Best Relentless Poems

(FICTION, PLEASE.  It is easy for me to write in the first person, but nearly all my poems are fiction.  Please don't attribute this poem to me.  I loved my wife to distraction.  For ten years she was sick and I...

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HIS GRACE IS RELENTLESS

You called me from a million
but what did I do Father God?
 
You gave me eyes yet I chose to be blind
You gave me ears yet I chose to be deaf
You gave me mouth yet I chose to be mute
You gave me...

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relentless
april rain
music thru the night



posted on April 19, 2019...

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It's  rough 
          and tumble,
life's frenetic 
          race,
we stumble 
          and struggle
to outrun 
   ...

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I don’t know if my mind still knows the way,
or if the path ahead is just a fading gray.
These endless nights stretch like centuries long,
haunted by a dream that whispers, yet feels wrong.

I don’t know if I’m truly free, or bound tight,
if I’m walking the...

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When the air feels thick and humid,
clouds coalesce in shades of gray.
And a dullness blunts the Sun's edge,
unable to cut through the fray.

A gloomy mood paints your day blue,
with a blah, melancholy brush.
And you start to squirm and fidget,
while suppressing all thoughts to rush.

You lounge...

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As time ticks by relentlessly
we look back and wonder
where the hours and days have gone
they seem to have passed in a blink

When young we squander time
not yet understanding it's value
the years stretch out endless
we think nothing of yesterday

Yet as we age it seems to fly
now...

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I watch from the rooftops
as they swoop down on the blocks
chasin' the opposition
those who, through life falter,
So we scatter as the sirens
from the cop cars sound
like the bombshell warnings
in Israel
and if they caught us they mauled us,
Many physical frames get assaulted,
by the police assaulters,

See since...

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When very young, we blindly may dismiss	
Our elders’ admonitions about Time,
Or future grief or pain, for in that bliss 
Who recks of illness, death, mischance, or crime?

And in our prime, with life’s distracting needs,
With open, seeing eyes, we still are blind:
We go our ways, and...

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T'was the month of July 
should've been sailing upon calm sea, 
brightest sunshine 
blue sky so clear.
 
For days and days, it rained and rained 
As if the sky's afallin' away, 
Bounced wildly about on wall like waves
T'was death we came to face.
 
Tied ourselves...

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The house struggles
to keep its roof above water
The Gasconade river
smashes it into oaks
that slash the walls
slice the roof

The house thrashes
rips a telephone pole
out by its root
crashes
boards swirl 
splinters in brown sludge

The round eye
of the satellite dish
does not blink
before drowning

5/2/2017...

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Hovering feathers
Apprehensive behavior
Triumphant feeding...

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Relentless

I can feel the interrum.
It's at the very edge of a cliff. 
My blood is racing through my veins.
My heart is heavy and stiff.

I didn't expect this.
Not for one second.
Sometimes I really resent life's lessons.
I love the rise.
Detest the recessions. 

The suspense is relentless.
It's cruel...

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SUMMER RAIN

Relentless rain ~ just what I asked God for.
I prayed release for thunder trove and all.
It’s poured for many days ~ please don’t be sore.
Cursed drought! Potential hope of siren’s squall.
Lush vibrant leaves! Luxurious quaint fall.

7/12/2017
English Quintain
Iambic Pentameter...

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Hard work and success go together, 
As a human being, we are recognized with awards and honors, 
But there are many creatures in the world, 
Those who work very hard, never recognized, but achieve their goals. 

The ants, with their tiny bodies and mighty strength,...

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