Short Community(A) Poems

I once knew a poet named Andrea.

Assaulted by someone’s hysteria,

she wouldn’t engage,

but feeling some rage,

she fought all night long with insomnia.


(It's kinda true!!!)...

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I once knew a poet named Cecile
She thinks her poems are a big deal
      Saddened when not placed
         Heart sinks in disgrace
C'mon let me win and hear me squeal


~ For Skat's Sensitive community *a pd contest* ~...

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I once knew a poet named “Susan”

Who first found PS quite confusin’

Learn forms she was told

Free verse overload

Blogs, contest N/A not amusin’

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Written 2-24-2016
For Sensitive Community 'a pd contest'
Limerick
8th Place...

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I once knew a poet named Sandy*
who thought she wrote verses so dandy.
When she saw an NA
for a contest that day...
she questioned modus operandi.


Sandra M. Haight

~7th Place~
Contest: Sensitive Community *a pd contest*
Sponsor: Skat A
Judged: 03/14/2016
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I had to pass these words on to you. The following sentence as a radical, joyful practice that extends in three directions, to others, To our opponents, and to our selves. If we can be enjoined, To when we see a stranger, Or someone different than us, we can think and say, you are a part of me, that I do not yet know. This simple sentence if applied in practice, can transform a relationship, a community, a culture, even the nation....

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He never liked "Bob" - now a success
So Robert Croslin he is
Raise in Baltimore ("projects")
His mom (Aurelia) is grandma to my kids
His only son, a lawyer in DC
In his own right, now elected
Mayor of Hyattsville! (Praise God)
Once, my "good" eye-doctors place
Where I volunteered for its Literacy Council
Memories of Library, churches, New Year breakfasts!
A liveable community, a bit costly now
But memories continue to layer on...

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