Category: poetry

It’s a Journey…

Anthony14 Comments

Never let the harder parts bog you down.

Life’s journeys can be somewhat difficult.

It’s where we end up, so you need not frown.

Don’t beat yourself up, for it’s not your fault.

There’s sugar and spice but other times, salt.

Step up now and forget about the past.

For if you’d don’t, a happiness won’t last.

Now, you kick up your heals and celebrate.

As your best times will come upon you fast.

Being your best self in an ideal state…

-aaa

Not so Crusty Dusty

Anthony6 Comments
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Dusty felt crusty and old

From all things he was told.

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He felt instant rage for the sappers

Those damn whippersnappers.

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So tapped one and knocked him out cold…

-aaa

Three Things Challenge M713

Anthony3 Comments
Three Things Challenge #M713

Love, it can get Messy

Crash burn fizzle and fry

Each time we give love a try.

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It’s very messy stuff you see

Between people such as you and me.

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We try our best with the best inventions

But it all goes “tilt”, even with good intentions.

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Yet once again we reach out try

To find mutual love before we die.

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Some says it’s simple like nouns or gerunds

Though to me, I still feel it’s fools errand.

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It’s truly more than holding and kissing

We’re trying to find that part of us that’s missing.

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So venture out, and make new friends

With hope our foolish quests, one day will end….

-aaa

More Than Myself

Anthony8 Comments

I

Am

Not

That

Same

Nerdy

Little

Boy

Who

Sunk

Away

From

Any

Challenge

He

Ever

Faced,

I

Am

Now

A

Man

With

A

Plan

A

Purpose

To

Live

His

Best

Life

Ever

Right

Here

Right

Now

Watch

Me

Soar

Like

A

Brilliant

Comet

-aaa

Beauty’s Happy Thoughts

Anthony5 Comments

Beauty, stood alone, collecting her thoughts.

She collected them, safely storing each.

Not conflicted by her haves and have nots.

A happy contentment just in her reach.

Sweet feeling inside like a summer peach.

Her lived life thus far has been far from fair.

Now she floats through, almost lighter than air.

Filled with a strength she thought she’d never have.

Strolling down the boulevard with a flare.

A fulfilled life that she’d happily grab.

-aaa

The Odd Duck

Anthony3 Comments

Stop staring at me

You don’t know me at all

Keep your judgements to yourself

Or else you’ll be the one to take the fall.

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Just because I’m not like you

Doesn’t mean I’m in the wrong

I’ll beat to my own drummer

And I sing a different song.

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Nonconformity is not a sin

It’s just another way to live life

True uniqueness and weirdness too

Has sometimes been a personal strife.

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In my youth I wanted to belong

So much so that it made me sad

But when I didn’t fit in with my peers

It often left me feeling bad.

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What could I say to myself

If I could journey back in time

Words of encouragement and self love

Like “No, Anthony, you’re not a slime”

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So I let these words flow out of me

My aims are honest and true

I love this oddball of a guy

And I think the world will too…

-aaa

Day’s End Foretold

Anthony3 Comments

The shadows grow long.

The nightingales sing their song.

I don’t think they’re wrong.

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The sky turns deep red.

Time to put the day to bed.

Rest your wearied head.

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Just welcome the night.

Knowing all will be alright.

When we lose daylight…

-aaa

Shangri -La

Anthony6 Comments
Embrace that silence.
Let the calm wash over you.
Feel at ease with grace.
Empty all thoughts from your mind.
Let peace completely fill you.
Softly sit in place.
Don’t say a word just listen.
Focus on nothing.
Let all of your burdens go.
Relaxation with purpose…
-aaa

Alone Again?

Anthony2 Comments

It’s the end if the world and you know it

It ain’t over till it’s over

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Over my head

Over and out

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Out of touch

Out of time

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Time and tide

Time of the season

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Season cycle

Season of the witch

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Witchy ways

Witchy woman

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Woman at the well

Woman in love

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Love is a battlefield

Lover fool

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Fools rush in

Fool (if you think it’s over)

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Overjoyed

Over You

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You are the sunshine of my life

You belong to me

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Me and my arrow

Me, myself, and I

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I don’t want to spoil the party

I alone

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Alone again or

Alone again, naturally

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Natural woman

Natural one

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One (is the loneliest number)

One step closer

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Closer to edge

Closer to the heart

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Heart of the sunrise

Heart of glass

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Glass onion

Glass houses

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Houses of the Holy

House of the rising sun

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Sun is shining

Sun king

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King of pain

King for a day

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Day in, day out

Day drinking

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Drinking again

Drinking alone

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Alone…

Again…

-aaa

High Stars

Anthony4 Comments

Take on Me

Take my down to the Paradise City

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Cities in dust

City of Gold

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Golden years

Gold dust woman

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Woman like me

Woman in chains.

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Chains of love

Chain of fools

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Fool on the hill

Fool in the rain

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Rainbow connection

Rain drops keep falling on my head

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Head like a hole

Head down

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Down in a hole

Down under

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Under the boardwalk

Under the cherry moon

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Moonlight drive

Moon dance

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Dance dance dance

Dance in my blood

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Blood sweat and tears

Bloody well right

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Right down the line

Right of way

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Way to San Jose

Way you are

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Are you gonna go my way

Are you gonna be my girl

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Girl afraid

Girls just want to have fun

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Fun fun fun

Fun to be had

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Had to fall in love

Had to cry today

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Today is greatest day I’ve ever known

Today’s gonna be a good day

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Daydream in blue

Day light

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Lights go down

Light my fire

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Fire and Rain

Fire in the Sky

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Sky full of stars

Sky high

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High…

Stars…

-aaa

Three Things Challenge M708

Anthony5 Comments

Your three words today are:

COVER

PROTECT

SHELTER

Three Things Challenge #M708
Moore, OK Tornado Stock News Footage 05/03/1999
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Hold On!!!

Duck and cover

Head for shelter

Protect, not hover

In the pending helter skelter.

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Find a safe place

And hunker down

The storm is coming

Round and round.

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The sirens are going

The time is near

The winds are really blowing

And the green sky is not clear.

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A sound at first, distant

Starts to grow

Initially, a soft hiss

Then it starts to throw.

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In between blasts of hail and rain

There was as a different sound

It’s something like a freight train

With everything twirling around.

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Deep inside my hiding place

I hear objects hit the house

As the winds pick up there pace

I huddle quiet as a mouse.

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Big things small things

Missles of all sizes

Crash through with a sting

Destroying all our prizes

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I hold on tight

The worst is here

It won’t take me this night

Though that I fear.

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I close my eyes

With fast beating heart

With tears and sighs

As my house is torn apart.

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My ears pop

From the pressure of the wind

I pray for it to stop

And the tornado finally ascends…

-aaa

teoP A

Anthony8 Comments

Originally Published 04/06/2024

Written works, what for?

The world’s in love with your lore.

Could you ask for more?

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Now just pass the test.

Books, sonnets, and the rest.

Then you’ll be the best.

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With limericks and rhyme.

My pentameters are fine.

Lyrics are sweet wine.

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My words really flow.

The very best friends I know.

I just need control.

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Haikus and Raikus.

With syllables that I choose.

Sharing all my views.

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Some stanzas align.

In simple or crazy time.

Free verse is a crime.

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Ideas a flood.

These renderings my life’s blood.

None of them a dud.

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My words with feeling.

Make poems more appealing.

My mind, free-wheeling.

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Don’t know where each goes.

I the author barely knows.

In creative throws.

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This writing must end.

Freeing us both my friend.

For our lives to tend.

-aaa

Hater Comments Designed to Maim

Anthony33 Comments

Haters will hate

So the adage says

The ill will they propagate

Can last for days.

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Using inflammatory words

They viciously strike you

Though their reasoning is absurd

They have nothing better to do.

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We all work hard as we write

Our efforts on virtual parchment, blood

Another such soul struck tonight

And I felt the anger and hurt, flood.

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I really need a thicker skin

I shouldn’t even care

After reading what was said within

I had no smile to bear.

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Some folks oughta get a life

Rather than writing words unclean

Not since my ex-wife

Have I read such text, so mean.

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We’re all authors, trying to succeed

Not hurt each other for sport

Encouragement is my true creed

Not succumbing to petty resorts.

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Maybe it’s bitter envy I don’t know

What motivates one to hurt another

Maybe someone loses control

And just chooses to choke and smother.

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I guess I just don’t know anymore

Why people would rather be dogging

Instead of setting out, resentful what more

Maybe just concentrate on blogging?

-aaa

Three Things Challenge M705

Anthony17 Comments

Your three words today are:
INITIAL
INDICATE
INSTRUCT

Three Things Challenge #M705

Thank you as always, Pensivity101 I love these challenges.

Intuition Heartbreak

Your initial instructions led to my deductions

I wish there were more to say

Think to myself, and utilized the impressions

That you were throwing me away.

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Intuition indicates your feelings for me weren’t true

And I myself feel a fool for loving you…

-aaa

Playing With 🔥⛽️💥

Anthony1 Comment

Originally Published 04/04/2024

Playing with fire with gas on your hands.

Think hard before making those ‘other’ plans.

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Use common sense at the end of the day.

Or else you’ll get burned and you’ll pay.

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Make better choices to live your best life.

Lest you end up with a gaslighting wife.

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Follow your heart but augment with your head.

Remember everything that’s been shown and said.

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No one opposes you but yourself.

So leave the negativity away on a shelf.

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Take chances and change and grow.

For someday you will love them so.

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Be kind to you, be your best friend.

Because you’re only yourself to the end.

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Now we’ve come to the end of this rhyme.

Take your lessons to heart and have a good time…

-aaa

The Pressures of the Writer

Anthony12 Comments

If My works, do not emote emotion in detail

Then I consider each an epic fail.

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If readers don’t think when they read my words

Then they’re all just: gibberish, trite, obtuse absurd.

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If what I write all sounds the same

Then it’s solely the author to blame.

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So as I write my newest work

I feel my creativity tense, and jerk.

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Because I do not want to come across a phony

Or just another one trick pony.

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I try new styles, tempos, and beats

Iambic pentameters and challenging feats.

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To wow the readers as I heal

Sharing the words that make them feel.

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That is why I write, my friend

Alas, this poem is at an end…

-aaa

Can I Write an A-to-Z Poem?

Anthony17 Comments

A challenging task is at hand.

Being that I’m writing an A-to-Z Poem.

Clearly this will be no small task.

Definitely a new poetic form I’m trying out.

Elaborate writing will be my only defense.

For this is no ordinary poetic type.

Gee, I’m off to a good start so far.

How can I give up the quest now?

I simply must continue working at it.

Jumping at the chance, I use my creativity.

Killing the time with my ramblings, a I go.

Looking to find something unique to say.

Milling about on my phone, aimlessly.

Now is the time to put forth my best effort.

Onward and upward as the cliche dictates.

Placement and pace are critical to this art.

Quietly and thoughtfully, I compose.

Rolling my fat digits on my phone.

Skillfully trying to make this work, amusing.

To get this close to the final letters is great.

Until I get the final letter will never be done.

Very carefully, I craft the final four lines.

With great precision and care.

Xanax will not be needed at this point.

Yet I feel urgency to get to the final letter.

Zen, is what completing an A-Z poem is…

-aaa

Not so Fond Farewell

Anthony6 Comments

Now I’m here

You go away

Save cruelty

For another day.

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Badness gone

Far away

Save it for

Another stay.

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Leave this place

Move along

Singing a

Different song.

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There’s no need

To explain

As your words

Cause me pain.

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Bid adieu

Say goodbye

Pack your bags

I won’t cry.

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For, my truth

Is at hand

You’re in a

Distant land.

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Now I’m free

From your hate

Peace without

A debate…

-aaa