Long Annoyances Poems

It's been four years since I've seen so much as an insignificant mountain creek. Been overburdened with comfort, now frantic with nature withdrawals, having to settle for photos found on Google Images: emerald pine trees,...

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It's been four years since I've seen so much as an insignificant mountain creek. I've been overburdened with comfort, now frantic with nature withdrawals and having to settle for photos found on Google Images: emerald...

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Silence and Shouts

I listen to him breathing.  If it’s labored, I ask, “Are you okay?”
And from over the rings of walls of silence he has built around himself, 
He implores, “You hear so poorly,...

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we all have worldly possessions, we all have some stuff
those material things of which we can't seem to get enough
you never realize how much stuff you've got until you have to move out
an overabundance of...

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The transition of love to hate, can take years or less
Never, ever could or would one have anticipated in their dream state 
imagination, let alone awake, walking and talking reality, this 360 degree
change was possible,...

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Write me a poem, urged the Lover
As I slipped into bed with him,
Fearing the tremors of the night
As heavy rain poured outside,
Bidding thunder to growl its boisterous song
Compelling lightning to dance in ungraceful ways!
 
Why should...

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Hi keep me in your visage,
keep me in your sociostew
quote me in a passage
or hey, F U
themes, ideas, sonnets, 
mambypamby contrivances set to words
tell me your thoughts are merely
terds. No creativity, stilitd patterns, 
prose passivity...

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Annoyances 


One of the first things to go is that
never appreciated tactile proficiency.
The ability to find the car keys in an
overstuffed bag.  Close your eyes.  Tell
me if it’s a raisin or a kumquat.
Tying...

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Now you may think that these things cannot be true,
But following extensive research, something that I do,
I can completely reassure you, these annoyances are fact,
So please forgive me, if I appear to be a little...

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Things happen. Life unravels
The earth spins, perpetuating processes
And as we recount our travels
Our hearers marvel
Stories of prophets' heads on silver platters 
Representations of old things
And we should be somehow flattered
By images of our saggy bottoms...

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I’ve lived a full life
Drank from a half-empty glass,
then smashed the fireplace in shattered anger
The disappointments,
tolerated restive annoyances
Tasted the bittersweet liquor promises
of deceitful vows
made with truth-slurred lips
Always, at the end of each played act,
as the...

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Here's some things that really irk me
They must irk some of you guys too
Loaded baskets in those Express Lanes
My face turns a scarlet hue

Imagine the gall of some irksome drivers
Doing fifty in a fifty mile...

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Cartooning has been my go-to-hobby since I was four or five.
For years when I have to sit, I am drawing.
In a car, as I waited for children, or a husband, I would draw.
My go-to-subject is...

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You are blue
And hopeful for new
Remember what Taylor sang
When she said “Begin Again”*

Now you met him
Such a difference 
From paying your penances
For all the ex’s annoyances

How wonderful is appreciation
Without qualification 
Forget the last guy’s negativity...

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Forever Friendships

Forever friendships 
Live beyond fear and misgivings,
Ideas and fantasies flow freely.
Each one trusts knowing.

Understanding awakens new insights.
Heartfelt talks bind love’s soul.
Grudges give way to forgiveness.
And forever finds flavor among friends.

Beyond anger and disappointments
Failures and...

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I feel the pain
The immense pressure in my chest
Will she leave me
Will she die
I don’t think I can handle this
The increased heartache
For she is near death
I hurt so much
By the ears she listened
So quietly she...

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a certain al dente to the line
that gives up its sustenance
without some sentimental mush
but toothy, with crunch and crush

a rhyme is good, but not all mattered
more important is the view that's gathered
rolled perhaps taste of...

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Distance separates our closeness. 
Disconnectedness, disparity, 
niggling annoyances creep 
stealthily into the unity that was. 

Drip, drip, drip of destruction. 
Tarnishing tenaciously...... 
tick tick tock the calamitous clock 
concocting poisonous concoction. 

Angry words thrown like...

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Today’s prayer
8/8/2019
Tom

Lord, 
This prayer is for the haters, Intent on having their say
Convict their hearts In a special way
For the sinister, Who take pleasure in taking a life
Earlier this week it was a gun, This...

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They rolled him into the ambulance,
feet drumming weakly on the steel gurney.

He was undoubtedly an impatient man.
Some claimed
that he had once (in a fit of pique),
thrown his cell-phone off a bridge.

Today an automated voice had...

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Things That Offend
Miracle Man
3/5 2025

At eight o’clock sharp our telephone starts ringing,
Medicare telemarketers can drive us nuts.
Seven calls daily keeps both of our hands wringing,
seeking information from some elderly klutz.

Then charitable letters from some we’ve...

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knuckles crack 
an tear the skin
anger builds
deep within
sadness bellows
i can not win
teeth grind
annoyances rises
prayers fail
now what do i do
head is racing 
and i feel numb
payed to feel this way yet again
i know the sun will...

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There are places I’ve grown from some far and wide
Past my heart and lingering within my mind
There are roads I may have crossed craggy and forgotten
Each step I take I ascertain more clearly
Through the willful...

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Welcome new guest to, The Beast Hotel.
I'm the owner, Pride with a y.
Anything you want, need, and desire is here.
Once here you'll only want to stay,
as nowhere else shall ever be able to reach
The Beast...

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Seriously, another selfie for you?
So embarrassing, so petty and vain.
Flip that hair once again, I’m through!
Smack those lips and you’ll be in pain!

How about the car cell phone users?
No turn signal used or paying attention....

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