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Best Sufficed Poems

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Life
The heartaches of living are many
The comforts of living are few;
The truths we are told are not many
And the lies we were told have come...

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Categories: sufficed, life,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member This Special Time of Year
We may not have a "White Christmas", yet joy remains the same
I find delight in viewing candles reflected on frosted panes
They remind me to be...

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Categories: sufficed, holiday, lifechristmas, time, home,
Form: Kyrielle
Premium Member Making Tea
It's styles of a nameless brand pristine day
an exclusive star-sheathed shadow after 
overwhelming luminous glare fainted
a somewhat true-to-life footpath in
a back of structured quaintness

Encountering myself...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sufficed, allusion, analogy, blessing, celebration,
Form: Concrete
The Sinking Sausage
Bill's snowman was missing a snout
For carrots in shops had run out.
A sausage sufficed
But as it de-iced
Its purpose was cast into doubt!


30.01.21

Winter Snow Or Ice...

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Categories: sufficed, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Bible Sea Worthy Vessels
Amidst great ocean of life --- voyaging
I’m blest with the Lord’s granted fellowship
partnership-bliss in faithful stewardship…
Captain is Christ by His love’s engaging.

Along life's trip, I've...

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Categories: sufficed, bible, christian, faith, god,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme



Premium Member Bright Eyes Potd
I so adored late hours. I was what you would call a night owl,
As fireflies seldom appear, until creamy moon is on the prowl.

I loved...

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Categories: sufficed, fantasy, imagery, nature, night,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Whos the Daddy
Those yanks in their tanks never got many thanks 
The locals moaned, ‘they’re over here’ *
We Brits had the ration, those yanks sought out passion...

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Categories: sufficed, world war ii,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Triumphant Muse of Sam
Tribute to Sam Kauffman

Jubilant!!! Indeed reigning with serenity
her earnest words exalt the Supreme Almighty
“Breathe of God” “Giving Godly Grace” surely proclaims
“Lord of the Morning” ---...

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Categories: sufficed, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Rubaiyat
Ruth
I love my mother-in-law,
I admire her way of life,
I look at her God in awe,
Who’s led her through deaths and strife,

I followed her to her...

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Categories: sufficed, bible, inspirational, woman,
Form: Rhyme
Matthew Henson
No rift in the unthawing ice
The sled took dark matter over crystals of snow
Here the water's thin bonds sufficed
And the one who led was the...

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Categories: sufficed, adventure, history, warheart, heart,
Form: Verse
Love Thy Neighbor
Scripture asks us to love our neighbor.
But some think love comes without labor.
It's something we speak,
Not something we seek.
A fine cup of wine with no...

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Categories: sufficed, faith, religion, religious, spiritual,
Form: Limerick
Jamaica's National Dish: Ackee and Salt Fish
Bring the fried ackee well dressed
In fresh herbs and spiced
Blend in codfish, like a breast
Flamed suckled, sufficed
My tongue to taste this
Dream of bliss.
Joy!...

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Categories: sufficed, food
Form: Epulaeryu
Premium Member ''To Err Is Human: To Forgive, Divine''--Alexander Pope
African-American and abusive, my late step-dad 
     was a reverse racist:
an army sergeant; a Vietnam vet; and, a backhand,
  ...

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Categories: sufficed, abuse, anger, forgiveness, god,
Form: Narrative
The Cry of the Cross

The land was cloaked in a black dress,
The crowd was watching my Christ die,
When the blinding darkness, the deafening stillness 
Was shattered by an overwhelming...

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Categories: sufficed, father son, god, gospel,
Form: Rhyme
A Tribute To Those Who Walked the Trail of Tears
My BROTHERS --the Cherokee ---you may refer to me as cross-breed-- or not.
As an ancestor ----if it’s your aspiration?
My Grandmother----half Cherokee- half Blackfoot----as the old...

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Categories: sufficed, forgivenessgrandmother,
Form: Epic

Book: Shattered Sighs