Short Retakes Poems

It's full of jokes
But sometimes pains
When you have retakes....

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One hundred first dates, 
seventy five second dates, 
fifty retakes, 
twenty five out takes, 
all to equal, 
one mistake, 
then,
one forever keepsake....

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There is no retry. 
There is not a checkpoint. 
There is one try, to get across your point.
No do-overs, no re-do's.
No starting over, no take-two's.
No retakes.
No sequel.
Leaving mistakes.
Keeping all evil....

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Bombs and guns scythe through the innocent
writ in spattered blood evil intent
from youth's garden, saplings gone.
But staunchly rising from the killing floor
Liberty retakes the tricolour
strides a nation, marches on.


25th November 2015
For contest ' For Paris', sponsored by Debbie Guzzi
Written in Rime Couee form....

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He gives me a heart-ache
And wants me to take a break.
His love is crazy & full of retakes
Yet he knows I will always be with him 
Whatever it takes...

They say it right, love will find a way
And when it finds, takes all fear away
The warmth it beholds, transcends every confined end
Brings us closer and makes us better with nothing to pretend.

Go out! Make mistakes, be wrong,
For it is only one life we have
That is all we need!...

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Listen to poem:

Praying for Reincarnation
David J Walker

David is someone else and
I am merely playing his part
Memorizing then repeating 
His lines 
	That I would never say
Stumbling over mistakes 
Begging for retakes 
Hoping I stay 
	In character 
Throughout the passions play
And then
	Play the part better
On another 
better day

David is someone else and
I am merely making a start
To my life
	Within his skin

Lighting a candle 
Praying for reincarnation
	Again
		And again...

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My auntie her first name is Beryl
Put other road users in peril
She mounted the sidewalk
The pedestrians squawk
and report her to Sherriff Merrill

The Sherriff puts her under arrest
as Beryl says she tried her best
But before Beryl kills
With her dire driving skills
He insisted she retakes her test

The examiner discovered that
Aunt Beryl is as blind as a bat
So it made perfect sense
To decline her licence
I’m as pleased as a Cheshire cat!

08/10/21...

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