Borrowing Poems - Poems about Borrowing

Brent’s Borrowing Written: by Miracle Man 5/15/2024 I once had a friend whose name was Brent, whose paycheck was always quickly misspent. He ‘s slow in returning, and this is concerning. He is never fully broke, but always badly bent. ...

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We couldn’t have a Christmas tree Back in my childhood days, Yet, longingly, on others’ trees This Jewish girl would gaze. So once the holiday had passed, The neighbors tossed theirs out And I’d collect the tinsel, Surreptitiously, no doubt. I’d then proceed to decorate The shrubs around my house. To me, they looked quite beautiful; My mother, though, would grouse. “Our holiday has candles Which are wonderful...

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To step back in time unintentionally maybe a slip of the heart and mind But what of the heart's ability to borrow something from it? Then for the mind to bring it to...

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For Elmer N. Koski 1901-1941 Grandfather, Might a memory be borrowed Like perfume from another? If so, may I borrow your sister's Of a long ago summer when you were fifteen? She remembers: You made your bed outside Near the living room window, apart yet a part. She remembers: You played an ocarina Night after night into the night. What melodies did you conjure That she remembers...

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We take a couple of pens from work A blue one as well as a black A pad of post-its too; who would know Anyway, someday we'll give it all back... 'Thou shalt not steal,' thunders a Voice Midst fire and smoke, trumpets and wonder '100%,' comes the reply: 'We're just borrowing' Without...

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Every lingo does evolve, We borrow words, I'm told, I have croissant, pizza and latte, Pen pal in Beirut, I might say, I live in Woollomooloo, Where we parrot like cockatoos, Now it's all English vocabulary, Evolving to send overseas, E-languages, you see!...

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Fresh and new Adventures to find Skipping to the beat Of a patterned mind Follow the line Never step on the crack The crevices will reveal Wanton lack Free, everything is free For anyone to take Maybe adults have to pay For Mercy's sake Wait! I didn't agree What have I lost Too young to wonder About payment...cost ..............shame ...........................no one, must know ..............................................ever Don't know when movement Stopped, time stood still Holes were dug And things...

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Cathie often borrows my t-shirts, my sweaters, and socks But if I borrow just one of her dresses, suddenly she wants to talk Wants to know if It's real or a myth As I flaunt my body with a feminine like walk...

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The silliest neighbors are getting on my nerves. Always wanting to borrow a car or a snow blower. Asking for money, and I wish I was kidding. My dad said I should start asking them first. Maybe he has a point. But what if they say “no” What if they stop speaking to me? What if we stop being friends? How will I...

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Borrowed all of these Melodies, to write for me. Borrowed all of this Time, to immortalize all Of what is now left of me....

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I’m borrowing Jackie’s car tonight I’m sure she would say that it’s all right even though I’m not planning to ask her. She did leave the keys right out on the table and said I could use them, if I would be able to just let her know about it first. And last time she did that, I did ask her...

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A self acclaimed professional with incomplete training; following a system with part-time understanding; feeding a beast with little knowledge of an approach tactics; are all shelters where misunderstanding is harboured and trouble, honoured. Foreign traditions should firstly be digested before adopted, any culture’s morphology without the remittance of peace and respect is either faulted with errors towards humanity or carelessly photocopied using...

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Circuitous im sure Who doesn't save to live? Bet on the future To ignite drive let me switch gears been idling in no man's land Unapproved though prequalified (yarr) Time to reside but sentinals hawk my glance Chance must be played In a casino loft Human rights im sure To free trade agreement What about squatter's rights? To eat and breathe...

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days turn nights all over again the time we wake up is a life begin again pursuing dreams; fulfilling greed torturing our mind coz all we are in here just borrowing time lonely nights and broken dreams inside faded faith and memories divide we cried; we bleed from underneath we laugh and love from deep within coz all we are in here just borrowing...

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