Short Discounting Poems

Self-discipline whines
discounting hefty losses...
Demanding dessert




***For Nayda Ivette Negron Setback Contest
July 10, 2016...

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Discounting the Cooked Clerk

Bah humbug humidity.
Cratchit’s counting on hot reality
with an unquenchable boss.
Air conditioner’s broke, but not.
Think Winter’s better? it ain’t.
Scrooged in Summer taint.

9/13/2021...

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The bark of the birch - it’s curled for peeling
as the whippoorwill commands the block.
I fill my lungs with the pine-riddled air,
discounting the call of the clock.
A trickle of water escapes the hose,
a new pepper has sprouted - no, a pair!
Pleased with the snips of roses I chose,
apart from a vase, I haven’t a care....

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Day's end ~ fiasco, near constant assail.
Discounting what's here, I crave what I lack.
In my own strength, I am set up to fail.
Regret for those words too late to take back...
Forgetting purpose, I thrash and I flail;
with each step taken, I'm further off track.
Thankfully, grateful I can again say,
So tender His mercies, new every day.
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Sitting here alone again:
watching Mash!!
I know, but what the heck.
It’s still a smash, 
just as it was then.
The highlight of my day;
discounting watching
the cats at play.
So free–
they seem to be.
But then, who am I to say?
My big concern
sadly to learn
in my present state of demise.
Is how to crease 
this solo piece
and have some left 
to wipe my eyes....

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Gratitude
Written: by Miracle man
November 23, 2020

“Attitude of gratitude” is more than an impression,
Gratitude erodes rough spots that trigger aggression
I praise God’s name when HE aligns my attitude
and view my glass half full due to my gratitude
Things are seldom as bad as they might first appear
Gratitude counts blessings while discounting fear
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By day,
By night,
We fight,
Summoning all of our might.
They try to douse our flame, but it's still burning bright.

Our crime,
in time
You’ll find,
Is popular for a certain kind of mind.

Goodbye hate,
Goodbye sorrow,
Wonder who life will take tomorrow.

A product of our wills,
Crossing the hills
cranked out by the mills
of those who are ruled by this system still,
who believe life is already filled, and distilled,
discounting freewill....

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These poems are all about Non-duality, or Non-separation.  If you are stimulated, you might search the internet (particularly YouTube) for speakers on this subject. Many find much freedom and peace in an appreciation of Non-duality.  It is easily dismissed because of its simplicity, which seems to discount spiritual and religious practices. But this discounting is eventually seen as a lack of appreciation for the message.  Poems are all brief.  Please enjoy, or skip by them!  Thanks, Charles...

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