Life Is Good
...
Thinking is a thing of the past
they see no profit in that
looking on is easier for them
and they'll follow the herd at the drop of a hat
committees are but cash cows for the incompeten...
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Categories:
committees, how i feel, word
Form: Rhyme
All Talk, No Action
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They are now but cash cows
(a trough in which to quaff)
for the many attendees
who sit on long-winded
Government-funded investigation committees
no one around to hear the soun...
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Categories:
committees, animal, corruption, earth, how
Form: Rhyme
Check Check Check Check Check Uncheck
...Educated
Check
Has integrity
Check
Wise decision maker
Check
I don’t care about political party
Religion, cultural background or sexual proclivity.
Has served on many political committees...
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Categories:
committees, political, usa,
Form: Free verse
Feel the Passion of the Young
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A sign for our times, Dina abducted and raped (See Gen. 34: 1-2)
by a monster named Shekhem, a Hivvite
When her brothers heard
their anger blazed whiter than white
...
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Categories:
committees, death, history, pain, passion,
Form: Narrative
Ode To Diane
...I never met but always appreciated Diane.
Through the media, I knew her first as a politician.
From my perspective, I knew her later as a good lady.
I observed the manner of her poise and her calm...
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Categories:
committees, america, bereavement, courage, peace,
Form: Ode
Kindness and Lament
...Kindness and Lament
Money never to be found or spare
Funny how people just sit there and stare
Honey now you know this really isn’t fair
Sunny for those who genuinely care
Affection for thos...
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Categories:
committees, international,
Form: Rhyme
My Last Las Vegas Ces
...My Last Las Vegas C.E.S. (1)
(A Memorial Poem)
I long counted Steve Bristow a friend (1) and we'd fly off to lunch
some days (Steve would get 'hours...
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Categories:
committees, adventure,
Form: Rhyme
Puss In Boots
...The miller’s third son was disappointed to inherit a mere alley cat.
He did not realize the trickery and deceit under this creature’s hat.
Puss in Boots could outmaneuver committees, clubs, king an...
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Categories:
committees, books,
Form: Rhyme
Way Up North
...I was talking to my solitary self again, grumbling how life held no adventure,
And my parrot, Cherry, often echoed me, as moon echoes golden splendors.
She'd ruffle her feathers and preen, as she...
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Categories:
committees, bird, dream, fantasy, happiness,
Form: Couplet
Municipalities Fiddle
...Hey diddle-diddle
Municipalities fiddle
Crime goes unchecked
Voters' nerves are wrecked
Twee-diddly-dum
Congress sucks its thumb
Inflation soars still higher
Blue-ribbon committees e...
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Categories:
committees, community, confidence, confusion, time,
Form: Couplet
Committees
...More than two minds
upon a task
leads to $200 hammers.
More than 2 collaborating poets
give birth to demented poetry.
Committees form committees
to discuss yet more committees.
If a co...
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Categories:
committees, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Climate Change
...The Earth is changing right before our eyes
global warming is melting the ice caps;
observing this shift, we feign our surprise.
Coral reefs are in danger of collapse,
rising waters thr...
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Categories:
committees, angst, anxiety, environment, how
Form: Terzanelle
Somewhat Injury-Prone
...First grade, pelted with eggs
Second grade, broke both legs
Third grade, fell down the stairs
Fourth grade, clawed by a bear
Fifth grade, ran into a tree
Sixth grade, twisted a knee
Sev...
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Categories:
committees, growing up, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Violence
...violence
p l a g u e s
cities
mayors
a p p o i n t
committees
October 28, 2020
In a Few Words Contest
Sponsor: Joseph May...
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Categories:
committees, city, violence,
Form: Verse
Devision Part 2
...Ridding small businesses
from the Theocracy resetting the diabolicalness through idiocracy
Update, obfuscate code test test test trust penetration the Oligarchy programming all the rest
Of us
Ble...
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Categories:
committees, absence, allusion, america, analogy,
Form: Rhyme
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