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Sorry to break from the norm but I just had to get in a "plug" for my new website.

Come and see ElitePublishings.com; A Tennessee based graphic design firm!

Also we are in need of some more creative poetry submissions! Please E-mail your submissions to ElitePublishings@Gmail.com.  Don't forget to include a picture, prefered colors, and a link to your site.

Thanks,

Smitty

Words

WORDS

 
So many words just floating around,
like spectres on the prowl.
Pick a handful and see what's there,
Slowly open the fingers son none will escape.
The one that gets away may be the one you want.

Make sentences out of the floating words:
paragraphs, essays, and books. The
choices are unlimited: the words are free.
If there is one you do not want--
turn it loose.
It may be the one I need.

 

By: Mary Jo Holder 

Now It Doesn't Matter

 

 

Now It Doesn't Matter

                                    

An orb of iridescent light

striding off into the dark of night
Glances down at the spots on the

ebony cloak it has donned tonight.    

Some specks of cosmic dust is all,
so small as not to matter.
No time to pause and flick them off,

It will have to wait til later.

Each insignificant little speck,
in it's own elliptical path, felt
smug in thinking it the leader.

The atmosphere around their world

neglected for so long
was to be their biggest downfall

The cloak is shook, the specks are gone.
Now it doesn't matter.

 

By: Mary Jo Holder

Blank Stare

Blank Stare

Paper in front of me totally blank
My mind starts to work, like a vocabulary bank

I sit and think for a few
My pen started writing, and out it flew
 

So many words coming from everywhere
I write them down without even a care

More & more they start to flow
Where they come from, I don’t know

It just happens all of the sudden
My mind goes wild and starts a floodin’

I jot them down as quickly as I can
I loose track of time that’s span

It’s a good way for me to spend my time
Just sit back and come up with rhyme after rhyme

Short Poems
By: Gregory Smitheman


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Good Intentions

Good Intentions

I’ve paved a road with good intention
Which my last poems have neglected to mention

I try to take care of everyone
But often forget to look out for number one

No one else is going to do it for you
Don’t hold your breath, you just turn blue

Even when you have a good plan
You have to stick to it the best you can

Sometimes it’s hard to keep on track
But think of all the money you can stack

No matter what comes your way
Do what’s right, that’s all I can say

Lead you life wisely, yesterday, today and tomorrow
For time is surely something you cannot borrow

Inspirational Poems
By: Gregory Smitheman


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New Life

New Life

The thunder rolls
Rain fills holes

Lightening a flashin’
Loud noises a clappin’

Winds blow hard
Breezes cover the yard

Mud starts to slide
Rains to subside

Clouds begin to clear
Sun pokes out about near

The end of a shower
Brings life, a new born flower

Short Poems
By: Gregory Smitheman


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High Noon

High Noon

The sun gets high
Almost to the middle
Of the baby blue sky

The dew is fine
Most of the leaves
As green as limes

Listen to the creek
As it passes by
Babbling from a peak

A single fish splashes
The color of gold
Shimmers and flashes

Geese land in the lake
To use the water
A bath to take

From here through noon
The sun is bright
Eventually eve come soon

Short Poems

By: Gregory Smitheman


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The Devil In Me

The Devil In Me

I want to look in the mirror and recognize my face
Don’t put me back,

in that God awful place

Send me to rehab, far, far away
Eventually to come back a changed man,
At the end of the day

I’ll never understand the department of corrections
It’s an anomostic place, 

full of miss-directions

Jail doesn’t teach you what not to do
It’s life with criminals, 

unable to construe

I’ve been blamed for things , that I’ve done
When influenced by alcohol, 

skitso I become

The devil takes over and my morals they flunk
I’m not the same person,

when I am drunk

I’ve done my research, my theories are true
I am not in control,

when the things I do

When I am sober, I put this in writing
To remember the other half, 

the battle I’m fighting

Please believe I hate this useless hack
I wish this person away, 

and never come back

How can I possible survive his wrath
I want to control it, 

take the right path

Please see through the despair and shame
Never again will I be the same

I’ve lost battles, but will win this war
To get my life back now, and forever more.

Insprirational Poems

By: Gregory Smitheman


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Dawn of Day

Dawn of Day

Hear a cricket chirp
The coffee pot on
A single perk

The sun's a risin’
Off to the east
A foggy horizon

A deer out back
Exploring around 

 an early snack

A squirrel darts up a tree
To get a better view 

 to show off for me


Morning's coming to an end
See the rays
Peer around the bend

A vibrant start
To a day that is
Morning to part.


Short Poems
By: Gregory Smitheman


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Different Strokes

Different Strokes

When we are all just two legged mammals

Why do some people act like animals


Does it simple have to do with global position

Or are morals lost in recent transition


Is it a thoughtless act, like bees to honey

Does it have to do with the amount of money


I we all had the same amount of respect

We’d all get along, or so I’d expect


People are treated the way the are

Due to the fact that they’re under par


Truth be told if we’re all the same

Same things go on with no one to blame


But the way we are, we blame the poor

After it all it seems to settle the score

Gregory Smitheman

Short Poems






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Bad people

Bad people

Think about what makes people tick

What goes on in their minds to make them sick


The world is a funny place I know

Wonder what’s the difference between friend or foe


Well let me tell you what I think

Keep your eyes open try not to blink


First they’re people that are born this way

They walk around not caring what they say


Second there are a breed called thieves

The steal others things to suppress their needs


Last is a group that we all love to hate

These are the people that kill, molest and rape


I wish I could conjure up a spell

Take all these people and send them to hell


But for now I’ll just have to wonder

Why humans rob, pillage and plunder

Gregory Smitheman
Short Poems


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Gideons

Gideons

Help in time of need

This is from the book which I read


You say you can’t be saved

After reading this Psalm, you’ll have to rave


The twenty third of this simply states

That I will be protected by the greats


I shall dwell in the house of the lord

If I don’t, this life I can’t afford


I read this book and take it seriously

I stay up all night and translate deliriously


My life should be forever by the book

If not then my ass for sure shall cook.

Gregory Smitheman
Short Poems


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Leaving You

Leaving you

I wake up next to you in bed

Comb your hair, and pet your head


As you slowly open your eyes

I’m here to stay, you soon realize


Half awake you flash me a smile

Just to let me know, you’ll be here a while


As we lay hand in hand

Us together just as we planned


I caress you neck and kiss your cheek

It’s not like I’m leaving you for a week


I can’t bare the though of leaving

Won’t be able to take the pain and grieving


But I must leave for a little time

When I get back you’ll soon be mine

Gregory Smitheman
Short Poems


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Dreams

Dreams

You ever have one of those dreams

Wake up wondering what it means


You try to remember the important parts

But out of you mind, it quickly darts


You hope if you go back to sleep

The visions of the dream will soon repeat


You try and try with no success

The details have left, a blurry mess


Your eyes wide open, mystery to crack

Maybe next time you sleep, they’ll come back

Gregory Smitheman
Short Poems




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Minds eye

Minds eye

What most people don’t want to believe

In my minds eye I can see


I’ve been told my veil is thin

For that I can see spiritual kin


Sometimes I feel something weird

To most people energy and ghosts are feared


I’ve learned to channel my visions

To tell people about them is my decision


It happens all of the time

Sometimes it shocks me, sometimes I’m fine


It happens in the weirdest places

Like next to me at the florist buying vases


Why did these spirits have to chose me

I’ve gotten over the burden, it just has to be


Though most people are often skeptical

I am proof of a living receptacle

Gregory Smitheman

Short Poems


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Times up

Times up

My time is soon to come

Where I’m free to go, to and from


My thoughts are so happy, I confess

To be relieved from this burden of stress


Outside is where I belong

My reason here hasn’t been wrong


I’ve done my requested time

Learn not to repeat my crime


My stay will soon be up

As the last few drops in a cup


Once out I’ll leave this state

Start my life over, clear the slate


Dodged a bullet, saved from a knife

All I want is a second chance at life

Gregory Smitheman
Short Poems


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Angel of Mine

Angel of Mine

A poem for my sweetest love

A beautiful angel, gift from above


Oh so bad, I miss your smell

To be caught again in your spell


Your body I will caress

To relieve built up stress


Sitting in this cell makes me mad

I want you now, I want you so bad


To hold you once more in my arms

Not to be woke, to breakfast alarms


Soon again we’ll be together

As two love birds, flock to feather

Gregory Smitheman
Short Poems


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Brain Freeze

Brain Freeze

I sit in my bunk and contemplate

I want to write but hesitate


My mind begins to go blurry

Pen in hand my writing all slurry


I can’t imagine why my pen won’t crank

The longer I sit my mind goes blank


I seem to be losing it man

Trying to think, anything I can


I wish my mind would go clear

My brain won’t work, I begin to fear


How long could this possible last

All of the sudden it comes back with a blast


I guess it was a temporary loss

Head fills with thoughts, to show me who’s boss


To my brain, my bodies a host

Losing my mind scares me the most.

Gregory Smitheman
Short Poems


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World From Afar

World From Afar

I find myself staring at a wall

Turns out it’s not much of a wall at all


It’s more like an invisible barrier

That can only be breached by letter carrier


So here I sit and wait

How many days left I contemplate


When will all the trials end

All I can do is close my eyes and pretend


Filled with rooms of over crowded people

All I can do is pray beneath the steeple


The day they come and open the door

It’s only then, the last time will I walk this floor

It will be never again for ever more

Gregory Smitheman
Short Poems


Also if you liked my creativeness check out my graphic design portfolio for some of my own awesome graphics designed in Photoshop.