Best Surmising Poems

Did you think my friendship fickle,
thus deserving of the sickle
did you think that it would wither up and die?

Did you think my friendship faded
thus transforming...

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Sometimes, we expect 
the sun to rise and smile,
through hazy hellish clouds
carrying vindictive 
verdicts of venomous vultures, 
surmising hues of 
ink to pierce through 
pores...

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The gift that I give you 
Is living within you
The warmth of a bright summer day

The comfort of living
Is born of the giving
That comes in...

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Where Do Poets Go


I cannot write a tribute for a friend
who left our Soup in recent history,
because I have not been here long enough
to fully...

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The bliss of French-roast steam, arising,

gives me a moment to compose...

The thought of just one sip invites me

to close my eyes, and then transpose


It warms...

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I love you without surmising 'why',
your passion sets pon dusky distances
betwixt & 'midst quartz glass spaces,
where scented phases astir moon glow
and impassioned fireside involvement
madly erupt...

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puzzles puzzles
they write in rhyme 
encrypted messages
poisoned in hate
guesses in the dark
surmising
unable to say the truth
denying
hiding
play nice
yet still
there is the knife
Friendship taken for more
what awful...

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Poor ol’ Pyrrho, he’s the hero
Of my somber poetry:
Couldn’t figure how to pick your
Core beliefs with certainty.

Bold Descartes, he got the party
Started with his Cogito.
Up...

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Minimal involvement with extracurricular activity at Methacton
   limited to playing Baritone Horny within the band
   though marginal interest existed to maintain...

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"How to Touch the Lips of an Eclipse"

calamity, the heart rushes in 
up against a wall of thorns
and the one removed watches it all

Love comes...

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ginger surmising
the mood while rising
a sip for me, Bach and tea
a bench for a throne
liberates my own
connection with ivory


restless eyes draw closed
moments to compose
gingerly to...

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From Fifteen to Fifteen,

All the love and memories and framed moments in between,
befitting we fell on artificial lovers holiday, you with brow the jaw
the hair,...

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A thin veneer of stormy war-clouds arising
To threaten the ever-roiling sovereigns,
Keeping the world in constant surmising
Hence no peace among the sister nations.

To threaten the ever-roiling...

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Within this realm I can converse
Palaver, prattle or parley
So many words from which to choose
A choice to winnow, will and weigh

With words I can tell...

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Circling above the shore, watching the gulls
Squawking loudly above the ocean’s roar,
Hungry for every morsel, never any lulls
Watching the gulls circling above the shore.

Freighters on...

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