Short Negotiating Poems

Stirring like a madman through slurred sand struggling in the dance of war...

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negotiating
with the tasmanian
she-devil



posted on September 21, 2018...

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The smooth rain
Varnishing the soul
Softening the
Deep currents of 
The ghost river
Negotiating her path...

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Ascending on my own
Lamenting positively while no one's around
Orbiting and subsiding
Negotiating with my imaginary ghosts
Eager to reach my goals...

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war
merciless, vengeful
killing, disagreeing, burning
rivals, combat, freedom, tranquility
agreeing, negotiating, forgiving
harmony, quietness
peace

ALesiach © 5/27/2016...

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Trump and Urinating

Trump for a moment was always waiting;
His golden showers did need negotiating;
Wisdom conventional,
Never ever essential;
He should start regulating  his urinating.

Jim Horn...

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Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional
Choice is ours, but there are quite a few obstacles
A grade two education
Is handy negotiating
A million dollar contract, need more in your arsenal...

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Move it or lose it
Was his favourite 
And he used it often
You see it fitted his lifestyle

When you meet a crowd
Negotiating your way through
It was a utilitarian saying
And it served him well.

© Paul Warren Poetry...

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Ageless Ariel assuring affably authentic ambiance
Nebulously noble nimbus negotiating Nirvana 
Gentle, genuine, generous, giant genetic genius 
Elegant, exuberant, exquisite, ethereal ecstasy
Likable lovable laudable laurel liberty league

11 December 2021...

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There are an
Estimated 100
Billion neurons
Which make over 100
Trillion synapses
In a single, human brain.

We are our own church.
A congregation of many
Negotiating, probing
Other congregations
We'll never know completely
And neither will they.
So to be truly faithless,
Is to not want to take
A single, human step.

We walk out our faith
Oblivious....

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Accidental empathy turns events nefariously,
Balancing on the fringe precariously.
Scarce perception for corporeality at hand or beyond,
Moments of clarity neglected too long.
To justify indifference, apathy, or malice,
The numb and oblivious sow seeds of the doubting callous.
Negotiating their toxic essence into a sinuous answer, 
Regardless to propagating a pestilent cancer....

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flowing together 
  licking dew drops
     exchanging warmth
         melting into jelly, yet
            unsatiated we remain.
        hurtling down slopes
     into a secret valley
  rushing to unite,
slip, gush, hold tight.
Negotiating riverine
   meandering curves
    union becomes serene
          before surrender, into 
              an ocean, of ecstatic joy.


5.6.2020...

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a bad chapter 
   here and there
a miraculous escape
a capture unexpected
a wound that festers
a love  walks away
an accident maims
   all and the all
be ‘a-flyin’ and ‘a-cryin’ 
   a lot...

and  all the while
the dead  dance and dance,
   circling
   negotiating your value,
gossiping and chanting,

should you be there
   where you be?
or here...   
  come to be   
  with us?...

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Absolutely surrendering to the amusements of fate
Benign benevolent sentiments within bring bodacious bait 
Abiding austerely into the ageless absurd fits and starts 
Never negotiating with nature's nebulous nuptial new arts
Divine decorum dazzling dawn is what the environs drive at
Obscure oasis of the omnipotent ominously pat
Nefarious, nauseous nostalgic nemesis kneels as a gnat

25 February 2023...

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Sisters laugh together,
They love intensely,
and share sorrowful woes,
They help to keep each other
on their toes,
The eldest paves the way
that is less travelled,
While the middle child 
is a master at negotiating,
and soothes all hassles,
The youngest is full of humour
and doesn't take life seriously,
while the eldest protect her
fiercely,
Together they are a formidable force,
for good. bad, better or worse....

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How many hours are invested
in convincing Job's comforters
of disputable convictions


when perhaps 


depth lies in silent dialogues 

between a heart and a mind,

and can never be fully understood 

while lips attempt negotiations
to coerce agreements

by voicing disagreements...


... perhaps even wisdom has deviations;
maybe, wisdom in essence

is what works best for you 

when you need an answer....

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Farmer’s Market was ablaze with colors, textures, sound and produce.
Not a lot of negotiating like the old days. People pay the price asked.
The farmers who have sold everything begin loading up empty trays.
Heading home for a little nap, since they have been awake since four a.m.
Regular buyers, regular sellers, greeting each other, sharing stories.
It is a bustle and rustle of activity. The happening place on Saturdays....

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The anchor subside the cure of weigh-in waters,
Flowing in the midst of abstract battles,
To be toughest, you can be..
Singing the sirens of sailing
Finding yourself in the tension of negotiating palpable
Bid adieu dreams and swift moving chimera,
Seeing your flaws and wanderings
At the dang skies,
In the worst alarm,
On dates of run on tick tack,
To be toughest, you can be..
In another makeshift adept world to see.....

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The main event

I see you lying in the shadows
Grime-covered, keel upturned
Alongside the very slipway
That offers entry to your true element
The fulfillment of your created nature.
On the horizon hundreds delight
In the shared experience
Skimming waves, negotiating difficulties
Colourful wind-filled sails
Propelling them forward
In the sheer jubilation of living.

Anne Linington©
Round the Island Race – 19th June 2010...

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a storyline:
...a bad chapter 
   here and there
a miraculous escape
a capture   unexpected
a wound that   festers
a love   walks away
an accident   maims
a soul   starves
   so such we be...
‘a-flyin’ an' ‘a-cryin’ 

an' all the while
the dead dance
   circling
   negotiating your value
gossiping   chanting
   should you be there
   where   you be?
or here...   
   come to be   
   where   we be?         
...

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May is holding a May election that May hopes may increase May’s majority in the House of Commons, which, May believes, may strenthen May’s negotiating position with the EU, which is that May may leave, and if that’s what May wants, leave May may. When May has left, May may wish to discuss May’s future relations with the EU, which the EU may be happy to do, preferably with anyone but May mad May. May I ask if maybe May has got this clear ?...

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Not dwelling on the day we fear, 
We nurture them with tender care, 
Watching in awe  how fast they grow 
Until it’s time to let them go. 

Parental bond flatly defies 
The least comforting compromise, 
Keeping too close, holding most dear, 
Not dwelling on the  day we fear. 

And when it comes we aren’t quite set 
To let them spread their wings just yet, 
Negotiating bitter truce - 
Embrace  them tight or let them loose?! 

May 2, 2021...

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S tars o’er spiritual sanctuary
I ndulgence in inward infinity 
L et us linger lush lengths of latitude 
E ndorsement of envied entitlement
N omads in the night negotiating
C alibrating their carefree carapace
E ons seek their earthly enlightenment



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Submitted on March 23, 2021 for contest SAVOURING SOLITUDE IN SEVEN LINES sponsored by JCB BRUL (HMS.com : 10 syl)  -  RANKED 1ST...

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Rush down from the hills and mountains
Maneuvering around untold hurdles
Negotiating paths of least resistance

Adorn your banks with trees in blossoms
Be the source of food and water
Float the kayaks and row the rowboats
Being a reveler for recreation

And through it all you must remember:

Sometimes shallow, sometimes deep
Sometimes wide, sometimes narrow
No matter the terrain, a river will always

Reach for its goal to merge with its ocean

May 6, 2019...

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