Short Brett Poems

Judge Brett Kavanaugh has no fears
Of FBI back-tracking years
On every attack
His friends have his back
Since Brett wore his Mickey Mouse ears!...

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Cousin and I

My cousin and I couldn't sing
Thought we might just ring, ring
then along came Brett
we both got him wet
now we're running home for wings....

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There lived an old man named Brett
Doctor’s delight and hospital’s pet
He got finally convinced
It’s better to be deceased 
Than be in medicine’s throttling net!...

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Senator Collins represents Maine
Folks back home think she went quite insane
   She voted for Brett
   After quite a short vet
Her senatorial role she maintained...

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A Supreme Court nominee named Brett
Faced every challenge he'd ever met---  
   'Til Ms. Christina Ford
    Tried to settle a score---
Why worry?  Tiger Woods' sun hasn't set!...

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  There’s something to be said
     for the local practitioner

  Whose phone is not answered
     by an East Asian call center

  It’s nice knowing what you hear
     is what you get

  Unlike when Abhimanyu says
    ‘Hi. My name's Brett.’ 
...

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Brett Favre looks hot in his Wrangler blue jeans

You know that cool dude ate his spinach greens

     Has the perfect TV face

     With the girls he scores first base

If only he could master passing screens


* For the sports limerick contest...

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Chapters by Brett Young and Gavin DeGraw
Hell of a View by Eric Church
All of Me by John Legend
Rise up by Andra Day
Let’s Do it Again by J boog
On Tonight by Chase Rice
Timeless by Dallas Smith
The sound of a million dreams by David Nail
Everywhere by Chase Rice...

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Perilous Fire
Written By Brett Somers
On 3-17-16

Is it not clear 
That fire which you fear
Will burn you when it is near
So why do you throw
Fire?
With each blow 
You must certainly know
That your critical voice
Your vengeance choice
Has burnt ten fold 
The very hand which you hold
That fire...

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Permission to Be Me
Written by Brett Somers 
On 3-18-16

May I,
Please
But I
Nevermind
Geeze
Forget it
I’m always 
The last person
To give permission
To me

It’s THAT I want
Dreams big
Glorious things
Superstar rings
Can I 
May I
Please please pretty please
Will I give me
Permission
To be me?
...

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“After one-hundred, which number comes next?”
inquired Ms. Colvin as she studied her text.

All of us kids raised our hands high,
then Ms. Colvin picked Brett, this one dumb guy.

“Two-hundred,” he said with complete confidence.
“Geez,” I thought, “he sure is dense.”

So I sat up straight 
and I felt really great
’cause the answer, I knew,
was one-hundred and two....

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Afternoon Silence
By WinkofHeart (a.k.a. Brett Somers)

Whisper of the wind outside
Whisper of the wind within
A pause on Mother clock
To breathe it all in
Steady chirps beyond my window
The busyness has dimmed
Crests of light cross louvered shutters
Letting light into my heart
This moment
Allowing it to be
Fully awakening
Calm, assurance
Yes, yes, this is living...

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The Art of Dreaming
Written by Brett Somers
On 3/18/16

You slip into slumber
Eyes roll and flick
Your deep under
Symbols and scenes
Hold secret inner
Workings
Fear and joy
Heart’s not
Aware 
Of this decoy
Monster attack?
NP 
You create a puppy pack
But true meaning revealed
Deep subconscious unsealed
Aha!!!*@#!!!
I got this Freud
...

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Heart’s Manifest 
Written by Brett Somers
on 3-16-16

Just go 
Don’t think
Your heart just gave you
A wink
It knows
What’s right for you
Your mind
Can only think
Feel right?
Don’t fight
Listen to it
Hop on your flight
Be there
Within your chest
Your heart knows what’s best
Your mind
But one task
To listen to your heart’s manifest
Now it’s up to you
Which you listen to
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I wrote this just for fun
The poem has now begun 

Now sit back in your seat
For a poem that will be neat

It could be about life
Or death by a knife

Maybe about loads of money
Enough that it wouldn't be funny

Possibly about fast cars
Or long dead Russian Czars 

How about your favorite pet
Or even your best friend Brett

What if it was completely random
Nothing seems in tandem

Well that is true
Who Knew






					2/25/09...

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Homage to Poetry (Formerly PoET a Tree)
By Brett Somers
3/19/16

Poetry is everywhere
It’s in our hearts
It’s in our minds
It’s the purest expression 
Of human kind
It’s the breath
Of our inner creation
A touch of the divine
As they sing the lines
Of Dylan, Morrison, Kendrick Lamar
To the base of their idling car
They may say poetry ain’t cool
Wiser – They know
For poetry at times
Is an abstract old fool
...

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My Ship is Coming
Written by Brett Somers
On 3-18-16
From ocean’s bottom
My ship rises
Unknown to me
I wonder what majesty 
It will be
What truth will come about 
When stern and bow come out
It crests ocean’s top
And here I stop
I weep on my knees
Why did I not know
40 years of my life to appease
But now it’s clear
Where my ship will steer
A new horizon
An eastward gale
I’m ready now
To finally set sail
...

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Love story in 25 words
By Moonbeam 

Note: This is not a poem by WinkofHeart (aka Brett Somers) 
I'm posting this poem for a friend of mine, Marianne Walther aka Moonbeam to help her share her voice with the world.  Please comment on this poem encouraging her to open her own PoetrySoup account. 


We talked for hours.
your eyes 
turned my brain
into hot pudding.

you left me only
your voice by telephone.

then nothing......

only hot pudding....

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Soul Staring
By Brett Somers
3/18/16

Look
Focus
Under your sternum
Are you there?
Stare
Hold your attention
Now feel
It’s real
There’s no room to think
Your mind
Not elsewhere
Wait …
Watch your awareness grow
Like a flower
Slow
-ly
Open
-ing
Answers will come
Clear sight
Peaceful delight
Did you?
Did you stare at your soul?
Do you?
Do you feel whole?
Repeat – repeat – repeat – 
For a continuous retreat
...

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