The Preemptive No
...Before you ask
The answer is no
I will never surrender courage
For a place of defeat and storage
I will not abandon faith
For a worthless attachment to an uncertain estate
I refuse ...
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Categories:
keep company, allegory, betrayal, perspective, pride,
Form: Rhyme
Off fish hill Daylight saving time 2025
...Off fish hill Daylight saving time 2025
min(no) newt effect on me.
As part and parcel of terpsichorean repertoire,
one whirling dervish
flaps his wings at the speed of sound.
With twenty ...
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Categories:
keep company, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Wisdom
...The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7NKJV
W-Wise men do not hate knowledge
I-Instead they fear the Lord and seek wise counsel...
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Categories:
keep company, bible, wisdom,
Form: Acrostic
BE A SOMEBODY
...Write! Anything. Be a dream writer
Write poeticly. Be about a spree! Take
Vacation from mundane. Be
Astounding! Astonish YOURSELF!
HAVE WORD WEALTH! I am LONELY
COME AND SEE. Visit me! Be jus...
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Categories:
keep company, absence, africa, allusion, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Daylight savings time more'n minute effect on me
...Daylight savings time more'n minute effect on me
In 2024, daylight savings time will begin at two o'clock ante meridiem on Sunday, March tenth. That will mean losing an hour of precious sleep and ...
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Categories:
keep company, adventure, age, appreciation, creation,
Form: Rhyme
EBENEZER
...Here I raise my Ebenezer;
hither by thy help I’ve come;
and I hope, by thy good pleasure,
safely to arrive at home.
Robert Robinson’s hymn Come Thy Fount of Every Blessing
To raise an...
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Categories:
keep company, christmas,
Form: Free verse
To Husband, Todd, Carter and Jackson of Ruschell Boone
...Everyone tells us what to do when a cherished-Love-one dies.
So, I will just suggest that one should not allow themselves to grieve too long. Spend your waking hours reading and remembering The ...
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Categories:
keep company, angel, anniversary, bereavement, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Love, That Knows No Boundaries
...As simple as its breathing
Is this logic expelled
And as natural, by tot:
"Since we, as one, this world share
To keep company with
Cuddly lion, why not!"...
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Categories:
keep company, animal, child,
Form: Rhyme
Daylight Savings Time 2023
...Daylight Savings Time 2023...
in Pennsylvania will begin at 2:00 AM
on Sunday, March twelfth
and moost likely will impact
min-née-ute effect on me
a run of the mill on the Floss
amazingly gr...
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Categories:
keep company, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Friend Or Foe
...Friend or Foe-- Knock, knock, who's there? Stop playing those stupid games with me. Don't I know you from somewhere? We could have carried on a conversation a very long time ago. Who are you? " Fri...
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Categories:
keep company, confusion, fear, friendship love,
Form: Rhyme
Don'T Say Hush
...It is not our way
To reap from another’s sweat
It is not of the blackman’s norm
To call the breeze a storm.
You see when the elders sit
They can see far ahead of the youth
that stands atop th...
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Categories:
keep company, africa, corruption, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
A Night In the Balcony
...An awkward place to keep company with
A wonderful height as I’ve never been raised
A monstrous place if fall and bleed
A balcony night that I’ve never been
Night in the balcony is so sweet
As ...
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Categories:
keep company, beauty, cheer up, happy,
Form: Rhyme
The Distance Between Us
...My shadow is waiting patiently to yell at me,
reading Sartre's Being and Nothingness, my ankle
brushing against its thigh.
Too bad you had to sell your soul to stay alive!
There's something o...
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Categories:
keep company, angst,
Form: Couplet
Being Hungry In America
...(Austin, TX, 1955)
Mother writes me
From Korea
Ravaged by the war:
You are so blessed
Living in America
Land of peace
Land of plenty
I mumble:
Mother
I eat two raw eggs
In the mor...
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Categories:
keep company, america,
Form: Free verse
Mindfulness
...Focus on the now and here
Mindfulness speaks crystal clear
Conscious awareness sees choice
A deeper finesse frames poise
Keep company with silence deep
Feel how stillness transcends slee...
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Categories:
keep company, blessing,
Form: Couplet
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