The Company We Keep
...In that inner sky
where mists unravel
we gather.
If we were to say "my heart"
that would mean nothing.
If we say, "the company I keep"
that is everything.
Those that abide
are all those
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Categories:
keep abreast, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Our Future In Space
...Have a cap, a baseball type cap
With the NASA symbol emblazoned
Had an interesting trip to Cape Canaveral
A symbol of man's dedication
Feels so good wearing this cap
Such a tribute to ...
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Categories:
keep abreast, space,
Form: Rhyme
Yes You Can
...You can beat the rest,
you can be the best
You can feather your own nest
and take worries off your chest.
You can win the contest
You can keep abreast,
You can make it in the Midwest,
you ca...
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Categories:
keep abreast, care, dream, imagery, inspiration,
Form: Lyric
Keep Abreast
...so bashful, the breast
as it sags silently in rest
as it sways
- a motion that preys
on the mind of man
so bold, the breast
with a single hut
across a deep valley cut
to another
- a hat on...
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Categories:
keep abreast, allegory, beauty, love, lust,
Form: Ode
Our Future In Space
...Have a cap, a baseball type cap
With the NASA symbol emblazoned
Reminds me of my visit to Cape Canaveral
A symbol of man's dedication
Feels so good wearing this hat
Such a tribute to m...
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Categories:
keep abreast, future, space, stars,
Form: Quatrain
Going For Pinktober
...Their murkiness has begun, an agony may follow,
Yet, you can see their faint smiles with their eyes losing their glow;
There’s a cap on their head concealing their sparse hair,
Still, they...
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Categories:
keep abreast, dedication, health, october,
Form: Rhyme
Honesty, Take Two
...a trilonnet
Take honesty, really does it matter?
By evasion truth can be suppressed.
Lies are critical in the new world view.
If it serves the cause, who cares if it’s true?
How do you expec...
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Categories:
keep abreast, political, truth,
Form: Rhyme
That Word
...f.@+$
That word
What does it mean?
Is it to glean?
Or
To
Cause a ravine or seam
Or
To tritely inflict
The mean-
-ing
Of a theme
It seems
To
Me
That such a thing
Is small
And ...
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Categories:
keep abreast, funny, inspirational, life, philosophy,
Form: Didactic
Passed Down With Interest
...A precious penny for your thoughts,
for five a good cigar.
Prevailing wisdom up in smoke
to regale the nearest star.
Keep abreast of Smith and friends,
but true friends we disdain.
As eager b...
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Categories:
keep abreast, funny, history, nostalgia,
Form: Verse