Best Using Up Poems

Ten-year Randi Clay
Just moved into town -
The town of Fear Street,
Where horror pulls you down.

Enormous, gigantic calendars
She sees, hung on her street
On October 10th is marked
In red  - ‘The Birth of Pete.’

She makes new friends at school,
And likewise - enemies too,
Who seemed to keep...

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THE CITY AND THE STATE OF PLAY TODAY

No one worries about morals today 
They follow the rules they create
So to them all is ok
Those on the outside looking in 
Are the only ones feeling queasy 
As avarice and selfishness triumphs
So easily 

Good corporate citizens they...

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The lake was only small
But we boated.
Not far to go...

Back and forth
On the little lake
And watching the boat go.

Back and forth and go  -
Using up the day
That won't return.


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2/15/2015

Contest  - STRAND Choice 8

Sponsor - Brian Strand

2nd place win





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All these years ago it began
then I picked up my black pen
wondering if I could write poetry
so doubtful was I back then

But then my grey cells responded
bringing thoughts mindfully alive
from that point, confidence grew
brings a vision point to truly strive

Having been set to write poetry
it's...

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(What Mankind Forgot)

We forgot our place in life
We forgot how to be alive
We forgot our connection to life and the cosmos
We filled our homes, schools and hospitals with the killer asbestos
We forgot our ancient wisdom
We forgot the wisdom from the opening of our heart the...

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there is value in your faith you only need to see
that now is the time to power up your God currency

when you overload a circuit board the electricity will shut down
as you have too much stuff plugged in and there's not enough currency to go...

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"Sir" want me to call something --
A name? 
Well call then what you can.
Am I worth naming "sir" !! call any name.

My mother said, I was blesses by rain water
through our thetchet roof first day I was born,
Caught up with something called 'Pneumonia'.

However, I survived...

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Once upon a time, Liz Unicorn,
     was quite unhappy with her tiny horn,
        and one sad, lonely day began to bawl,
cause horns of friends her age shot up so tall.

Right then appeared Fred Frog,...

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(Jazz it up to the tune of "Everything’s Coming Up Roses") 


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From thee over-ewesed too letter word 'up' wee get a lot of mileage.
It has moor meanings than any other word inn thee English language.
Without reelizing it wee weave it intwo hour daily conversashuns,
Oratshuns, knowtashuns, quotashuns, summashuns and exhortashuns!

Wee pier 'up' at thee sky butt it...

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A building ruin touches my heart
Its days of worthiness are now gone.
Its French doors are now falling apart
crumbled bricks inhabit one-time-lawn

Weeds climb trellis instead of lace vine
Honeysuckle no longer calls bees.
Bush roses at last gave way to time
wind caused an awkward list to the trees.

No...

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Feather on the Sea

It wasn’t very long ago Tomorrow was my friend,
Life was like a river rolling lazy ‘round the bend.
Wasting time and then I found that Time was wasting me:  
Took me and it tossed me like a feather on the sea.

Following a...

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Three of us went out to bowl
For this is done by many, the young and the old
We talked as we waited and stood in line
For the leagues to finish using up their time

We got our lane, now let the games begin
To see who will be...

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With the hardships of living life
In today's world.
We occupy our minds using up
our energy in the

What ifs
What was
What isn't
What can't be 
What will never be
and What might have been

When we should be taking the space
and time to think of all the positive
and productive things like

What...

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Ever climbed a ladder
To see what’s on top ?.
To fix something up
To see what’s what ?

Expending so much energy
As you make your climb
Using up resources
Using up your time ?.

Not sure why you’re climbing
What’s there when you arrive
You’ve been told when you get there
“You’ll know that...

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