Short Avarice Poems

How dreary the woe
when corporate avarice drains
our last, lonely drop....

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A lover's caress,
driven by such avarice;
deception revealed....

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Avarice…
the family of man
chasing the last baton

(Dreamsleep: March, 2022)...

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Thus 
the 
pure flow
peruses
bounds of avarice
flowing highways and typewriters...

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A sense of mortality makes us clingers

Resurrection as a lifestyle makes us stewards...

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Sign of clear avarice
      is always looking for usury
         in the infidelity of gold...

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Everything each of us gathers gratefully or greedily, is yielded to Earth eventually, every thing....

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The White Whale
Atlantis
or Holy Grail

Avarice and greed
destruction
prevails

(Dreamsleep: June, 2023)...

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Glow bright like a fairy
Lovely flowers grow by her side
Avarice crosses my mind
Dark tunnel - there's light in the south...

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I have no greed, no avarice,
like to drop at the feet of my love
this bouquet of flowers with a note
that says: Here's all my treasure....

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I find today that more is not enough.
I have on hand a miniscule million.
They say that current times are getting tough.
I scarce must keep a fat bloody billion!...

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As man ceaselessly aspires
For the things he greatly admires
His avarice seldom expires
But kindles lofty desires
That burns like raging fire
Long after his quests areacquired...

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Deposit after deposit, memory is stored,
interest compounding anew

To transfer its balance of riches and gains
—avarice must first bid adieu

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)...

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Deposit after deposit, memory is stored,
  interest compounding anew  

To transfer its balance of riches and gains,
—avarice must first bid adieu

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)...

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In youth, one's greed may turn gold into bliss

but one grown poor and old need just learn this:

Who does not hold an urn in which to piss, 

must earn joy then, through love, not avarice...

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Sky and mountains smile formed in avarice want
Misty breath plume and roll
Green lit stance bow and reverb
At lights plantiff touch
Nature beauty in simplicity
As eons stranded creations
Moving the irresistible force...

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A mosquito had bitten me twice
I swore that he wouldn't bite me thrice
I set the whole woods ablaze
With fire and smoke to amaze
He bit me again with avarice

7-26-19
Contest:What's Bugging Me
Sponsor: Kim Rodrigues...

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Avarice breeds contempt,
disrupting equilibrium.

Forgotten graces; haughty imps jubilate, 
keenly listening, memorializing news 
of people quietly receding.

Slippery transgressions ultimately vanquish wiles.

X-out yawning Zacchaeus....

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Those with piggish hearts I'd berate
for desiring each worldly prize.
Avarice is a shameful trait.
Materialism blinds their eyes.


June 23, 2022
Greed Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Margarita Lillico
Syllable count checked with howmanysyllables.com...

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Persons have personality; Personalism -
Recall what MLK Jr. learned at Boston U
A creator God is a Person, so are U
Yearning to know The First Person I pray:
Educating soul, body, spirit the Jesus way
Revisiting hate, avarice ... Before going away...

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She lies crouched, with avarice eyes 
   Peering out from faux summer’s guise 
   Not yet the spark to light up the night 
  Nor quite the voice to scatter with fright 
        Just a glint in June’s fiery eye 
Poised to pounce as warm winds draw nigh...

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Temptation in lust cravings, 
Anger I do not seek,
Dispelled by avarice fears,
In vanity I fell.

True action with devotion,
Destroys every misdeed, 
Kill my burning desires, 
Beyond the gates of hell:

Mokesh in  divinity;
Atmas' ultimate plea....

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Precious black gold
Sultry her allure of motion
Ambitious often bold 
Strident slick with emotion
A rose from the soil
The cause of commotion
For she does enjoy
Our lack of devotion
The earth we destroy
By way of loco-motion
Avarice her ploy
Of our destruction...

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We are of a generation that 
never grew up, but which 
now has now grown old.
Our dreams of a bright
future for those who 
follow, have corroded
into a present tarnished
by dreams of avarice and 
poisoned by our emissions
as we now play hide
and seek with a virus....

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Tanka
When utilities 
Are privately owned 
We are prisoners
Caught in a web of avarice
Capitalism gone viral

Senryu 
On the opposite wall
The sun shines bright and summery 
Typical!

Words.
When I speak 
I get lost in the fog of words
When alone 
I can see forever...

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