Deferring Poems - Poems about Deferring

the enjoyment of defeat

...by midday the capital is lost in deferring of appointment, illegal assembly and illegal protest of speech, past speech of the governance and the executive, insurmountable halls of congress have no ca...

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how …

how many odes have been composed
for the sake of the human eye?
since humans first etched papyrus
or chiseled stone
or painted cavern facades by firelight
the magnificence of the visu...

The Wisdom of Age

...Wisdom comes with age
So the old saying goes 
But so does dementia
As the world so sadly knows.
It’s so easy to be vociferous
Brave aggressive and bold
Deferring action to others
Just because ...

April Cannot Live Without January

...A fierce and angry snow storm swarms around me.
I trudge to the house, my feet pink in my cold wet socks.
There are frosty icicles on my scarf, it is cold out here.
January has shown us her streng...

Earthtribal Worldview

...Therapeutic political systems,
like unpolluted oceans
filled with healthy sea creatures,
slowly evolve
from cooperative thrival
of polyculturally healthy
nonviolent communication,
anticipating...

A Compromise

...Sometimes he tries
To slim his size
But mostly sighs:
Weight on the rise.
Deferring fries,
And apple pies,
He never cries,
Nor does despise.
It’s no surprise
There’s no demise
In what he sp...

He Squelched Her Light

...He lured easy prey into darkest night
Innocent, this had been no risk.
Groomed her until she had squelched her light.

Their romancing was a round pattern disc.
She responds to his disapproving ...

Echo

...Echo 

A web waves in the warm breeze,
caught between ancient wooden struts,
indefensible, beneath an empty seat.
It splays to breaking point; 
fine-knit, like a fibre-glass veil;
delicate str...

Destiny Urges Me Forward

...She urges me forward
Time a concept dreamed by man
Experience expects something
Familiar feelings, the smell of success,

I recognize this place
A familiar stop gap
She laughs and turns me Nor...

Vacation Time

...The doc says I need a vacation
My energy just can't be rationed
Seems there's been some depletion
  leading to get-up-and-go secretion

He told me to take a few weeks
Get rid of those brain-dra...

2021

...She came in storming, stomping and she shook us.
Some did not feel her tremors or terror 
until their houses burned to the ground.
She fed diseased bats, and she started a pandemic.
We did not un...

Humility

...Humility
M'Vatel, "Yield to People",
Concealing, Not Ignorance,
But Adequacy, In not Doing 'Nuff,
To Be a Friend, Husband, Servant,
As  I Observe Great Figures,
I Hope to Be in their Mold,
Mod...

Restoring Natural Spirits

...Dear Attorney Thompson Page, LLC
Sentient Advocate for Domestic Companions

Thank you for reminding me
last evening, as I was feeling unfree,
Retributive justice is rooted in ecological principl...

The Loveliest Bird In My Forest

...The loveliest bird in my forest is she
The beautiful cardinal in the oak tree.
The blue jay is deferring to her, as his queen.
He is her subject, loud cackles, but not a bit mean.

She brings in...

Moonlit Prayers

...Lank shimmery hair flows off her shoulders
Cascading aloft sweet midnight zephyr
Alone she sits perched on seaside boulders
Under somber moonlight where he'd left her

Night after night she's at...

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