Short Advised Poems

Be advised, one has to be consistent in time and achievement....

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in the hammock of summer
across the Channel
bees are buzzing...

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Saturday night's not
meant for writing poetry
  ~ my wife's advised me...

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When Jesus Christ was, "Sir Come Sized"
His mum said, "That was ill-advised!
In a pinch
One more inch
Can certainly be organised!"...

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When we meet another person…
may we be blessed to be advised…
not only to see their outward beauty
but…the beauty behind their eyes....

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I was advised to change my diet
My bowels were causing a riot
For too many plums
Play havoc on bums
Making it hard to keep things quiet....

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Be yourself he said. 
Dag Hammarskjöld advised us.  
Who's he? Time long past.

How to be oneself ?
Does any living person
have a clue? Do they?...

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I was advised to see a therapist!
I went
We discussed my issues
A solution was found
The therapist joined my issue
We both saw another therapist!
...

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I asked a question to mirror on wall
Who in our town is the fairest of all?
It answered, “you are,
Be advised not to go far
Break me soon if want to be so afterall"....

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Do not envy the rich, so advised the sages,
Try to be happy with little things in life.
Therefore myself and my resilient  wife,
We always laugh,  on sight  at  ours  wages...

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Hark! Loudly sounds th' ill-advised trumpets...  
Dance thou Addicts! Dance thou Alcoholics!  
'We Dance Sickly' as though helpless puppets;  
Do all addicts and alcoholics....

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I knew a black playwright, cried in his beer
Trust me, Langston Hughes had nada to fear
   My friend wrote ‘too white’
   'King's English,' his plight 
I advised him, “Take Ebonics, you hear?”...

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Higgs was a hockey player built like a truck
he was mean, obscene, and had plenty of pluck.
Other players called him Klutz
declaring they hated his guts
thus he advised them he didn't give a puck....

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My doctor advised me to
Take regular exercise 
Eat more fruit
And get plenty of fresh air
So I have taken his advice
I walk to the pub 
I have a slice of lemon with my G&T
And I drink in the beer garden...

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Well well well winter finally arrived
Although the impact has been revised
Usually buried by now
Need a dirty big plough
This year it's behind schedule so be advised


© Jack Ellison 2016...

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M-essage
I-s
A-dvised

J-ust
U-nder
R-ighteous
A-crostictractys
C-ombination

B-y
R-emarkable
I-nstitution's
T-eacher

Topic: Birthday of Mia Jurac Brit (February 04) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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A Meal at Mickey D’s

By Elton Camp and Maria Camp

Ah, food I ate at Mickey D’s 

The fat and salt, they always please 

French fries, they advised 

Better if super-sized 

Never mind heart disease...

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Baudalaire advised us all to “get drunk!”
I'd say, I prefer you encounter a skunk
Be it two- or four-legged relish the smell
The closest, I hope, you’ll come to hell. 

December 11, 2022...

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Tis a horrible day weather-wise and otherwise
Tried to be helpful got shot down, 'twasn't advised
Must hide my opinions
Should keep them hidden
Best for all concerned, some don't like to be criticized...

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   A wise man once advised me 
     In no certain terms...do not 
   Twist the knob on the door of 
Uncertainty; if it's door does open 
 It is safer to simply close it back.
 That wise man was my old man.
...

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“Don’t tell your love,” the sage advised,
“Or you will never get her.”
“Well said!” the swain soliloquized,
“But silence works no better.”

(With apologies to William Blake, author of the poem, “Love’s Secret.”)...

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In Calgary, they're in for a real deep freeze
With the wind chill factored in, temps will approach -50
That's not civilized
Staying indoors is advised
Here in Toronto, temps are more moderate at -30

lol...

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Nurturers meet a need.
Naomi advised Ruth;
Nathan counseled David.
Nicodemus backed Christ.
Narrow-minded people, 
Narcissists by nature,
Nurse their own poverty.


written May 1, 2017
for Kim Merryman's N-pleiades contest...

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BE ADVISED

There is this spider who lives in a shoe
His head is yellow    body blue
He’s very mean   has sharp teeth too
Stick in your foot and he’ll bite you

This would be for the Mother Goose contest if there was one. Hardy, harr, harr...

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Do i have one,

I knew not,

working body,

and flesh,

all the time,

its track I had lost,

somebody advised me to stop,

and I did,
for moment only,


and it came in flash,

that spirit is there,

live and kicking,
in a strong robust splash....

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