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Best Poems Written by Bill Marable

Below are the all-time best Bill Marable poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

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I made you look

I do not want to turn on the radio because I do not want to hear about more Palestinians starving in Gaza

I do not want to satisfy the growling in my stomach because I do not want to feel full when so many perish, even as food deteriorates at locked boarders 

I do not want to watch television because I do not want to see the calamity of weaponized famine 

Yet 
my ears can not unhear 
my hunger can not go unsatisfied 
my eye can not unsee 
the brutal horror of vengeance 
unchecked 

I dare not tune out the collective moans of a starving nation 
I dare not think of my momentary lack when so many have suffered to the bone
I dare not watch when 
targeted aggression goes awry
and innocents die 
and the Red Crescent is no longer a symbol of piece, but a target for chaos and destruction

No I will not watch the world watch,
in silence

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Weights and Measures

There is no scale that can weigh the power of hope 

Winter ICE riding an Alberta Clipper from the new northern state down to the Gulf of America 

A Brown wave
No time for Brown waves good bye 
A brown wave 

Sky ships set sail
Rouge cargo
Stripped, strapped, secure 

Refugee - no refuge - Refugee

Loose dirt plowed
Roots shifted, strained 
Lumps gathered 

Tear watered seeds sewn 
In Brown soil that hope 
might sprout like a tree

Sky ship sets sail 
Bounded cargo 
Refugee - no refuge - Refugee

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Strike Up The Ban

Strike Up the Ban

Who’s banning Gone with the Wind
Are they banning Huckleberry Finn
The Diary of Ann Frank might offend 
Some German who wasn’t born back then

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Hi-Choo

Hi-Choo

Early spring in Corinth and I’m bathing in a pollen shower as fuzzy green seedlings are whisked here and there in the blustery March breeze, I sneeze!!

Remnants of last night’s thunderstorm cruse across the pale blue canvas of the afternoon sky as pine cones fluttering in the breeze make me sneeze, I sneeze, I I I I sneeze!!

Even the old crape Myrtle, pronounced deceased years ago, is budding and basking in the evening glow, her babies preparing to become leaves, and I sneeze sneeze sneeze , I sneeze, I sneeze

As you can see
        Pollen damn near 
Got                  the best of me
But let me catch 
my breath 
                           and finish my soliloquy 

Old Magnolia, washed in Nature’s seasonal offering, regain their forest green state, after a brief bloom, branches swaying with ease and I sneeze sneeze sneeze I sneeze I I sneeze I sneeze 

Wew!! Hi Choo!!

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Vanished

Where do dreams go come 
Dawn with her radiant glow 
Shadows in darkness

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Freedom

Wade in the Water
While you can
Afore it steams away
Like the whistle of 
A boiling kettle

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Parting Ways

At this point she has exceeded her lifespan and the time has come for an upgrade.  It sounds so impersonal to speak of her simply as a tool. She was a constant, from the saffron glow of dawn through countless slumber-less midnight strolls. 
She has served me nearly without fail for the last three years. Oh don’t get it twisted, she’s still one hella lady, it’s just that her memory ain’t what it used to be. 
   I began to see little signs of her impending demise several months aback; random delays unrelated to Wi-Fi connections -like let me think about it for a second before I reply- 
   Requesting a Reboot in the middle of an assignment then refusing to negotiate; just that annoying prompt: “System Error Please restart your device.”
   Entering her dotage the skews became more transparent and untimely and less easily ignored. 
Just this morning at the gym, you caused me to hold up the line when you decided to engage in a  mid function nap. 
   Her replacement arrived via mail order today, slender and all made up in a most attractive steel gray.   I caressed her lubricous uncased body tenderly yet firmly and place her next to you on the bed. 
   I am overcome with Ambivalence as I watch you drift away into the cloud, engaging in a cyber dance with my new companion. The final countdown begins and I stand by your side as your clock rate descends. 
   Reluctantly, I adhere to your final prompt: “Delete Everything -Reset!”  How else could you move on?
   I ease my new friend into her case, before asking her to capture your image.  She complies and we post you in the social media graveyard:
iPhone 11, Black, Used but in Good Condition, 256 gigabytes, comes with a pretty red case/card holder. make an offer!

Bill Marable
1/25/25
8:32 am

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Morning Poem 8324

No breeze to start this day
Air as still as a snail In ponder 

Oh!  look a-yonder
Sunshine don’t need no wind

To usher her in
Obtrusive to night

Separation by light 
Just as the Word say

Bill Marable
Aug. 3, 2024

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Indian Summer

April brings more than
showers 
Spring sometimes
cowers 
To Winter after 
flowers

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Oh Boy

Black boy
boy back
Bounded boy
boy broken 
Beaten boy
boy banished 
Behind boy
boy bye!