Tenths Poems - Poems about Tenths

Possessio

...is nine tenths of the word...

Ode to my dad on his 74th birthday

...
Hungarious herbanamed hairchinned humanoid!
This tungstanesk triumph – to some thanatoid…
Mathematicos marvel: mention “nontotiet!”
But Basil-based bullters bothered? Outbleat???

For function...

Memorial Day 2023 Origin of Holiday

...Memorial Day – 2023... origin of holiday

Strong and brave men and women 
gave their level best
crème de la crème strongest and bravest
leaving grieving significant others 
with emotional agony...

Ski-Racer Sonnet

...Sitting astride a frozen mountainside,
eighty others waiting their turn to go,
on the slope blue and red gates a path scribe,
a man says, “racer ready;” so they know.
An hour passed, now it’s my ...

Nerida's Beach Tribute

...Superhero strobe lighthouse helm hexagonal 
        Sixty degree angle glass captain bridge
        Watchtower for Diminutive Town message
        Warns cliff climbers must heed heirachy rule 

...

Thrilla In Manila - Philippines Coliseum

...
Well, here we are in the Araneta Coliseum
In Cubao, Quezon City in the Philippines
To witness two modern boxing Gladiators
Their prowess, stature, about to be seen

This will be the th...

3-6-9 Hors D'Oeuvres

...
3's a crowd
A triplet,
trio loud

6 is a pair of three's
It's half a dozen eggs
A sextet strums to please
'tis the sixth planet, Saturn
Biggest score thrown on die
Perfect number p...

Our Own Virus Transaction

...Even with death
The Man’s gotta bargain a price

So I suppose that’s why that fat a** mortician
As a sales technique
Made my wife and I pick who gets to sit
From the one available chair
In his...

Old

...Nine-tenths a century old is my mom
Well over half a century am I.
How quickly we both aged gives me a qualm.
At least my body now can't multiply!

And right behind my mom I'm following . . .
T...

False Claim

...Demanding possession…
nine tenths of the law

Last bone to fight over
—its marrow still raw 

(Dreamsleep: October, 2020)...

Driver of Victory

...Simon says: Thirteen’s my lucky number.
Thirteen years ago, I took dad’s money
and bargained with Time to make my name known.
Fate nudged its elbow into my circuit.

Penske luck and talent helpe...

Roadside Monument

...every song, every line scrawled,
of poetry and of prose,
rasps at this open wound,
and calls back your absence,
like a disturbed spirit summoned,
to possess old familiar haunts,
these scrapes a...

Ten Percent - For Last Letter To My Beloved Contest

...Ten percent


Go my love, become the Earth
Do not fear this second birth
Rest not alone, my word is true
The best of me shall lie with you

I lived a life, so long alone
Until I put you in m...

Intent Is Nine Tenths of the Plot

...medium's the page

                                                look at me

                                           toe tied to a line





MagiCicada 13...

A Buggy World, a 'Buggy' Life

...Possession's nine-tenths of "the law,"
Is what some pundits say
Implying "weak" own nothing real
And brute "strength" wins the day.

But if one looks at "biomass,"
It's insects that have won,
...

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