Best Ungraciously Poems

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8, KJV

R  ejected ungraciously at a young age
 
E  jected right away

J  ust what were they thinking?

E  xcluded from a family's love...

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The ask of cultures. 
Dutch to Portugal, do you think colonisation of fruit and lands and their inhabitants was the fairest exchange of our tactics of the strategy to wrestles of communication. They decided the best option was a renegotiation of trade affairs and markets....

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Jumping
quickly forward
Falling backwards slowly
Ungraciously I am losing
control...

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Well hello there all my sweet dudes and dudettes
As I write this I contemplate dancing with the Rockettes
However when attempting their famous kicks
This endeavour leaves me in quite a fix
I ungraciously tumble on me bummo and my undies I do wet


© Jack Ellison 2015



Bet this...

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OLD, AS IN OLD BLACK JOE

Like me
Don’t you see?
He was old
With no place to go
Old black Joe
with his old banjo
Old boots
and a very old belt
Old Black Joe was old as he felt
Withered
Weathered
Wearied
Worried
And waiting
Impatiently
Ungracefully
Ungratefully
Ungraciously
Yet he was prepared
Old Black Joe and pity paired
As into the sun he...

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Midnight strikes, the world is sleeping; hours until the dawn starts creeping,
Over hills and trees and rivers, bringing in another day.
In the darkness safe and hidden, a visitor somewhat unbidden,
Makes their way across the landing, careful not to make a peep,
Careful in their quiet journey...

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Graciously she walked into the ballroom hall
Confidently treading, careful not to fall
Buffet on the side where careless people dropped
Grapes and other things which needed to be mopped

Graciously she walked to make eloquent handshakes
Not noticing the floor and discarded fairy cakes
A scream and then a thud...

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Where the devils prevail ungraciously,
And where the fire blazes unceremoniously,
Hell shall be forever existent. 

Where anger highlights imperfection, 
And where imperfection be only anger, 
Hell shall be forever existent.

Where sight be lensed falsely, 
And where perception be dawned with jealousy,
Hell shall he forever existent. 

Where...

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We thrust ourselves on you
Greedily grabbing, ungraciously groping
Clamorously clawing, indiscriminately defiling
Every vestige of your dignity.


We hurl ourselves at you
Rudely ravaging, rowdily rummaging
Perspiring and panting, lusty and lecherous
To possess you in your entirety


Yet, we feel no shame

For

Raping the world we live in.

For

Being the architects of a...

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The day was falling,
enacting all its own regret 
with light, like washed-out technicolor.
One glance affirmed:
the rain would soon begin. 
Thunderheads played God, 
recruiting legions higher still;
I saw the sand provoked 
and furious upon the air.

I saw the lake retreat before the storm,
presuming self-effacement...
knew its delerium...

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Chocolate hearts
Fall from heaven
and melt
Ungraciously
On the pavement...

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THIS TORTUROUS LIFE

Is this life make-believe?

I cope not with the life struggles that beset me
For they are hell-bent on wrecking me 
Forever seeking me out 
They harangue most grievously 
Damaging me irrevocably

No one it seems can rescue me 
 
A wretched existence 
And a noose...

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While on a short trip up to Wiscasset, Maine, I found this brief letter on my seat in the plane,  

“My Dearest Wife, Sue”, the letter began, typed on a sheet, not written by hand.

If I did read it, would it be rude and...

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The Shopping Cart

Upon my veritable throne I survey
subjects of sundry colors,
cans and jars, packets and bags
arrayed in reverent order before me.
I am appointed, by natural virtue
captain of this mighty ship
past denizens of the white-tiled, polished sea
steered through (a)isles by two sturdy hands.
Before me lies, in...

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He poured his heart into his work, just his way to ease the pain,
Diagnosed and with a death sentence he decided he didn’t want his last days to be in vain.
He wasn’t the type to just lay down and quit,
And he said this ain’t what...

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