Best Self Interest Poems
Heart Spilling Blood...
Written: February 5th, 2024
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My heart is leaking blood,
I can view hatred flowing,
from every corner of the planet,
a volcano spewi......
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Categories:
self interest, analogy, anger, bereavement, heart,
Form:
Free verse
Do Not Just Whisper...1.
WHAT?
Are we going to enter the ill-fated whirlpool of
Unintelligible madness, and let calamitous folly,
Anchor its obscure ships of destruction in our
Harmonious hearts?
Or
Are we go......
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Categories:
self interest, humanity, peace, war,
Form:
Free verse
The City and the State of Play Today...THE CITY AND THE STATE OF PLAY TODAY
No one worries about morals today
They follow the rules they create
So to them all is ok
Those on the outside looking in
Are the only ones feeling queasy
As a......
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Categories:
self interest, business, community, corruption, international,
Form:
Free verse
It Don'T Matter...
Come close, come closer ...
let me bend your ear, my estranged countrymen
It don’t matter to me
if you’re a Democrat or a Republican
Your political persuasion
is of no concern of mine
......
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Categories:
self interest, perspective, philosophy, political, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
Don't Dare Ask...We had no hand in this rape of nature
Yet we will bear its full weight and measure
Can climate be sentenced to certain doom
Is there time to resolve its gruesome gloom
Don't dare ask us to deny......
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Categories:
self interest, change, earth, environment, nature,
Form:
Couplet
Just As Bad As Nazis, Part I...You never hear a person say:
“True fascism has never been tried!”
But when it comes to Socialists
you hear that nonsense all the time.
From Venezuela to Russia,
from China to Europe’s east,
I s......
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Categories:
self interest, corruption, evil, how i
Form:
Rhyme
Seeds...The barren feed the barren
and empty hearts alike in manner seek
to satisfy a sadness, stuck deep
within the marrow of the meek.
They blame the cheerful and cast
them far beyond the realm of......
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Categories:
self interest, philosophy,
Form:
Verse
My Plea...My Plea
This my plea O world
That drags the dream of peace
Through the mud of wickedness
Rise
From the egotistic slime to wash away
Self-centered muck
Loosen
Your profane feet of clay
......
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Categories:
self interest, life, peace,
Form:
Free verse
Peace On Earth...When all squabbles and wars shall cease
As for the complete world, we will create peace
Individuals ought to be more socially adept,
not scolding one another for being incorrect.
Co......
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Categories:
self interest, analogy, appreciation, humanity, peace,
Form:
Rhyme
Try Your Best...If we all tried our best,
To do everything we can
To make the world a better place
And to embrace our fellow man
Our skins may be of a different colour.
Our brains form the same.
We are all h......
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Categories:
self interest, 10th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
That's How It Feels...
It feels like the best day,
When our hearts spend the moments,
Sharing smiles and kisses, a warmth,
Beyond what thoughts have promised.
It feels like the best night,
When our souls spend ......
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Categories:
self interest, appreciation, devotion, relationship, romantic
Form:
Free verse
The Saviors Near - the Jewels Rule Style...~The Savior Is Near~
(The Jewels Rule)
Jesus is near
With Him there's nothing to fear
He's returning any time
His Love sublime-
Return prophesied -
Don't let the......
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Categories:
self interest, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Humane Struggle...In the Congolese Jungle three men are training for a mission.
They train to detain and disarm poachers.
They hope this will be the conclusion of their efforts.
They also train for a formidable alt......
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Categories:
self interest, africa, animal, conflict, environment,
Form:
Sestina
Altruism...I am a selfish person.
I do not like that trait in myself,
But I know it is there,
Lying dormant until such a time,
As I may be refused something
My heart may desire.
I cannot correct it, no......
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Categories:
self interest, allusion, faith, self, truth,
Form:
Free verse
Just the Truth...The times have fallen hard now, to scenes played on 'unmade' roads
Without my volition, and despite intentions, goals;
Indifference took precedence; a lust of life was part,
The key to understanding ......
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Categories:
self interest, freedom,
Form:
Verse