tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14673615874386347882014-04-27T17:57:15.466-07:00Best, Funny, Deep, Short, Inspirational, Social, PoliticalB Deannoreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-50833770922489322792013-03-13T16:59:00.000-07:002013-03-14T06:25:35.105-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Garbage in the Woods <br />( short profound poem on the environment ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Garbage in the Woods </div><div id="quotespoetry">do you ever feel like <br />an automobile carcass <br />alone in the woods? <br />the forest confused <br />whispering, knowing <br />you don't belong <br />with an ecology <br />all to your own <br />environmentally <br />an unknown</div>Benjamin Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-29518630751583901872011-06-06T07:33:00.001-07:002011-06-06T07:33:51.088-07:00<div id="quotespoems">We the People <br />( short funny political poem on government ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">We the People </div><div id="quotespoetry">we the people <br />are different than <br />the frogs, the sky <br />the streams <br />and the tomatoes</div>B Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-82873068935121684932011-06-06T07:30:00.001-07:002011-06-06T07:30:38.206-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Capable of Anything <br />( modern free verse poem on diversity ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Capable of Anything </div><div id="quotespoetry">these words <br />will come at you <br />like a person <br />(capable of anything) <br />these words <br />like a person <br />eternally draw upon <br />a deep unconscious motive <br />to balance, harmonize <br />share, respect, and love <br />so what may first have been <br />alarmingly different <br />is at the root and heart <br />the same</div>B Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-55328375440337989672011-06-06T07:26:00.000-07:002011-06-06T07:26:10.242-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Title-less Poem <br />( small contemporary poem on identity ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Title-less Poem </div><div id="quotespoetry">if I had named this poem <br />it would have had <br />to live up to some idea</div>B Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-53353459198219960122011-06-06T07:23:00.000-07:002011-06-06T07:23:32.390-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Mystery and Aspiration <br />( short english social poem about health ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Mystery and Aspiration </div><div id="quotespoetry">there is no answer <br />just as there is no endpoint <br />from which I breathe</div>B Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-73635551438211227282011-06-06T07:19:00.000-07:002011-06-06T07:19:14.112-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Break Truth <br />( short cool deep poem on change ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Break Truth </div><div id="quotespoetry">the point is lost <br />when you try <br />to make something <br />different than it is</div>B Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-84603515941236038052011-06-06T07:14:00.000-07:002011-06-06T07:14:33.231-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Freedom and Anarchy <br />( short popular smart poem about anarchy ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Freedom and Anarchy </div><div id="quotespoetry">you don't know <br />anything <br />so give god back <br />their freedom</div>B Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-29717543605017781752011-05-23T08:08:00.001-07:002011-05-23T08:08:48.157-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Over Protective Mothers <br />( simple social criticism poem on mothering ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Over Protective Mothers </div><div id="quotespoetry">an ultra-conservative <br />northern Coloradoan <br />mother <br />feeding her baby <br />with a spoon <br />uses her hand <br />to shield the baby's beauty <br />from my adoring eyes <br />the baby leans <br />back and forth <br />just as frustrated <br />that will teach him</div>Benjamin Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-35534439381862518952011-05-18T07:38:00.001-07:002011-05-18T07:38:49.821-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Politics, Hmph, Geez <br />( shorter wise political poem on government ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Politics, Hmph, Geez </div><div id="quotespoetry">why do you suppose <br />they call it <br />govern mental?</div>Benjamin Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-24822958663788304212011-05-18T07:33:00.001-07:002011-05-18T07:33:54.385-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Third Title-less Poem <br />( shorter clever poem on writing poetry ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Third Title-less Poem </div><div id="quotespoetry">experiences would <br />have an imposed <br />beginning and end</div>Benjamin Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-29630285105360502112011-05-18T07:26:00.001-07:002011-05-18T07:26:31.609-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Second Title-less Poem <br />( very short absurd quote on writing poems ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Second Title-less Poem </div><div id="quotespoetry">and you would <br />have seen this coming</div>Benjamin Deannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-80756758366088242582011-05-18T07:18:00.001-07:002011-05-18T07:18:56.714-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Context <br />( shortest social issue poem on predjudice ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Context </div><div id="quotespoetry">context <br />equals <br />grudge</div>Benjamin Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-38152732135095005052011-05-16T19:18:00.001-07:002011-05-16T19:18:29.168-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Waiting Forever <br />( shortest bittersweet poem about love ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Waiting Forever </div><div id="quotespoetry">just waiting around <br />for the love <br />I was never given</div>Benjamin Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-2909386749295157372011-05-16T19:14:00.001-07:002011-05-16T19:14:37.444-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Seriously Messed Up <br />( small hot witty angry poem on bullying ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Seriously Messed Up </div><div id="quotespoetry">this seriously messed-up <br />super up-tight woman <br />the stones near her quake <br />the trees still their leaves <br />fearful, respectful, alert <br />how with so much power <br />can this human being <br />be so insensitive?</div>Benjamin Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-9636188225247188052011-05-16T19:11:00.001-07:002011-05-16T19:11:42.718-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Open to the Narrow Mind <br />( short angry poem about school ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Open to the Narrow Mind </div><div id="quotespoetry">no minds or hearts <br />are altered by resistance <br />even upon pain of death <br />what others "know" drives on <br />making <br />made <br />mention <br />muck <br />miserable <br />let it move</div>Benjamin Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-19082914928042426832011-05-16T19:06:00.001-07:002011-05-16T19:06:57.013-07:00<div id="quotespoems">The Leroy Nieman of Sex <br />( shorter funny english poem about sex ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">The Leroy Nieman of Sex </div><div id="quotespoetry">he was the <br />Leroy Nieman <br />of sex <br />sketchy erratic attempts <br />to capture the spirit <br />of physical adventure</div>Benjamin Deannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-69966911256903423162011-05-16T17:48:00.000-07:002011-05-16T17:48:12.208-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Personal Growth <br />( new funny profound poem on science ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Personal Growth </div><div id="quotespoetry">(or "Develop Who?) <br /> <br />my development <br />is in no hurry <br /> <br />who would hurry it <br />being all of all <br />and one for nothing <br /> <br />development is a shrug <br />from god into her eternity <br /> <br />biology, an ongoing <br />archaeological hide and seek</div>Benjamin Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-71139247504728468472011-05-16T17:44:00.001-07:002011-05-16T17:44:43.685-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Relative Utility <br />( good contemporary poem about beauty ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Relative Utility </div><div id="quotespoetry">beauty is relative <br />beholding an action <br />one toward another <br />one of none <br />and all of all <br /> <br />lust is a mind full <br />a biological sidecar <br />an adventure, believing <br />in upward mobility <br /> <br />so silence the singular <br />and forget the odds</div>Benjamin Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-79746467939899256422011-05-16T17:38:00.001-07:002011-05-16T17:38:45.923-07:00<div id="quotespoems">You Silly Conformist <br />( mocking cynical poem on conformity ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">You Silly Conformist </div><div id="quotespoetry">society plays you <br />like a sad puppet <br /> <br />trust being, for you <br />something that <br />stands in line <br />until it is called on <br /> <br />consequences being <br />something you rely on <br />believing the future <br />is something real</div>Benjamin Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-39625623206248299972011-05-16T17:31:00.001-07:002011-05-16T17:31:56.933-07:00<div id="quotespoems">New Year Day <br />( short inspiring poem on new year's day ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">New Year Day </div><div id="quotespoetry">&quot;reluctant optimist <br />experiences uncommon <br />lift in spirits <br />on an otherwise <br />ordinary Friday&quot; <br />these are the headlines <br />in my mind and heart <br />this first day of 2010</div>Benjamin Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-24518932961555528482011-05-16T17:29:00.000-07:002011-05-16T17:29:08.442-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Mice on Cellphones <br />( new sarcastic dark poem on technology ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Mice on Cellphones </div><div id="quotespoetry">although the side-effects <br />of long-term cellphone use <br />remains blatantly obvious <br />to the free-thinking man <br />mice have apparently <br />discovered that cellphones <br />can cure Alzheimer's! <br />now the idea of a cure <br />is exciting <br />however <br />let us not overlook <br />what may even be <br />a greater discovery <br />Talking Mice <br />mice with dementia <br />who feel better <br />when they talk <br />on cellphones <br />and even better <br />(studies suggest) <br />while driving cars <br />at the same time</div>Benjamin Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-61108461650592291662011-05-16T08:06:00.001-07:002011-05-16T08:06:40.393-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Martin's Day <br />( hopeful poem on martin luther king jr. ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Martin's Day </div><div id="quotespoetry">today's assignment <br />is to write a poem about <br />Martin Luther King Jr. <br />today's assignment <br />is to appreciate <br />the courage <br />and the beauty <br />and the spirit <br />in which this man lived <br />today's assignment <br />is to trust <br />that this love lives still <br />beating in the hearts <br />of us all</div>Benjamin Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-71803493913612650422011-05-16T08:03:00.001-07:002011-05-16T08:03:19.567-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Ambition or Community <br />( new inspiring poem about community ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Ambition or Community </div><div id="quotespoetry">the way you <br />approach a person <br />is superseded by <br />the reason you approach <br />placing reason <br />before person <br /><br />the problem you wish to solve <br />being further complicated <br />by having alienated the one <br />you wish to have help solve it <br /><br />everyone feels cellularly <br /> that people <br />are more important <br />than things</div>Benjamin Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-30317323909686233862011-05-16T07:54:00.001-07:002011-05-16T07:54:35.434-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Politics and Intelligence <br />( mocking political poem on conservatives ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Politics and Intelligence </div><div id="quotespoetry">over breakfast <br />we talked about <br />intelligence <br />"how would you do <br />on an IQ test?" <br />there are so <br />many kind of <br />intelligence <br />street smarts <br />academic smarts <br />reasoning ability <br />intuition <br />I would have to rank <br />political conservatives <br />intelligence <br />as the lowest</div>Benjamin Deannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467361587438634788.post-22379900476773495792011-05-16T07:45:00.001-07:002011-05-16T07:45:55.726-07:00<div id="quotespoems">Possibility for Self <br />( very short upbeat deep quote on life ) <br /><br /><br /></div><div id="quotespoemstitle">Possibility for Self </div><div id="quotespoetry">just because you haven't ruled any in <br />doesn't mean you should rule any out</div>Benjamin Deannoreply@blogger.com0