Peace Of Mind Among The Times
...Peace of Mind Among The Times
There’s a concept forming upon the horizon
A sunset warning me to focus my eyes upon
A notion of antiquity to seemingly delight upon
While the elements of iniqu...
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Categories:
disinclined, life,
Form: Rhyme
Ethereal Etheree
...I
refuse
to comply
with contests whose
requirements are nigh
impossible, amuse
the contest-setter with my
inadequate and bound-to-lose
creations. An old-school kind of guy,
I hold outmoded, ...
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Categories:
disinclined, poets,
Form: Etheree
I leave buying food at the market to the spouse
...I leave buying food at the market to the spouse...
one helluva comparative
humdinger savvy shopper,
who can rattle off the best buy
for most any given item,
at the drop of a hat
analogous to ...
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Categories:
disinclined, adventure, angel, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Religious fundamentalism
...Conditioned since birth to follow a belief,
brainwashed souls thrust upon all others their view,
urging them to join their cult to get relief
from suffering by paying to god their due,
atoning fo...
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Categories:
disinclined, religion,
Form: Ottava rima
In Stride
...5/6/24
I got to grind
All the time
In order to rise
As it coincides and goes with time
An ode that's signed
With an open mind
Looking at it from both sides
Otherwise
I'll just nosedive
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Categories:
disinclined, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Legendary Teacher and Student
...Born in New England in the wake of the Civil War,
Her folks fled Irish famine and landed on our shore.
At age five, she took sick, losing almost all her sight.
At eight, her mother died, and h...
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Categories:
disinclined, education, hero, inspirational, school,
Form: Rhyme
Winter's Curse
...
In my old age
I have become bitter,
and disinclined
to hear pleadings from my sage..
It's only winter's cold curse,
how I long for summer's rays
to warm my soul
and slay my heart's malai...
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Categories:
disinclined, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Life Lessons I Learned Too Late
...Through the veiled shadow of my past, I find,
Lessons unlearned, I was far too disinclined.
The tart whispers of regret, a mournful song,
I realize times in my life where I went wrong.
In th...
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Categories:
disinclined, angst, destiny, dream, fate,
Form: Rhyme
Ode To Emptiness
...There was a time I’d think in rhyme
and daydream in blank verse.
O muse, you died; I’m sure I spied
you leaving in a hearse.
Methinks that I might force a try,
put signs up in the yard:
free ro...
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Categories:
disinclined, longing, loss,
Form: Rhyme
Spouse Cannot Forget Mine Suppressed Flatulence Upon Our First Date
...Spouse cannot forget mine suppressed flatulence upon our first date
While yours truly sat here
at the desk housing MacBook Pro,
pondering his next idée fixe apropos
for gamut of anonymous read...
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Categories:
disinclined, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme
An Emperor Without Clothes
...around the palace
walks the emperor
cluelessly clothed in
his birthday suit
goodness g...
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Categories:
disinclined, allegory, allusion, humor, people,
Form: Light Verse
Remorseless Sweaty Palms
...Remorseless sweaty palms
despite being prescribed glycopyrrolate.
Though the angst riddled psyche of mine crafted youth, long since receded, ebbed in the past, infringement, impingement, and in...
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Categories:
disinclined, 12th grade, anger, blue,
Form: Free verse
Not Quite Ready
...Some friends are going on a tour;
Invited us to join.
You’d think it would be easy
To decide - just flip a coin.
We’d meant to take a trip with them
When Covid reared its head.
We got our mo...
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Categories:
disinclined, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Horrific Or Terrific
...Prolific used to refer primarily
to people, animals and plants
Those who produced abundant offspring
like kittens, puppies, and ants
Today we hear about prolific authors
Stev...
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Categories:
disinclined, baby, change, people,
Form: Rhyme
Not a Fan
...As much as I love music,
I’m not sorry to admit
That opera’s the exception,
For I like it not one bit.
It’s not that I don’t understand
The words (although that’s true),
But rather it’s the v...
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Categories:
disinclined, music,
Form: Rhyme
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