Harlan Simantel Poems

Hit Title Date Added
61.
Dreamer Doer

joseph had a dream
his brothers jealous
devised a scheme
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62.
Self Respect

respect your own thoughts
your own ideas
no matter how different
at odds with the crowd
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63.
Broad And Narrow

God is broad
religion is narrow
repeats endless ritual
like an aimless arrow
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64.
While I Write This

while i write this
thousands are making love
while i write this
hundreds are in their last throes of dying
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65.
Sense

i want good sense
what i say and do
so i don't stupidly offend
she, he, it, or You
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66.
Be A Poet!

the world needs more poets
not famous ones
just thoughtful ones
inspiration alive
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67.
True Me

i want to be me
not he
or she
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68.
Stink

afraid of 'the church'
and what they think?
go along with the crowd
even tho there's a stink?
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69.
If Only

what might have been
that familiar story we all know

if i had married her
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70.
Psychic Pain

form over spirit
in too many religions
ceremony, ritual
few life-giving visions
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