Best Required Poems

Having walked the path for so long,
      Trying his best just to belong,
One day he realized every step he took
      Moved him further away from himself 
Every stride just disappeared,
     ...

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"Key Required - A Jigsaw Puzzle Piece of a Story"

"You'll miss me", this said to the girl far away.
"I'll leave this here just for you". 
I've never left.
I shall return.

A jigsaw
puzzle
piece 
of
a
story
with
perpetual
alternative 
endings
and
chapters
hidden
requiring
a 
key

"Blue Highway at the Crossroads"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRFUx69Jr8U


(Lovejoy-Burton/2017 Dec)...

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I ache from my nose to my knees;
I sniffle and snuffle and wheeze.
A small tot of rum
might settle my tum,
but what should I take for a sneeze?

~

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Dedicated to those that live in a railroad town.

Moving metal monstrosities
Speed along rusty, rhythmic rails
freighting needed necessities
onward, toward forthcoming sales.
Its cacophonous, blaring horn
Sounding each town intersection
with intolerable forewarned
early morning interruptions:
Two long, one short, one long, racket.
Please locomotive engineer
shorten your intervals a bit
so those of us...

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~~~A little Bit Of Sin~~~~

Where do I begin because, it could be the wrong thing to do?
But who's to say it is? Not me, so it must be you…
A little bit of what you fancy, is supposed to do you good
But who's to say what...

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Attend you on time
On one on one
Love arrives for you
On you
Find what you are looking for
Love 
Lord...

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The dread Pantoum fills me with gloom,
Oh! That dreaded repetition!
I think that it might spell my doom
yet I must fulfill my mission!

Oh! That dreaded repetition!
I'm fearing for my mental health.
Yet I must fulfill my mission!
Must I again repeat myself?

I'm fearing for my mental health.
Again, again,...

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ADELAIDE REQUIRED AID 

Adelaide adored me
Ingrid ignored me
Adelaide and I made quite an odd pair
Yet Ingrid had silver silken threads instead of hair

Looking up to a cloud laden sky I prayed to heaven for Ingrid’s heavenly pleasure
Looking up to a syrupy and sunny sky I...

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Faintly falling in failing flight-
En route to crash in Death's Delight!
(To be blown apart, 'tis a better start)
Than to travel back and make things right...

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Uncle Sam demands you file your taxes timely,
no excuses accepted...he will impose a fine; 
don't think of committing the perfect crime...
court appearance and jail time await the sly!


As anyone can see, honesty and promptness are required...
and to save money, you may choose to file your...

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We’ve painted your smile disarming
Your glassy marbles alarming
Ignored your feeble warning, your face blue
We made our very own papier-mache Prince Charming

In what false light you’ve been hung
Your dreams must in harmony be sung
No solos for your tenor voice, honey 
We force your hand on the...

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Hey s'up Joe? You bring the beer?
Yup, I'll set it here within our reach.
You know, we've been at this a year..
I see you got that last part complete.

This book sure was a nice find, Bill.
Yeah, though I'm not sure about these kits.
What ya mean?. Hand...

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It is because I’m colored true red
That I was chosen for their homestead.
Initially, I was quite well tended,
But such care eventually ended.
Sure, their attention remains constant,
But it's rarely from a cleaning solvent.
I love a scrubbing, I always want it.

My service is constantly required ...
Clearly, it...

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Beauty
Expressed in color
Still, soft sounds
In nature

Upon the horizon

Deep gold
Muted gray

In the pines

Silhouettes 
Exposed

Then

Motionless sky
Master artist at work
Quotation marks
Of still life
Slowly horizonal expansion

The Wonder

Of His grace
The pleasure His creation brings

Duty calls

My day starts
Breakfast required  


Amen  

Written: August 07, 2022
Sunday morn very early...

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The mirage of yesterday shimmers over today,
pearly, dulcet, raining over sunshine memory
with an allure of tones chanted as poetry.

Nonverbal cues, squawks, screams, cheeps, brush
my ears over the crash of waves and the stolen
whispers of conversation I share with you.

If I pivot toward today, six feet...

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