Best That Is To Say Poems
8 Little Egypts...Something 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 a......
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Categories:
that is to say, easter, humanity, words,
Form:
Narrative
Leap of Faith...Not 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......
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Categories:
that is to say, adventure, animal, best friend,
Form:
Rhyme
Where Do We Come In...Where 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 d......
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Categories:
that is to say, caregiving, character, humanity, leadership,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Game of Hockey...The 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 Canadi......
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Categories:
that is to say, hockey, sports,
Form:
Verse
How I Got Rich and What Happened Then...Written 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 cor......
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Categories:
that is to say, business, humor, humorous, money,
Form:
Couplet
How I Got Rich...How 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 ......
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Categories:
that is to say, business, humor, humorous, money,
Form:
Couplet
Dark Matter Matters...Dark 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 descr......
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Categories:
that is to say, creation, dark, deep, earth,
Form:
Rhyme
Rosalia - the Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part Two...Rosalia - 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 nef......
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Categories:
that is to say, allegory, evil, halloween, horror,
Form:
Narrative
The Heart's Yearning...From 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 friend......
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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, wi......
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Categories:
that is to say, bible, faith, god, religion,
Form:
Verse
The Idiot and the Oddity Part 3...Page 7
We’ll build a wooden structure
With planks torn from our ships
And place it by their gates
Then we wait for the eclipse
Now I know you all have que......
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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......
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Categories:
that is to say, muse, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Peace Rings True...Speak 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 truth,
when you confront aggr......
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Categories:
that is to say, beauty, community, culture, inspiration,
Form:
Free verse
Antimatter Chitter-Chatter...Why 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.<......
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Categories:
that is to say, allegory, allusion, animal, science,
Form:
Verse
Why I Plan To Skip My 55th Class Reunion...Why I Plan to Skip My 55th Class Reunion
By Elton Camp
We were “The Ones Who Really Rate”
That is to say, “Senior Class of 58”
At the 50th reunion, I got a bad surprise
I found that I couldn’t be......
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Categories:
that is to say, humorous, class, class,
Form:
Rhyme