Best Right Thing Poems

Sometimes l tire of doing what others require
What is expected and to appease
When in honesty the answer is “No Thank you”
Instead l voice “Yes Please”

An invitation to a gathering or event
I do not wish to attend
At the risk of being anti -social or rude
l partake...

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The regional manager called 
Embarrassed and rightly appalled 
When we pick up drugs
They won't treat us like thugs
But give hugs so we don’t feel mauled 
...

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Written 7 March 2014
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Bruce and Jennie, both were 10,
Had been playmates all their lives.
One day, Bruce proclaimed,
“Jennie… most good men have wives.”

He professed his love for her.
Jennie said she loved him too.
They decided that getting married
Was ‘the right thing’  to do.

So, Bruce went to...

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Maybe they’ll sing a psalm
Maybe they’ll shed a tear 
They’ll claim they loved me
And held me dear
They’ll roll on the floor 
Maybe out of fear
But maybe out of of sorrow
That their own tomorrow
They’ll curse me if they please
Or praise me if it sets them at...

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Doing The Right Thing

Somewhere in Fresno, Central California....
A family popped into a diner for a meal together...

When they left, they left behind a canvas pouch...
A cool $32k, in 100USD notes, was within this pouch...

The amount was equivalent to a year's wages for a waiter..
Yet the...

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As the cream in her latte swirled like art
her thoughts drifted absently
to a time forever etched in her heart.

She was young, in love and so carefree
He was smart, athletic, the star of the team.

They met at a game, he had given her a wink,
she smiled...

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Here is some advice for you from a friend. 
So that your suffering due to others can end. 
It may sound a bit harsh but it comes from the heart. 
It will not fix all your problems but at least its a start. 

When surrounded...

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One always ought to do the right thing

Even if it may cause him some pain

For his soul will profit in the end

More than any material gain!








© Demetrios Trifiatis
        20 April 2022...

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What makes us feel good
   Is to do the right thing
Give a few bucks to a down and outer
   It will make your heart sing

Visit an elderly woman or man
   Or call them on the telephone
They never hear from...

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I carry no sign at your demonstrations
All points of the debate usually elude me
Can it truly be this obvious, the right thing?

No issue or belief fits me perfectly
Yet I see your point, feel your pain, and acknowledge your outrage
You are shining points, too bright to...

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Do the right thing
It will take guts
And won’t be easy

In the end
You might even
Be the only one
To know

You never
need to impress
Anyone but yourself



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on March 5, 2019...

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Dear me,

When people say something I don't like, I want to get mad, I want to get upset, but then I
tell myself that I have to be the bigger person for things to get better and just take a
deep breath and distribute an apology where...

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I know you'll never understand why I had
To send you away.
It was to protect you at all cost.
Every moment you were uppermost
In my mind. To get you out of this 
Dangerous fray
That your sister had gotten us in to 
Some way.
I was trying to save...

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1/2 cup of fish stock
1/2 cup of lime juice
3 cloves of crushed garlic
1/2 cup of chopped cilantro
1/2 cup of butter
1 cup of asparagus
1/4 cup of dehydrated onion

2  2 inch top sirloin beef steaks cut down the middle
Mix together stuff steaks with asparagus mixture
and set...

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Who only Honor can, must never Love!
(And Yet, he Loves, all hidden and unspoke!)
Who hath Heart sworn to Holy Spirit Dove,
Can never break what must remain unbroke!
Yet words a-tangle mesmerize him, still!
They speak in echoes and tangential cries.
They do not dare the sacred chalice to...

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