Short Tried And True Poems

Where the Good Life is
Nebraska, old red and white
Tried and true, country living....

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A Trade is a Kingdom
  A Tradesman its King
Without one or the other
  Wedding Bells ought not ring...

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I make pies
That’s what I do
Perfected each one
Tried and true
I’m the Pie Boss, no one denies
And that makes me
Lord of the Pies!...

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When you pray for other people, 
The Lord God listens tried and true; 
When your life is enjoyable, 
There's someone who has prayed for you....

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Dead alive divine
Alkali
alkaline
earthy and noble 
tried and true
gaseous gratuity held by a glutton...
cocked fist held fast by none other than you....

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Poem Eviradnus By Hugo

Wherever you may go either fast or slow
Eventually always will have run into Hugo;
A poem created;
Consummated,
And tried and true and then to and fro.

Jim Horn...

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Being Tactical With Each Fractal

We were being tried and true tactical,
As well as frugal with our each fractal;
Trump must go,
We all know
And forever should go on a sabbatical.

Jim Horn...

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Be tried and true in everything you do.
Offer thanks for little successes,
In everything you do, be tried and true
For those who do, God blesses. 

Written November 20, 2022...

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faith
tried, found true
I rest in God’s hands
the substance of things hoped for
evidence of things unseen
miracle worker
Christ alone
heals


December 5, 2020
dedicated to my dad, a man of faith
form:  Joseph's Star...

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A HOLY GOD

fear of perfection?
two loving hands reaching out
predictably true

2/21/2019

Some definitions for true or its varients:
ideal, essential, consistent, loyal, honest,
just, legitimate, secure, “tried and true”...

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If I write a love poem for you
You'd have nothing but words if my lines were untrue
Judge me not by the words my mouth and pen spew
Rather by the actions I choose
I will do the same for you
And if we are both tried and true
Our love we'll never misconstrue...

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She is not just any old ship.
She is a warrior, tried and true.
USS Iowa.
I have a plethora of stories about her.
That I share with no one.
For to share would feel like being dismissive.
I cannot dishonor her by disclosing her secrets.
It would feel also like diminishing my time served....

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It’s all because of you 
In awe of what you do
In everything that you do
So tried and true
Absolutely sure
All that is all
IN awe with you in awe
The life you given
The purpose I’m living
Everything you’re my window
Skies the limit
At this moment I am forever




6/21/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022©...

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In her slippers danced two feet

     As bandaged toes and blisters

         Satin pink - with ribbons, laced

            Once prized by both her sisters

             Tried-n-true they saw her thru

            The grandest of those years

         And now they stay beside her

     As a dancing angel ... nears....

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Some relax by swimming in a pool
  Others chill -- hang out, act cool
Some like to go for a walk in the park
  Daredevils take hairpin turns in the dark

Whatever puts you at your ease
  It could be swinging on a trapeze
As for me, the recipe is tried and true
  Whatever comes my way
                          ~ long as I'm with you...

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You think I'm your puppet
by the things you make me do
You pull on my strings 
and you think they're tried and true
But if one of these little ties 
begin to wear and fray
You will lose control of me 
and I will have my way
Then who will be the master
And who will feel the sting
As I see YOU crying silently
Like a puppet on a string...

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i love you shalia, why can,t you see? you didn,t need to leave me.
a friend you were so tried and true. i will never have a friend as good as you.

you were only here for such a short period of time.
to young in life to die you see.  sometimes life seems
cruel to me.  why must it happen?  why must it be?
why did god take you away from me?...

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Like a dose of penicillin,
beverage extraordinaire,
it warms you when you're chillin',
just relaxin' in your chair.

In times of tribulation
when you cannot see the light,
choose the tried and true libation, 
a brew'll set you right.

The healing virtues of this potion
must not be misconstrued,
every Englishman'll tell ya
that a cuppa'll fix your mood!...

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A group of people, hand in hand
Whom for each other always stand
No matter what, through thick and thin
Always have a reason to laugh and grin
Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
Together sharing life's allures
Through it all, love still remains
Unchanged with no apparent stains
This is family, tried and true
And mine, I'm lucky, is all of you...

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Peace and Love to You

Like the blazing rays of sunshine
Following the torrid rains,
You flashed into my life
Dissipating the darkness 
Of weary times—

Lassoing your rainbow,
I rode over the arch of delusion
And galloped down into the radiant
Bliss of life anew; dancing 
An ebony and ivory melody
Tried and true:

Peace and Love from me to you....

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It wasn't meant 
To be like this
A tender lie
A broken kiss

Plastic smiles 
Lead the way
Flapping jaws
To ruin your day

Corporate henchmen
New endeavor
Golden meadows
Lost forever

Fleeting thoughts of 
Peace once yours
It's time to stand
Defend our shores

The patriots heart
Bleeds tried and true
The color of blood
Red, white, and blue....

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(in Memory of W. Houston)

After all that I've been
through
The trials and tribulations,
tried and true
PEACE, I ask of you, for
My curfew
Because I've done ALL,
that I can do
This I would grant, "if on
the other foot was the shoe"
Although, My Baby, "Bobbi-
Kris", it'll make her blue
Yet, it's over and done with,
"that Bird has flew"
Now, LORD, do "I LOOK TO
YOU"...

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Bluebird turns my heart around
Bluebird turns it upside down
Inside out and all those things
Bluebird does when for me sings

Winks and smiles added in
Do them for me once again
Little snippets what a treat
Bluebird sits in my front seat

Of and for her I would do
All I'm able, tried and true
My love for her in secret lives
But outwardly on tiptoe gives...

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If my taste starts to fade, stick around I'm in style
Evergreen, Peppermint, did I just see you smile?
Chew my wad, blow a bubble
Be minty fresh on the double
I am gum, chew on that for a while

I please and abide like your loyal chum
Then you spit me out like a skid row bum
But chew me at your pleasure
I'm a tried-and-true treasure
I am comfort, I am delight, I am gum!...

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...for my fellow Englishmen


Lanky penicillin,
beverage extraordinaire!
Warms you when you're chillin',
relaxin' in your chair.

In times of tribulation
when you cannot see the light,
choose the tried and true libation -
a brew will set you right!

The healing virtues of this potion
must not be misconstrued;
it's every Lanky's notion
that a cuppa'll fix your mood!...

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