SOMETIMES SIMPLE IS BEST

SOMETIMES SIMPLE IS BEST

we all know about the road paved

with good intentions,

corporate meetings spouting

egotistic offerings that lack

practical sense, feet to stand upright

and carry the weight from theory to fact.

Sometimes simple is best:

a wheel, a pulley,

the simple machines of push and pull

waiting by the shed, in the rain,

unnoticed

except by the fearfully close-mouthed.

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based on 

The Red Wheelbarrow 

BY WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

so much depends 

upon 

a red wheel 

barrow 

glazed with rain 

water 

beside the white 

chickens

FIVE 17-SYLLABLED MORE THAN BLUE POEMS

FIVE 17-SYLLABLED

MORE THAN BLUE POEMS

1

sky, sea,

the backdrop of fifty beaming stars—

true blue the lot of them!

2

If only I could swim

in the blue pools

of your eyes—

bask forever!

3

When hearts break,

victims say they are more than blue,

their pain beyond color.

4

Blue could sniff a rabbit

better than most.

He seldom barked;

he loved kids.

5

I pray I can far exceed the blue,

dazzling in my faith,

loving God.

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