Short Hem And Haw Poems

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Tis all 
shilly-shally, dilly dally
wiffle waffle, willy wobble 
quiver and dither 
teeter and twitch,
which whatever, wherefore wobble
hem and haw, ho and hum
Tis all a dithery tizz...

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Ordinary moments
for ordinary people,
living inside the dream

Like comfortable shoes,
a dog that won’t leave you,
treasures to esteem

Ordinary moments
for ordinary people,
the rest to scratch and claw

To get to a place
they’ll never find
—condemned to hem and haw

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)...

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Ordinary moments
for ordinary people,
living inside the dream

Like comfortable shoes,
a dog that won’t leave you,
treasures to esteem

Ordinary moments
for ordinary people,
the rest to scratch and claw

To get to a place
they’ll never find
—condemned to hem and haw

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)...

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Those who are ever-persistent
   take pride in being consistent
Never quitting what they start
   they're considered quite smart...

Others hem and haw, never sure
   if they should move on or stay put
Yet whenever they choose to move on
   they feel they shot themselves in the foot...

As for me, I'm nor twixt nor between
   'cos based on the evidence I've seen
These words be my epitaph
   ~ He planned; God laughed...

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In strapless nine-inch stiletto heels
stylized and polished to a high gloss,
she absolutely loves how she feels.

In her sexy pose, she can strike awe
within the hearts of unwary men,
who oft get tongue-tied and hem and haw.

Granted; nine-inch heels may seem extreme
but this seductive siren on stilts,
comes off as anything but mainstream.


(Tercets)


5/12/2021


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