Short Superlatives Poems

...don't exaggerate,


        beware of superlatives,


        of the truth they're thieves......

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Magnificent Margaret is our estate or 

the Wicked Witch of the West is correct, 

but others like me feel superlatives or deploratives do not splice....

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I'm a bunch of superlatives, 
like many of my contemporaries. 
We love, hate, laugh and cry, 
to the greatest degree, like a superlative....

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I got a nice house
And a new shiny car
A beautiful wife
Who is wiser than me by far
Got a talented little girl
And a good paying job
My life seems full of superlatives
Could it be that happiness and success
Are only relative?...

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Farquhar, a posh name
That's what it sounds like to me
Lords and other Nobles
Would grace this family tree

You can't help saying it
With much pride and panache
It certainly bodes better
Than Brown or Smith or Nash

I could go on forever
Quoting superlatives galore
I first saw this impressive name
Over a Scotsman's shop door!...

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never forget not to exaggerate,
          don't overvalue, don't overrate;

doing so is, in fact, telling a lie
           and it shows poor judgment you can't deny;

for truth truly disdains superlatives
           and downright detests deceitful motives;

it is more prudent to fall short than long,
           to be almost right than be overly wrong !...

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Genu-flections

                                                  I.

  I no longer live
     in superlatives...

                                                  II.

The more you give up,
     the less holds you back...

                                                  III.

It's not deposits,
     It's flow...

                                                  IV.
His presence, is my promise......

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SPEAK OUT

No superlatives
They have died    gone forever
Murdered with the mouth
Great!    Wonderful!    Amazing!
Yelled countless times in a game

Beautiful!
This from ignorant judges
Who have never studied voice
The words on grade school level
The voice    music    quite mindless

This will not set well
Might make lots of enemies
Just my opinion?
No!   I suspect many more
Have been brain-washed    are silent...

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A pouting pooch whose boisterous barks
are uttered in superlatives
laying claim to unwarranted
importance
due to an overbearing pride.
Strip him of his diamond studded
collar, not to mention his badly groomed coat
reveals a Manhattan cur:
a junkyard dog
who’d sooner attack innocence
than those bent on his destruction.
Fear not people! For his bark is worse
than his bite
The Donald thrives on attention....

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Though photographs, of course, entice
And guide books give their ratings,
Too many people pay the price
With yes and no debatings.

So let me offer my advice -
If you need a vacation,
Though Vegas has the slots and dice,
A better destination

Is Utah, where amazing Bryce
Will leave your senses reeling;
Superlatives will not suffice
To nail what you'll be feeling.

Allow me to be quite concise - 
It really is your duty
To visit; Bryce is twice as nice
As any other beauty....

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If it is desired,
I wish everything full
complete...
Full moon
to my delight,
glass full for
scare away the sorrows,
plate full for
my satisfaction...
I wish wide smile
to welcome me,
intense love for
my pleasure...
I wish constantly,
every moment of
pure passion, all
happiness for the
my heart...
I wish all roads
and distances,
all joy
to fulfill
my life...
crave nothing less
that...but I'm satisfied
as if at least
have all the love of
that one I love so much...!...

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When night sky is the darkest
Stars twinkle the most
When bullies are harshest
You feel like you’re toast!

When tears come quickly
Tenderness is your lot --
Some may think you sickly
Real strength they know not,

They are showing jealousy
You have what they want
So, they treat you hellishly
Bullies so love to flaunt

Their imagined abilities
Walking exaggerated jaunt
While you have superlatives
And see no reason to taunt.

Written August 8, 2022...

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