Short Recoup Poems

So if it had a cost
Would I think of it 
As lost
Or find some way
To recoup...

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sprinting to make up for wasted years lost
youth of wanton delusion
squandering idleness



posted on March 22, 2018...

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Great comments
On poetry soup
Wouldn’t mind a
Class on poetry
Group to recoup
Some of my majesty
In the written word
Spoken...

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Father cannot go cycling as he is old
To him, his grown up son once told
"It will take you long to recoup
If fall down, you'll surely droop"
Father quietly prayed for his son to be bold.

16.8.2020...

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Winter weather of snow and ice are both beautiful and a hindrance
 beautifully white - forces us to take a break - to rest and recoup

12/29/19

Contest: Ku Duet Poetry Contest

Sponsor: Silent One...

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7up and chicken soup
Mom feed to us to recoup
Feed a fever stuff a cold
Nourished health illness stole
Was it the hot soup and 7up?
That really got us back up
Or was the love and care of mom
Soothing life's troubles calm....

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There was a poet at PoetrySoup
 
Whose only wish was to help the group 

Poems he wrote every day

Just wanted good things to say

Disappointed though, he left to recoup!  





(C) Demetrios Trifiatis
       17 MARCH 2015...

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Hope Beyond The Realm
Unfortunate people crying
Trying to recoup trying surviving
Such a shame
And then they race with the demon
Runaway
Just dismiss him
Rebuke him
The choice is yours to choose
Runaway 


2/28/20
Written word by James Edward Lee Sr  2020©...

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She has a certain savoir-faire;
always clever with the cleaver.
Young leveret wants to believe her,
follows signs for trim of hare.

Too old, her title to recoup,
waits patient at the barbershop,
then takes a little off the top;
a tortoise makes delightful soup....

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  In a fervent yes ardent
             display
             i gaze

 When she looks back at 
                me
       my intact union
            weakens

       Initially i budge

afterwards vision returns

    At last i recoup my

            senses...

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If anyone feels as if there's no one in the world to understand or care :(
from my experience, I recommend: find + join your nearest Grief Share

But of course, we here are blessed, to have this network on PoetrySoup:
to vent grief, to heal, even to laugh?... in other words -- help us recoup!...

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How can stars be there?
I am blind in slush,flinched
From the vagrant wind
Wafting the fog's kiss
To wiz tree down the ravine
Tucked in by the fells
Where kinda moon drops
Souse eerie pebbledashed face
Of me to recoup.
  


Compose a Choka - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Janis Thompson
07/22/2016...

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Summer thrills exhausted energy
I’m tired and worn out as can be
I crave autumn’s arrival
As life slows down wee bit
Ah… time to recoup
We hibernate
Crave indoors
Give thanks
Fall !



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on August 22, 2019 for contest AUTUMN OR SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER NONET sponsored by CAREN KRUTSINGER...

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New Years Eve celebration
Ever so grateful of redemption 
With overindulgence of consumption

Year-end celebrating 
Edibles I've been craving
Aha so much champagne drinking
Recoup from stomach bloating
Swaying, light-headed teetering

Eek nightcaps of antacid
Verily, not so lucid
Eau de mornings, feeling putrid



For Francine Roberts' contest, "New Years Eve,"...

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Everyone around me's falling
Soldiers in this war of life
It seems so inescapable
Bad news everywhere I turn

I just want to be
an ostrich for a day
Hide my head in sand

Buried deep recoup
Then give my head a shake
Wait for the sunny days

Wherein I'll take a deep breath
See things with new ray of hope



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on February 28, 2019...

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Never throw a tirade at a parade,
Or castigate a wealthy profligate
Do not endanger the park ranger,
Or roller skate at the Watergate
Careful always to recoup the poop,
One never ever makes a group
Expect the worst if lips are pursed,
Avoid, if possible, being coerced
And always assemble yourself
Before sitting on the top shelf.

written July 28, 2021...

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In the caverns of mountains pathos fathom
Pronominal passages of perils pleasures
In a serene valley in the mountain sides
Collides while window shopping incapacitated boulders
About to fall measured alluring valleys sunbrite
Creases craving lines vertical I recoup regroupings
Of polarized statically referenced duty
I RECOUP REGROUPING OF POLARIZED STATIS


2/7/18
by James Edward Lee Sr....

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Asleep not, my muse begins to trot,
Evoking whispers of willow
In my memorial mirage.
Asleep not, my concern is hot.
It has nothing to pillow 
But your cold corsage.

Solely awake solely in wait
Whether affectional arrears 
Find the atonement too late
To recoup your stray tears. 

Half desirous half in despair
How my wistful heart dithers 
When into thin air 
Years of attendance withers....

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Caffeine fix squeeze
In morning breeze 
Moves happy sneeze


Oomph in a drink
On odd verge brink
Beyond mere think


Sleepy eyes droop
Or else recoup
In lame regroup


Drowsy feel drowns
Such frigid frown
In brew black-brown


Caffeine fix plays
Hurl of new day
Now on the way


Brew in a gist
Can thus enlist
In floating brisk




Leon Enriquez
22 December 2018
Singapore...

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Self-immolating chickens for a cause
Now there's a thought that gives one pause
Perhaps they seek attention to recoup
 a brother lost
so careless, tossed
Monet and feather
thus joined together
a masterpiece and chicken noodle soup

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H/T to David Kavanaugh for the title phrase, from his poem Perceived miracles

yeah, it was tomato, but a little poetic license never hurt......

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Got to keep the image up.
Money is like a new pup.
Intoxicated on beer and wine.
Cop outside - gave me a fine.
HOT DICE - fast rolling green.
WIFE and KIDS - I'm getting mean.
Got to recoup that loss.
What will I tell the boss.
Books are a house of cards.
Fat belly - a jelly lard.
Glitter clown woman call on.
Faster and faster the night time.
HOLLYWOOD image falling down.
It's just an illusion.
I'M THE REAL CLOWN....

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The joy I've found at Poetry Soup
Is something I shan't e'er recoup

See, writing gives my heart a lift
But that's not PS's greatest gift

What really sets this place apart
All those who have a giving heart

Writing poems delights, no end
But even thus can't best a friend

So tho' my pen edits and grows
And I improve, (I hope it shows)

The poems I write are second to
The blessings that I receive from

YOU!...

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I'm quite surprised I've written so many
a few years ago, I hadn't any :O
Now --almost three hundred in my list
the "right side of my brain" doth persist

And it's all thanks to PoetrySoup :-)
(well first off to God, let me recoup)
But-- your contests! So motivating
positive feedback, so non-hating :)

I just moved up to "lifetime member"
these early years I'll still remember--
--all your patience and encouragement
hope maybe someday I'll be in print...


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Some day
One day
How about today? 

Let all that is you
Dance to the rhythm of your soul

Indulge in some soul sessions
Whatever they might be
Acknowledge who you are in this moment
Pretty, afraid or even anxious
About anything and everything

Don't double back on what you feel 
There is enough doubt going around
Try not to put on the dress of insecurity today 

Give yourself that downtime 
To recoup - leave indecision at the door

©wilmaneels
©07062020...

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