Best Rewrite Poems

i sit lonely. 

the crowded restaurant is thick with sound 

i pick away at it 

moving back into the stagnant silence 
of my own comfort

the air is nasty here 
it telepathically abuses my thought patterns

still 
a far cry better 
the loud hum of food 
marching...

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If you continue to hide 
How will they know? 
Who you are 
What you are

Behind all the guilt
Hidden behind the negative thoughts 
A gem  

You don’t realise the depth of you 
You don’t get the image 

God sees when He looks at you 

Faults...

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Here is the original in quatrain form:    

       A swan did sail so gracefully
       Around a crystal lake
       Such whiteness pure I ne'er did...

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“That’s just the way you’re wired”
Sure some settings are predetermined out of the box 
But most adapt over time to the environment 

Growing up we all adjust to the situation to survive
To try to get our needs met and gain connection 
In order to not...

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It's imperative to alter the narrative,
so get out a round of ream.
There's a knot in the plot,
a lost theme with out a seam..
You pause and you pivot.
The script leaves you livid,
falling short of your dream.
Stopped, stalled between acts,
little time to retrack,
as your pen is running...

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I walk a field where flowers yield
sweet pollen to the bees;
their fragrance sweet, I feel complete,
and drop down to my knees.

Humbly, I smell what blossoms tell,
whispering discreetly.
The petals kiss my cheek with bliss,
giving blush quite sweetly.

Bees gather round, and now I've found
I must be on...

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Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Death is but an empty grave,
And the soul dies in that slumber,
Which will rot its bones away.

Death is merely but a passage,
No, the grave is not its goal;
Beyond the boundaries of age
Hearst you true words of the soul.

'Tis enjoyment and...

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If John 3:16 is read as,
For God so loved Earth
that S/he gave up Her only begotten-beloved Child,
so all future regenerating generations
might have eternal timeless love lives.

it doesn't feel quite right.
It doesn't even sound rational,
nor consistently benign,
and echoes with justification for wars
and death
and loss
and suffering,
all beginning...

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Tropical Getaway

Carpooling in the Monday traffic jam,       	 
Wondering what we are and who I am.		
Since we’ve already raised a family,           	 
Is there anything left just for you...

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DECK THE STALLS

Deck the stalls with lots of Friesians 
fa la la la la, la la la la

Tis the season to be Freezin
fa la la la la, la la la la

Donned we now our Carhart apparrell
fa la la, fa la la, la la la

Troll the...

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little pig beware the lupine cliques-
that prowl the woods of politics
the scent of money they adore
as all the while they howl for more
yowling from the forest floor
beguiling with their wily tricks
forego the straws and fragile sticks
and build your house of bricks!...

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If it was December and….
If I was an ancient Roman
But I assure you, I am not….
I would be feasting and merrymaking like mad
Celebrating the Festival of Saturn.
Or Saturnalia if you prefer.
As many ancient Romans do.
But alas, I am not Roman, only ancient.
And December is almost...

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My electronic pen as drunk as a blind bat rattles along the virtual pages of my computer trying to make sense of its staggering direction, 
Not knowing which word will next come out of its nib, mainly keeping a balance, endeavoring not to topple over,...

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Flowers, delicate, serene flowers
Bah- 
Give me something with power!
Roar of fighting cats,
An eagle soaring toward prey,
A black cloud of vampire bats!

The happy, tinkling bells 
of a winter sleigh,
Nay-

Give me a wolf's prowling howl
A hurricane come to land!
The hyena eating a thing so foul,
Nature in the...

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Obama Speech on Gun Control
on January 5th, 2016 at White House

Were they really great gun owners
Or strange losers and also loners
Mentally unbalanced and also unfit
With bad habits they could not quit.

Down path by Congress again are led
A student has been shot in his head
Where will...

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