Versus Poems - Poems about Versus

And you suffer confirmation bias, Seek only what supports what you decide, Quite objective as I’m, I’ve no such ass, AI posed, I’ve no monkey mind beside, Nor my emotions blur reality, Nor ever short change the reign of reason. But I’ve this gift: Devil’s Advocacy, Human intelligence is rare, my son, To err is human and to learn divine! And there’s...

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In dream last night when I talked to AI, Our dialogue went on back and forth like this: I said, look, brain sees what it likes well nigh, Hope, you help not with same human disease. Men well can read misspelt words fair and right, I hope, you’ve acquired this ability-- To ignore what might fail to conform quite, Men...

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Caviar is fish eggs and I think so blobbish and ugly Squishy and squirmy looking; they do not tempt me Mexican caviar is supposedly ant eggs, definitely not free How they capture ant eggs, I really do not fathom or see....

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The fountain pen ran off giggling and lost his pants Leaving a string of letters, none of them seemed by chance How dare he think he can write? Said my non-amused muse angry enough to give him some really mean reviews He’s just a pen, a one-trick pony! Blue and plastic, common, bony! The pen came back to hear my thoughts I’ve...

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Evidence was spotty, not much justification Giant stretch of prosecutor’s imagination Easily led jury wanted to crucify and convict Defendant’s wife felt like he was being kicked Though there was no solid proof or DNA test Was this lawyer truly the defendant’s best? Victim was not alive to testify, unfortunately The accused got sentenced to life and twenty-three If this sap had been...

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Her apathetic attitude toward work Caused many a boss a bit of irk Fervent night lifer, listless all day Many dead end jobs with little pay At her desk she was listless and dull Showed less energy than yesterday’s skull Flash-mobbing and clubbing were her things After midnight, her energy zings...

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good versus evil two swords flailing in the night fiery cosmic dance AP: Honorable Mention 2025 Posted on March 9, 2025...

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Human versus pre-human Are humans born with a soul? I don’t know but I think a newborn child has yet to acquire a soul A newborn absorbs everything it sees, including colors and voices, the way it is lifted up given a bath hugged, and song too, absorbed into the new memory bank and...

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“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8 of the King James Bible; "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?" Romans 6:1 KJV God’s grace abounds...

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The Sticklers are rule-followers; they do seventeen weekly have-tos. There is no room for flexibility, or deviation from their parents’ teachings. Have to go to church, read the Bible, pray daily, on their knees. Have to go to grandma’s every Sunday, bring a pot roast, wash the dishes. Have to read the Bible with grandma, aloud, as she corrects...

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'Twas the night before Christmas, and there sat the Grouch, waiting for Santa and his present filled pouch. I'm sure that all of you have heard of the Grinch, but the Grouch is far worse, at least by one inch. That vile and distasteful sixty-six year old man had been writing poems which he pitched in a can. To tell you the...

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Head versus heart, which should we choose The ego or the soul Come, come now, follow your heart’s muse Do what you will, feel whole Conscience, the voice of God Pleads, please give love a nod Walk into heart unshod Close, yet apart Head versus heart...

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Try versus wife to win and see, Weigh her words nor loud din and see. Unless game to sleep all night out, Dare say, to truth you lean and see. Find her fault and try to point out, Dare keep up keen your chin and see. You might be a poet of weight, Play to her ‘that old been’ and see. At...

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Shirley sallied forth with another amusing quip Does she never take life seriously? Asked stern face I chose to ignore him, preferring Shirley every day She is always joking, stern face said to another woman. She did not reply either. Shirley enters the lunchroom with fairy dust and magic sparkles Stern Face brings in gravel and disgust....

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our neighbors entertain we don’t they like company we do not they drop in on people we would never do that they have their ways we have ours they decorate six Christmas trees we put ours away, it is pre lit and pre ornamented they vote Republican, we do not discuss who we vote for or if we vote at all neither one of us are right...

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