Important resolutions!
I can hardly wait to try it!
No silly vow to drink less booze
Or to exercise or diet.
I'm not concerned with trivia,
like a petty-minded bore,
such as keeping my room neater
Or weeding the garden more.
I'll not make human sacrifice,
As if I were a Druid,
Or give drinks at children's parties
That are really cleaning fluid.
I will not deal in lethal drugs,
Plant bombs in aeroplanes,
Steal from the blind or even push
Old ladies under trains.
I'll not sink a super-tanker
To pollute the ocean's tide,
Sabotage nuclear power-plants,
Or take part in Genocide.
I'll not encourage terrorists,
Or betray the human race
By selling weapons secrets
To aliens from space.
I will not spread Bubonic Plague,
Or leprosy for fun,
I'll not destroy the space shuttle,
Or destabilise the sun.
These will be with me all the day,
And when I lie down to sleep.
Important vows, significant,
Easier, too, to keep.
A contest entry
- DAWN--Happy New Year! by micol.
525 points, ended January 13, 2008, 6 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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Bravo...this was excellent and certainly "Gold" worthy
Many congratulations 
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Very interesting point of view how to live and what to choose as a New Year Resolution, but, this is much more than a words. Good poetry. Congratulations for gold.
~Sonja~
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This is a good take on "Dawn" and "New Year"--putting New Year's Resolutions into the proper perspective. Besides being technically solid, the poem did something quite unusual...it made me laugh out loud. After the litany of resolutions, the last line is a perfect capstone. Congratulations and well done.
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Impressive!
This shows an excellent command of the language and the concept. Aincredible choice of words which make this a musical composition as well. But the most important element is its ideological power which the poet consistently employs in most of his works. Best regards!
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This is both funny and profound, you have a real grasp of language that I envy. You know how to draw us in and teach without boring or preaching. I really must read your poems more often.
K. F.
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Very funny poem about all the things you shouldn't do
This was a very funny new year poem
Thanks for your comment
Pozo
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Well said you!
Well now it's alter ego time,
and my devil i feel needs out,
so in a sleep ing babies room,
i'll barge in and loudly shout.
I'll carry botulism across every land,
spread coughs. cold and even flu,
I'll put liquid cow shit in mums perfume bottle,
and super glue around the loo.
I'll dodge paying fares,ride trains for free,
sail stowaway on on a cruiser,
when finally challenged,
i'll up my fists
and give the security man a bruiser.
But truth to tell, i'll do none of these,
for i'm a kind and honest lass,
so to your resolutions i'll raise a toast,
and knock back another glass.
Happy New Year Hal.
love
Barb
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Wow, good for you. Great new years resolutions. I think I will join you in this nobel quest to maintain the simlest of resolutions. Great write, very funny!!!
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your a random sort of joker.....
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