Long Gainfully Poems
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Precious Priceless Progeny
Precious priceless progeny
Hands down the most dramatic change ever needed to make the most profound impact awoke from helping beget the first offspring. An internal paradigm shift reshuffled priorities...
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Categories:
gainfully, absence, adventure, angst, anniversary, beautiful, celebration, creation,
Form:
Rhyme
Inxs of Poison From Iron Maiden Scorpion Mamma and Ac Dc Charged Aries Papa
Inxs of poison from iron maiden scorpion mamma and ac/dc charged aries papa
Although gainfully unemployed
(fate now finds me receiving
social security disability –
for approximately
the last baker's dozen years -
the yeast divine intercession...
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Categories:
gainfully, 12th grade, abuse, anger, anxiety, atheist, bullying,
Form:
Free verse
An unexceptional turning point in our marriage
An unexceptional turning point in our marriage...
unexpectedly came about,
when possible prospect
of the wife going
to Puerto Rico by herself
(for a fêted celebration
of our eldest daughter
and her significant other,
which occurred years ago
courtesy justice of the peace)
attended by...
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Categories:
gainfully, absence, abuse, adventure, anger, appreciation, betrayal, celebration,
Form:
Rhyme
Ooniversal Oo
OOOniversal oo
Frightened tepid antisocial ant was football training avidly but failing to attend a fragrant tailor army. Oh dear. That was sure to be put forward to the sacred sanction ship and the sacred sanction...
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Categories:
gainfully, absence, adventure, angst, anti bullying, anxiety, appreciation,
Form:
I do not know?
The Best Poet Ever
Wouldn't it seem to persist an unspoken personal longing for perfection?
Is insinuated toward poetic supremacy; obviously . . .
I would feel confident in generalizing the presence within us all—to achieve god-like greatness.
I must say, that...
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Categories:
gainfully, adventure, art, beauty, character, courage, deep, how
Form:
Lyric
Personal Vicissitudes Pronounced Irrepressible Self Loathing
Personal vicissitudes pronounced irrepressible self loathing
Ever since mine late boyhood
when unstoppable coded
cellular processes did segue
I experienced abhorrence
toward yours truly,
an extremely introverted kid,
whose parents nor siblings
(one younger and older sister) could
not arouse him
out of...
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Categories:
gainfully, 12th grade, 2nd grade, anger, anxiety, bereavement,
Form:
Free verse
Buying the Farm
Have you chosen what you will become,
my son,
or will you become something yet unchosen?
Become?
How will you keep yourself gainfully occupied,
dare I speak of vocation?
Oh yes,
I will be absent.
Absent from…?
From you.
Absent from you.
My wisest son,
thank you...
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Categories:
gainfully, anger, community, destiny, dream, humor, love, nature,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Experiencing Emerging Adulthood Stage While Inching Toward Being An Old Geezer
Me, an aging baby boomer
long haired pencil necked geek
burning, depleting, using... fossil fuels,
thus a global nonrenewable resource(s)
repentant consumer
admitting heavily trod carbon footprint
additionally deeply enmired
within very late adolescence,
hence I shriek
with utter dismay
starkly aware personal hygiene
suffers direct...
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Categories:
gainfully, anger, childhood, confusion, father daughter, health, mom,
Form:
Free verse
Marital Covenant Chaste Away Errant Infidelity
Yours truly shirked fidelity regarding faithful vows
bequeathed courtesy angel of mercy,
who pledged her troth
July twenty fifth nineteen ninety six
five months (not quite to the day) before
"star student" birthed
on December twenty second,
(now gainfully employed
at Certified B-Corporation
San Francisco,...
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Categories:
gainfully, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence,
Form:
Rhyme
Draining the swamp of the federal and state government part one
The Democratic Party has wasted trillions of United States Citizens taxpayers dollars.
The Social Security System has people even older than our nation of 300 years old
on our rosters. Not all of it has been...
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Categories:
gainfully, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Prose
Memory Houses Soul Asylum Vestige
Memory houses soul asylum vestige...
where complex edifice once anchoring
venerated Glen Elm demesne once stood,
now nothing except vinyl city!
I recall breathtaking, expansive, incredible
numerous, tremblingly awe inspiring views
billion miles (slight exaggeration) heavenly
sights comfortably ensconced, while perched
high atop...
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Categories:
gainfully, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, bereavement,
Form:
Bio
The World In Pause
Incessant motion and constant innovation,
Are the defining features of our modern generation,
The hustle and bustle that drives our economy,
Also help us avoid the ghost of monotony.
But even the great God of all the nations,
After...
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Categories:
gainfully, culture,
Form:
Rhyme
Over Three Hundred Ten and Seventy-One Point One Billion Dollars
310+ & 71.1 billion dollars
if you live in the US,
the belly of the world’s policeman,
you live with over
310 tax exempted religions---
that’s over 310 groups of
idiots, who get to practice their idiocy
without paying taxes---
it’s...
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Categories:
gainfully, life, life, time,
Form:
Free verse
He Died For Freedom and a Short Story
He died for freedom and the righteous cause of liberty.
He gave up his own life so others could enjoy liberty.
"OOH What a lucky man he was. OOH What a lucky man
he was.....Nobody could save him...
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Categories:
gainfully, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th
Form:
Ballad
Reading Writers
Hey!
Who?
Me?
Yes!
Do you remember back
when you were reading The Human Comedy
and thinking you would always live on a planet
where a few great writers
lived royally and with vast wealth
comfortably above yet among the huddled hungry masses
just waiting...
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Categories:
gainfully, humor, integrity, vanity, writing, , literature,
Form:
Free verse
Personal Vicissitudes Pronounced Irrepressible Self Loathing Part I
Ever since mine boyhood
I experienced abhorrence
toward yours truly,
an extremely introverted kid,
whose parents nor siblings
(one younger and older sister) could
not arouse him out of his emotional torpor
akin being on par with
Peter Peter pumpkin eater...
whereby he (meaning
author...
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Categories:
gainfully, 2nd grade, abuse, discrimination, family, grief, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Not Happy In Your Work
If you're not happy in your work
to thy own self be true.
Please find what works for you,
that job that makes you happy.
Being gainfully employed means
you, are making money.
Happy in your work,
having a satisfying career.
There are...
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Categories:
gainfully, confidence, dedication, encouraging, freedom, motivation, moving on,
Form:
Free verse
Wild Life Inspired By the Cliffs of Moher
Wildflowers sleeping late on dewy days
Rather than traveling on mountaintops
Two flowers embrace in harmony
Cognizant of nature's patrimony
Thankful for the few good years that remain
Their love gracefully grows time and again
Their patience now merrily thrives again
Wildflowers...
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Categories:
gainfully, appreciation, beauty, flower, inspiration, ireland, nature, ocean,
Form:
Pastoral
The Slopes of Kilimanjaro
From the lofty snowcapped peaks
of Kilimanjaro
The morning mist envelopes its verdant foothills in a tight embrace,
No need to hurry, this is not a race,
Beads of sunlight dancing across the glistening dew.
As the plains of Amboseli...
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Categories:
gainfully, adventure, animal, appreciation, beauty, miracle, nature, peace,
Form:
Rhyme
Have You Ever Dreamed
Have You Ever Dreamed?
Have you ever dreamed
of a Nigeria where all is well;
Where the streets are cleaned,
and everywhere is safe to dwell?
Have you ever dreamed
of a Nigeria where promises are kept;
Where the leaders want to...
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Categories:
gainfully, angst, patriotic,
Form:
Rhyme
Please Sir
Beautiful downtown Atlanta
Sunny, blue, cloudless sky
Tall, wide, massive buildings
Window glass glistening in the sun
Beautiful, well-dressed people
Gainfully employed people
Taking care of business people
Running essential errands
Contributing to the community
Pursuing positive, purposeful lives.
I take in the sights, sounds,...
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Categories:
gainfully, humanity, rude, sorry,
Form:
Free verse
To Whom It May Concern
In an attempt to document my worth to your esteemed organization, I hereby submit my unredacted resume.
I was educated using blocks, books, chalk, blackboards and the slide rule. “Testing” was used to “evaluate” progress...
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Categories:
gainfully, education, humor, work,
Form:
I do not know?
And I Am Grateful
A field of wheat cloaked in dewy silence
the orchestra tunes up with avian arias
bullfrog basses and a choir of cawing crows,
xanthic sunflowers turning their heads to better see,
the daylight trajectory commencing with lazuline layering,
a breeze...
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Categories:
gainfully, thanksgiving,
Form:
Free verse
From Deep Within My Heart
Frequently, fragrantly followeth I
Fickle and fallow and famously shy
New love is true love and true love is known
Not by the seed but the need to be grown
Fortune may function to fashion your fate
Finding the future...
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Categories:
gainfully, life, love,
Form:
Rhyme
So Faithfully Aimlessly Basically Grace For Me- -
I
aimlessly;
Do basically;
So faithfully;
my
specialty;
to tastefully;
inlatency;
graciously;
gratefully;
joyfully;
So
faithfully;
I aimlessly;
Dobasically;
brazenly do;
gainfully to;
case study shamelessly, shows us;
faithlessly favorably spaciously the creation in me;
9/6/19
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Wuhn Triangular A New Free Verse
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Categories:
gainfully, 7th grade, 8th grade, word play, words,
Form:
Free verse