Best Two Cents' Worth Poems

her name is not even mentioned in the Holy Scriptures
but the widowed woman who gave two mites left a lasting picture
when no one mentions their...

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Lest I be guilty of grossest negligence
I feel like I must put in my own two cents
As I watch and evaluate strong evidence
We owe a...

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For your penny's worth of thought,
Please take two cents worth back.
For the destruction that you brought
With all that empathy you lack,
For your narrow vision tunnel
That's...

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So here's my big insight.
My two cents worth,
which will remain worth only a penny
unless it somehow aligns with your penny
for thoughts and shared feelings.

What if...

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Dream on

Be it white rabbit holes of wonderlands
Or black holes  of never-here flounder lands ,
Dreaming on and on
Vaunted  webs they  spawn
In ...

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You've seen them.  Those little trays on the store counter with pennies in them and often a sign saying “Take a penny, leave a...

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Defined By Idioms

Naked truth, bent nails
dead men tell no tales
bad Apple, broken mirrors
burnt out light bulbs, crocodile tears
spilt milk, goose chase
two cents worth, rat race
rotten...

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Quid pro quo                      ...

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The reason we never take criticism,
Is because it's always freely given;
And if you can't accept it, let pass,
The opportunity to criticize another; 
For while your...

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 sijo with notes 

Although , everyone knew what was needed was a “quarter;” 
yet all we asked for was a dime,* it would have...

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These are my scars
And I know they haven't gotten me far
But it's complicated
And this is who I am to be

They say everything happens for a...

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Stupid fool look at yourself what has your knowledge gained!
No forward motion or healthy growth,
Just some poor intellect pouring out of a grumpy man.
What perseverance...

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Tangled vines are relative
twisting way up into my family tree.
When we were young, still in college, 
my cousins all knew I needed a buck or...

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You who have just now graduated
   with advice have been duly saturated
Nevertheless, here's my two cents worth
   for how to survive...

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the President’s chief of staff?
said the other day?

it was absurd
?to suggest that the president’s words?
had anything to do
?with recent mass shootings

yet is it absurd?
to see...

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