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Average

...
Average people, those who don’t exist
Are well-studied, always the same
I’m sure you have some of them on the list
And they can remember your name 
The less they appear to know of the subject, ...

Categories: holdout, society, solitude, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme

Me

...Me

The person inside
thee, I -
thy, all there is
within

all my life, and yet,
so much more, quite frankly
I often miss

I've been carried, caressed softly, left
to my own devices freely...

Categories: holdout, 5th grade,
Form: Free verse

Hearts Still Sing

...At this bleak time of year
  the earth mostly dismal appears
 
Bright sunshine hidden away
  gray clouds cover ephemeral days

Green grass replaced by hard ground
  colors mute as silence to s...

Categories: holdout, heart, love, nature, red,
Form: Couplet

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

One Vote Shy

...Last year Mariano
Made the Baseball Hall of Fame,
Unanimously, it turned out,
To thunderous acclaim.

This year is Derek Jeter’s turn,
Another Yankee star
And everyone expected him
To reach R...

Categories: holdout, baseball,
Form: Rhyme

Falling

...I climb
I climb
I climb
but I always fall back to the bottom
I find hope
Hope looks like a hand hold
I grab on
I push myself up and it gives
I am back at the bottom
Staring into the darkness...

Categories: holdout, dark, farewell, loneliness, lost,
Form: Free verse

The Last Leaf

...The last leaf has fallen from my tree;
tumbling to the ground; so sad to see.
Brisk breezes finally blew it free;
to join its brethren scattered about.

Winter is coming, there is no dou...

Categories: holdout, autumn, change, imagery, seasons,
Form: Rhyme

Onerous

...Please listen to ALL options
before just picking the first heard
as our lengthening menu evolves
at director Dogbert's whim - 
if you feel scorn, think of him,
feel truly despised - maybe again

For ...

Categories: holdout, computer-internet, parody, people, satire,
Form: Rhyme

Holdout

...I let Black Friday come and go.
I didn’t buy a thing.
I guess I’ll never know what joy
Such bargain deals can bring.

I drove past every single mall,
Set foot in not one store;
And so today I own exa...

Categories: holdout, life, people, time,
Form: Rhyme

And Now the Policeman Picks Up His Club

...uncle sam took a moment to sit down
at the diner counter & shove a couple more
doughnuts down his gullet,
but don’t you worry,
now that Kofi Annan has thrown in the towel,
the big ****ing bully of th...

Categories: holdout, life,
Form: Free verse