Best Themselves Poems

oh dear heaven ...

how impeccant …
how subtly innocent and eager!
are you truly as oblivious as you seem?
oh, I am sure of otherwise …

or would there not be so much unsullied skin laid bare -
so few garments that thus adorn the masterpiece?
utter innocence, burning in the...

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oh dear heaven ...

how impeccant
how subtly innocent and eager
are you truly as oblivious as you seem?
oh, I am sure of otherwise

or would there not be so much unsullied skin laid bare -
so few garments that thus adorn the masterpiece?
utter innocence, burning in the motion of...

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words give a lively dance
not staying on the lines of the paper
or in left to right order
or even down the page order
letters are flinging onto the page in every direction
I just saw a crazed T jump onto a Z's back
C stuck out her tongue and...

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I HEARD THEY THOUGHT THEMSELVES CIVILIZED

Each grain of gorged sand
civilized people —
themselves owned; owned land.

meanwhile the steeple
looked down at the band
of loquacious stock.
each thought themselves well
in front of the rock.

Ozymandias’ plaque —
bleak headstone of hell!

Cain’s ark had a crack —
offed sand of red sea.

Cornerstone cuts...

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As Blacken Monsters Paint Themselves As Glowing White,
Dedicated to, Ghost Writer

As darkness wields its deep slashing demonic blades,
sanity seems to be malignant tour de force,
corruption flows along hiding in wicked shades
as malicious malady on a tragic course!

One must hold steady if life is true to...

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Numbers Count On Themselves

3’s make love in the open 
Twist with trees that turn from Winter
Count on music to reveal Spring
Several 7’s take lessons on how to Jitterbug
They disco with 6’s by the river to keep in step 
Zero’s boat house is open for business
Even...

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Soon all things will owe themselves to progress
and nature will neither wane nor wax
accosted by bulbs and cog-laden streams.
Children in god-awful Christmas jumpers
gather around the May-pole to watch
the leaves become what they’re deprived of.
We are taught to fear puddles, duty free
purchases, and heroes speak in...

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If you're wondering when I'll stop loving God, the answer is never.
I will love and worship the Lord forever.
God helps those who help themselves, this is true.
If you are in need, help yourself and God will help you.
We live in a world that is sometimes...

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Beautified and vain
Pampered, preened to "perfection"
Lovers of themselves...

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The arrogance of comfortability can become a disaster
Thinking you can be the master of all circumstances 
Can bring on the stubbornness of growth

Some people keep changing partners
To avoid changing themselves
Some people come into your life as a blessing
Some come as a lesson
One cannot stay the...

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stated succinctly,"I'd rather be or appear to be a creepy guy rather than a phony guy. period....

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Ladies keep themselves always clean, 
if some gentleman by chance will lean.

Volodymyr Knyr
2014...

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The path to tread is hard to know-
When each person denies to show-

What they truly feel inside their soul-
With the things from others they stole-

People always go with the crowd-
Since with themselves their not allowed-

To express themselves, their own self restricts-
Of what they see, what...

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This march is over
each bipolar attacks
got all attention;
only, its been too long
pain of cold lingering.

I'll be your shoulder
I'll hand you coat of wool
I'll fan each hot fear
and when hope is lost, march
so forecast brings calm view.

*...

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Some heard as his mother 
stood over ironing in the 1947
summer of Hatboro, Pa.. 
Some of the songs
in black and white
Saturday evening television circles. 
Some later, songs of folksy pretension.  
The songs persist 
anchors of memory, 
like the crystaline 
seeds of clouds, 
matrons of...

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