is a very nice bowl
I clean the nice bowl
Very careful
Delicate
Dropping
Smash...

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My prized possession

Held near and dear everyday
Blessed an precious in every way
More expensive then any amount of money
More precious then any diamond
My prized possession, I finally found him
A blessing in disguise that plays the role of many men
No man or woman can compare to him
My...

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A friend may not call you every day
Or even email you once in a while.
But a momentary thought of them
Brings to your face a little smile.
The times you laughed until you cried.
The times you cried and held on fast.
A fleeting emptiness that comes when
Too much...

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a limning rush of sinister 
     fiery angry flames bent avast
analogous copse, 
     where every limb bough, bore full 

     roaring furnace hot blast
spewing weighty incendiary volcanic 
     magmatic...

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this friendship 
it holds me
until i hold your hand
if or when i spit up butterflies
from being trapped 
in your warm embrace
soaked by heavy rains

weighed down by my most prized possessions...

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‘ Prized-Garden ’     Haiku # 5

        A Gated – Garden …
Which Held All The Flowers, Bright
       - I Forgave Warden …...

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Flowers
Pigment

Nature
Beauty

Fragrance
Pervade

Petals
Differ

Garden
City

A smile
Embrace

Around
Glamour

Exhale
Freedom

Daylight
Nightfall

Journey
Return

Desire
Visit




October 12, 2022.
Brian Strand Premiere Choice Poetry Contest,
Brian Strand....

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Winter Solstice
Placed earth 
On its path toward new spring
Pray longer, sunny days lead to
Brighter hopes
Of rebirthing-
Prized normalcy.

Hugging family
Meeting friends
Breathing pure air without a mask
Sitting at church to worship, pray
Full classrooms
Kids mingling-
Prized normalcy.

No anxieties
Becoming ill
Loving fine meals at a restaurant
Happily going to our jobs on-site
Attend theaters
Sports...

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