Short Axe To Grind Poems

though life is grey and color chilled,
 the soulmate coming forth is willed,
 just seek and you will find, 
a heartfelt dream fulfilled,
 tis your axe to grind....
Don...

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In the delightful still of the cool evening air
Caution need be taken so please be prepared
Got a big axe to grind
Affects the weather at times
My image is lovable but take heed mon cher...

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Do your politics define you…
  are your views then left or right?

Does the axe you grind cut sharp and clean
  or tear into the night?

Do the precepts that you claim to own
  just end up owning you?

Is every word what you believe
  —and to thine self be true?

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2019)...

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No cut can be made from a rusty blade.

No blade can sever a noble endeavor.

No great divide from a loss of pride,

Your character shines forever and ever.

No peace of mind with an axe to grind.

No one to blame for personal shame.

No place to turn for a failure to learn,

History echoes and calls out your name....

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a penny saved is a penny earned
adding insult to injury, her love was spurned
afraid of his own shadow and against all odds
airing his dirty laundry happened to both Todds
the all mighty dollar earned by a chip off the old block
all talk no action and an axe to grind, said Mrs. McLock
barking up the wrong tree was a little dog too
quiet as a mouse was my mean Aunt Louise Sue....

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On malice toward some, and charity gone;
Hate words hurled, like ruined sauvignon.
Some, feeling like bitter rind,
have an axe to grind.
Can’t we be
kind?
Would it be
out of style, or mind?
Stretch a hand, be not unkind;
Let not the sun rise, nor there be dawn,
on malice toward some, and charity gone.






14 October 2015
The Andaree Contest
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich...

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This weary soul has toiled long
This heart has worn itself out in song,
Oh, Lord, have mercy on me.

This aching back, bent in the fields,
Working stony ground, and no profit yields.
Oh, Lord, have mercy on me.

I’ll cross those waters one fine day,
And this battered soul will fly away.
Oh, Lord, have mercy on me.

But till then I’ve got an axe to grind,
I’ll sow an’ reap and maybe find,
the Lord’ll have mercy on me....

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muddy the waters
 ~ taking all the footwear when
the rain starts to fall

Father waters he'll
hold ~ I swear it's gospel truth
chicken little's right 

pour cold water on
should stop fights with you ~ but not
all sayings perfect

uncharted waters
 ~ idea map for ships to
follow make-up one

be water off a
duck's back ~ finger pointing an
axe to grind slander

blood is thicker than
water ~ our family line
has drawn our pure blood...

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I can't bring myself
to read the front page news
with which they string us along
as portrayed by the views
of those with a vested interest
or the rest with an axe to grind
who must think we're all
just deaf dumb and blind
to the truth of which there's more
in the speech balloons
of the funny characters
in the Sunday cartoons
it's all a waste of paper
other than those comic strips
and really only good
for wrapping fish and chips
...

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