Short Recruits Poems

discarded tan boots….
shakes me right down to my roots
sending new recruits...

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Running toward my yesterdays, 
the future in pursuit

The loosest ends when left undone
—the past my guilt recruits

(Dreamsleep: April, 2021)...

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I saw your other flowers sprout,

so bringing charm, I put down roots.

but hating me, you yanked me out.

You fool, I'll just bring more recruits!...

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uniform silence
dawn’s blatant bugle exhales
forcefully revoking sleep
recruits jump to feet
bounce a quarter off their sheets
commander shows no bias...

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Roots of Recruits Who Wear Suits Giving Hoots

It was like roots of recruits  who wear suits;
Were involved in disputes and a gun shoots;
Always yearned;
Be concerned;
Must be involved while we give many hoots.

We must start giving a hoot for a change.

Jim Horn...

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Move!/
Wait!/
Hurry!/
Yes, Sergeant!/
Make your buddy smile!/
Straighten ranks; fix your intervals!/
You have twenty seconds and ten are already gone!/
You are no longer new recruits, you are now soldiers; congratulations!/...

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She had blue eyes, but she was mean
I am speaking of Nora, the pirate queen
She tried to recruit the cousins, including me
I ran from her, for she was always nasty you see

I heard the only recruits that she could find
Was one willing dog and a cat who used to be mine
The cat was mean too, so this made sense to me.
Last I knew they were heading out to sea....

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In a subconscious state of mind
both real and unreal intertwine
and twist each others attributes
into dark Eidolon recruits.
These phantoms perform roles assigned
So well they trick the sleeping mind;
The scripts emerge from deep within
The brain where images begin
To shape and sound then orchestrate
Successive scenes the two conflate
Into involuntary schemes
The conscious human calls his dreams....

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Three sisters
Medusa, Stheno and Euryale
From Greek mythology

Winged women
With venomous snakes for hair
Two immortal, one not

King recruits Perseus to slay Medusa
The only mortal one
She happened to be pregnant

Out of her headless body sprang
Pegasus a winged horse
and a giant with a gold sword

Makes a terrific story
Do not gaze into Medusa’s eyes
Even though she has been beheaded
Or you might turn into stone...

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WORD FOR TODAY: FIT

Previously unrecognized recruitment errors are now taking a HIT
They huffed and puffed but lacked the passion and required GRIT
Firms now realize that while talent is good; the cap must also FIT 
Recruits that don’t fit the team might eventually drag it into a PIT
Patience is required to nurture new hires; initiate them bit by BIT
The bad ones will be sieved away but the good ones wear the KIT
© Wole Popoola 2017...

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Magic moon boots
Like walking on air
Recent trail recruits
Hopping over rocks
Nimble on the roots
Easy on the feet
Not big heavy brutes
Sporting some flair
Maybe not with suits


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a Magic9, H/T to Melani Udaeta's Without a Trace for the form and a much better example

Rhyme scheme is abacadaba, no constraints on syllables or meter

Got some new Altra trail boots for hiking - pretty sweet!...

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I am the Sheriff of Rotgut, come to the town saloon
We need new recruits, let’s test your belly and guts
Taste the spirits; in the shootout you’ll need a boon
I am the sheriff of Rotgut, come to the town saloon
Bring your mere and ride it well to the dusty dune
Shake your hips well, celebrate if shoot off the butts 
I am the sheriff of Rotgut, come to the town saloon
We need new recruits, let’s test your belly and guts


Date: 9.8.2014...

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Individual choices.. Identities allowed

No King to rule.. to none we bow

Determined are you to reach the top

Each of us can rise or flop

Perhaps you're one who doesn't care

Even that's allowed.. It is! I swear!

No one will ever force you to matter

Dance if you would at the foot of my ladder

Energy and drive heeds freedoms call

New recruits prepared to fall

Can we ever forget the price they pay

Ever thankful for Independence day!...

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The local health club has a sign
Encouraging recruits:
“Immerse yourself” and what it means
Is exercise pursuits.

The concept is a clever one – 
The words sound so enticing.
You delve into a hobby
And immersion is the icing.

But working out is not, for some,
The means for self-improving;
And other ways exist to get one’s
Motivation moving.

For me, the message that the gym
Is trying to disperse
Is one I’ll tweak a bit ‘cause I’ll
Immerse myself in verse!


Ilene Bauer...

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They told us it was glorious
They told us it was right
They put some guns into our hands
And told us all to fight

And so we went to battle them
An enemy, well known
Were not to know that some of us
Would have little left but bone

We fought this mighty enemy
We battled them for days
As they poisoned, gassed, and shot at us
We left them in a daze

We came to be victorious
We left with very few
We’ve come to warn the new recruits
Bout what’s awaiting you...

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