Best Reassessed Poems

The seeds of self-destructive strife
Were sown soon after drums and fifes
Extolled success from breaking free
From Britain's aristocracy.

The Constitution's writ accedes
Peculiar Institution's needs:
Proportional House seats would...

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Where is the secret of the rainbow?
At the edge of one's own life?
Whence does it come, with those lovely pastel colours?
Is it a heavenly art...

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The day was going off, and the brown air
To the terrestrial animals gave rest
For their labors; and only me was there

Just ready to withstand the...

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"The Writer Within"
by:  Eric L. Boddie

It is my thoughts that I wish to share
Many nights I have fallen asleep with the pen right there
As...

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Happy New Year

H ope, fresh,  is what it is all about
A s the current year is on its way out
P eace  too is...

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There was a time in my life when I was Self-assured
and I experienced the Esteem of my fellow man.
I could walk into a roomful of...

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Be “blessed not stressed” yeah, that is the test,

Just a little bit o rest, that is my quest,

But the zest of the fest got me...

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Like East and West you rose when I fell,
was that all we ever were?
Two poles that tried our best to,
with smiles like puddles, fit together...

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I’m E coming at you from the darkness
No light can penetrate the blackness my mind indulges in
Like smock from the refer ill seep into your...

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Where is the secret of the rainbow?
At the edge of one's own life?
Whence does it come, with those lovely pastel colours?
    ...

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It is easy to determine something is wrong.
I get that feeling each time I hear your song.
You admitted that you are but a fool.
You love...

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Turning fifty was a watershed.
I reassessed my life.
I was no longer content
to remain a dutiful wife.

I saw the years ahead of me
Stretch in an unhappy...

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Someone asked me what it meant to be eternally happy
I closed my eyes and thought of you
I pictured your smile, your laugh, your grace, and...

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We launched our search for choice antiques in 1972, with lofty plans to resurrect a huge Victorian house,
Doing a combination restoration and upgrading, unprepared for...

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Give it a rest
That's for the best
Got it off my chest
Thoughts unpossessed
Trying not to be stressed
Everything confessed
Or easily guessed
I feel unblessed
Don't like how it coalesced
Behaviour...

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