Best Shifted Poems

I died on surgeons table
Before surgeons knife sliced my chest 
Before anesthesia put me to rest 
I died in imagination as hopes die in fable 

Vivid thoughts ran amok
Which new abode I will go, if I die 
What new way I will live, if I...

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Youth Fled Away, Time Has Shifted

Youth fled away, time has shifted
that cumbersome dark veil lifted
With more Light, my eyes can now see
that lost lad hiding within me.

Years bring wisdom if one lets it
so pay heed, do not forget it
Temptation says, let us do that
for risking...

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A sunken face on all sides pale,
As the owner’s head keep supporting a pail,
Then, to the also saddled younger,
He flung a suffocating order:
That he his own suppressive load take over,
And if he so wished bear it forever,
But must not any bitter tale,
Dare to their daddy...

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Concepts I thought were imperative as a teen
Uncalled for, superfluous items often unseen
A mansion, movie star status and lots of money
Not nearly as important as being called mommy and honey...

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the weather report predicted hectic thunder storms

oil jackets and umbrellas for all the stars in the show

stages were empty though except for a curtain raiser

who had failed to seek her measly social security grant


not exactly a win win situation but equal opportunities

celebries to shine without...

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Something shifted, in invisible space 
Happening fortuitous, by Gods grace
Magnetic pulse from our palms transmitted
Energy divine, never abated
Outpouring gently, at an easy pace

Vibrant with bliss, its origin we trace 
To the cave of our heart, our home, our base
Small miracles thus, mindfully detected
Something shifted

Enlivened by...

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A row of shops left abandoned
People fled to towns
Wooden planks left out of place
Slits and holes penetrated through 
Small ferns growing wild 
Deep inside hollow and dark 
A home shifted 
A broken shop remained
Everything has fell asleep 
Except the glory of the past
The history of...

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