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Best Utilitarian Poems

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Glory To Thermodynamics In General
Glory to thermodynamics in general...

and generation of heat in particular
cuz yours truly 
spoiled with trappings 
of Western Civilization.

How ideal I imagine 
to dwell in a...

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Categories: utilitarian, adventure, appreciation, april, community,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Tranquillity
The ultimate compassionate
sensation resonates beyond
daily circumstances, travails

It is calming serenity
tapered by lustful indulgences
tempting peacefulness

You wonder how such blessings
could have been bestowed
upon a common utilitarian

personality rife...

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Categories: utilitarian, emotions, imagery, inspirational, solitude,
Form: Free verse
Myanmar Poem, Poetry, Poet From Myanmar
For many people outside the Myanmar poetry, it may come as a surprise that there is such a thing as language-oriented poetry contemporary poetry scene...

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Categories: utilitarian, love, old, writing, education,
Form: Prose Poetry
Nature's Bounty
Absolute Beauty’s Celestial  Delineation, Evening’s  Festoons , Golden Hues,  Inviting  Jubilation,  Kid’s Laughter, Myriad Nodes Of Picturesque Quietness, Resplendant ...

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Categories: utilitarian, nature,
Form: ABC
The Voice of the Poor
In a utilitarian, profit-maximizing economy
Where supply only meets demand
And demand runs only for those
Willing and able; where the margin
Between total revenue

And total cost must be...

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Categories: utilitarian, money, poverty, society, voice,
Form: Free verse



A Japanese Garden
The snowbird trees are putting on their colorful autumn coats
Preparing to follow the sun southward
The provincial evergreens are hunkering down for winter
All are well groomed...

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Categories: utilitarian, anger, autumn, blessing, color,
Form: Prose Poetry
Word Association List- Q and A
Word Association List – Q & A

   QUESTION               ...

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Categories: utilitarian, adventure, beauty, creation, fun,
Form: List
Premium Member Noneastern Family Politics
I began reading Jane Anna Gordon's "Creolizing Political Theory"
from the back toward the front,
as usual,
because if I appreciate where this narrative journey will end,
then I...

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Categories: utilitarian, culture, health, power, ,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Bleedin' Poetry
The ringmaster left 
but the carnival stayed in town.
Erect, proud, empowered people
stride by living the Crayola dream.
Awash in color, characters in the screenplay,
the scene played...

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Categories: utilitarian, adventure, art, childhood, family,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dark Pearl Persons
Dark cultures of irritating dissonant pearls,
pearl persons,
perelman,
decomposing zero-souled wisdom,
nondual dark beauty
wherein peace reigns beyond fear
of transparently codestined lives 
with deathly thresholds reflecting new moon delight,
dancing...

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Categories: utilitarian, beauty, culture, games, garden,
Form: Free verse
Suffolk
We live in a little valley
once famous for cedar trees. 
The name is no longer a label
but celebrates the past
as do most places in this...

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Categories: utilitarian, history, home, retirement,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member For Whom the Bell Tolls
The cadence of the knell on the wind Lord
Has folk peering from windows and doors
A reminder of fickle mortality
Peals forlornly, for whom the bell tolls

The...

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Categories: utilitarian, child abuse, corruption, death,
Form: Rhyme
Coming Too Soon
COMING TOO SOON
by H.B.Ussach

Popping up like pre-fab stucco-concrete-aluminum posies,
Poking up on parking lots as donut shops and quick lubes,
They are plain, utilitarian, proletarian low-low-price bunkers
On...

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Categories: utilitarian, business,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Dummying Up
Dummying Up
              by Odin Roark

Once mannequins rocked.
Utilitarian heroes propped up
Behind steering wheels,
Windows,
Doors,
Even...

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© Odin Roark  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: utilitarian, political,
Form: Prose Poetry
Labor Day
It is Labor Day
I am paid not work
but what am I to do
the festive trimmings are not attached
so the perk is an useless quirk and
my...

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Categories: utilitarian, confusion, holiday, labor day,
Form: Free verse

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