Short Emphatically Poems

I
Began
Questioning
Contradictions
Emphatically

Solo..

Start
Reasoning
Considering
Investigative
One...

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With common sense so sporadic 

I just want to be emphatic

But with all this social static

It's hard to remain pragmatic...

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Do I have the talent for it?
Of course I do. A resounding yes.
Am I going to do it?
Absolutely and emphatically no.
Why not?
It’s your idea, not mine.
I barely have time to chase my own....

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The wise I asked:

"Why should people die?"

"Death, is the price that they have to pay 

for their desire to be born."

He emphatically replied!




(C) Demetrios Trifiatis
   04 October 2015...

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Mum's just made a lovely cake
She has just put it on the table
I wish I could have a slice
I'll ask Mum if I'm able
She said no emphatically
And please do not snaffle
I did not make the cake for you
I made it for a raffle...

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Old age,

A myth is, my dearest friends,

A myth, I solemnly, swear 


For


As long as we care and love 
 
Forever, young we stay, 

This, I emphatically, declare!






© Demetrios Trifiatis
   25 July 2020...

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I would not say that if I were you
Too late.
I already said it
Emphatically and twice.

I would not do that if I were you
Ha!
They are not me
They have no idea how crazy I can get.

I have no idea where you are coming from.
They got that right....

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If
I were asked, my dear
What in you I would like
To change,
My answer, emphatically,
NOTHING, would be, 
Unchanged, I wish you 
To remain,

FOR

How could I dare interfere
With your splendid being in
Any way, 
When 
Our Lord, in HIS infinite wisdom,
Has you, my love,
So 
Perfectly MADE?



©Demetrios Trifiatis
  15 February 2013...

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Listen to poem:

the years have added
to my patina in ways
that were not pre-approved

they crept up
one saggy whimper
one tiny wrinkle at a time

sly and sneaky
perfidious and insidious 
emphatically inclined

till one day barely recognizable
the years took their toll
adding much to my patina



AP: 3rd place 2023, Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on November 19, 2022...

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Envisioning my pelvis
resting on your 
sista girl cushion.  
Chest conformed 
mirrored to your back.  
Skin contact.  
Aspirations to connect 
deeply. Sex me mentally. 
Come see how I react 
to your physique when 
you say "Papi give into me."
No substitute for our antics. 
Emphatically addicted
to your heroism. 
Drug induced confusion 
from one hit of you....

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When personal narcissism
and tribal autism
choose our words
as hurting 
threatening 
weapons of trauma defense

Rather than choosing wealth
of healing tools
for compassion's therapeutic unfence

We soon find 
that no one cares
to impatiently listen
outside our partisan walls

For whatever future win/win kindness
and EarthCare forgiveness
we cannot trust
will last....

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Daughters had diverse ideas for sure
They both thought theirs was absolutely pure

One emphatically thought leader was the second coming
Other saw anti-Christ, out-of-control loser who is bumming.

At the end of a particularly unkind day
They both were angry having had their say

Neither speaking now,  their divided thinking far apart
This dictator has torn their family and country apart....

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Tick Tock Tick Tock
Racing around like the hands of a clock.
Oscillating about with no rhyme nor reason.
Undoubtedly attempting to control me.
Banking on immediate changes
Laughing as you make me scream
Emphatically forcing yourself upon me 

Mystifying my decisions as only you can
Instilling uncertainty and definitely hesitation
Never looking back to lend a hand
Doing as you wish hoping I understand....

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When you see 
almost as many
White faces 
as Black ones
peacefully protesting
holding up 
"Stop Killing Black People" signs,
it's emphatically clear
that enough 
is really enough.
The American people 
are fed up completely
with police brutality
and want to be heard.
They demand justice
and accountability.
But who's listening
to the cries of change?
Does anyone care?



Date written: 06/02/2020...

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You’re doing it wrong, she said.
I kept doing it my way.
I wouldn’t do it that way, she stated emphatically.
Her reiteration amused me.
She has never had a child, yet she knows how I should raise my six.
Let me show you how to do it, she suggested haughtily.
I’m good, I replied. 
Wondering about her solitary life,
and her all-knowing ways and her expert in child rearing
How does she live by herself, wasting all of this wisdom?...

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In a millions ways, oh life,

You have emphatically declared to me

That 

A mortal being I am 

But

I, stubbornly, defied your declaration 
 
Thus 

Many highways of hope I have built 
 
And 

Many edifices of dreams have I put up
 
During 

My passing through your planes of

Existence, as if I were immortal, 

Although my heart

Its

Mortality, had from the start, 

Embraced!
   



© Demetrios Trifiatis
    23 December 2015...

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In millions of ways, oh life,

You have, emphatically, declared to me

That

A mortal being I was

But

I, stubbornly, defied your declaration
 
Thus

Many highways of hope did I build
 
And

Many edifices of dreams have I erected
 
During

My passing through your planes of existence

As if I were immortal,

Although

My heart, its mortal nature, knew very well

From the beginning!







© Demetrios Trifiatis
   16 September 2021...

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