Long Resting on your laurels Poems
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Lowering of the BarOnce there was a land where stanadrds were high and milk and honey flowed,
As freely, and as efficiently as if they were water.
Every year the locals took stock of how much they had improved on...
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resting on your laurels, bereavement, betrayal, blue, celebration, character, grief, identity,
Form:
Narrative
Fury For the Masses IvWeapons of mass destruction
a time for mass production
this is the way the world will end
in silence, this is the way the world
is ending in violence
chaos, religion, and super media
stars in...
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resting on your laurels, allegory, allusion, anger, art, beautiful, bereavement, conflict,
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Rhyme
Time of DisillusionmentTime of Disillusionment . . .
Time in quiet introspection is often spent
Peace and quiet of reflection heaven sent
As I’m resting on my laurels of equanimity
Making the most of my so called anonymity
The indifferences that...
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resting on your laurels, betrayal, growth, hurt, introspection, loneliness, words,
Form:
Couplet
Charlie Norton - Expansion PlannedCharlie Norton has expanded
Ever since his work was seen
And favourably commended
By an Equerry to the Queen
He’s added Panto Dames instruction
With an optional modular course
For white faced clown technique
And lead end Panto Horse
This...
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resting on your laurels, business, career, culture, education, humor,
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Rhyme
Tomorrow Is PromisingTomorrow is promising, why to yesterday succumb?
The future is brighter if not reflecting on the past
We cannot alter yesterday, lingering on its outcome.
Thinking we can change what happened is dumb
As events unfolded in our history,...
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resting on your laurels, encouraging, how i feel, perspective, time,
Form:
Villanelle
The Politician's Golden RuleThe Politician's Golden Rule
By Franklin Price
2/12/2019
The politician's golden rule
I'm sad to say is true,
Is to do it unto others,
Before they do it unto you
When running for an office
It's all about yourself
Get elected any way you...
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resting on your laurels, abuse, corruption, political,
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Rhyme
Message To a GrandsonMay you be twice as happy this year,
As you were last year,
And for every year after that,
Giving twice the pleasure,
You gave last year,
And every year after that,
To those who love you most.
May your best years...
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resting on your laurels, addiction, age, appreciation, baptism, blessing, character, love,
Form:
Carpe Diem
Their At Home and Not HomelessTHEIR AT HOME and NOT HOMELESS
Hopeless vagabonds parade the streets;
While resting on their laurels;
Displaced in the heat;
Covered by the leaves of the trees;
protected by light breezes and the rain and heat;...
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resting on your laurels, appreciation, bereavement, confidence, devotion, home,
Form:
Free verse
Oi Marmite ManI know things have been quiet on the “ Mite-y Spread Front”
But do not be dismayed
Yeasty business brews in the Vegemite Camp
That is all I have to say….
It will take some time to come to...
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Categories:
resting on your laurels, fun, giggle, humor,
Form:
Rhyme