Best Unplanted Poems

(In a Lush Garden Somewhere Out There)

The student stands where shifting sands of thought,
Once firm with reason, now elusive truths are sought.
Its splendor wanes, a...

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I want to howl, run and flee, 
not to watch what I don't see.
I want to rise, run and flee
 not have to watch what's...

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We have come this far,
In this forever, here we are,
a speck of sand, a blink
vulnerable as we think
we are not a never,
nor are we a...

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how old are they now
those that fell by the wayside, one foot in the unknown
the others that disappeared to the other side of the moon

why...

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Your Heart Is Where Your Treasure Is!

I thought that I could make it on my own.
Till that day when I lost my job and home.

There...

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For three score years and little more you lived
Did you at once think of yourself?
Did you at once rest?
When the heartless sun bitterly scotched your...

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The lesion was 
spreading. From 
    inside, I hear the wails.

Past and present 
of time, plows 
    the furrows,...

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One day I had a magical seed. I carried it around in my pocket like a special key. It had the power to change humanity...

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Treason Reasons




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Warm my heart touch the sky
Sail beneath these stars by and by
Winds carry my spirit see
Shaped clouded memory 

Sail unplanted sextant
Steer from journey’s door
Upon a...

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From the back of a cul-de-sac the world one knows goes round and round
Woodlands to the rear, afore the home unplanted ground

The living scent of...

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on turning fifty


on turning fifty
today i looked in the rear view mirror
look back into the past
and see a speeding car go by
a decrepit car at...

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The water sprinkler ran all night
Water droplets cling to leaves
Round clear circles mirror surroundings
Or sparkle sunlight under the eaves

A beautiful spring morn
Cool, crisp air that...

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A spot
On the urban blight
Where once stood
A faded five
Story hovel
For the poorest of
the poor

Fallen in
final decay
Victim of time
Neglect, hopeless
poverty
Political impotence

No flowers,
No ripe tomatoes
Not even marajuana
Just...

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Once I was an unplanted rose
Waiting to be watered
So I would grow into a life of beauty
Now I am
A wilted flower
Falling head first 
Into the...

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