Short Foreclosed Poems

Nostalgia,
and future wishing

The present
—foreclosing on the past

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)...

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Fireman Jim felt morose and grim
He could not put out a fire
He lost his hose
So Jim foreclosed
As he no longer had the desire...

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This is the house that Jack built!
This is mortgage on the house that Jack built.
This is the rat that foreclosed on the mortgage
That was on the house that Jack built....

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After I am gone,
 secret truth be posed...

Dearest husband’s homes,
 with my vice,   foreclosed.



Life Or Death Epigram Contest
Sponsor: Kevin Shaw   7/26/2018...

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Has the future made a profit
by selling out your dreams

Marking up expectations,
closing out self esteem

Interest bearing hopes uncashed,
wishes in arrears

Creditors loom, the past foreclosed
—tomorrow paid in tears

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)...

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The bed will testify
of what you did on it.
The wall’s silent ears.
Foreclosed window eyes.
Onomatopoeia from door’s
Half opening mouth, 
The night you switched off the light
Drew all blinds but darkness stood there
as a witness, watching you and your sins.
Alade Blessing
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I find myself at times in my life,
at a turning point- which way do I go?
and I always returned to the foothills 
Searching for an inkling of a feeling of home
Long after the farm had been foreclosed on
Sad, as I watch the cattle now in the pasture- 
where my Dad and granpas markers and ashes lay
~ashes to ashes dust to dust~...

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Sprinkled 'round is the shade
beneath the dieing tree.
Leaning to the left a bit,
almost upon it's knees.
As if begging for the water,
that from its crown it can see.
The home now vacant, foreclosed,
the landscape left thirsty.
it's not just families that suffer,
in this upside down economy.


For the contest:
Form Or Free, Up To Thee
Sponsor..Brian Strand
Placement: 5th...

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News flash
Huge bash

Big fight
Last night

Clyde's Bar
Bizarre

War zone
Chairs thrown

Snouts poked
Gals choked

Eyes blacked
Ribs cracked

Hair snatched
Backs scratched

Throats slashed
Heads bashed

Tossed stools
Blood pools

Ears chewed
Tossed food

Knees kicked
Knives pricked

Low blows
Stomped toes

Dames sprawled
Cops called

Clyde's closed
Foreclosed





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Saw you coming; 
          That look of want in your eyes. 
You and your ‘flock' of friends, 
A karma soaking in debts. 
A throne of donation, loans, and foreclosed homes. 
A book you exploit tells: 
Snakes like you he sends alone to damnation 
Church, heaven, hell? 
It all misses the point.. 
A soul you cannot sell. 
‘Non-profit' influence belief (buy with your mind) 
Their Peddling lies 
The manipulator has stories to tell. 

~END~ 

By Joel Thornton May 11 2010...

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