Short Up The Wrong Tree Poems

Looking for answers in the right place
Is truly one of the better ways....

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if you're looking for a fair ration
of kindness and compassion
sadly you're barking the wrong tree
there's not much left here of humanity



AP: 3rd place 2025...

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High pressure injection of fluid into solid rock
Our human race a labyrinth of sweet flora root-bound within
The oak and sycamore shaking off early morning dew

© Harry J Horsman  2018...

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I  wanted you to come to me and refresh my soul. I wanted  you to be the dream of this night owl. I wanted you to come to me and sway my belief. I wanted you to come to I,and set me free. May be I was barking up the wrong tree....

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As I ponder so weak and weary
I read your story, it was dreary.

No need to thank me for the markup
I digress, is this the wrong tree to bark up?

However red your paper might be
Loving eyes did set it gently free,

Of errors do I speak unjust?
My quill made many a thrust.

I hope you find that I loved it too
Wrote entirely over, just for you....

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a penny saved is a penny earned
adding insult to injury, her love was spurned
afraid of his own shadow and against all odds
airing his dirty laundry happened to both Todds
the all mighty dollar earned by a chip off the old block
all talk no action and an axe to grind, said Mrs. McLock
barking up the wrong tree was a little dog too
quiet as a mouse was my mean Aunt Louise Sue....

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In the time of confusion
I begin to pray because nothing else makes sense
Scotch kills the pain 
Praying to God that I don't eat 
from the wrong tree again
Life is insane but that's all we got

Scotch and prayer and hope
The devil knocks on my door
But God whispers my name
And I pray and hope that my sins
don't follow me where I go
Life is insane but that's all we got

Frank Black Blacharczyk
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There are a lot of different breeds.

A dog is a very common
four legged-animal
 often kept by people,
used to guard or hunt  
but this female is compare
 with Einstein and other genius
mix with doberman
was used in Panama
as founder of Noriega mass graves.

When  ferocious barking
 up the wrong tree
is reward by her mon (a woman).
This forensic dog
 is a great holiday spender,
eats lot´s of pizzas
and can replace
men in his job....

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What will I do?
I can't decide.
As in this world,
I must abide.

Where will I go?
Where will I be?
In maybe ten years,
Or maybe twenty.

Will I have children,
A house or a job.
Or will I be myself,
A big fat blob.

I have no purpose,
I know it's true.
The thought of it,
Makes me feel blue.

Will I have kids,
That will love me?
Or am I barking,
Up the wrong tree.

Whatever my purpose,
Whatever it is,
Maybe someday I'll find it.
Maybe someday. GEE WHIZ!...

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