Graceful Swans
...Graceful swans from ugly ducklings come
~ Please give the laggards more than a crumb...
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Categories:
laggards, beauty, care,
Form: Couplet
Is This Really All There Is
...Too old by half.
Just ask the media, ask their staff,
Obstinate may be
But surely that writing on the wall can they still see?
Politics not a game for laggards,
Granted some confuse that term ...
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Categories:
laggards, age, america, patriotic, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
Jettison Indecision and Imprecision
...The fusion of indecision and imprecision robs lives of vitality
Freezing minds in a state of petrified fear
That slays sagacity, perspicacity and versatility
In circumstances where room for a tear...
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Categories:
laggards, poems,
Form: Free verse
Sorry For Keeping You Waiting
...Sometimes we sin when we hang on too long,
Others we come far too fast,
Love comes to all those who wait, even laggards
But finding you, open to me? Unsurpassed!
So many years, two divorces, th...
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Categories:
laggards, appreciation, blessing, forgiveness, life,
Form: Quatrain
Word For Today: Pool
...WORD FOR TODAY: POOL
Some firms have a policy that ‘donates’ laggards to the POOL
Affected staffers are given the chance to thrive or be a FOOL
Some redeployed staff went to a new unit; became t...
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Categories:
laggards, allusion, anxiety, betrayal, career,
Form: Epic
What We Gave
...It was the year of Nineteen Forty One
when I was a young, new bride,
there was a sneak attack upon our ships
and so many good men died.
Our president announced we were at war
and we knew lives would...
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Categories:
laggards, giving, war,
Form: Rhyme
A Walk Through the Snowy Copse
...Into the snow white castle only tepid feet bound
Head mirror of quilted bed reflects a glimmering compound
Satin blanket spreads over each frozen mound
A blinding glare from the silted bed doth rebou...
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Categories:
laggards, adventure, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Thunderstorm.
...Tunneling deep into the eyes of one another
A channeling of a mutual respect and despotic hatred
High above nearly visible a clash between the two
Exploding in a power of light as the two blades c...
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Categories:
laggards, adventure, angst, visionary, engagement,
Form: Free verse