Less And Less Poems | Examples

There is a wish, 
At least,
At last.

When none are left.
And none,
Were ever right.

Though thought,
And worry
Hurried them;

When
There was,
Everything against.

Now we wish for more
And more,
Of less and 
Less.

And with what's left,
The Freedom to do the right thing.

I thought this land was right, but I was wrong.
This place also aids the twisted things to be strong.
So again arose from my heartland, 
                                        the disappointing song.
God or Evolution's man and woman
      will find less and less of a normal life to belong.

(11.07.2023)

clearing rainforests
remorseless profiteering
Mother Earth's face scared
resources raped and pillaged 
smoke reaches the distant stars

More Les C. Moore musing ...


Les C. Moore is back people,
and he’s mad as can be
A shakedown is going on,
and he don’t like what he see
Somewhere in a dark place,
dirty deals are being conceived and hatched
Like an army of cockroaches crawling,
heading for your life savings cookie jar,
		they’ve been evilly dispatched
And as a result of this dastardliness,
a whole lot of people
are gonna be seeing less and less
When they need to be seeing more
          compassion than ever before
What’s going on in that dark room you ask:
a crafty shifting of the common wealth
That’s gonna leave a lot of people
without any insurance for their health
Looks like there’s a vote on the Hill coming in ... 
sorry y’all,
ain’t no more guaranteed medical help — 
			      so don’t get sick again
It’s all getting less and less,
and Les C. Moore done seen enough
He reckon there’ll be more cutting away,
things getting less and less and less
Soon that less is gonna go to nothing
Les C. says that’s his educated guess

I have a hope, but I do less and less,
You are blooming like flower again,
I get warmth in your presence I guess,
Say, you want someone else, don't explain.
There's foreboding; there's tremble in knees
And the God cannot help with His arm
And gray shadows like cluster of bees
hide the sky, they will cover its charm.
But you smile, you're pretty and bright,
I have secret that cannot be kept,
Not to me world is gifting its light,
I'm in longing, it cannot be left.
And I want to be yours forever 
until light of the God won't die,
Let spring's rivers will take your "never"
far from here, because we should try.

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