Rather Poems - Poems about Rather

A Collaboration with Duke Beaufort The youthful memories I have did grate Upon my innermost self and I'd cry For my depressed spirit which longed to die And halt life tainted with anger and hate Yet now in a manic marvelous state Akin to alcohol’s euphoric high My heart's core renewed, can soar to the sky How this came to be, I’ll try...

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The youthful memories I have did grate Upon my innermost self and I’d cry For my depressed spirit which longed to die And halt life tainted with anger and hate Yet now in a manic marvelous state Akin to alcohol’s euphoric high My heart’s core renewed can soar to the sky How this came to be I’ll try to relate I trapped thorny...

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Jesus did not say "worship me," but rather "follow me," a vast difference, like a sunrise that illuminates the path, one gives you the power to rise, to fly with the wings of your soul, the other binds you with unseen chains, keeping you captive in the dungeon of worship, for following him is a path of light, a...

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I’d rather go before they start A war of larger scale Love is forever in my heart And peace will never fail They’ll fight forever this I know Its obvious to me There is no end in final war Cause that was meant to be In case I’ll die before, they’ll cross One name from their lists I wouldn’t pay the victim’s cost Either I...

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Rather chewy a Girl Scout cookie, laden with coconut and chocolate nipped, directly from the fridge chipped teeth would not be delicious so either wait for a Girl Scout cookie, to thaw or oh dear me and bless her heart microwave the Girl Scout ...

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My mom used to say, Dreams are stories of, the unconscious mind. I’ve healed, Doctor I’ve healed, Mom and Dad I’ve healed, I tell everyone I see Dreams, oh conniving dreams of the wicked. You don’t let me forget, my past, do you? (will you please let me go?) Precarious stories, are what the mind sees A poignant character Heartless yet so full of heart And then the dreams show, The detailed...

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Rather should the winter never end, If I should meet the spring without thy hand. The seasons our souls do summers send, And all do fall upon our hearts’ command. ...

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Rather than crank up the heat... and ratchet up global warming like bubbling vegetable stew with tsk... tsk... heard courtesy Greta Thunberg, who would utter "how dare you..." I bundle with layers to stave off cold energy efficiency drilled courtesy me late mother conserving nonrenewable resources she extolled now ewe best heed following suggestion wool worth 3d printing than wearing a sheep doubled over along dotted line to...

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Orangutans are rather rare See a flash of orange up in the air? They feed on fruit, swinging tree to tree Living in relational jungle harmony...

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Call me a bit crazy My heart is still weak I think of the things done And winder if they were for keep Although we can't erase them I would rather know now The games we play in love Faithfulness seems so far away However each day I am missing Makes me wonder who ate you kissing Call me a bit crazy However I'd rather know...

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(“Something From Nothing”, 2024, original encaustic) Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing The great questions of existence Arise and revolve around just that; existence. And if not for this existence We wouldn’t wonder… So there IS something after all Although something slippery and luminous Not as tangible as it seems Or tangible as we’d like. But it is here, after all, The very here and...

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What a perfect day soon I fell a deep sleep and dreamed full of joy and happiness then suddenly I awaken woken up abruptly chaos,madness why people so mean i'm fed up this time I said 1000 x's only counting 2023 I had enough I'm never coming back nope not never doing this again messing...

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I'd rather not get involved when family members fight listen to both sides but keep my mouth shut tight Hope against hope they will settle it somehow for when I offer advice I united them against me and how....

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rather sit and listen to the rain then, listen to the fools babble in towers for the profit and profane rather watch the eclipse of my dreams my mind my heart than listen to this talk of fools & the insane rather sit n listen to the rain than the madness of chaos and change Listening...

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She had blue eyes, but she was mean I am speaking of Nora, the pirate queen She tried to recruit the cousins, including me I ran from her, for she was always nasty you see I heard the only recruits that she could find Was one willing dog and a cat who used to be mine The cat was mean too,...

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