Short Selecting Poems

Understanding the nature
of what seems strange
appears to be a choice
between selecting
and rejecting....

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a robins egg blue
prettily lies in the nest
mama is long gone
selecting worms for babies
we tiptoe past quietly...

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from her closet
selecting
her mood for the day



AP: 3rd place 2022, Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on July 25, 2018...

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Floating on the winds
 of summer, he glides with ease
towards  the  flowers;
selecting one he fancies,
 monarch sits upon his throne

(3)...

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  If I could live life over again
    And choose one thing never to do

  I'd elect to never complain ~
    Selecting gain over pain, wouldn't you 

    
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On wisdoms tree
Strong roots are deep
The fragrance sweet
Each fruit is free

Be cautious when selecting
Taking not for granted
That which experience has planted...

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Selecting one number's a chore
it really was hard that's for sure
        Twenty-one's the result
         'cause now you're an Adult
you can do things you didn't before!...

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On Wisdom's tree
strong roots are deep,
fragrance sweet
each fruit is free.

...Be cautious when selecting,
taking not for granted
that which experience planted.
Author notes...

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Only the Best

While in waiting was also expecting
Then me hospital they were directing
So to child birth could give
In America we love to live
Only the best were we selecting.

Jim Horn...

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dismal march rainstorm
baby mice found in garage
kids selecting names



Submitted on March 29, 2021 for contest ALL YOURS (MAR 31) sponsored by BRIAN STRAND

Originally posted on June 3, 2018...

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Oh, that I could pluck the twinkling jewels from Night's ebony crown
selecting only the brightest diamond, ruby, and sapphire stars;
I'd string them into a necklace and gift it to my Valentine....

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Rejoice A Choice

Instead of us still selecting another
Should be sure to support each other;
Female be a choice,
So we will all rejoice;
Around females must start to hover.

Jim Horn Political Poem Series...

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Selecting and Infecting

Youth with all of my poems will be infecting;
So favorite ones you should be selecting;
Poems uncovered;
Answer discovered;
Poems contained calls that had been beckoning.

Jim Horn...

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ever receptive to your thoughtfulness
leaving not a trace of doubt
time to express i care



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Submitted for contest SWEET VALENTINE sponsored by NAYDA IVETTE NEGRON on January 27, 2018...

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"How many different curries are there?"

Asked the Chef whilst extracting 
selecting mustard seeds for his dish.

"Well,there is the title of the dish,
then 
there is the best version of that dish."

His comrade answered....

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Selecting the misery,
crown jewel of my pain

To wear like a necklace,
but serve as a chain

Its dark stone on fire,
all light one’s defaced

Reset in a solitaire
—black diamond embrace

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)...

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Selecting the misery,
  crown jewel of my pain

To wear like a necklace,
  but serve as a chain

Its dark stone on fire,
  all light one’s defaced

Reset in a solitaire,
 —black diamond embrace

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)...

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humanity
ebbing
restless,flowing
as the tide selecting
morals,claiming ethics do not
matter
such
self-love
catches us out
and cannot be contained;
overflows and spreads out beyond the
atoll.

Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2007...

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All the different doctrines and mantras must be related,
God selecting you for faith is the same thing as god helping you live your everyday life 
Is predestination not the child of divine intervention, which patronises individual responsibility?...

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Atypical fanfare
watch me with recoil
old dowager puts on her entice
withered cobwebs
of renewal desire
somewhere in the city
she  resides
selecting her prey
on social milieu
Greeting avarice like a dear friend
over a coffee and carrot cake



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While In Waiting

While in waiting she was expecting
To hospital husband started directing
So there a birth would give
In America we love to live
Only the best were we selecting.

James Horn

http://www.poetrysoup.com/poets/top_100_poets_most_poems_all_time.aspx...

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Writing a poem 
Is nice to do when you are alone 
Does it really need a category?
To send a message or story 
This is quite fun 
Does a contest really needed to be won 
Isn't a nice presentation 
That gets internet attention  
A priority 
When using poetry soup to just say 'I am sorry'...

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Inter
laced with love,
on the margins,each life
a gift from God,deserving  of 
respect
yet humanity
ebbing
restless,flowing
as the tide selecting
morals,claiming ethics do not
matter
such
self-love
catches us out
and cannot be contained;
overflows and spreads out beyond the
atoll....

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Inter
laced with love,
on the margins,each life
a gift from God,deserving  of 
respect
yet humanity
ebbing
restless,flowing
as the tide selecting
morals,claiming ethics do not
matter
such
self-love
catches us out
and cannot be contained;
overflows and spreads out beyond the
atoll....

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Seeing all the shades of the beads
Plucking them up one by one.
Annoyed as though they are weeds,
But so worth it to choose a ton.

Selecting all the patterns of colours,
Carefully threading them unto a necklace.
Instead of going to do any chores,
I am often crafting with a smile on my face....

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