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Due Consideration (Free verse) by Dovina
An urgent whisper
rises
strained
I hold it back
hold breath
Could it sound
or only crack trying
To restrain that unborn word
might forfeit all
To give voice, gain too much
and what if that whisper isnât âNoâ?
After due consideration
I ignore reason
Better to take whatever pain
release breath
and thereby know
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Arithmetic Mean: 7.0
Weighted score: 5.537883
Overall Rank: 2588
Posted: November 20, 2005 4:48 PM PST; Last modified: November 20, 2005 4:48 PM PST
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Belching out my songs of love and philosophy
I hold my breath to kill the beast I feed upon
It's meat is rough but not enough to discourage me
And now I've said it all
and now I've done it all
and now I've had it all
I ate it up all gone
One wonders how many millions read the biting comments listed under many of the poems posted here and think "Nope, no frickin way I putting my stuff up there to get lambasted like that." Maybe they should read this poem first for confidence.
I donât undertake only those tasks at which I believe I will shine. Such fear-based reticence would limit my play and exposure to othersâ play in a childâs game aimed at education. I risk encountering ridicule, and even welcome it sometimes, for the possibility of a shining insight. Itâs hard to be sworn at or likened to all manner of disgusting things, but as long as sun glimmers from that pool of urine, Iâll endure the stench. Or as a lost friend once said, âPoemranker is a great resource. It is like a huge thrift shop or, even better, a gigantic landfill. If you don't mind getting dirty, there are many precious things to be found under some especially slimy, fecally covered toilet seat or unwashed, skidmarked underwear.â Iâm getting all mushy and teary-eyed now.