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Close, But No Cigar

... Nearly on the mountain's summit. To plant his "I did it!" flag, Only to be flushed down By fate's rumbling avalanche. Nevertheless, keep your pity; He......Read the rest...

Categories: close but no cigar, allegory, courage, endurance, fate,
Form: Verse

Planets Falling Faster Than the Rain

...It’s been 36 days since you were dethroned You were the free-standing house, I was the fist that ripped the power line in half You’re the ouija board to my spirits of the past, You keep bringing......Read the rest...

Categories: close but no cigar, courage, fate, heartbreak, how
Form: Free verse

Pun Fun

...If you were long-winded but no pun in ten did, do you lack humor’s art, or was that a long fart? Once a pun, a thyme, a sage got tossed for smoking in a bar; It seems bad jokes are not in sea......Read the rest...

Categories: close but no cigar, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme

No- To It's To the Power Of- -

...As an adult to another adult; Does one such as an adult; Listens to us; If I tell you to be quiet there’s no power, no honest reply nor applying request; And yet if you’re a chil......Read the rest...

Categories: close but no cigar, addiction, analogy, confidence,
Form: Dramatic Verse

For H Clinton

...The more you try to hide The more you would conceal The more your hands are tied The more truth you reveal We all know who you are And who you want to be It’s close but no cigar You’re now s......Read the rest...

Categories: close but no cigar, loss, vanity,
Form: Rhyme

The Shorter Half of a Wishbone

...Two parties with a fifty-fifty chance Of getting the longer half, but in this game Of sheer luck, one gets the wish fulfillment One literally comes up short <>...Read the rest...

Categories: close but no cigar, 11th grade, games, metaphor,
Form: Free verse

Close But No Cigar

...Close but no Cigar. I have tried, obviously, you don't mind. I heartily fell and stumbled, but I stood up in the midst of battled. I have cried, obviously, you don't mind. I have knelt dow......Read the rest...

Categories: close but no cigar, feelings, loss, pain,
Form: Monorhyme

Steelers Fans

...I'm sorry for the Steelers fans (My sister and her spouse) For disappointment must now rule Their beings and their house. The Packers fans are sad as well, So close but no cigar, A pity to be......Read the rest...

Categories: close but no cigar, football,
Form: Rhyme

All Slang-Expressions In the Family

...How ya doin? I just wanted to write a "watchamacallit" poem when I got up this morning after I "made my bed and laid in it!" Then I forgot I had left some of the lights on last night like I was ......Read the rest...

Categories: close but no cigar, humorous,
Form: I do not know?

Mismatch

...I do love you You must accept that as a given There was never any question Of my not loving you But there was always something missing You must have felt it too A “close but no cigar” kind of f......Read the rest...

Categories: close but no cigar, lost love, lovelove,
Form: Free verse

Politically Correct

...How far down do we go before we hit rock bottom? When do we stop turning our heads the other way? Greed and corruption have become acceptable Is lack of leadership here to stay? Politically cor......Read the rest...

Categories: close but no cigar, social, freedom,
Form: Rhyme

Self Reflection

...Self-reflection is an art A two edged sword that no one teaches No religion philosophized my own personal goal to better myself and understand everything by seeing one another through the ......Read the rest...

Categories: close but no cigar, introspection, time, visionary, life,
Form: Free verse

So Close, Yet So Far

...I'll forever think of you. You're So close, yet so far, But I don't regret a minute. I realize now how close we really are. Sometimes, when I'd like you to be here, I'll wish upon a star. Th......Read the rest...

Categories: close but no cigar, devotion, love, people, places,
Form: Rhyme