Short Replaceable Poems

Every minute is a gift
We often do not realize it
Until we feel our minutes
are numbered

Every minute is a choice
They are not replaceable
So please choose wisely

Every minute
Wasted
Or enjoyed
Your choice...

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The stumble blocks, the parts and pieces
An exchange is met and cold conversation clings
Heavy as an ant under solar demise, a magnifying glass
Casual tumble-down into irrelevent, replaceable poses
It amounts to silence trapped within frames
Broken glass and bric-a-brac...

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Re:Mind-Lost but not gone
Do all minds have the capacity to return
Do the circuits die, are they replaceable
Are the intricacies of the mind too complex
for us to unearth its entire workings
Lost minds, destined never to be found
Either way, there’s still a person within!...

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He stumbled,
and climbing painfully
heard echoes reverberate
hauntingly, as if to mock his
     existence.
A lifetime's singular occupation, yet
not lonely- -all those at sail
    his children, but
"The Keeper of the Flame"
now obsolete, replaceable, insignificant

weary, exhausted, the flicker became
   eternity...

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I am often unworthy 
So am I,  not worthy 
To receive your glorious Faith, 
Your replaceable Grace 

Matters of life do hurry
Grace is solitude to worry
And what is the story

I am unworthy 
I am a sinner 
This is my story
I am delivered by my father
 I am His child 
the forgiven sinner

11/19/19
Written word by James Edward Lee Sr...

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Oh what sight my eyes behold
What charisma she carries
Her warm, luscious figure I long to hold
Would she accept these berries?

She beams with chastity
Hope she be so
A none replaceable beauty
Different from all I know

Why come up now you coy spirit?
When I don’t need you most
Depart! For it’s my time for merit
I will take her to the coast....

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Where do squirrels go to die
     They seem to just disappear
Funny how it sometimes feels
that way with people
They are just gone from our lives

Everything is replaceable
in some ways
     Not those we love
Things are never quite the same

We are left to fill the void
     and make sense of things 
we can’t understand
     Perhaps we will, someday...

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re-post inspired by contest theme

The
house was full
    of yesterdays-
books
    that filled
      wet Wednesdays
cross-stitch
   hours upon the wall
   eclectic
art,glass,pottery
collected,
moments
   sentiments
   priceless,unique
   irreplaceable-

a smell of love
     percolated
      into offspring
memories
drifting
       to timeless
tomorrows...

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You’re not replaceable
Despite what I might have said
I let my tongue do the talking
Which has been my downfall of late
I can’t tell them my secrets
Or express my insecurities
They won’t yell at me when I bite my nails
Or waste money on phone bills for me
Oh, understand I don’t mean anything I say
But only the things I write
I didn’t mean you were replaceable
When I said that you were last night...

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poetry playing wild
an enchanting poem
of clinking words
of twinkling images
fiery ideas
cool dreams
fascinates awe
Enlightens
.
.
a poem of own
flesh and blood spoilt
of beaten paths
replaced hearts
of deeds
deeds undone
feeds nourishment
Endarks


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Contest Name = Someone, or Something, Replaceable.
By Julia Ward
This title is inspired from her "There IS Another Jackson" (3/7/2017)....

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Mostly the discarded voice
Who is never noticed
That is never heard
Who is mostly ignored like a lone bird


Always the sidepiece
Never the centre
Usually forgotten
Barely remembered


Heartbroken
Voice cracked
Choices regretted
Face draught


Usually replaceable
never indispensable
Barely needed
Always preceded


Maybe I am selfish
For wanting to be cherished
For wanting to be adored
Wanting to be put before....

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SEASONAL

                                      Seasonal flowers
                                       or fruits grow and die each year
                                        gaily replaced
                                       on next season without fail.
                                       Law of nature: Miracle!                          

 03/25/17

   Form Tanka   Syllable count   5-7-5-7-7

Someone or, Something Replaceable Contest by Julia Ward...

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Sleep refuses to come
When you’re in the sights of a gun
Your eyes open just a crack
When no one has your back
	
Tombstones take hold of the reigns
We have nothing but false claims
Bodies fuel the empty fields
Nothing matters but human yields

So much wasted potential
I hope they weren’t essential
It’s ok we’ll find a replacement
Just a minor debasement

We can toy with our creations
Find some sort of relation
It’s fine if it has a different name
When they all look just the same...

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