Short Gumption Poems

Chill or be chilled
take time to realize Change
found yet never lost...

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Trump With Gumption

What appeared to be an assumption,
Gathered speed and is an presumption;
All consequences,
In  wrong tenses;
Send Trump to hell with much gumption.

Jim Horn...

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Assumption With Much Gumption

What I already made was an assumption;
When I had gathered up much gumption;
My mind expanded,
And I safely landed;
More of my poems increased consumption.

Jim Horn...

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A

river

gurgles and glints

with grandeur and gumption,

water winds its way through wetlands,

OVERCOMING OBSTACLES IN ITS PATH,

rapid, rolling, rippling, rubbing

p e b b l e s

smooth.


06.30.2021
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grueling marathon
gumption and guts required
grit is that virtue which
gifts graceful females with
greatness despite the groans
girls give all they’ve got for
glory that comes with gold


a pleaides on the letter G
for Kim's contest
written December 1, 2016...

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with great reliance
is accuracy of science
no coincidence

basic assumption
priest was full of much gumption
also compunction

water was flowing
all my flowers are growing
grass may need mowing

Trump surely was scared
found out that he is impaired
less he always cared...

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Listen to poem:

The assumption with gumption
is that its meant for
general consumption.
But like a spice
it should be used sparingly,
for that which spurs us on to dare and dream,
It takes chutzpah, bravery and temerity
to be willing to take on
the necessary risks entailed
with audacity, guts and tenacity.
Its gumption consumption, 
without interruption,
that gets the job done....

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Told what to think
  what not to drink
what we must eat
  mostly vegan, never meat

We resort to apps to buy our cars
  to find our way to open bars
We rely on them to find a date
  Surefire way to seal one's fate

Parents once guided our consumption
  Social media do it now with gumption
Is there anywhere we still breathe free
  ubiquitous screens ~ wily eyes on you and me...

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More Poetry Writing Stimulus

Devour More Power Each Hour
Sour, shower, cower.
Bragging, dragging, sagging.
Nagging, bagging, gaging.
Hired, Expired, Fired.
Desired, Tired, mired.
Evolve, resolve, solve.
Involve, revolve.
Resist, persist, insist.
Enlist, missed, hissed.
Presumption, gumption, assumption.
Conclusion, delusion, collusion.
Pretended, amended, ended.
Bamboozle, streusel, refusal.

Jim Horn...

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The day he took me to Starbucks
I figured I was gaining in luck

Then all he did was complain
How the coffee wasn't humane

It wasn't fit for human comsumption
The tasty treat was dry, their gumption

In serving such unpalatable treat
Oh well, another date now unsweet

Starbucks I still love you even though
Have to get decaffeinated coffee drink slow

Nathan thanks for the challenge
Contest: Coffee House...

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Because of you
I wait idled and swimming in filth.
Because of you 
I twitch forty times the way of God. 
Because of you 
I stake a flat iron face
In front of your front.
Because of you
Sixteen candles 
Mean seventeen frowns.
Because of you my house burns
In sweaty, ballsy gumption. 
My hand gives awkward
Pause until the lead dog points and shoots. 
Because of you 
I cry sweet soda tears
And kiss the faces on the TV....

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A picture-perfect day for flying a kite
  The sky was blue, not a cloud to be seen
Sunshine fairly sparkled on the snowy white sheen
  that covered the meadow, the hard ground beneath
    as the little boy drew the shiny new kite from its sheath

Nobody'd told him folks don't fly kites in the cold
  And come to think of it, such wisdom's too old
to stand up to the spirit and gumption of a lad
  ~ who's got an Alpine ski-jumper for a dad...

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Two race cars on I-70 are gaining on my red Lincoln.
They are propelled with extra momentum as they fly past.
Swishing around me as if I am sitting still.
I am traveling 77 miles per hour.
They must be doing at least a hundred each.
I know I have matured because I do not get angry.
I do not chase them down, determined to pass them
I do not cuss or get angry.
Instead, I admire their gumption
Remembering how I used to drive, once upon a time....

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Vibrant verbs vouch
Orphan our ouch
Give grumpy grudge
Use unseen urge
Echoes emerge


Vet verse visions
Odd opinions
Gift greets gumption
Umpteen union
Etch emissions


Voice votes vibrant
Only old Orion
Glimpse glitch given
Undo urgent
End emergent


Vocal voice verse
Obscure observe
Glowing grace gleams
Unite upstream
Etching esteem


Virtual visuals 
Offers obsess
Groom glowing guest
Undo unrest
Endow express


Leon Enriquez
31 Mar 2014
Singapore...

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Today I had some custard
But it didn't cut the mustard
Though I really thought that it would be the best.
Guess you can't make an assumption
Based on ice-cream loving gumption
That what looks impressive must leave you impressed.

So the next time I'll be cautious;
Though this didn't make me nauseous,
It was mediocre and not up to snuff.
A prediction's surely wasted
'Cause until your tongue has tasted
All that other information's not enough....

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Who are these folks we call people?
For want of names drawn from hat
   or drawn from lucky dip in remainder bin.
A set of folk not friend nor foe
   but unknown masses anointed as anonymous.
Prescribed to be, what we want them, to be
   just people, other people, strangers.
We can call them what we like.
We can say what we like about them
   good or bad, happy or sad.
Our gumption in presumption
   is patronising to people,
   just people....

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the world lulled into a waltz

tis blurry who talks the talk

hopscotch scrawls who walks the walk

future visions blow hot and cold

life with no purpose gets mighty old

seems high five awes don’t erase the flaws

lessons with no plot get no applause

lackluster society doesn’t connect the dots

this dilly-dally world tarnishes the bot

gumption and prudence still adrift

mankind’s journey a repetitive tiff

repeat after me, life’s still a gift...

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Do you think so, I will take you on!
No muscles, just moral gumption.
This is not wreck friendship junction!

Nice try, after my two act of kindness?
No reads, no soupmail, no email?
You are not thinking, acting out of moral blindness.

Sometimes our friends are enemies in masquerade.
Seeking so badly to destroy us?
Yes, tis too true, but too late to fuss.

I see them from the window ....
Laughing!
On The Wreck A Friendship Bus!


4-13-2022

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Hard edged (unreality) you face away from my immediacy (candour eschewing) inimically you parody, offering as nice the complexity of ''vice''exploiting even nature 

(as voyeur and narrator) your intention anethema to the nations, 
as you   coerce ''your creation'' encouraging over consumption, 

with a hard nosed gumption, yet my God who is greater 
is no longer willing to be a waiter!sickle in hand he is walking his land, 


with the sun as his shadow is this (One)
to be Hallowed..!...

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