Eschew Poems | Examples

Premium Member Pragmatic Position

Proud poets parade playful wordy wit, 
Their careful craft becomes just diddly s..t. 
No matter how hard we may try 
Can’t outdo IQ of AI. 
Shall we hoist the white flag and run with it?! 

Digital era deemed undignified, 
As bright grey matter becomes atrophied. 
Before the mindset goes awry, 
We shall eschew diddly AI -
Its fatuous facade is dead inside!
Form: Limerick

A Version of Me

There is no strength in fear and flame,
naught but the bitterness of blame,
which leads us all to guilt and shame,
finger pointing and naming names.

Better still our hearts to open,
forgive and live with hope and
honest emotion,
a chain of grace unbroken,
positive words to be spoken,
and put our heart into motion.

Easier though to give anger it’s head,
to wish all of our enemies dead,
leave no damning word unsaid,
and encourage our hate to spread.

And spread it will unless we stand,
take our enemy by the hand,
strive to understand,
declare our oneness before the land,
grace and tolerance to expand,
love for brotherhood our command.

Eschew the path of the xenophobe,
abandon the notion of a divided globe,
tap well into your temporal lobe,
encourage agape to brightly strobe.

What a world it would be,
if they and us became we,
if you and I began to see,
instead of difference, similarity,
oh, to be so free,
and know my brother is a version of me.
Form: Didactic


Utter Nonsense

Allow me to introduce
the hermit Hugh
who
I do deduce
felt it within himself
to eschew
an embrace
yet
being obtuse
when on a wild chase
did goose a moose
in the caboose
then a disgrace
but such behaviour
did induce
Bruce
another recluse
to pick up the pace
when playing footsie
under the table
fast and loose
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Poetry Time

     Poetry time
     Every line chimes
       Stop on a dime
       A buck for a rhyme

    What’s a meta for 
    Similes are, like, a bore
      A terzanelle’s attractive 
      Tho a villanelle’s more proactive 

    Witches vex trochaic pentameter
    Curse iambic HEXameter
       Traditionalists eschew free verse
       Blank verse is that much worse… 

    Romance, a hackneyed chore
    While humor is adored
       Satire rates high too
       Tear-jerkers ~ boo-hoo

    Poetry time
    Elbow grease and grime
      Lines sparkle and shine
      Craftsmanship sublime
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member I Shall Not Pray for Roses

I shall not pray for roses,
When daffodils would do:
The simple without poses,
I never shall eschew.
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Wish you a happy new year

The ocean's fog and mist so wide,
High tide indifferent, no confide,
Surf's ups and downs in rhythmic dance,
Sweeps all on its watery expanse.

New Year's visions in uncertainty's haze,
Time's march indifferent in mysterious ways,
Success and failure, life's dual ride,
In the misty shroud, they coincide.

Waves' frothy silk on sea crests blue,
Optimism triumphs, shadows eschew,
Human hearts in hopeful cheer,
Pessimism in darkness disappears.

Beautiful waves in song and play,
Defy the gloom, hold sway,
Aspirations and hearts aglow,
Wish all a Happy New Year's flow.
Form: Rhyme

Nightmare

Thousands of Times I committed suicide in my dream 
But my guts didn’t allow once in a life
In my dream I could hear ruckle
Was it mine?
Sometime I feel me and death are too propinquity
And sometime it's like sun and earth
I feel like a macula for this land
I am a flicking light approaching to end
The end of race is right before
But still running for the start
I can't eschew my soul
So, I am still here
Sorry god I am still alive
Thanks for the life you gave
Waking me up from Nightmare
Guiding me to success

Premium Member rights come with borders

An act-as-they-wish guarantee
Leads brutes to think they’ll tread on me
But I too have rights
And might eschew fights
If backed by a fair referee
Form: Limerick

Premium Member standby

(a silly series of Senryus)

It’s time to cram for
final exams, again, so
here we go, mug up.

My mind, coffee dark,
drifts in academic dreams,
—think roiling oceans.

A ‘mandatory’
society meeting? You’re
not the boss of me.

I’ll shun or eschew,
if I want too, sidestepping,
like a tap dancer.

I'm not lazy - I'm
high tech and in energy
saving mode now.

It’s a pointed and
conscious decision—I’ll do
me and you do you.
.
.
Songs for this:
Simply Couldn't Care by Tracey Thorn
Each and Every One by Everything But the Girl
Form: Senryu

Annetjie

Demon comes with smiles
Very carefully veiled wiles
Prod another to take the fall
A Victim through it all

Demon guise as a mother
Looking for another to smother
A wife a husbands fall foretell
She will see everyone burn in hell

Demon deception of caring 
All the while souls seering
Malicious word of mouth ensue
But the truth you will eschew

Demon conniving and stealing
Envy and greed guaranteeing
Long fingers to secretly grasp
Play innocent your mask

Demon dutchman kind
We know and see your mind
Common trash from the ash
For truth you are no match
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Last Thing

"Try it, and it will be 
The last thing you ever do!"

"I see your threats against me,
And it's you who should eschew!

Jesus became my Kinsman
The day I believed in Him.
Redeemed from the strongman,
Eternal life - when you're in Him.

My Avenger of Blood
Pursues justice for me.
He'll come in like a flood,
And judge my enemy. 

You'll face Him as your Judge.
It's the Great White Throne for you.
Unless you drop this grudge,
It's the last thing you ever do!"
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Descent and Ascent

Something old, something new!
I rebirth beyond what my roots eschew.
I ascend from my descendant's group shadow,
to rise above and beyond what they bestow.

I cannot shed their genes and heritage.
While I respect my upbringing and parentage.
I rise above the limits of pedigree, 
to shred the trammel bounds of mediocrity.

So here I stand both old and new.
Living a dream they never knew.
With the blockchain defining my past,
Eaten with my fate in a defiant repast.

My genes define my descendants' phenotype.
Alas I cannot change their archetype,
beyond the mutations in my DNA,
to give my progeny my ascent display.

Arise descendant now ascendant
Bask in joyous glee resplendent.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR HIS MARVELOUS WORK

November 6 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on John 7-8

Key Verse – John 7:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.

PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR HIS MARVELOUS WORK

Praise be to God for His marvelous work that makes us:
Uncover His ways
Understand His will
Unwavering in His work
Undaunting in His wisdom
Unashamed due to His worth
Undoubtful because of His Word
Unfaltering thru His workmanship
Unswerving along His watchfulness

John 8:1-2 Praise be to the Lord for teaching us to:
Exhort us to progress through His power
Encourage us along His precepts
Expose us to His performance
Examine our prayerfulness
Enrich us by His principles
Evaluate our personality
Eschew pride

John 8:31 Praise be to the Saviour for enabling us 
to continue in His Word, while: 
Victorious in His discipleship
Valiant against discouragements
Vanquishing disobedience and doubts
Valuing His direction midst dependence
Vibrant to do duties with diligence and dedication. Amen!

November 6, 2024

She Is an Alliteration

I love her looks and lovely lips,
The light her sweet smile brings,
And how she speaks and sways her hips--
She flits and floats as if with wings.

Each move she makes means more than I
Can comprehend or contemplate,
And so I’m often baffled by
The meaning of her mysterious gait.

She has a way with words that we
Would want her simply to eschew;
For when we’re ready to agree,
She’ll quickly change her point of view.

A fearless, formidable foe
Who would win any altercation,
She finds the words she needs as though
She was an alliteration.

So silently I sit and sigh,
And just learn to live life sans strife.  
For this woman I can’t decry 
Is no other than … shush!…my wife.

October 30, 2024
Baguio City, Philippines
Form: Rhyme

Quitter

Every day I try something new
And hope my plans don't go askew;
Because of this horrible quitting through and through

Thought I'd start knitting
But never thought of committing;
The name 'quitter' seems fitting.

I'll play Badminton for a day
But when it gets hard I'd rather not stay;
In this arena of players who paved their way.

They weren't like me,
Who has a procrastination guarantee;
When the game got tough, they didn't flee.

Thousands of things I said I'd do
That I tried to eschew;
And that's why, they're way overdue.
Form: Rhyme

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