Short Foibles Poems

human foibles

for some a way of life

mine all can read...

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strange and foolish quirks

trivial human foibles

speed bumps in my life...

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The repetitive nature
of who I am
to walk in my shadow
set forth to familiar lands
the foibles be damned!...

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   A myriad of steps we will take
     to correct our predecessors’ mistakes...

   So busy will we be
     our own foibles we’ll not see
...

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Words of the poet can be a salve that heals,
       stitches that mend mankind's foibles.
The very breath of life contained in a phrase.

              Deb Wilson~~2011...

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Don Johnson pens from his far south berth 
insightful poems tinctured with mirth.  
Of human foibles, plights 
and Aussie nights he writes; 
all while dangling down under the earth....

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They say love is blind, but that's in hindsight
   When you're smitten, everything feels right
Open your eyes to the foibles of your true love
   The romance is over ~ off come the gloves...

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deep is the sleeper
wakes not for rushing water
chronic bed wetter










For contest senryu -topic  On human foibles: Definition, flaws in human behaviour/character.
date 7-9-18...

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Human foibles,          
Human troubles,
Meandering lane,
Not the same for everyone,
End of the road,
Out of midnight.


April 11, 2023.
Bite Size Poem No. 61 Poetry Contest,
Line Gauthier....

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There once was a man they called Fred.
who had to be tied to his bed.
When deep on the sauce
his cookies he'd toss.
Then proceed to fall on his head.


for "Short and Sweet' contest
sponrored by Brian Strand...

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O, when youthful sighs of solitude
    seek out trails o'er which to brood

  And contemplate men's destinies
    'midst myriad foibles and tendencies

  Why, then it is I sound the alarm
    alerting them ~ 'a job' does no harm...

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with scamper and scurry, slither and slink,
with rustle and rattle, crackle and snap
the shy, bashful, humiliated and humble
sneak away scared, to hole-up and hide-a-way
covering up their foibles and fears, 
which they know all too well....

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Thank
you, God,
for people
other than our
family, who when
we meet, will greet us with
a pleasantry, and for those
few who give us love regardless
of our foibles. For each dear friend on
whom I can depend, I give gratitude.

For Deb's contest: give thanks...

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M onk may be a little odd,
I n a TV show.
S till, he's the kind of person
T hat we all need to know.
E ven with his foibles, he
R eally seems to glow.

M any of us ponder
O n where he gets his dough.
N evertheless, we still
K eep watching TV show....

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an inclination
to 
    reclusivity,
leave 
   everything
to chance,
    for a 
     quiet life:
the solitude
    alleviates
    the need
to talk:
complex
in mannerisms
passive 
sensitive
conceptual 
       articulate
living
at the margins...

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Love comes around
In books I’ve found


Tomes and tomes tell
Of lovely spells


Joy in deep cheer
Of foibles here


So many books
In poignant looks


Stillness seeds fate
Here at these gates




Leon Enriquez
22 January 2018
Singapore...

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HUMAN FOIBLES

nature... her time spent
perfecting life's perfections
man in denial
~
human life upsets
natures equilibrium
decimating... why...
~
nature screams aloud...
at the human race... hear her...
she will right our wrongs
~~~~~*~~~~~...

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Flaws and foibles, dents and blots, 
all viewed as quirky, cute and nice,  
are mere trifles, that makes us lovable.

How quickly the tide can change,
when sensibilities, foil those foibles
into scruples, qualms, faults and vice,
up-welling into wellsprings 
of misery and strife....

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One of my many foibles is greed.
I have placed myself in a bad situation indeed.
If I only hadn't sat at this blackjack table today.
My depleted bankroll won't permit me to stay.
I am flummoxed by the way the dealer pulls twenty-one.
That's it.  I am over and done.
...

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What peculiar behavior I see.
That’s what is known as an idiosyncrasy.
It is inconsistent with acceptances in society.
Persons who have foibles in life
have actions that can cut like a knife.
Someone with an eccentricity requiring a nudge,
is in no position to decide or judge.
...

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Don’t forget
I tried and did
My best
I gave it all
And more
Don’t forget
When you
See my picture
That this man
Lived ten lives
Took the pain
Of ten men
But felt the
Love of none
Don’t forget
I was just
a man
Of flesh
And sin
Foibles
And Faux pas
Don’t forget
This man
Was your
Dad...

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Their clueless inane fangs of reed 
Strive to bite what's made of steel; 
Deriding the stronger sinew of virtue
They cling onto feeble foibles untrue.

To headache more reasonable head
Is the very principal aim they're bred...
These pithy bothersome numbskulls 
Coined with dimmest grasp that lulls. 
...

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Are chemical apparatus
where dangerous experiments are done

Are wine-glasses
for leisure bashes in the evenings

Are tea-cups
to relax muscles with hot sugared  water

Are good  ivory beds
to keep calm the amorous overweight body

Are deception bill-boards
where lies are written, formally advertised...

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There’s a moment
   sad in a way
but happiness is
  the order of the day

There’s a moment
  when mom and dad
are no longer gods, though
  we’re not yet comrades…

There’s a moment when
  yes, we’re glad in a sense, but
with all our foibles and flaws exposed ~
  you and I, mom, our little lambs have deposed...

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Let the kinks and oddities remain esoteric
to herald that special uniqueness
that makes you, just you, as you are.
Resist the shapers and conformity grinders
that would smooth out the crumples,
iron out the creases and wrinkles.
Your texture becomes you when gripped,
Your spikes and bumps adorn, when worn displayed...

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