The Poet-Olympics (Contests)

The Contests 

Participants (and they that view)

condone the measures that are used

...allow subjective laws to rule

and limits that are oft confused.

They know vague measures tilt and sway

but grant the gauge to biased few.

They merely hope they win the day

within the minds that they would woo.

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The Poet-Olypians

Olympians

As I watch Olympic games,

and hear the stories there,

I must admire that you compete

with all the pressures you must bear.

All your efforts to excel.

All the pain from muscles torn.

Are the medals that you seek

just payment for the load you’ve borne?

And when you wake to face your foes,

body aching, mind in stress,

you rise to face the cruel unknowns

that the milieu may possess.

Win, or lose, your feat lives on...

until your strength of will is gone.

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The Poet-A Valentine

A Valentine

For those most dear within your heart,

there is no special day.

For every tender, thoughtful act,

will send your love their way.

To succor them and comfort them

when dreams have gone awry,

will let them know no seed’s fallow...

let Time decide when they should cry.

When they excel and passions soar

such that they fly too high,

praise, but hold them close to you,

‘till their wings in stillness lie.

Or merely state you miss them

and wish that they were near...

extend the hand of fellowship

and pray for them good cheer.

Send kith and kin such Valentine

and love will ever intertwine.

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The Poet-New Residents"

New Residents?

I now hear that the President

has just made a new precedent.

If you but aid a terrorist,

you may become resident.

Does that mean that the man,

who succors a foul plan,

may really have no guilt...

if he merely drives the van?

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The Poet-Rosemont Mine AZ

Rosemont Mine, AZ (redux)

Since local voters now decline

to accept the copper mine,

our pols have drafted a bill

to change the county’s border line.

The reason for the voters angst

remains, though pens may make lines wend,

And come the Fall, the voters all

may not deem them as their friend.

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The Poet-Punxsutawney Phil

Punxsutawney Phil

The people of PA.

have the nerve to say

that Punxsutawney Phil

knows how long that we’ll feel chill.

Now he has looked and found no shade,

a big mistake I say he made.

For six more weeks in winter's mill,

and Phil could end up as roadkill.

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