Short Dire Straits Poems

A constant state of dire straits 
eventually frustrates.

2017...

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Be it dire straits or pearly gates
  music, the mood anticipates...

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A slippery slope
vote and hope.
Don’t read prior
dire straits crier.
Time to mope.

© Mar 18 2010      Charles Henderson...

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my mental health 
won’t bring me wealth

except on game shows
where I’m counting toes

Dire Straits sang Money for Nothing
if that’s true I would even sing...

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~An odd sigh...
~Face to face silence....
~Heed these warning stares....
~Heart taken in dire straits.....
~Across the table, sits the sinking soul mates...........

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It’s truly surprising
   given their feelings
that climate activists
   have not sent us all reeling

with words that convey
  the dire straits we are in
like ‘Climate Pandemic’
  ~ then the battle they’d win...

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he was a minor outlying island
an archipelago’s fart

she was the featured attraction
a favored flavored tart

he sunk his fangs in dire straits
she left her crumbs on royal plates

two ships missed
never kissed

in an ocean  
of floating fates...

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By air, land or sea
people have longed to achieve
some fond memories
mostly still travel by car
dire straits wont get you too far

Snarled traffic delays
driving round the holidays
sit and grit your teeth
you watch gas tank go to "E"
bladder bursting at the seams!



12-30-17...

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I just got free passage out of the graveyard,
I got my Get Out Of Death jail release card
It’s all GOOD ... all very, very GOOD
Grace coverage bought on crimson cross bloody wood
Resurrection is my free ticket out of here,
if you’re not Christ connected, you’re in dire straits I fear...

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Imagine red...
A bed, of candy roses
Deeper still
Into a thicket of thorns 

Further, crimson
In a sea of lipstick kisses
Or adorned...
By a nest of word stung hornets

All relies on the side she wakes
One slight, midnight miscalculation
Sets my day off and into dire straits...

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Saw Farmer Fred sitting beneath his oak tree
He was all smiles and had a face filled with glee
Now this is what he reports to me

Last week I thought myself to be in dire straits
Then Uncle Sam came through with a check
Now my chicken coop is once again fully stocked
My friend it’s like money for nothing and chicks for free...

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Life is based on just one crux.
It is trust, trust and just trust.
So easy to defile.
For it is most fragile.
Trust gives me passion to strive.
The power that will make me thrive.
For those, who don’t understand.
There’s no second chance, they are completely banned.
Yeah! To get it straight.
If the trust ablates.
For sure, rest is in dire straits.
YES! I'm not that fussed!
Why do you have to be so cussed?...

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Deep pain 
    when a close friend 
 falls gravely ill 
   You must understand, 
reader
   As I know that
such things have 
happened to you 
    A sudden hole 
in your life 
   and you lose a part of the 
strength you have 
   Never pleasant 
when someone close to you 
  is in dire straits 
One can only 
pray for their 
   recover 
and light the proverbial candle 
   and not curse the oncoming darkness...

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Fast not of thyself, but unto God;
do not give ourselves riches and pride.
When another soul is hurt and bled,
upon their head sits the beggars bread.
Lift up high, do not put down.
God loves sinners in this town.
Looking now the lost tribe 
to  be saved?
The lost soul to lead the way.
The fresh breath of air, the leap
of faith, forgiveness now the blood
has paved.  In dire straits a life
now givn'.  In heaven now the 
souls are driven....

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A-lthough you're in dire straits, 
N-ever fear the stumbling block; 
G-et up off your knees, 
E-agerly find the
L-uck.

F-ight fair and square, 
A-ugust twenty-sixth Saturday; 
B-rave the serious trouble, 
R-ugged wind will fade away.
I-n dire straits, pray to God, 
C-ry for help and rescue; 
A-sk the Lord to bring
N-othing but His love so true.
T-ake shelter in God's arms, evading the hell's gates; 
E-arnestly learn to pray when you're in dire straits....

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scurrying around, a bark to hear,
eyes see only, one of five,
paws remembered, your home
felt whole.

lines so romantic, motioning emotion,
blissful movements, clouded by
betrayed promises, your faith
was undisguised.

earnest tears, fall without catch,
relationships severed, voluntary release,
mentally tangible, your touch
could heal.

dire straits, listening, a weakness,
poring through archives, beauty's detail,
a picture found, your smile
wore love....

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