Cloyd Poems

Premium MemberI Feel So Little Send Me what you heard around the worlds said It is Good It feels Like Good Energy

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Categories: cloyd, adventure, america, analogy, beauty,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberTrust

...Trust should flow like the river – 
  Wide and deep, not turbulent, dangerous, murky, or dirty- 
   no not like the deep weedy sea- 
  Trust should be like a summer breeze- an unasked-for sneeze- ...
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Categories: cloyd, devotion, encouraging, faith, forgiveness,
Form: Other


Premium MemberGod Is Everywhere

...God is everywhere
God is everywhere – so, do not try to find him
He was in that first breath - you took this morning
That first step you took – when you got out of bed-
He was in that cup of coff...
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Categories: cloyd, angel, appreciation, beauty, blessing,
Form: Free verse

Two-Fifty-Four

...Two-Fifty-Four
©2012 C. Brent Cloyd

I bought a new scale at the Wal-Mart store.
Made it secure and level on the floor.
I took a breath, then stepped on.
The digits I saw made me moan.
Surely, I do n...
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Categories: cloyd, food, funny, holiday, home,
Form: Limerick

A Deal With the Chief Campaigner

...A Deal with the Chief Campaigner
©2012 C. Brent Cloyd


There was a House Speaker named Boehner
Sought a deal with the chief campaigner 
For budget cuts he did hope
But campaigner said nope
For how w...
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Categories: cloyd, confusion, political, satire,
Form: Limerick


Joker Joe

...Joker Joe
      ©2012 C. Brent Cloyd

Vice President Biden is prone to gaff
But his debate strategy was to laugh
With smirk and grin told things that were not so
That’s how we will remember Joker Joe...
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Categories: cloyd, funny, history, political,
Form: Rhyme

Empty Speeches

...Empty Speeches 
©2012 C. Brent Cloyd

Gone are the columns, gone is the crowd
Just twenty thousand, shouting loud
Gone is the hope, debt was the change
Stale words remain, empty and strange

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Categories: cloyd, angst, confusion, history, life,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberA Major League Debut

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A pitcher’s job is very difficult in baseball.
The other teams batters are what he must stall.
Pitchers must keep hitters from making contact with the ball.
Too many runs scored can lead...
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Categories: cloyd, dedication, sports,
Form: Rhyme

Our Twenty-Nine

...Our Twenty-Nine
©2012 C. Brent Cloyd

You have been my darling for twenty-nine
Traveling state to state, place to place
My partner, my lover, my valentine.

We’ve had and held on in good times or bad...
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Categories: cloyd, anniversary, dedication, devotion, family,
Form: Villanelle

Who Won Maine

...Who Won (rigged) Maine?
©2012 C. Brent Cloyd

Saturday Maine voters took a poll
Romney won, but Paul camp claims he stole
One Paul leaning caucus, cancelled for snow
Helping Romney move on with MoJo....
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Categories: cloyd, life, political,
Form: Rhyme

New Hampshire Has Spoken

...New Hampshire Has Spoken
©2012 C. Brent Cloyd

Romney is choice of the republican elite
With thirty-nine percent he’ll be hard to delete.

Paul’s crowd is excited and nipping at his heels
They’ve mad...
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Categories: cloyd, confusion, history, people, places,
Form: Couplet

Caucus Over

...Caucus Over
©2012 C. Brent Cloyd

Romney claims he is most electable
Results conclude that is debatable.

Bachman stood firm on defense and health care law
Discovered her support was filled with stra...
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Categories: cloyd, confusion, history, introspection, life,
Form: Couplet

Why Do I Love You

...Why Do I Love You?
©2011 C. Brent Cloyd

When I tell you that I love you
Hurriedly you ask, tell me why?
You laugh when in dismay I sigh

Dare now, listen to some reasons
Obsess and parse them if you...
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Categories: cloyd, angst, confusion, daughter, family,
Form: Acrostic

A Resolution For This Time

...A Resolution for This Time
(Based on Eccl. 3:1-15)
©2011 C. Brent Cloyd

I long to see the beauty of my time
Hear music from eternal bells that chime
Enjoy earth, till this good life I sever
Look tow...
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Categories: cloyd, business, caregiving, confusion, death,
Form: Rhyme

The Old House and the New Home

...The Old House and the New Home
©2011 C. Brent Cloyd

I’ve lived in houses in the country side
There with my family I did abide
By the dust and gravel of a country road
Much pride was taken in our hum...
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Categories: cloyd, adventure, angst, childhood, death,
Form: Rhyme

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