Short Renting Poems

renting
a weekend cabin
in paradise



posted on September 22, 2019...

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wreck-covering
on their relation-ship

refresh-meant
re-versing

wreck-oiling
re-plying

predict-able
reason-ability

and un-real-eye-able
ration-ale


stan sand...

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Living in one
renting the other
Owning them both
then to discover
As owner I’m captive
the tenant is free
In debt to the banker
—remortgaging me

(The New Room: January, 2024)
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Can you own the present,
  while renting the past

Can you steal back the truth,
  from the future at last

Will the reasoned excuse,
  ever be reason enough

For all questions to merge,
  with the answers rebuffed

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2106)...

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Can you own the present,
  while renting the past

Can you steal back the truth,
  from the future at last

Will the reasoned excuse,
  ever be reason enough

For all questions to merge
  —with the answers rebuffed

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2016)...

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if i need to
tell you to
kiss me
then we
aren't
heart 
felt

wanting 
to only
lonely
be my
self
so
i

release
taken off
my leash
no more
renting
wanting
to own

but not to 
have you
but for you
to have me
as we listen
to the Stooges
"I Want to be Your Dog"...

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That first day Emeralds shine, 
reflecting sparkling smiles of mine;

In that moment everything is new,
flawless like a dream come true;

Opening the door to your home,
no more renting its your own; 

Decorating each and every room 
all the style you can consume;

Ready for a meal lets Toast!
Our new life on the Gulf coast....

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rage
blood red
simmering
boiling over
insecure imbeciles off gassing pain

a fraternity of inbred hound dogs 
renting shepherds
flocks are lost
horror
death

soul
lingers
ghostly lights
clarion calls
the atomic spin of celestial night 

loss of foul ego conjoined particles 
wonder free falls
I less bliss
haunting
rite...

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Hallelujah
In euphoria
Autumn leaves
On the ground

As I rake, I take what’s fake
All the hurt, all the bliss
These autumn leaves got
From strangers’ heartstrings

Autumn breeze, starting fresh
Haunting past renting free
Never dare anymore




'Fall Flavors' Poetry Contest
Regina McIntosh
Raking Leaves
September 11, 2022...

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I'm only renting these feet of mine,
They carry the weight of my body just fine.
These legs, they take me to the shore each day.
They move me and groove me and allow me to play.
I'm only renting these eyes,
I see the spirit in you, so sweet.
I see the pain and the secrets you keep.
I'm only renting this mouth of mine,
My honest guide that keeps me just fine....

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Covered in shadow
White to light
She is married
To the night

...yet she claims

I am owner
I am might
I have won
It's my right

...to rule man

Androgynous
When at war
A goddess
No more

...to appease appetite

Kings and Queens
Bound to glory
They honor and venerate
Her ancient story

...empty womb

Written by Trudy Schrader on 07/26/2020...

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One question for you
How do children live today?
Renting a room is costly.

In the seventies
Eighteen could rent a full house
For a hundred bucks a month

This could possibly
Today pay for candy bars
In our expensive world

Eighteen lives at home
With his parents and siblings
As does twenty-eight

Sometimes thirty-eight
It is so expensive now
To be a grown up...

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come to me all rats in my granary
I have a feast for you
husks and shells of groundnuts
but after though beating

you live in shelter without renting
eat fresh food without permission
sewerage system you use freely
lay down your belly for caning

Come you rats in my granary
line up and make your statement
Tell me why you deserve no beating

you eat food for my children
then thank me by mixing it with refuse!...

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Little green hut was embarrassed and alarmed,
After renting a room to selfish rooting pigs
Both had bamboozled her; she was easily charmed.
They had messed up her house, ruined her digs.

Left muddy footprints splattered all over her wall.
She explained that they had been friends with some of her kin.
You were fooled neighbors said, making her feel small.
Humiliated, little green hut ran away and was never seen again....

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cursed wraps wielding
callous contractions clustering
saucy smokes  smoldering
taunted anger tuning
rustic route rustling
felon feelings fostering

unbridled opening undoing
pulsing passage renting
vying passion puking

punctured veins shrinking
like nature's thrill
when tattered's fiery

callous system's chaos
blackout, ballistic war.
        20:01:14:01:46

Note: What's left of a smoker. What a smoker becomes. Inspired by a picture....

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So this is what you companies are renting these days?
What you have right here certainly does amaze.
This hybrid car is not much bigger than a go-cart.
Now that I’m in this thing, where do I start?
You have given me a card instead of a metal key.
This car runs on both gas and electricity?
The dashboard has strange unfamiliarity.
These controls are not what I’m accustomed to see.
This car might be Japanese, but it’s Greek to me.
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Just can't reason out
Why 
But with a little bit 
Gratefulness and satisfaction
Will do
We're renting a room here 
We're sharing the earth here 
We're searching treasures here
We're sharing the riches here
Though I'm not the richest
I'm not the poorest
Though I'm  not the wisest
I'm not the most stubborn
Though I'm not the luckiest man
I still can see kindness on the face of God
Though I may not reach the heaven 
I'm not walking towards hell...

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Pink Penelope Porcupine,
  Never had a dime.
  Often went to bed,
  Without a shred of bread!
  Until one day,
  She found a way.
  Renting out her spikes you see,
  To earn a living,
  While always giving,
  To the community.
  They loved to roast marsh mellows,
  And Pink Penelope porcupine,
  Rented hers out,
  Four for a dime.
  Today people say,
  "Pink Penelope porcupine,
  Always has a dime!
  She is tucked into bed,
  With bread and a spread!"...

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My dear and wonderful friends
Please be patient with me
I have twenty one of you to 
Thank you see.

Tomorrow I head for Casper
Trying to find the answer
Where I will live out there
Be it buying or renting I don't care.

The weather took a turn
Fooled us all so I must run
Got to get there and back I hope
Get me come answers so I can cope.

Love you and will pick up 
Where I left off when I get back. 
It will be  a week or so 
If I have good luck or it does snow.


Cile...

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