Tallying Poems - Poems about Tallying

Are all Numbers Dead

...Are all numbers dead?

He was one in a million.
So were his followers.
So was his smile.

Are all numbers dead?

The war killed a million
Millions displaced.
And millions in fund.

Are al...

Communion in Shared Spaces - Inspired by Love Communion of Glenn Hughes

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Written: February 28, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Robert James Liguori

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I long to explore 
the depth of your flummoxed mind,
fathom the f...

The emotional, mental and spiritual fallout courtesy Colt Gray

...The emotional, mental and spiritual fallout courtesy Colt Gray

Apalachee High School,
located in Winder, Georgia
witnessed an active shooter,
whereby the alleged lone gunman
(actually just a t...

The Final Solution III

...All hope was vain and nothing could atone
for deeds beyond atrocity defined.
These demagogues turned nation hearts to stone
through apathy and rhetoric maligned.
Though hell’s regime forged mecha...

Great Expectations

...
great expectations
anticipated in the 
poetic heart 
Havisham delivered
all and more for love, 
a separate unseen thief, 
tore the others’ worlds apart

webs like ectoplasm
from underneath...

Abcs of American Democracy

...Abundant wisdom appears to be lacking
Behind the halls of our venerable House.
Could it be our seers are slacking,
Drowned in the spittle of an untenable grouse,
Even now as our country falters?
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Karma

...Written By:  D. Collins 7/14/23


Karma is nothing but how we choose to live.

The Quintessential Birthday

...•THE QUINTESSENTIAL BIRTHDAY•

Rather than count candles,
Contemplate your blessings,
And stop tallying the years,
Your birthday bliss brings joyful tears.

The world was blessed with you.
Yo...

Be Someone Else

...People can save the world by the way they think and by the way they behave and what they hold to be important. By Cyndi Lauper



To utterly assume so...

How Do I Love Thee

...I don't know
that love has a 
bucket list,

a program best
to follow...and
writers do seem often
inclined more amorous 
of
text...

especially us poets, flag
carriers of the heart,

sel...

Counting Deer

...There are five
perhaps six, maybe more?
There's always the invisible
when observing deer.

A speckled group
braids a tangled grove.
Stippled light shapes -
not their appearance
but t...

Banjo Bongo Bingo

...I knew a Luke Banjo,
Who loved to see D’Jango
And often wore bongo…

A Nigerian Banjo
With craving for Tango;
A Tallying Bongo
And Packs of Sweet Ringo:
Guess his dog’s name: Bingo!

So, it...

On the Origin of Life

...Man has mused over life’s origin for ages.
The thoughts and treatises of the sages,
filling tall tomes tallying thousands of pages,
tell of evolution in stages over millions of ages.

Life, some...

Life In Equilibrium

...Hushed mystic quests esoteric intellect
As quietude permeates domain of truth
Ruminating about things done and said
Reflecting upon the avenues of regrets
Reminiscing on boulevards of conquests
...

The Passion

...It's like some rotten little joke
That your kindergarten teacher spoke
All of God's things get broke and it's we must fix 'em
The bones in your body, snapped in half
The tree on your house while ...

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