Long Unkindest Poems

UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: XLV - Tongue teasing epigrams

A stitch in time can save an arranged marriage and stave off a family feud, not to mention everlasting vendettas.
Still waters run deep in sleep.
When the hens begin to...

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Two wraiths in a gust in-between frames with a Third

...was it when i bumped into you last
           a little put out by the awkwardness
 ...

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I do bleed 
                               ...

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LONG TO BE     SONNET

As spring did pass into summer’s full bloom 
To stand with arms outstretched in seasons all 
As the seasons knit like the weaving loom 
Through the cold of...

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COMING HOME


God, let me come home to you.
I did my best on earth, I promise
you!


I want to live with my Lord and
Master.
This earth with witless humans,
pretending to know how to run
it~ my, what a disaster!


Egotistical...

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They call them value added taxes.
In New Zealand it is called Government service tax
and it is on everything.

I call them the unkindest taxes of all,
Any tax that punishes you for being kind to your neighbor,
Gives...

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I read about a twelve year old
Who fell and cut his arm.
His coach gave him a band-aid;
There was no cause for alarm.

Yet unbeknownst to anyone,
Bacteria crept in 
And multiplied with fierce abandon
Underneath the skin.

Next day...

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She grew up in the modernity of urban culture,
fascinated by the rhythm of contemporary music,
decided to make the career of choice
as a professional pop singer.

An exponent of traditional art, her father
didn’t like the idea of...

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Secure within the mother’s womb.
Sheltered from all storms of life

Swimming,
Swiveling,
and
Sustained.

The countdown begun-

A wide world awaiting,
Eager faces looking,
Windows opening,

To

Colour,
Scent,
Sound,
Taste and Touch.

But,

Expectations shattered,
Exasperation heightened,
Execution begun,
Excruciation settled,
and
Expulsion confirmed!

Chopped to pieces,
Down to trash.
‘The most unkindest cut of all’!

Betrayal!
Horrid Betrayal!
Through...

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The unkindest of human dread 
That hits men 'pon this heart-less earth,
Not of flesh made nor is blood red—
But being left to live in dearth.
Faults of flesh can well be treated,
If not cured, alleviated,
But man...

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Marriage is a risk
  That takes real guts
Your past gets frisked
  ~ Unkindest cuts

It's also a gamble
  Especially today
Couples skip the preamble
  Get divorced right away

It takes a healthy commitment
 ...

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Friends come, friends go: This Earth is so
Some I make, Death must take -- I know
Acquaintances are many, but
Perhaps the most unkindest cut
Is one that happened long ago

George was the best friend that I'd had
Until...

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