Counting Poems - Poems about Counting

Thinking about earthly matters One should not forget about the soul Sometimes I look at the sky When I look at the it, I fly So much foreboding these days Though life is thick and thin for me I arrived one year with peace Simple celebration is heaven to me Fried fish, jackfruit, rice and tea Enough to thank God for 55...

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Count your fingers and toes! It's five that drives betides! For our minds can't juggle More than five at once. Can't grip, grasp sense - six. How we sense and perceive, Also comes in five flavors. Touch, sight, smell, taste, hearing, Which constrains, contorts our thoughts, Into believing we know what's Right, true, all so insightful! But, why or why five? Has ego, fear, doubt, desire Succumbed to...

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Look god I know there’s a way people usually pray to you But I don’t work that way So I’m gonna just say what I have to say I want to love you But you cant I struggle And I know there’s not excuses For the thing I’ve been doing And I’m not gonna stop...

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Syllable Counting Counting syllables is a pain in my rear Obnoxious divisions to which I must adhere Understanding them is not clear Never one to learn much in school To post good poetry, I must follow the rule. OR NOT!!!!! ...

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Lock me in a room for days Suffocating in purple haze Tried so hard to change my ways Catch me from this second chance floor I used the window, but you slammed the door No, holding me close like you did before No use hiding anymore I've been holding it so long I forgot how to breathe I've been waiting so long I forgot how...

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Last night, I had to shoo me away some sheep. Having to count 'em was keeping me from falling asleep. Tonight, I do battle with a big herd of cattle that somebody, I’m sure, has prayed the Lord to keep. ...

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Counting Numbers 750,000 dead in the Civil War 116,000 dead in WW1-The War to end all wars 420,000 dead in WW2-So much for ending war 38,000 dead in Korea-A police action 58,000 dead in ‘Nam-Save the world from communism 8,000 dead in Afghanistan/Iraq-Make the world safe from terrorism ?????? dead the next war-Make the world???????? When can we stop counting? ...

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Counting After you count to 100 really fast you’ll turn orange-violet, get lifetime FREE PARKING, bullies will powder your itches better, cane fields will grow horns, the letter B will disappear on your PC. ...

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The wonderful thing about counting your blessing… if you start counting from the top… you’ll find you have so many blessings… you won’t have time to stop. ...

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I watched her gather The rejected memories Then she placed them on my lap Knowing full well I would have to process With no way to give back ...growth Filled bags of new devices Gadgets and gestures, in one Money, possessions, overflowing Without a path to run ...Wisdom Another year, done and gone No calls, visits or fellowship To strengthen invisible connection Matter gathers in every corner Dust bunnies, tangled and...

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Forty years ago, we said “I do” You pledged to me, and I pledged to you And in a fleeting moment’s span, our journey through life began. Our friendship over time has grown Despite the curved balls, life has thrown. God has His divine magic spun Uniting our souls into one. As we have grown closer to Him, Our love was kept from...

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28 hours It took you that long to respond to my text Took all of my power Not to stalk through your pictures or text you again A couple of hours All the time that it took from the moment we met A couple of drinks All it took to imagine that you’re in my bed Just over an hour My heart skipped a...

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Today I counted my blessings First day in a while Sadness left me for a few hours The quietness soothed No thoughts, no regrets A cloud stayed at home The clock chimed News clung to an empty page And misery took a day off Today I counted my fortune Riches held no worth Coins float through fingers Palm collected air No doorbell ringing Phone in silent mode Anxiety had...

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Counting Days In how many ways do I count the days Those passing golden days we said were ours, The warm bright days and the slow dulled days The eternal rhythm of passing hours. ...

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#Counting! Caught between numbers, days and emotions, strangled in this corner of the unknown, don't know what to count or how to count, should I be counting with my fingers or my imagination, for images in my mind are blurry and fades before they could form clear indication, I wanna hope but anything can happen, I...

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