Long Rule of thumb Poems

Just suppose – a hierarchy rules this shadowland
Pulls the strings of governments, not walking hand in hand
Amend our constitutions, to suit their future plans
Throw Christians to the lions, as Lucifer demands

Just suppose – this world...

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By dint of a right in tatters
impinging on terrestrial sight
that urged me to worldly matters,
I was struck with a parallel quite

unforeseen, in a Hubble view
which drew my fancy out of the blue,
a galaxy wreathed with...

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Once upon a time there were two worlds,
One for children and one for adults,
Each owing its existence to the other,
With the children awaking to a new sun each day, eager to explore, 
Both, the boundaries...

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Was never sure whether or not to laugh, smile or cry when
auntie came to tea, a matriarch she, wearing white gloves
plus purple cardigan - seven buttons tidy, top one below chin,
and a black beret perched precariously...

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God created them both male and female. First He created Adam and than out of his rib cage, he created his wife. She was only called Eve after their fall from grace. When Eve first...

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Alone these thoughts like annoying buzz,
zealously trample across minds agenda,
beguile what plans I had planned to play.
Yearning for release from ancient scab,
can I not sheath their crashing climax?
Xenon prayers list low and anaemic,
downtrodden by shoe-tied...

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1) "A true friend knows their own limitation:

2) Excuses any condition presented for them, to always, and in all ways allow for just what is practical, and proven that works for all of life continuing.

3)...

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"My love will always be
nearer my God to Thee."***

OH! "My love will always be nearer my God to to Thee."
By Thy never ending redeeming love, Thou has truly
Rescued me from all of my penalties of...

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Your lover’s drawing straws without you, better bid farewell;
he’d never time for rhyme or reason, so it’s just as well.
Slip out the curtained window quick, the future winks and calls,
ignoring paths of pagan gods, where...

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"In all fairness, all votes must be counted." It is in order to guarantee the correct electoral college votes are as accurate as possible. And that each presidential candidate receives the proper number of allotted...

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She’s rolled up with patience
dedication and faith in the Lord;
her strictness punctuated a shared vision
that focused on learning acquisition.

  Her punctuality, precision, and determination
  to teach her pupils with discipline and right focusing;
...

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Once upon a time, in the early years
before I walked and talked, 
a cell phone at my ears…

before Instagram or Pinterest or Facebook
strived to overtake my very mind,
sometimes, I felt like my heart had been...

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Well it’s not a laughing matter but I’m grinning once again,
‘cause out of nine of us at work, five have felt the pain,
of suffering as a ‘bloody idiot,’ after having a few beers,
and trying to...

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It has been frequently said, that fervent prayers make a world of difference!
I am thereby calling upon the God of the heavens and the earth, to heal our people and our divided lands.  And...

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Youth, Life, Love And Its Most Precious All

When young, life was full of joy and great thrills
I recall that was how happiness feels,
a new toy a trip to the nearby park
birds singing, magical flight of...

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It’s a lesson I learned in grade school that still echoes in my mind…
A lesson on the sadness and cruelty of prejudice…
and the joys of being compassionate and kind…

A large new student entered our close-knit...

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When in swanky restaurants, 'tis easy to daintily dine on cordon bleu,
But dining on lobster requires deft finesse without humiliating you!
For what its worth, I offer the following that I've learned o'er the years,
To show...

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Stereotypes


Black people all have rhythm and are good at basketball
   Not a single blond in the world has any brains at all
Englishmen have bad teeth and Mexicans are lazy
   And if...

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With much trepidation I visited the local "hair stylist" today.
It was a "hair raising" experience as compared to barbers of yesterday!
'Twas thirty years since I'd heard the snip of a barber's shears,
Since my long-suffering wife...

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by Michaelw1two

 Thinking’s challenge is to weigh,
 all of one’s life substance;
 quandary thus, illogical fuss,
 which blinds the mind's acutance;
 adscititiously into thoughts bleed,
 vitiated indurate boastance;
 corrumpable sequella fortuity,
 each thought, is truth’s...

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Too late to turn back...sang a symphony of sorrow
Pay for your sins...And the sentence is eternal
Went through a tunnel...like funnel cloud terror
Saw your entire life played on dirty cracked mirrors
Can't turn around...No your home is...

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In an ill-advised decision,
Educationally dumb,
New York City’s ranked its teachers,
Which defies the rule of thumb.

For the whole world now has access
To the way each teacher scored,
Though I thought humiliation
Was a means to be deplored.

Only math...

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Life off the rails

Do you ever lose perspective? Does there come
A time in your life when it seems the world
Is all a bit too detailed and complicated?
It’s like that just now for me, and I’m...

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Rivers run, rivers flow, let it flow, let it flow 

Creativity, never let it go 

The bud that must flower, the tree that must grow 

Seeds of germination, future take shape 

Tis the dreamers, the...

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Within all of our hearts their beats a hidden melodic tune..,

This will send a clear message from the top of your head to the bottom of your feet..,

As a good rule of thumb,

It's best to...

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