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Act As Poems - Poems about Act As

Premium Member To speak the truth in a world woven with lies is to set yourself on fire like a torch
...To speak the truth in a world woven with lies is to set yourself on fire like a torch, Just to prove you were never made of wax melted under absent gazes, They praise polite silence, mute nods, and......

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Categories: act as, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Damaged
...They stick labels on broken things that say damaged Damaged but still usable because why would you throw something away when it’s just a little broken, battered or bruised, we pride ourselves in......

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Categories: act as, abuse, cry, dark, emotions,
Form: Free verse



The Tariff Wars
...There are no bombs, nor guns ablaze No killing fields or bloody sands Yet world is driven into craze From “sweet old home” to distant lands Mosaic shattered on the wall To shreds is ripped old......

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Categories: act as, america, war,
Form: Rhyme
Take two to tango
...2025.04.28 It takes two to tango. It is very true, if you believe otherwise, You are naive and a simple minded soul. It applied to all the keeping promises too. I made so many on my own will, D......

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Categories: act as, art, dance, desire, hope,
Form: Free verse
Conquered, Part V
......The days that followed left no doubt on her master’s feelings, the love he showed to both of them left her poor mind reeling, he barely left his daughter’s side, so besotted was he, this man wh......

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Categories: act as, change, confusion, depression, desire,
Form: Epic



Changing Tack
...Enrolling as a pirate is much harder than it seems, You’ll need to speak in present tense and chase your wildest dreams. Well, once you’ve trained a parrot and been measured for your hook, You ha......

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Categories: act as, anger, boat, endurance, pollution,
Form: Rhyme
Plagued by Memories - Apr 18, 19
...how long and sourly sobs the lonely heart depends on how grave the weight which grieves the tears pouring from the despondent spirit’s pores.— a witness, too, will know the surly sort of rain t......

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Categories: act as, anger, emotions, feelings, grief,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Premium Member King Solomon and I will Fly a kite today
...King Solomon and I will fly a kite On this historical Good Friday, we seek justice for the young lady Her father made her act as if she were his niece. To deceive his new wife, so that she cou......

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Categories: act as, angst, anxiety, black african
Form: Dramatic Verse
Money
...A long verse on an even longer subject The eye of most everything is money Their power over us is unsurpassed Hey, got the dough? May call me “honey” To get away, to buy me things, to have a bl......

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Categories: act as, money,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Good Things
...Hold your head up high and put on a happy face. Good things are coming your way. Call it what you will be it karma, fate, or grace. Good things are coming your way. Don’t tell me that the futur......

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Categories: act as, fate, happiness, happy, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Memento on the Moon
...3d music bot that makes hearts swoon Is what I’d leave melodies on the moon Notes that float fly and dance Or form pottery and art by hands Yellow notes would boast so happily Creating joy an......

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Categories: act as, animal, appreciation, bird, mirror,
Form: Rhyme
My Youth
...I walk briskly on the pathway of truth Searching desperately for my youth I want to know how I got here For some people act as if they don’t care The light from the sun burns deeply in the Groun......

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Categories: act as, absence, baby, books, community,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member In a world burning under the weight of its own infernality
...In a world burning under the weight of its own infernality, Empty words destroy suffering like a lost art. Those who write only for applause and hollow idols birth dead phrases, Devoid of pulse an......

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Categories: act as, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Sadness
...Oh, all the sad thoughts that enter my head. I drown in my own tears and sin. To feel the nostalgia of not that has past But of things that might have been. To wonder and stew and mutter and pac......

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Categories: act as, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member This is a Man's World
...It definitely is not, but some men act as if it is. "This is a man's world," sang James Brown, but he ended every chorus repeating the refrain, "But it wouldn't be nothing without a woman or a gir......

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Categories: act as, how i feel,
Form: Free verse

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