Short Get Your Act Together Poems

Get our act together, 
Let's leave or work better....

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Grandparents are the best
They’ve had time
To get their act together
And now have quality time
To spend with grandkids



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on February 15, 2019...

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Depression may always reside here in my head.
But within my own imagination I am already dead. 
No one can make me feel absolutely better
For I stay subdued with how I cannot get my act together.
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If I annoy you
Please tell me
Listen; i will do
If I annoy you
Please tell me
I will put my act together
If I annoy you
Please tell me
I will start anew

If I annoy you
Give me a hug
Game over...

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That child really needs you 
Get your act together 
Take care of your responsibilities 
Pull yourself from out of the gutter 
Putting yourself in a dark situation 
Sadly, tears your world apart 
There is no call for substance abuse 
Just take these words to heart...

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I insist to 
all of you out 
   there in the darkness
Find your spiritual home 
   Islam, Judaism 
Christianity and other faiths 
    are open to you 
   You must make your decisions 
       The years will fly by 
    and you will fade into shadow 
shortly 
    So get your act together - as soon as possible
before nightfall...

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On the hardwood court, they don't play very well.
Their shooting and defense really look like hell.
They have been piling up the losses this season.
Mediocre play has been the ultimate reason.
For their game tickets, I will pay no money.
The team's management must not think it is funny.
This squad is the laughingstock of the NBA.
Perhaps they will get their act together someday....

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Perfectly Prepared Pair

So perfectly prepared was the pair;
God always handled us with care;
On earth we live;
Forgiveness give,
And His love and happiness share.

Jim Horn

Thankfully the trinity is at church
waiting for me. My wife Jill loves
singing in the choir. I have been
trying to record the Episcopalian
Priest's sermon. Father Farrell has
been trying to get his act together....

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Stood in the nothing
From it epicentre
waves of nothingness
stretch and devour
Seconds sift through time 
minutes mature and die
and hours grasp at life
Distracted by the lives of others
and immersed in the end
The ill wind blows from laboured breath
Never got the act together
as the partner always judges
Locked inside the star
diminished for none to see
burning so dark
Stood in the nothing...

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Horn A Successful Triple A Haiku

Anything at all (Triple A) 
Best name you can call someone;
Won't hurt them at bit.

Call someone a name;
Limit their ability
Complete and perform.

There are things to do 
That get yourself together
A true course to run.

You need a compass
Much learning on fall back
And experience.

Act together have
For show that is successful
In everyone's eyes.

For my poetry lovers.

Jim Horn...

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Life isnt fair
And it starts at home
When you're the responsible one
Even if you weren't there
You get exploited and used
Yet still it's not enough
Whatever the issue
It was because of you
If only you would get your act together
That would solve all of our problems
You were a mistake
I wish you weren't born instead
Funny how the world praises me
When at home it's all scorn and spite
No wonder I don't recognize love
When all I've learnt to accept is hate...

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Tyrannosaurus have come to bore us
till the next Jurassic Park movie’s nigh
Archaeopteryx’s feathers look more like sticks
who believes this lizard could fly?

Triceratops were dutiful pops
still the kids got a horn in the eye,
though Hadrosaurus were really flatus
their duckbill toots were just a sigh.

But with Comet Chicxulub, 
Dinos joined the extinct club
though bird descendants remain
and if we don’t get our act together
Homo-sapiens’ fate will be the same....

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Chicago Cubs fans don’t consider this great.
The team hasn’t won a World Series since 1908.
That was more than a century ago.
In post season play, the Cubs have been a no-show.
Since the team hasn’t known the meaning of success,
they have been causing their fans much distress.
The Cubs last World Series appearance was in 1945.
That was before many of us were alive.
Cubs baseball for years has been like stormy weather.
Do you think the boys will ever get their act together?
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