Short More Often Than Not Poems

Emotions are like piss,
They pass through your body, and, more often than not, they are surplus to requirements....

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Melatonin
Haiku
By: Tom Wright

Melatonin sleep
is conducive to bad dreams
more often than not
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and more often than not
my inner soul is all the world
i seem to need



AP: 3rd place 2022

Posted on December 7, 2022...

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There once was a man most ancient
Who, more often than not, was complacent
   He flew through the stars
   From Gallifrey to Mars
Protecting we humans most nascent...

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My imagination is sharper than my memory
I make up instead of retelling a story
If I can't recall truth; more often than not
I recreate and invent it
Pessimists call it lying
I don't give names...

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More often than not
The mind is mellow
Frequently
The mind is focused
Sometimes
The mind is unsure
Once in a while
The mind is enraged
And then
The mind has flashes of inspiration
Undeniably
The mind is amazing...

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Explaining My Thoughts?
Miracle Man
(Archives)

Trying to explain some thoughts
Is like trying to discern why I had them;
But then, thoughts aren’t meant to be explained
And more often than not, go unshared;
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On workdays more often than not
I'll have a small energy shot
Too stay alert
It doesn't hurt
To get a little boost like I got!

But when off no such drinks I'll see
They are replaced most instantly
Quick as a snap
I'll take a nap
And that's just mighty fine by me!...

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Second Chances 1
Written: by Tom Wright
5/24/2016

Tears often escape my eyes,
When I reflect that,
More often than not,
Only God gives second chances.
For all make mistakes,
While living life in combat,
As man’s credo of,
“Take no prisoners” advances;
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Bodies,
Upon bodies,
Underground.

We lose each other more often than not,
The cause of our problems is undeniable,
Though the solution is shrouded.

Death and life unite in a place that is unlike earth,
Unlike darkness,
It’s a different view,
Fresh perspectives,
They hold on when they leave us....

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famous after death dutch painter van Gogh
vincent more often than not to nature did go
painted with cheap paints and shadows random
lived in poverty, painted as if chased by a phantom
cut off his ear, mentally ill, his art utterly ignored till
his death, now world famous for his great artistic skill
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We all have a place 
Where secrets are made
The ones we would rather hide

More often than not
God takes what we've got
And brings it into the light

Beyond the shadow of doubt
Your sin finds you out
No matter how hard you try

It's best to make
The paths you lay straight
Keeping God right by our side...

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My thoughts flow your way 
More often than not

Sometimes when  I 
Watch you walk away

I think to myself 
You might never return 

Then what would I do
I'd be lost without you

When I am in your arms
It seems like the whole 
The world goes away

I love you 
That's all I know
That's all I want to know...

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beauty can be found 
in the simplist of things
joy can abound 
from a cloud's silver lining
answers can be found
dustless and shining 
wherever you turn

don't stray down along
the path of naught
for it is wretched and wrong
more often than not
like an old familiar song
love the life you've got
and happiness will return
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I'm losing interest
In the things I used to love
I'm feeling more and more
Alone
Even with hundreds of people around
It's hard to tell
What's real
I can't stand
The sight of them
Im noticing the things
I hatethe most
More often than not.
I can't concentrate
Because I can hear
The whispers
I can see the stares
I can feel the pain....

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One second you're floating on air
  Turn around, your cupboard's bare

In April you're up on Cloud Nine
   Come May, the stars don't align

In June you croon a sweet tune
   By July, life's a wreck and a ruin

Today you cruise the Riviera
   Tomorrow you broil in the Sahara

Life's tendency is to surprise
   More often than not destabilize...

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These thoughts paint my mind
dizzying and distorted,
a victim of me;

Shadows take your shape 
sitting stuck lodged in my throat;
Hallucinations;

More often than not 
larger than they really are, 
running on nothing; 

Ever expanding 
like this lump suffocating,   
I am left swallowed;

Blinking back the illusion, 
a colossal silhouette....

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She wanted to know what love was.
She truly did, she truly tried
More often than not.

She looked for it in strangers, lonesome poets, 
Who have nothing but their saudade 
For who they used to be.

She looked for
A recollection of what she never knew.
Since humanity had turned its back on her.
Never trying to give her love.
Never wanting it back....

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I'll tell you about our Tilly
Who more often than not is quite silly.
When she's safe in the car
(Her barks won't travel far)
This brave dog grunts and howls willy-nilly.

Door is opened, the story's quite different;
It would seem all of her energy's spent.
Now our Tilly's so timid
Because she might be in 'it'.
She must think that the cat is omniscient|...

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I'm on my phone more often than not
Checking my status and all the updates I've got
There's always something there interesting to see
When I finally look up, my family's staring at me

My youngest says Dad, let's play a game
If you could decide, what would be your phones name
I have no clue, do you...she said of course
I've got the perfect name, let's call it divorce......

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How do I compare to thee
Your intransience knows no bounds
Id gesticulate more often than not
Your red pattern dress
Your Yes is a No
You're darndest to know
You're like a Newfoundland 
leeching unreson
Your everyones bosom except mine
You turn me into wilderness
I do not know my heart ?
I am left speechless
On the morning of your coming
you leave me dumb confounded...

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~Broken~??

I know you've been broken
More often than not

But try rising again
and forgetting all about your hurtful past

spread your wings and fly
like an eagle-soar above the storm up high

Then those who left you broken
shall slap themselves in regret

Because then
They'll realize you were born to be great

Be afraid not of the storm
For ahead lies the calm...

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It begs an answer
though often unanswered
to know or not to know
leaves more questions

Acceptance screams why
more often than not
Till the water runs out
the tea pot shouts

Sips too hot
Sips too cold
Tea in the teapot
leaves swirling bold

Knowing not
the when and how
Accepting His Grace
here and now

It's not about the tea
nor the birds or the bees
It is simply life
with all its strife...

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When did I become such a happy guy
Guess I started out that way
But wasn't my opinion of me starting out
Was kinda reserved kinda shy
Not at all the person I turned out to be
Bold and outspoken humorous at times
Humorous more often than not
 Ask me if I would prefer this me
Most definitely a very definite yes
Strange how a person
Can turn out to be someone so different
From the one starting out...

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The nucleus of my imaginary thought 
Did a galloping rendition
Of a spirited horse trot.

The hub of activity dancing in my mind
Whirled and twirled pure silliness
In every cell of mine.

The core of my poetry 
Taken captive by my muses
Yes there are three 

They will crank them out when ready
Not on my cue, nor my terms
Catching me off guard more often than not.

I am merely a subject. They are my queens....

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