Short Self Centeredness Poems

i like to tell stories
that bring glory to me
no one i know
is more deservingly 

at this moment you think
i am up on myself
but at this moment 
isn't everyone else

with self centeredness 
being the thought of the day
in the i want it all
and i want it my way

i can honestly say
without skipping a beat
i, me, and mine
are my top favorite three

so listen closely
to the stories i tell
interestingly about me
and nobody else...

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Personally I don't like the way he gets up 
Every morn sqawking, strutting his stuff around, don't like, yup

Ring leader in the morn with his self-centeredness
His behavior exudes narcism and great abrasivesness

His neck stretched, chest extended, muslces flexed ready
This Rhode Island Red crows from dawn 'til sun up and steady

  

Sponsor: Sheri Fresonke Harper
Contest: Personifying Science
Written: 09-26-13

A form of Poulter's Measure 
Written in rhyming couplets...

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Fog rushes swirling, a vortex
Damp confusion surrounds
Cool but heavy air adds pressure
Concerns seem to confound

Then the chirps of Whip-Poor-Will
One to my left, then right
Their songs a simple tweet chorus
Morn's symphony delight__

The Dove awakes from night's slumber
Their coos echo through trees
A simple song, few notes' melodies
Sung just for you and me

How can life become so hurried?
So concerned with things?
Did modern materialism
Self-centeredness bring?  ...

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