Short Takers Poems

i'm thru sharing with
those people who wont listen
why give to takers?...

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Takers take
  Givers give
The latter do
  Eternally live.   


Entry in "Epigram" contest, sponsored by Deborah Guenther Beachboard...

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Raindrops that slumber
Air that kills
What is the deal...

Smog makers 
Smog takers
All are breakers...

Leaves are thinking
The sky is shrinking 
What are we creating?...

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givers and takers, in their zone
form habit patterns, they each own
the taker, going on grabbing
whilst the giver, trauma bonding
both deluded and thus forlorn

14-July-2021...

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Bungling Bankers and Brutal Bakers

There are those who were muck rakers,
As well as liars, losers and breath takers;
Improperly invested,
And poorly digested;
Been bungling bankers and brutal bakers.

Jim Horn...

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Brother for sale twenty five cents.
Sister is in the free box. Come get her.
She comes with toys and a red balloon.

Sadie has been singing this song for fifty years.
No takers yet.
But she is buying bigger boxes....

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Two turncoats

           Tip toeing

         Taking turns

         Telling tales

        Twisting truth

          Talking tall

       Team trashing

       Tweeting trolls

         Trust takers

         True traitors...

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The battle drones fire down at the village men,
They eat all the life from them, all of it, forgive
Me if I hate the life takers in their partial place.
No one man saw this killing of villagers before
There came a knock on the door....

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Seasons
                                               Givers Takers
                                            Rain Snow Sleet
                                         Cold Hot Windy Still
                                                   Seasons...

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Sexy,sex appeal,sensual,strong,seductive
Comforting,charming,charismatic,controlling
Outgoing,observant,oral,oblivious to others
Risk-takers,riders,real,real freaky,reliable
Possessive,planners,physical
Intuitive,insightful,idealist,insane 
Open,opportunist,only,one...

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...Some would long debate the whole raid,
say the arc was now truly lost,
others would say a museum piece
was never worth such a high cost.

I suppose those questions will rage,
on the net it gets rather loud,
but Alice pays no heed to it,
I hear she’s a minister now…...

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Pressure
Not a day goes by without it
It stresses the takers
But it relaxes the givers
Pressure is a sign of hypocrisy
We pressure people and laugh
But when we GET pressured
All hell breaks loose
All we want is a calm peaceful life
But pressure terrorizes me every day...

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Coyote


Night shift, unseen, predatory
creatures skulking in darkness
coats glistening in cold moonlight,
takers amid the searchers
awakening the stench of fear
within the city limits.



John G. Lawless
Night Creatures – poetry contest
1/15/2015

no. 3 coyote...

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Friends are givers not takers.
They are menders not heartbreakers.
Lending a hand in times of need,
 helping do a timeless deed.

Standing by with arms wide open,
  by your side wishing and hoping.
Never once will they turn you away,
 but by your side a friend will stay....

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Risk Takers excite me
Jumping in without hesitation
Optimism oozing out of them

Self confident
Perpetually ready
Game for whatever

Diving off cliffs
Our out of airplanes
Without caution

Expecting the best
Anticipating the thrill of the win
And usually getting it...

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Empowering the indolent,
  the fox is now inside

The vermin on the loose,
 the truth now plagued by lies

The takers stalk the givers,
 those on the dole now scream

“We want what you have worked for,
 —the fruit without the tree”

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)...

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"Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? ...
? Lamentations 1:12 ?NIV

Who loves America anymore?
Far too many takers.
Far too few givers.
LOVE, not selfish but selfless.
LOVE will not empty her of resources and leave.
LOVE feeds her with our dedication and loyalty.

091023PS...

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I'm going to sea in a blueberry boat
paddling far past fakers and breakers
where I'm told there's happiness and hope
more givers and doers not dreamers and takers.
I'll sing salty songs with sharks and gulls, 
until they nibble away my blueberry hull
and gift this soul unto the deep blueness-...

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Holy cow
The night sky
Is filled with shooting stars, wow
Splendid, my reply
Honorable display
Seeing white specks
Flying across the canvas, yay
There were no takers on the bets
Finally, as I must
I depart the darkest sky
Leaving a grand memory, just
I'll never forget, and I won't cry

Russell Sivey...

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A craftsman's bowl in glass
    resting on the table
  Unsure if for dainties meant
    or for short-stem flowers, its intent

  Her sides reach outward, fingers
    beckon beauty to enter there and stay 
  No takers found she, but her spirit unbowed
    sunlight-kissed glass by small setbacks uncowed...

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Who...
what...
where....
Am I suppose to be here...now...
staring at a screen looking inwards...
wondering where I'm suppose to be.
Questioning my existence...
I know I'm here for something...WHAT???
WHY???
I wish I could put even a fingernail...
It just...
Hmmmm...still looking for confirmation
Any takers?...

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Restless is the sleep,
inward we cry,
so many forsaken,
too many will die.
Triumphs give hope,
then reality sets in,
why, O why,
and when, O when.
Givers of freedom, 
takers of time,
whether it be wrong,
whether it be right.
Memories will linger,
long after we are gone,
as another generation,
is carved in stone....

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The animals on the 
farm are having
their annual county
fair.

Frogs from the pond
have agreed to
set up a kissing booth,

so far no takers,
except other frogs,
but for 50 cents,

it's a good deal, all
the proceeds go to
homeless farmers,

so come on down,
kiss a frog, hey
it's for a good cause.

wrote 8-8-08...

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Evadin' and duckin' like the plague
Spinnin' and shootin' like an Olajuwon fade

My shot! I am shootin'
Ha, ha!  Dream takers, I see you out lootin'

Suckas out too, a hatin'
Sucka free is me, no time a-wastin'

Blessin' up and smudgin'
Fakers are out begrudgin'

Shinin' like a diamond, I am
Blockers and haters, I no longer tram...

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Those who kick the door to open
are rough-handed 

Those who knock at the door to open
are disciplined takers 

Those who wait at the door to open
are frequent losers 

Those who sleep at the door to open
are nothing doers 

Those who pray at the door to open
are idealist dreamers

Those who do not know where door is
are the lost...

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