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DENNY R ALLISON Mar 2021
EVERY DAY WE TREAD TOWARD OUR MORTAL ENDING,
WILL WE SIMPLY BE GONE, OR STARTING OUR NEW BEGINNING.
IS THERE A CHEQUE TO BE DETERMINED SAINT OR SINNER,
OR THE NEXT COURSE, IN A LIFE EXTENDING DINNER.
WILL WE KNOW THE HEAT OF HELL, OR THAT GARDEN OF ADAM'S.
OR SIMPLY REJOIN THE UNIVERSE AS BILLIONS OF ATOMS.
DENNY R ALLISON Mar 2021
Unfortunately "Cs" look like an "A",
after the "Fs" have their say.
DENNY R ALLISON Mar 2021
SO MANY HAVE COME BEFORE MY TIME,
           TO THIS KNOWLEDGE, I MUST RESIGN,
                      AN ORIGINAL THOUGHT, WILL NEVER BE MINE.
DENNY R ALLISON Feb 2021
I WISH I COULD WRITE A POEM, SO PROFOUND SO CLEVER,

THAT KNOWING SAGES, WOULD QUOTE IT FOR AGES,

AND MY NAME WOULD LIVE ON FOREVER.
"OOPS" I WASN'T SUPPOSE TO TELL YOU. NOW IT WILL NEVER COME TRUE
DENNY R ALLISON Feb 2021
DO YOU REMEMBER THE FEEL:

THE PULL OF THE FISH AGAINST THE REEL.

GETTING THE RIGHT CARD ON THE LAST NIGHTS DEAL.

THE CLANKING ROLLERCOASTER AS IT CREST THE HILL.

WHEN YOU AWAKE AND REALIZE THE NIGHTMARE NOT REAL.

YOU STEP OFF THE CURB AND HEAR TIRES SQUEAL.

YOU FIRST HEARD OF CHRIST SUFFERING UPON THE HILL.

THE CRUMPLING OF PAPER FOR LACK OF SKILL.
This is an exercise or game I enjoy. I give myself a first line then try coming up with rhyming lines. I'm putting it out here because this morning I encounter a rhyming poem historical quiz I enjoyed. So in my lame attempt to further the popularity of rhyming I would ask You fellow poets to send in a second line. All I asks is that it rhyme with the word "feel". I suggest you write down a few and send the best. Feel free to use the rhyming words I have used. I hope this is enjoyable to some if not I'll leave a last one . " of wasting your time reading this spheal "
DENNY R ALLISON Feb 2021
THE ETERNAL MIST WHISPERS TO OUR MIND HOW IT WILL BE,

THE RAGING STORM FILLS OUR MIND WITH THAT WE WANT TO SEE.
DENNY R ALLISON Feb 2021
US'INS KNOW IT,
IF IT DON'T RHYME,
YOU AIN'T NO POET
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