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Even Tempered Poems

Rainbow Twins Were Amazing

...Rainbow twins were balancing a ball the first time I met them.
This seemed to be an effortless feat; and it amazed me.
I followed their careers, and they continued to be surprising.
They balanced ...

Categories: even tempered, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

With Few Words Peace Be Still-

...A truly wise person 
So wise few words use ignites our eyes
Image of your disappointments
Fevered words in interim problem callings
Angers and yellings 
Downtrodden in major disagreement...

Categories: even tempered, humanity, peace,
Form: Free verse

Dramatis Personae - Players and Rogues

...Labyrinthia  P. Babineaux  ……………  The White Witch of the Lower 9th Ward

Papa  Babineaux  …………………………… The Father, an honest apothecary

Algebra Babineaux  ………………………  The even-tempered Mother

B...

Categories: even tempered, allegory, psychological,
Form: List

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Alice

...Alice is such a beautiful name.
My grandmother wore it for 98 years.
It speaks of soft whispers and shared secrets,
of lessons in life and how to carry oneself.
I learned to sew, to cook, and kee...

Categories: even tempered, grandmother, inspiration, inspirational, love,
Form: Ode

Felty

...The force is catter-balled inside of it's own redemption,

you are not meandering without, 
or even tempered to non-survive the site-

they told us in many more trials that we don't travel in fa...

Categories: even tempered, bird, blessing, cry, games,
Form: Prose Poetry

Harold Was a Mighty Hunter

...Werna wakes up in a fast unnaturally strange, unfamiliar way.
Her body is racing, she is disoriented. What time is it?
She looks at the clock.
It is 5:23.

Harold has been caught in one of his t...

Categories: even tempered, life,
Form: Narrative

Last Salute To a President

...Not party, but character defines a president
     popularity fades quickly
          achievements reign longer

Presidents Eisenhower to Reagan
     succession of seven World War II veterans...

Categories: even tempered, appreciation, grief, leadership, military,
Form: Free verse

Resurrection - the Inn of My Heart Part Ii

...The Inn of My Heart is a lovely place
where I go to restore my soul.
In leisure moments I walk its halls
and visit all who dwell therein.
It seems every room is open to me;
every corner is known...

Categories: even tempered, identity,
Form: Free verse

Ndifreke

...Oluwapemi... your name is soft to the ears... your name speaks peace...
Your name is the soothing ointment of the troubled mind
It sounds like the luculent laughter that comes with the dawn when th...

Categories: even tempered, eulogy,
Form: Free verse

Ralphie Parker Vis-A-Vis Scud Farkus

...It seems that even-tempered Ralphie Parker,

   Had a side to him that was somewhat darker.

      Ralphie lost his cool with his mortal protagonist,

         And bloodied the beak of Farkus h...

Categories: even tempered, anti bullying, christmas, humorous,
Form: Clerihew

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...My friend Ed was eighty two last I knew,
and had a construction crew.
He was a great guy 
and his worldly crew treated him poorly,
Which affected me sorely.
He was an honest roofing and siding s...

Categories: even tempered, education, me, me,
Form: Rhyme

With a Glimpse of His Face

...I fell in love with his voice, so confident and 
even tempered 
Adored his laughter and the rich tones that floated 
from his lips 
And yet I have never glimpsed his face 

His honesty stole my...

Categories: even tempered, introspection, love, passion, me,
Form: I do not know?

Never Did...

...Never did I love someone the way that I love you, 
Never did I feel such love, so resolute and true; 
My sometimes sin, to sainthood turned, in dreams to canonise 
In the willow-patterned blueness...

Categories: even tempered, life, love, uplifting, body,
Form: Verse