Best Prizes Poems

We prize so much of the physical
which is really just pure vanity
thinking they'll satisfy your every need
but actually, it all questions your sanity

Our greatest gift is our health
what are we without being well
appreciate God's wondrous gift
look after yourself, protect your shell

Our greatest wealth is our...

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Charley has taken his class hostage; he is seven.
His classmates are terrified of his out-of-control behaviors.
There is a perpetual glare on his face, he seems angry always.
He snarls and growls, sneers, and prowls around as they try
to do their work.  His work is on...

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Prizes for Ultimate Sacrifices


    prizes for the abstemious  for abstinence  chastity ?
                 the countless occasions for love you let slip    ...

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Prizes for Ultimate Sacrifices                             

           is there...

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There are times the wind will blow a door right in your face.
Sometimes, a door is slammed by members of the human race

There are doors designed to keep some people in and others out.
Sam did not pay his rent; so he was evicted and the...

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(alternately titled: a pudendum posse petty filed trophy - 
by hy phen - made declarative).
 
Appearance of the New Courier
(with namesake "Georgia Ives")
flew into the courtroom
faster than Bold face WingDings.

After the judge opened
waxed sealed envelope stamped
with official legal imprimatur
sound of silence filled courtroom.

Once particulars perused...

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Villanelle : Merchants of the Word make Writers write for Prizes

Merchants of the Word make writers write for prizes
Does not the failed writer pose as house editor
Great treasures of the past were weaned without judges

Prized-writers in our midst make all kinds of noises
Matters little so...

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life
prizes
for the young
observed by old
health youth and vigor
joy and talent
excitement
hopeful
life...

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Today I have prizes for them
Because they have been horrible
During my lunch duty

I am going to reward them today
They can choose their own prize
If they get the answers right

I will be very careful
To not call on those who have been exceptionally rude
Wouldn’t you?...

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what the question was
contemplator put on pause
shifting instead into trance reverie
postulating consequences of asymmetry 

ballet thus enacted in perfection of delight
treat for the soul yet we are contrite 
because what the question was
was by artist put on pause

18-March-2021...

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The other day I got a flyer
Because I am a frequent flier 
And, as you have already guessed 
It said I was an 'honoured guest' 
In fact, the 'most important one' 
And a 'special prize' I had won 
I gasped out loud, my breath did...

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The media told us for years Brexit was a crisis
Covid came along and mankind aint seen nothing like this 

Showing us the media are talk spit ill advisors 
dramatizing story lines to reap financial prizes...

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Ever wonder what difference it might make
To relinquish a trophy for someone else's sake
Who needs a win in their life right then
When you have a history of getting the win?

Ever wonder what difference it might make
To give up what would be easy to take
To realize...

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I take another lotto chance, a whirl,
Lady Lotto, powers of a girl,
A woman's touch,
I don't ask much,
Lotto can well afford all this,
Winning a prize would be the blip,
Do I have a lucky hunch?
Taking a ticket after lunch,
Do any of us have psychic abilities?
Lady Lotto, please...

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