Short Nough Poems

I was hoping to give you a Cheddar life
But it was never Gouda 'nough 
Mozzarella I could never cheese you
But being provolone, it's tough...

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J-ust
H-ave
E-nough
N-ice

T-ime
I-n
N-eeding
T-o
I-solate
N-egativity

Topic: Birthday of Jhen Tintin (May 18) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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For Dad I struggled like a slave

Being clean-cut and tight-lipped

I hope he's happy with my grave

Cuz the grass is always clipped...

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Hawaiian sunsets -
my freckled legs wade through it
whiffs of a beach-fire
take me back to childhood days
close 'nough to warm, but not scorch



For Andrea's TANKA me a COLOR contest.

05-12-13...

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M-essage
A-bout
R-egards
I-s
T-ruly
E-uphoric
S-imply

D-elivering
E-nough
L-ove
A-s

C-omposer
R-ightfully
U-ses
Z-est

Topic: Birthday of Marites F. Dela Cruz (January 08) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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M=y chance came and you passed me by

O=h you took off and I cry

M=y watch's time did fly

E=nough about time I want pie

N=ow time is up so good-bye

T=ime passes by in a split second of an eye

 

Date Written: 7/17/2020
Acrostic Rhyme...

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None of us are together,
Enough we had from each other.
Wondering why we are falling appart

Winds are blowing differently,
Another turn to be 
Vain or victory days are there,
Each of them will come back to us...

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G-ruesome
I-nfection's
L-ink
B-rutally
E-mploys
R-isk's
T-errible

K-ind
E-ven
I-f
T-he
H-ealth

C-enters
H-ave
E-nough
S-uccor
T-o
E-radicate
R-abid
T-hreat
O-f
N-astiness

Topic: Birthday of poet Gilbert Keith Chesterton (May 29) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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P eople hurt others with their unkept promises.
R ain of tears from the hurt.
O ver and over you say the same thing.
M e and you never again.
I have forgiven many times.
S ee it all starts again.
E nough is enough of unkept promises.
 

Date Written: 6/2/2020

3 Place  The Promise Contest Judged:6/6/2020 Sponsored by: Silent One...

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E-at the enemy alive, 
L-osing not the competition; 
Y-our strength comes from God
N-o evil can weaken your conviction.
I-n life's struggle you must prevail, 
D-ay twenty-one in July; 
A-llow your mouth to tell the truth, denying the devil's lie.

B-e brave and be strong
E-nough to win and survive; 
C-onquer your doubt and fear
T-o eat the enemy
A-live....

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The vix and the vaseline,
 got mixed up in the dark,
While whispering sweet nothings,
 with me kangaroo in park,
It was 1963 ole mate, 
nah wd40 didn't try,
With oohs n ohs a plenty,
Me aggots set to fry,
like a kangaroo dog climbing a post,
Till it gave up the bloody ghost,
Got up for tea n toast,
Nough to make a sand goanna cry??
Don          ....don't do it.......

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Birds   -End Line Word Poem-

At sunrise I saw the humming              -Birds
With excited wings they                        -Flew
To abundant gardens                            -Where
They found clusters of fragrant              -Flowers
That their groaning hungry bellies might -Have
'Nough to drown in with lip smacking     - Honey.


HONOURABLE MENTION
Balveen Cheema
August 9, 2015...

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E-ven if the world turns upside down, 
L-et's remain firm and tough; 
V-ile weather may in time occur, 
I-nspired spirit though is
E-nough.

P-ray to the Father Almighty, 
O-nce your life is in peril; 
R-ise of the sun will begin,
T-wenty-seventh morn in April.
U-ndaunted what may come, 
G-o on standing your ground; 
A-lthough trials seem so severe, 
L-ive even if the world turns upside down....

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I’ve wasted, full, my share of bliss
      not near my quota - court or kiss …
         but should I earn one passing wish
   quite selfish, I would make it this -

let my last breath be ‘nough to fling
      one butterfly - high ‘neath its wings
         how sweetly would that flutter sing -
   of me … of life … quite everything!









Copyright © Gregory Richard Barden, March 14, 2023...

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SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE DAILOG
 AND THE FIRST WORD IN THE SONG
THE MUSIC CHANGES TO A GROOVEY
 RYTHMIC SOUND
IT'S BASSY GRUNT, SOUNDS LIKE
DOING A CLEAN VERSION OF A NASTY 
DANCE.
SOMBRE LIKE BUT GHETTO.
SOMBER LIKE BUT COOL.
HOT NOUGH TO MAKE YOU SAY DAMN !
COOL NOUGH TO MAKE YOU JUST STOP
AND THINK, 
" IS SHE THAT UNOBTANILE, OR CAN A FREAK
GET LUCKY NOUGH TO GET THAT!"
SOOTHING SOULFUL SOUNDS, MUSIC TO
MAKE BABY'S TOO !...

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f ew wouldn't recognise you as you are,
i ndeed, I am not sure that I have the right name, 
r usted beyond recognition, want you to know I care,
e nough to write about you, please have no shame,
b eautiful you were when new, all shiny and bright,
i ce cool owner must have been  proud of you... 'til a thief struck 
r esulting in your demise,  fired to hide their identity ...leaving you
d esolate and alone left to rust and die .


penned 9 June 2016...

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Insanity constantly enslaves and mocks
No break, no pause, the appetite always knocks
Enough, never registers, his life, it sucks
Beer and gin, in his long gut line up and flock
Rich pockets, poor soul, behind the prison’s lock
Inversely proportional life, on the pluck
Always emptying bottles all round the clock
Time is in motion but his, suffers a block
End of this story is bottom of the rock...

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J-ust stand the test of time, 
A-lthough it's so very hard; 
N-ext is pray to the Lord, 
S-o you can move forward.
E-nough strength is important to weather the strong storm; 
N-eed to possess true faith to endure trials in firm form.

R-emain steadfast in hope, 
A-sk the Father in the sky; 
M-ind not the tribulation, 
I-n the first morn of July.
R-ain in torrents happen, 
E-vening chill isn't sublime; 
Z-ealously stay on the gound, just stand the test of time....

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