The Hardest Battle

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“To be nobody but yourself

in a world which is doing

its best day and night

to make you like everybody else

means to fight the hardest battle

which any human being can fight

and never stop fighting.”

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~  E. E. Cummings

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Elfje:         (Cinquain)

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unique

just you

like nobody else

one of a kind

individual

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Haiku:

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clear azure blue skies

aurora borealis

this cold winter’s night

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Poem:

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so average that it hurts
been there, have the t-shirts
still seeking a unique niche
with class, no bawdy kitsch

the snobs feign indifference
the hick straight out of Deliverance
the middle class can’t afford to be rich
there is no bottom to the poor man’s ditch

blue is a color that I will not bleed
enough pocket money to buy some chicken feed
too lackadaisical or just too lazy to succeed
mother always called me her bad weed

I guess I’ll just have to be me
second cousin to the monkey in the tree
choosing to either agree or disagree
living a life happy, joyous and free

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ME and the Boss

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The Dream Of Life

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“Poetry is a

sort of truancy,

a dream within

the dream of life,

a wild flower planted

among our wheat.”

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~ Michael Oakeshott

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Elfje: (Cinquain)

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flower

growing wild

beside the road

here there and everywhere

weed

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Haiku:

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windy gusts blowing

clouds billowing in the sky

spring showers coming

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Poem:

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in poetry, the words do not clang
rhythm and rhyme, melodic cadence
never expecting a real loud bang
words chosen to give language credence

the poet fights to make every word fit
knowing the poem has a mind of its own
push and shove becomes a battle of wit
words to grace the inevitable tombstone

the poet seeks words with intense feelings
the poem fights back with stubborn concern
things with no meaning and emotions concealing
finally, the resolve is what we have to learn

the poet writes to express himself, an autograph
the poem, however, always has the very last laugh

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ME and the Boss

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https://michaelerb.wordpress.com

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https://meandtheboss.wordpress.com

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