Short Wasteful Poems

Wasteful can't succeed
Due to fear of poverty
Plus, spring with greed....

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Money and time well spent, 
Yet you secretly lament. 
Seems now even generosity feels resentful, 
As we continue to be so wasteful....

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Whistling wind
wrestling with withered leaves
on the cocoa farm
Lifting debris does not pay
I plead thee
go to our leaders' hearts
blow down their stony ramparts...

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Dead
Dreary
Wasteful
Ugly
Your life is nothing
They always say

But they are wrong
you are
Wonderful
Beautiful
Meaningful

You are everything you have to be and nothing more....

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Narratives are fine but use too many words
Economical are limericks with nouns and verbs
Frugal they are
Less wasteful by far
Too much thinking causes an abundance of turds...

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Narratives are fine but use too many words
Economical are limericks with nouns and verbs
Frugal they sure are
Less wasteful by far
Too much thinking causes an abundance of turds...

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Narratives are fine but use too many words
Economical are limericks with nouns and verbs
Frugal they sure are
Less wasteful by far
Too much thinking causes an abundance of turds...

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Listen to poem:

Water
primordial, essential
enlivening, sustaining, nourishing
ocean, lake, stream, pool, river, rain, drips, drops
drinking, swimming, watering, bathing
wasteful, unappreciative,
desert
...

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Narratives are fine but use too many words
Economical are limericks with nouns and verbs
Frugal they are
Less wasteful by far
At my age, too much thinking is for the birds


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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The problem with other men is not 
their lack of income but the wrong 
handling of what they just earn, 
buying things that they don't 
really need. It leads 
to severe drought, 
bankruptcy, 
and failed 
dreams....

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2014
Another Christmas done
And it was wonderful
But now it’s sad, gone
Stomach still is full
And the day is bright
Complete
But something’s wrong
Been out for 3 Christmases
And I can’t quite 
Keep my shit together...

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Autumn Comes Fall-
revolving, wasteful
in late summer and autumn
victorian falls
~
previous, brilliants
in the following autumn
to summer ends fall



11/22/2021
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2021©...

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On the shores of an unnamed sea
I profess my hidden honesty
On the coast I recall
The memories of my sunken ship
A hundred lives lost in the name of one
And so I name this body of wasteful water
The sea of disoriented dreams and lost lives...

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I watched as the bee glided in and out of tiny buds collecting their treasure. I stood back in contemplation should I remove this tall proud plant that I considered a weed to be extracted. 

Garden growing free
Appreciation of life
Honey for my soul...

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Gentle spring,
Whispering creek,
Unearthed rock,
Lifeless, bleak,

Hidden lie
Staggering truth
Complete disgrace
Wasteful youth

Bitter life
Wasted remorse
Heartfelt death
Using force

Foolish hopes
Tired dreams
Wasting breath
That's me...

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The lighting, it was over-bright
a house on a wasteful decay
a thief's knife bathed in white moon light
The LIGHTING, it was OVER-BRIGHT!
bathing now in blood in clear fright
of the very thief in gross display
The LIGHTING, it was over-bright
a...house...on a WASTEFUL....decay...

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Tears of joy and a sigh of
relief. To know I've made
it in.

The good and faithful one;and 
not the wasteful. Welcome this 
is everlasting life minus the
strife.

No more cares, NO more
worries and God gets......
all the glory.Welcome in
my friend..............................

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Green, crunchy, munchy, tasteful
I always eat mine because I'm not wasteful
they taste so good in a casserole
but I like to eat mine in a bowl.

Green Beans are so good
if you have not tried them you really should
they may blow your mind
i think it is the best vegetable i ever did find....

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A man who is
Afraid of his own words,
In his eyes, nothing but
The timidity of a rat;
Without guards and
Bulletproof motorcades,
A wasteful wife;
He would pee in his pants:
Crazy he cowered us with violence,
Wasted our lives;
Finger on cheek,
Like a thoughtful statesman,
What a farce!
...

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My mind is always winding,
and new ideas I'm always finding.

Reading new books to gain knowledge,
   so I can go to college.

But for now on this beautiful day in April,
are times not to be wasteful.

So outside I will go and smell that awesome air,
and shall sit in my favorite easy chair.

wrote 4-23-08...

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The depth of my decisions,
The aching of my soul.
Empty, untouched suitcase,
Longing to be whole.
A wasteful want left hungry,
Echoes through these rooms.
Leaves and vines keeping growing,
Beneath the darkened gloom.
Why must I lie dying?
Clinging to the seams,
My mind a field of wonder,
Softly slumbering in green....

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A wasteful effort 
In the waste; 
A retired General 
Is smiling to his public; 
A lover gets rid of 
His expensive flowers; 
The moon is looking 
For adoption 
By the old sun; 
Pilgrims 
Are curious; 
I am tiding up 
My feet 
With a robust trusted cord; 
My legs are above my head now 
I am attempting my last yoga suicide....

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In his sins, David knew his heart was pure
In mine, now I know how I want you more

For perfection is painted too perfect
It seems to exist beyond the known and seen

But Lord! Your will for me is so concrete
For me to be wasteful with my deeds

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#WoW....When I'm awfully low...

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Spendthrift...Skinflint

                              spendthrift
                       extravagant, wasteful
                  buying, shopping, squandering
               presents, parcels, deposits, interest, 
                    counting, banking, hoarding
                            tightfisted, miserly
                                    skinflint...

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Returning from the pet store,
A bag of spiders in my hand.
To cast amid my woven webs,
Of choices I don't understand.

The problems I've created,
Turning left instead of right.
I'm hoping these arachnids,
Weave the answers to my plight.

With tireless precision,
Their efforts will now cocoon,
My wasteful indecision.
Enlightenment is coming soon!...

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