Preterition Poems - Poems about Preterition

Preterition Or Lack of Charity

(Preterition = the act of passing by or over; omission; disregard, in this case, charity)

Who can accuse him of lacking charity?
He felt the rain, cold and dank, too many people
without shelter, poorly dressed, wet and shivering.
I’d rather not talk about it. I’m like everyone else.
No one smelt the squalor of a place forgotten by mankind.
So

Preterition

He wanted my number and name.

I saw on his finger a ring.

I wouldn’t be playing his game.

He wanted my number and name.

I said to him (when the drinks came)

I wasn’t the type for a fling.

He wanted my number and name.

I saw on his finger a ring!


Written May 14, 2016
For the Preterition Contest of Sara Kendrick

Death Preterition

They say I wait for you 
Didn’t they see me vying
for another look at you
as they shut the oak wood casket.

They say I wait for you 
But know that they are lying.
I don't save space on our bed for you
Just that, that side is sagged under your weight

They say I wait for you 
I’m crazy,

My Obliged Preterition

whoever helps me 
                               no need to mention their names
               

Preterition Swears On the Bible

Preterition Swears on the Bible

                                   with all due respect
            

Preterition of Cooking

Preterition of Cooking


Don't talk to me about cooking
I don't cook anymore
Tried to cook on a cattle drive
The boys gave me "what for"

We was eight days from Abilene
Cooking was goin' well
A twister jumped the herd that day
An' blew the cook to hell

We don't talk about cooking -
I volunteered to cook
Eight days the cowboys ate my swill,
But

Not That Song: a Preterition

I won't sing the words to what was our song.
It would hurt my heart too much to even try
so don't ask me again or you'll make me cry.
I cannot sing it because I am not that strong.

"But, Mom, it had such romantic lyrics and melody..."
Stop asking me. If you want music turn the radio on.
Those

Preterition

Whoever I dreamt about
Certainly it was not she
Though any woman I dream of
It might very likely be she 

No I do not say that
She comes only at night
Though it should be very natural
If she avoided eyes of light

No balcony came out from the house
It was white and flat
Though a terrace would have been matching
And a

Preterition

She Walked By

She walked through the crowd,
softly offered the urchin shelter and food.
He scoffed at her penury being and ran away.

She walked through the crowd, 
saw the urchin and quietly walked by.....

She walked through the crowd, 
a smiling figure creeped closer whose preternatural satanic light 
lit in her charred soul and burnt accounts.

She walked through

Preterition

Retirement day came for the most responsible employee of the company 
Thirty years of waking up each morning at 5:00 a.m. in the morning
Making routinary tasks without stopping except for the lunch break
A surprise tribute was arranged by their coworkers and supervisor
Balloons, flowers and a swiss watch were part of the gifts to Tylor
The ballroom

Preterition

I entered the poetry contest
with a poem of which I was proud.
I had read the rules so carefully
to be certain of what was allowed.

I took my time and edited
the grammar, the flow, and the rhyme.
I checked how fast it was filling,
entering it in plenty of time.

Some of the entered poems I found
and continued to hold

Stopped At the Gates Preterition

Pearly gates god waits
Sara, all that booze and men 
you cannot come in 



comp entry 08042016

Preterition

The Homeless

People and animals are helpless on the street of any city,
regarded as worthless, society just passes them by, 
empty and hollow, they fall into a black abyss of nothingness.
Today, I saw a man with a kitten, and I ran to the store for food,
even though I had only a little money, I did not

Country Bound Preterition

I'm just an old country boy
City life's not for me
In the country I felt free
This city life is chokin me

I got my clothes packed in a matchbox
A pocket full of affairs 
My thumb up in the air
And I'm country bound, I swear

Had to hobo me a train
This boy was country bound
Far from that city crowd
Back

Preterition

The mate of my soul 
has passed me by.
Ships in the night.
Out of my sight.

I thought it was you.
My love at eighteen.
Destiny decreed
you become a has been.

I have been omitted
from that lucky queue.
Overlooked, yet hopeful
to one day find you.

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