Politely Poems - Poems about Politely

...No matter what the contest please decide not to win. You create an elaborate costume until your head will spin. Arrive at work hoping to have ooh and ahhhs But someone else has stolen thunder from......Read the rest...

...Politeness, like kindness, may not sell newspapers or win the partisan debate Civility, unlike deviliciousness, will not win the civil war nor leverage the biggest tax rebate But integrit......Read the rest...

... Expression Poetry Contest Sponsor-Silent One Written 4/15/24 A Time To Reflect As my last sunset nears I look back at the sunrise And dwell on the past I order another b......Read the rest...

...There were once some giraffes asked to tea They politely accepted with glee. The butler remarked, ”Aren’t YOU tall!” For you, our chairs are too small. So they drank tea from outside — quite hap’......Read the rest...

... Nervousness of standing on the doorstep Compromise, standing just inside Despite invitation, I politely insisted that the evening ended there Over days, weeks, months then years Things develope......Read the rest...

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dawns a courtroom closing in on midday, and a cheery sun uncovering its place being less demanding--a sage who dons sufficiently in her vocation ......Read the rest...

...I am the round, yellow ball in the daytime sky. I have the ability to shine brightly, Like a gold medallion, way up high. My warmth that you feel, I offer it politely. My golden yellow rays cov......Read the rest...

...Lost in my own little world as usual Fleeting idle thoughts come and go I gazing out of the window I notice the blue and fluffy candy cotton sky And the sun shines in my eyes Landscapes live for......Read the rest...

...(There’s a song for this: ‘Confessions’ by Sudan Archives) I remember it like it was yesterday (it was yesterday). I arrived on a cool (42°f), blindingly sunny New Haven afternoon. It was as if......Read the rest...

...Why must there always be a sacrifice souring the taste of something nice Just a moment on the lips but a lifetime on the back shelf of the mind Taking up space you can’t afford You can barely pay......Read the rest...

...Politely, thank you for engaging me But transform myself? No, thank you Leap for me, like a bullfrog under a blood moon in the heart of Guatemala Sing for me, like a gilded bird in a Tiffany be......Read the rest...

...Trump Poems and Epigrams VI Trump’s Retribution Resolution by Michael R. Burch My New Year’s resolution? I require your money and votes, for you are my retribution. May I offer you dark......Read the rest...

... A father and a son were driving down a deserted road when a flat tire put them in a funk. There was a spare tire…but no lug nut wrench or jack inside their trunk. This was long before cell phon......Read the rest...

...The pre-dawn rang as cat choirs sang in waring gangs sharp and rank before they sprang with claw and fang. Isn’t it an overweening piety to think that diverse cat societies would address co......Read the rest...

...Limericks IX Scratch-n-Sniff by Michael R. Burch The world’s first antinatalist limerick? Life comes with a terrible catch: It’s like starting a fire with a match. Though the flames m......Read the rest...