Straits Poems - Poems about Straits

My wife and I traveled here To walk on water With ice pics and an old shiver The Mackinaw Straits Where Huron and Michigan open their mouths Kiss and hiss Under the legs of the great suspension bridge From which a high-rise temple Loomed over the chopped water Made of diamond snowstorms And sunrays soaring to the shards of heaven Then collapsed last night In a moon...

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Oh Father Please help us For we have done wrong That day in Bole When we let stones fly The dead guinea fowl We roasted & ate On the way to Kananto the cripple we mocked We won’t let up Till he had cried On the street in Bolga We caught a thief We lashed & slashed Till he was dead Oh Father Won’t you help us We have done wrong What of...

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Scenic Toothbrush came to a screeching halt Jasper’s habit to bruxate had ruined his mouth His teeth were in ruins. What was the point? Plaque jumped around taunting scenic toothbrush. She felt intimidated. She dialed 911. Asked for the supervisor. The tooth faerie rarely got calls, Especially not from Scenic Toothbrush. Photos were texted back and forth for six minutes. Jasper’s mouth...

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Life is based on just one crux. It is trust, trust and just trust. So easy to defile. For it is most fragile. Trust gives me passion to strive. The power that will make me thrive. For those, who don’t understand. There’s no second chance, they are completely banned. Yeah! To get it straight. If the trust ablates. For sure, rest is in dire straits. YES!...

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A-lthough you're in dire straits, N-ever fear the stumbling block; G-et up off your knees, E-agerly find the L-uck. F-ight fair and square, A-ugust twenty-sixth Saturday; B-rave the serious trouble, R-ugged wind will fade away. I-n dire straits, pray to God, C-ry for help and rescue; A-sk the Lord to bring N-othing but His love so true. T-ake shelter in...

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Straits That Are Dire Can be many straits that are dire Would not recognize in their entire Cause was for purpose that is lost Too high and refused to pay cost; World full of more muck and mire. Jim Horn...

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June 1987. All is well as we sit celebrating my 30th birthday in the best little bar and Dance club in our quiet little town. Empty B52 shot glasses line the table and the mood was PARTY. We all sat laughing and enjoying the evening but then I hear a...

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Federal Workers in Dire Straits By Elton Camp After days without getting pay Some seek to find another way Park ranger: “For a tank of gas, Along this trail you may pass.” Said a guard at the National Zoo: “For a meal, I’ll show it to you.” “I’ll slyly process your passport If my family you help support.” “A gun permit I’ll secretly issue If...

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I am in need of some cash could you give me a fiver Oh how I look disdained at his smelly attire Oh please mam I have two kids at home Then why on the dirty streets you roam I cannot find employment please help me mam I see you wont work I dont give a damn Please give me a...

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