Best That Is To Say Poems
8 Little EgyptsSomething strange
and unexplainable comes this way,
this way, it comes to us sly and fast,
some say, perhaps,
it has already arrived,
it walks unseen, in the midst of all, of us
we go about our daily business,
as if all our tomorrows are far away...
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Categories:
that is to say, easter, humanity, words,
Form:
Narrative
Mise en Scene(Mise en Scène* ‘meez on sen’ - French theatrical term meaning “placing on stage.”)
A word has weight
I weigh each word
lest the wrath of god
unbinds the bird
that holds the night
inside its throat
where destinies
of hate emote
pin my mouth
into...
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Categories:
that is to say, solitude,
Form:
Couplet
Leap of FaithNot long after The Beginning,
There were Animals and there was Man.
A great chasm lay between, that legend said
Only a Leap of Faith could span.
Animals seemed happy on their side;
For, after all, such a leap could not be done
“Make the best it,” they all said;
All, that...
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Categories:
that is to say, adventure, animal, best friend,
Form:
Rhyme
Where Do We Come InWhere do we come in
in medias res not knowing nor caring when
doesn’t everybody pine being number one we leave behind our lives in pages pictures or else make for images of what we saw dreamt of as part of our lives in...
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Categories:
that is to say, caregiving, character, humanity, leadership,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Game of HockeyThe Game of Hockey
By Government decree, lacrosse
Is Canada’s national sport,
But in the hearts and minds of Canadians,
Hockey rules supreme.
Hockey is a winter sport enjoyed by Canadians since 1875,
When the game was first played, on frozen ponds, rivers,
Lakes, and in streets, and later, indoors in...
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Categories:
that is to say, hockey, sports,
Form:
Verse
How I Got Rich and What Happened ThenWritten in summer of 1976.
I used to eat my lunch with groups
of businessmen from Campbell Soups.
We drank a drink at lunch each day
Of Coca-Cola mixed with hay
And talked of pending corporate plans
And willow-haired orangutans.
I spent a lot of time this way
At doing things that were...
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Categories:
that is to say, business, humor, humorous, money,
Form:
Couplet
How I Got RichHow I Got Rich and What Happened Then
I used to eat my lunch with groups
of businessman from Campbell's Soups.
We drank a drink at lunch each day
Of Coca-Cola mixed with hay
And talked of pending corporate plans
And willow-haired orangutans.
I spent a lot of time this way
At doing...
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Categories:
that is to say, business, humor, humorous, money,
Form:
Couplet
Dark Matter MattersDark matter seems to be
What isn’t there to be seen
In between
What we see.
They dub it dark since you cannot detect it
Nor can they inspect it
With telescopy.
Yet, while it can’t be descried
It cannot be denied
For equations that irk
To work.
Should dark matter matter,
Would dark matter matter
A titter...
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Categories:
that is to say, creation, dark, deep, earth,
Form:
Rhyme
Rosalia - the Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part TwoRosalia - The Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part Two
Rosalia’s Instruments of Evil and Debauchery
Rosalia needed certain tools or instruments of evil and debauchery to successfully pursue her nefandous plans of bringing the people of the Harz countryside under the dominion and control of...
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Categories:
that is to say, allegory, evil, halloween, horror,
Form:
Narrative
The Heart's YearningFrom an early age she yearned for something great
What it was she did not know, but she really couldn’t wait
For many interests she had, both large and small
Her love of animals and great friendships, she grew with them all
An insecure father who controlled all around
Was...
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Categories:
that is to say, life, on work and
Form:
Couplet
And I Was Caught Up In the Spirit.... And I was walking in a field of golden wheat and just then,
I was caught up in the spirit, that is the holy ghost of God,
and it carried me through the clouds, up high,
and it said to me, without voice,
"Look down through...
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Categories:
that is to say, bible, faith, god, religion,
Form:
Verse
The Idiot and the Oddity Part 3Page 7
We’ll build a wooden structure
With planks torn from our...
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Categories:
that is to say, humorous,
Form:
Epic
Kaleidoscope
"Kaleidoscope"
They say another
wrote the story, not I.
that I, mere I,
having little experience, shy
and far removed from
such an alien world,
would not possess the knowledge
of such terrible and ruthless, lusty
characters of strong will;
that these perplexities
and complexities, were not
birthed by a mere slip...
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Categories:
that is to say, muse, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Peace Rings TrueSpeak gently when you offer criticism,
but don't be so soft as to sacrifice the truth.
Rumi (M. Mafi, trans)
Speak gently when you offer your...
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Categories:
that is to say, beauty, community, culture, inspiration,
Form:
Free verse
Antimatter Chitter-ChatterWhy are we matter and not antimatter, or are we the latter and think that we're not?
Brought into contact the one with the other the two would annihilate right on the spot.
Opposites attract— some do—
but in this case it isn't true,
for in that mirror image...
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Categories:
that is to say, allegory, allusion, animal, science,
Form:
Verse