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Best Laid Plans
Robert Burns knew schemes.
Like all of us,
His vanity
Lent him an illusion
Of control.
How did his wisdom come?
Did his head fall beneath the trap?
The cat is away, time to play.
What's dearest to your heart?
A night in paradise?
A...
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Categories:
dream, people, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Utopia
“If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you’ve created a world without conflict in which everything is perfect. And if there is no conflict, there are no stories worth telling – or reading”
~ Veronica...
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Categories:
appreciation, community, humanity, people,
Form: Rhyme
Appreciation
"The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation." (William James).
Appeasement is merely a manner of
Placating someone. Does it show love?
People need the sunshine of kind words we bestow.
Really feeling valued helps...
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Categories:
people,
Form: Acrostic
Yielding
It's not a matter of confrontations face to face.
Like most things, it's all about time and space.
Highways and roadways are designed for travelers.
The motorists may be workers or vacationers.
Lanes have their basic function and purpose,
And...
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Categories:
people,
Form: Couplet
Thank You Sir
I saw a famous person
walking alone on a city street.
He was about 25 feet away when
I spotted him. I said, "Hi John,
So nice to meet you. My son will be
happy to know that I met...
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Categories:
people,
Form: Narrative
SheShe is one of the most beautiful women in the world,
She is the daughter of an actor and a late actress and model,
She has six children,
She adopted a child from Yemen.
She fell in love with...
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Categories:
people, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Hobo TalesThere once was a hobo that lived by the tracks
Never ate a full meal, just ate lots of snacks
He rode in a boxcar most everywhere he went
And traveled for free, didn’t spend a cent
He had...
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Categories:
adventure, corruption, magic, people,
Form: Rhyme
It Defines You
Categories:
environment, people,
Form: Couplet
I Spied A Valley Low
I spied a valley low
Across the road from the cemetery
A Columbus monkey swinging by
The trees of the valley
Stood tall and forlorn
Observing the crematorium
Covered in light gray smoke
As morning traffic streamed by
Giraffe reached for the tallest...
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Categories:
animal, funeral, people,
Form: Free verse
Posey And ShirleyPosey and Shirley two bad men I once knew
Bar room brawlers and stinkers these two
might had made a millionaire
had I told about this pair
Because this was way before boy named Sue...
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Categories:
humorous, people, song,
Form: Limerick
Fate of the Scorner
I hopped the afternoon bus to town
stopping at this, and every, corner.
In front, I heard a balding crown
spewing the words of a scorner.
He rides this same bus every day
as though he has some place to...
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Categories:
people, emotions, feelings, mental health,
Form: Rhyme
CampaignMavis be demonstrated;
Further illustrated.
Flourish well-painted;
Cash crop words to play with.
You can come and say this:
Why I was created;
Specify the fact that,
I should just brave it;
As a stonemason,
I have an invitation,
To break the barriers,
Of political persuasion...
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Categories:
people, how i feel, me,
Form: Lyric
I Wish I Had
I have been forced,
to love people I hate.
I wish I had,
only loving people around me.
My ego has been cut,
cut with a very sharp knife many times.
My ego must now heal,
I must put on a big...
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Categories:
hate, love, people, smile,
Form: Free verse
On Sunny Days
On sunny days folks squint and smile
The world rejoices for a while
In come the clouds, out come our frowns
We were up before,...
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Categories:
joy, nature, people, rain,
Form: Couplet
Acceptance Of OthersYou need to find a learning curve
So you do not sway and swerve
Into trouble that you find
Each and every single time
You start making jokes and fun
When you look and see someone
Who is just a little...
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Categories:
people, change, discrimination, growth, peace,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of People Poems
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