perk of being retired
...I used to have a medical co-pay when I had a job
sometimes it was thirty-five dollars, other times it was seventy
Now I have a Medicare card and supplemental insurance
Guess what?
My MasterCard c...
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Categories:
supplemental, retirement,
Form: Free verse
Tempestuous Self-Esteem
...Expectations brings
about self deprecations,
sometimes I wonder if
the thoughts running
through my head are
my own or somebody
else’s?
The world lives
in constant turmoil,
waves crashi...
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Categories:
supplemental, conflict, emotions, fear, life,
Form: Free verse
I'm a Soft-Lover Dude
... I'm a soft-lover dude, something I have never tried to hide. I have always respected your mind. thoughts, and soul way before I ever wanted your body on my side.
You are so smart, so in funny and...
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Categories:
supplemental, emotions, fantasy, feelings, how
Form: Rhyme
Waking Up In a Supermarket
...I go to the supermarket
to buy some mangoes.
I’ve had five coffees
And spent hours on detangling
computer wires.
Reciting a poem I remember
from fourth grade
I opened another three colle...
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Categories:
supplemental, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Waiting for Waiting’s End
...The chancy countdown clock of my mortality
is ticking toward some unknown preset alarm.
I’m aware of every taciturn tick tock
in unrecoverable moments spent waiting
for something to happen…
and ...
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Categories:
supplemental, courage, death, faith, mystery,
Form: Free verse
You Can'T Pale Me With Blue
...Within a twinkling of an eye
You grew so tall and high
The little foxes in my vine
Growing with malign to break my spine
My mistakes might have given you my life
Cos I love my wife
And my chi...
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Categories:
supplemental, anxiety, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Alphabet Games
...Albatross flying through the sky without wings
Brainless minds can't think of such things
Creating a barrier around the walls of rings
Developing a fever, luckily no one ever sings
Evolution was ...
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Categories:
supplemental, poems,
Form: Abecedarian
Cycle
...When the first buds sprout in spring, begging the day for sun and the night for rain, I speak to each and encourage its efforts. Often by the creek, in solitude, I watch the dragonflies and tadpoles ...
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Categories:
supplemental, bird, nature, science, seasons,
Form: Haibun
Chopping Away At Damaged Wood
...Chop Chop Chop
Differences in swings
Chop Chop Chop
Change up the tempo
Chop Chop Chop Chop
Ill make a difference in them
Chop Chop Chop
If I trim a couple of edges itll be perfe...
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Categories:
supplemental, christian, inspirational, perspective, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
My Love How Do I Love You--
...My Love How Do I Love You--
Just what is love, you inspire me to write.
How I love the way you drool, sting and fly,
Invading my mind day and through the night,
Always dreaming about the blue...
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Categories:
supplemental, anxiety, feelings, i love
Form: Sonnet
Supplemental Liabilities
...Supplemental Liabilities
My cataclysmic point of view
Destruction and how it's meant
...
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Categories:
supplemental, america, anger, betrayal, freedom,
Form: Free verse
The Foundation
...To take the place of greatness you build and create
You give and you take but the outcome is great
To build up a castle it takes up the time
I have to relax
I have to unwind when I'm feeling this...
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Categories:
supplemental, adventure, appreciation, art,
Form: Free verse
The General of My Life Jerome
...No military general, no 5 star general, yet Uncle Jerome was General
5 star general is a Army rank, Delighted the Olde English 800 got old pronounced the liver during the time that Uncle drank
Numb...
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Categories:
supplemental, how i feel,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Having It All Or Not
...Having it all means being satisfied with what I have. It means being happy with the gifts God gives me on a day to day basis, which I usually am not. Why? Because I am on Supplemental Security Income...
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Categories:
supplemental, business, change, children, write,
Form: I do not know?
Free Cee Do Not the Countless Count
...DON’T THE COUNTLESS COUNT?
What if “what if” didn’t matter at all?
What if the word “if” didn’t exist?
Would madness and sadness continued to call?
And would disdain, pain and petulance persist?
Th...
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Categories:
supplemental, angst, people, people, integrity,
Form: Rhyme
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