Happy Common Poems

In this world so full of drama
I ventured to see the Dalai Lama, 
so many problems filled me with dread.
He said breathe deep and let...

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I don’t comprehend why
Human beings cannot get along
Why can’t they play and sing the same song
Of Peace and Love together? Why, Why?
Why human beings are...

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She has spotty skin

Whereas he has warts on his 

He has freckles

She has boils

One's too oily

One's too dry

He is too pasty

Her's is too dark

She is...

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Jesus came with a message of good news
calling all sinners to repentance
He spoke in parables so all understood
that all who rejected Him received His sentence

Jesus...

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What if our whole world was scripted?
What if our captivity was disguised as freedom?
What if what we were taught 
was taught to us for a...

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"Looking into a mirror i stare in
             in to my eyes.
seeing secrets of...

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what makes you any different from me
alone struggling to be free
happy riding sun rays



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Submitted for contest WHEN THREE LINES ARE SO MUCH...

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Common sense once rebuffed her close friend—
Sense of humour gone nigh out of hand,
The dame now looking tame,
The dance they danced looked lame,
Yet, patched up...

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In Common
Author Dana Redricks
December 1, 2017

I met a woman who had so in common
With me, we are much alike but 
So much different enough to...

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Taste touching tale
Seek sensuous sale


List lively laughs
Spread simple stuff


Niche notions now
Happy hides how


Trade troubles toil
Feel fancy foil


Sense subtle say
Poise prefers play


Concrete cheer charms
Ask able arms




Leon...

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It's common to want to be 
happy
It's common to want to be 
loved
It's common to want to love 
someone
It's common to want to be 
different...

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So I've
Known
Maybe
I didn't
Always
Say it
Or acknowledge it
But I've known

And you sit 
There smug
Happy&content
But I've
Known
You're just
An act

But who
Am I to say
And point
The finger
When 
I've always
Known
I'd be the
Same...

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You'll be loved if you are happy
They'll praise you if you smile

You'll be critized for being sappy
They'll let you cry alone over the mile

You'll be...

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