Perfunctory Poems - Poems about Perfunctory

A period here. a question mark there? A handful of commas,,,tossed in the air To fall all willy-nilly but he doesn't care. Then he closes his eyes so he never sees, And does it again with apostrophe's. Next colons: and semis; are put through their paces, And are frequently found in the oddest of places. Quotations are more than just dressing or...

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Perfunctory good will It's a thing I'm not sure if I'm Empathic by nature Or necessity But a couple of times Recently I've done good things In a perfunctory way I don't like it Preferably I jump into Everything With both feet I do ponder the wider question Of why do we do good things And I like the answer 'Because we want to' But who is better The person who always...

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It's time that you were disabused, of notions that I am bemused, but if you feel I am confused, it will not leave my ego bruised. I hope that I can be excused; it seems my muse simply refused. ‘Obligatory’ has been used…...

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No romance, just mating Perfunctory at best, No love, just procreating, No need to line the nest. No artistic self expression Just a path from a to b, A monosyllabic procession, Mental catastrophe. Constricted imagination Creativity windblown, A fallow field's stagnation No seeds of beauty sown. In single files our minds March to a humdrum beat, Originality left behind Our dreams around our feet. Entry for If there was no poetry Poetry...

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Narrow Minded and Perfunctory Is short-sighted, narrow minded and perfunctory, And then Trump inserted lies into his each story; A weird sort, Someone did abort; Only President permanently remaining in purgatory. Which is worse. Tower of Babel or Tower of Trump in a golden shower in a dossier. Jim Horn...

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