Long Losing streak Poems

After a solid decade of what can only be described as the worst of luck.
I've grown accustomed to living a life of pain and misery.
Fearful of this new uncertainty, again left helpless and unaware
Although uncomfortable...

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When I was young, I liked to play
With other kids on my block.
To backyards, front yards, everywhere,
For fun, we would all flock.

Every sport and game we played,
When one kid on a losing streak
Resolved with single-mindedness
To...

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I thought that I loved you 
That you loved me back 
But love is an elution
Minds greatest trick
I tried so hard I swear that I did
But I was on a losing streak
No you just did...

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I found myself in darkened days
The forecast then was looking bleak
No matter how I tried it seemed
that I was on a losing streak

Well, losing may not be the word
but life had simply gotten dull
No light...

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No man is an island they say
Still, amidst this crowd and noise I feel lonely
I badly want someone to talk to 
But words don’t come easy 

Millions of things are running in my head
But my...

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Tell me, my friend, when can I send 
My spirit gently into that good night? 
How many times do I have to die 
Before I get it right? 
Every car crash, train wreck, 
Overdose, misstep,...

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Gun addicts sad and looking glum
                       No lives were lost to guns today...

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it's funny how you can go from being loved
to so alone
in a world so dark and cold.
In a split second.
I try and tell you that it's far to difficult
but you don't seem to care, you...

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With open arms, I enter this space
A chance to explore, to discover my place
To wander down a path of words and rhyme
To unlock my soul and let my thoughts climb

The sky, they say, is the...

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The lonely sad face sits alone; the ignoring happy faces talk
And though the gloomy sad face roams, the happy faces puck and laugh
The shaky middle aged mind they find inside will align with the sad...

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Was I maudlin over our breakup? For a minute.

If I think of you now, it’s like a slideshow of unflattering images.

At the time, my breakup buddies reminded me you were a bad
choice - like a...

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I sat on the couch on a dull afternoon in deep thought,

The meaning of my life I genuinely sought.

As time hastily passed by,

I began to suspect my actions to justify.

 

Sadly, I never made use...

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TV sensation
Prime time news;
Wake up call

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Elegant poise on TV
Charming sweet voice;
Brilliant anchor delivery

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Homegrown talent
Sparkle and shine;
New media sensation

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Stock market trends
Upswing and downswing;
Challenging times

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Politics of freedom
Confrontational constituents;
Angry defiance

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Observe the times
Conflicts permutates;
Right and left and wrong

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Losing streak
Gambling...

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A tempest night sky presses, my lattice windows shake, 
as if someone’s being thrown against them, or worse yet,
a yeti's breaking in. They lock with little levers that seem far 
too flimsy to keep out...

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Even as a seasoned, no,  jaded, 
pub folksinger,

      he still feels quite queasy about 
      night crowd temper;

      ...

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The smell of hot dogs, fresh grass, and stale beer
A constant dull drone from the Bleacher Bums
“Take Me out to the Ball Game”, sung aloud
Infield raking dust, by busy grounds crews

Seventh inning stretch at old...

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You can break a promise, break a toy,
Break a rack in pool;
Break a tennis player’s serve
And even break a rule.

Break a horse to saddle up;
Take a break for lunch.
Break a glass (at Jewish weddings);
Listen to...

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Violence breeds pain
Pain beyond gain


Violence signs show
A dying flow


Violence is crude
Decay burns rude


Violence spreads fear
Let love mark cheer


Violence is mad
Vile beyond sad


Violence is harsh
A sinking marsh


Violence now trades
A fake charade


Violence knows fest
In cruel jest


Violence now...

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