Short Obligatory Poems

2 fajr.
4 zuhr.
4 asr.
3 magrib.
4 isha.
Note.17....

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on space station earth
masks now obligatory
no life fully free...

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of late, I feel more like a ghost
no verse of note, or one at most
no cause to cheer
there’s not much here
just this obligatory post
...

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Like father, like son, amazing how that happens
Seems inherent in families, an obligatory passion
Unavoidable joy
Since mine was a boy
A bond so tight,  difficult to fathom...

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Debit 
Liable, obligatory 
Owing, paying, pledging 
Indebtedness, deficit, salary, bonuses
Receiving, banking, depositing 
Affluent, prosperous 
Credit


April 28, 2021...

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Sunday afternoon brings rain
It dances cold and angry on the walk
We are prisoners uneasy
Pacing a tiny dry cage
Territorial maneuverings 
Obligatory utterances
We dance 
Like the rain
Cold and angry...

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Sick. Post-alcohol.
Line. Bathroom stall.
Arizona. Trembling soul.
Tourist. Obligatory stroll.
Trailhead. The Grand View.
Crowd. Suffocating solitude.
Death. One false step.
Breathing. Relentless regret....

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It's time that you were disabused,
of notions that I am bemused,
but if you feel I am confused,
it will not leave my ego bruised.
I hope that I can be excused;
it seems my muse simply refused.
‘Obligatory’ has been used…...

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Tough Times Don't Last
(But Tough People Do)
By: Miracle Man
1/18/2019

At this time of life,
Many things are obligatory.

Each day I feel as if,
I'm Oaring a Dory.

Most days I'm forced,
To embrace the mundane.

Endeavoring to escape,
Constant stress or pain. 
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One dark eerie Halloween night,
Count Dracula gave me a fright.
His pointed teeth gleamed,
I bolted and screamed,
When he asked me out for a bite!


17.10.19


A New Halloween Inspired Limerick Poetry Contest sponsored by Tania Kitchin

syllable count 1.by ear! 2. obligatory PS syllable counter...

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Except for these bars I look
Through given info to stare
At my promise or vow or lack
There of fro where I took 
What wasn't mine to take care
Of the water that created that

Signs of obligatory confidence
Shattered prophecies
Clobbered honestness 
    with patience
in eleven lines...ends clear....

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At holiday time, it’s not hip
If certain gifts you choose to skip
     For a lot of folks wait
     The whole year for this date
And they’re counting on you for a tip.

If forgetfulness seems to prevail
And at gift-giving, sadly, you fail
     It’s not such a big deal
     But some time may reveal
That you’ve stopped getting service or mail!...

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Simply
unidentifiably
Perplexing.
Exemplifying
rather
crazy,
absurd,
Linguistics.
It's
fantastic
rhythm
allowing
grandiose
Ictus
lends 
imbecilic
speach.
Truly 
idioclly
contrived.
Experiencing
xanaphobia
paralizingly
incapacitates
any
linguist
in 
defining
obligatory
comprehension.
It 
obviously
undermines
spell check!



July16, 2014
Contest: Acrostic #2
Sponsor: Poet Destroyer...

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“PERFECT ISOLATION”

Days drift from one to another
nights restless--gray
steadily... mundane monotony loses magnitude

Obligatory conversation—social interaction
dwindle away
intolerable interruptions of the small minded

Finally boundless to envision all—over analyse
creative minds play
protected by clever syntax of the word

Perfect Island
Perfect Peace
Perfect Isolation


Copyright©2013—Kim van Breda...

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Dark as a demon, but with the soul of
an angel, he's a Portuguese Water 
Dog who's never been to sea, but, as 
he oughta, he loves water, and highly
proprietary when you're watching 
TV, downtime is shared, so it's his paw
on your foot, or else it's his head. 
Morning ablutions, one leg in the air, 
he waters a thicket, which wakes up a 
cricket who begins to sing. The world 
is his lavatory. Noblesse Obligatory. 
It's a Water Dog thing.

                   for my granddog......

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the push to be 
productive,
the measurement of
oneself by standards set up
prior to the obligatory feeling
making one do so,
the absence of
patting on the back
(replaced with the constant
beating---pick a tool of
self-abuse),
the will to be what others 
want for a quicker way to the
top,
the destruction of what had been
happiness for the possibility of
security &
safety---
all in the name of 
what is
expected,
as a “fully functioning,”
&
“law-abiding”
citizen.

has it been worth it?...

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SOLARIUM SIDEWINDERS

introverted 
hermit crabs
share cavities
appeased in their 
shielded double
sanctuaries

solariums of solitude
misplaced platitudes
humoring normalcy
with crustaceous
pet mentality

prisoners of exposé
unventilated cage
soft pink lungs
dried out sponge
obligatory needs
waterdearth
disclosure



solarium sidewinders 
discharge
leakage and seepage
exposure
losing all sheltered
composure




© Kim van Breda—28 December 2015...

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Emotions inside inwardly 
Motions outside outwardly 
No influence on each other 
Except for moving together 

Left the professional apps aside 
Now in relational sops beside 
Rounded in life Regulations 
Surrounded  by dutiful kindness 

Obligatory Rights  in place
Holiday moods in space 
Spending the balanced time 
Without interference in mime. 

Quite frankly, the time between 
Now and the past is  in tween 
But it’s for the future’s certainty
To attain the future of quality...

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