Tenured Poems - Poems about Tenured

...Not an academic Poet Not a tenement Poet Not a beat or a blues or a church Poet Not a famous or infamous or celebrity Poet Not an Irish or Basque or Welsh Poet Not a formal Poet Not a ......Read the rest...

...Lest we forget WE ARE ALL “TEACHERS” In a classroom without windows Exposed In truth and lies Tenured in memories Tinged by the angst of youth Measured By times melancholic muse BEWARE Fo......Read the rest...

...Belts, paddles, switches, and rulers were once instruments of punishment. Although very rarely, in my early years, a belt was Daddy's favorite. I was always a quick learner and never a glutton for ......Read the rest...

...Thoughts once spoken the bottle open Genie tenured —reentry closed (Dreamsleep: August, 2022)......Read the rest...

...By Your mercy, Lord I’m secured Your providence can’t be measured You’ve placed me in a stable job For my needs and for all my love Divine protection is assured. For transgressions, I know I’m......Read the rest...

...With awkward reach the strike of the pen has tipped the ink well splattering onto white paper, vanquishing the lyrics from the poet’s pen, scribbling vignettes of joy or strife, little stories-a......Read the rest...

...feeling his vitamin injection a new adventure begins a slapstick epic of unfathomable implication here unfolds as the rat gnawed curtain rises at Ye Bone and Gristle among the clattering of wooden......Read the rest...

...I have nothing against traditional presentations of poetry – Though, not for me! – personally liking a winged start: projecting freely...as a ......Read the rest...

...cheer the hell up if you can nothing cheats the hangman like enthusiasm since my next act will be to answer all your questions as your tenured professor of dyslexia throw down your eye wear blu......Read the rest...

...Mightier than fibs and sharp swords, Manacled truth will with time prevail Against high peak and gigantic vale, And glossed lips' deodorized words. Sharper than lucre's nectared studs Stabs......Read the rest...

...III. Then there is their favorite target, the faceless foe they call ‘the rich,’ who they claim keep everyone down, the academics so love to . They sat they get rich off our backs, but they’re ......Read the rest...

...Take leave of this Veneer of contented containment Go tell your thoughts Delineate the shades of Dusk and the dark Beneath the ashes sleep Never renews this life Little lived over and Out ......Read the rest...

...Lily of the Nile O Lily of the Nile, your enchanting purple starburst blooms rise on naked stalks to greet lovers on their river stroll as nature lifts their spirits high where sett......Read the rest...

... A Tenured Friend Written: by Tom Wright December 2014 This week we summoned To our home, a tenured friend, Being shackled to need, Her faith had given her hope That in some heart......Read the rest...

...Strong Coffee Ate A Silver Spoon Strong coffee ate a silver spoon Blind feline lapped up the spilled milk Sweet relief cannot come too soon I slept on sheets of finest silk Gone such dreams wi......Read the rest...