One day the lion will walk through the door and grab my tired and old arm
One day the lion will walk through the door and grab my tired and old arm,
My wrinkled arm, the one with which I threw the dice in the game of my life,
And I will scream in the bedroom, understanding nothing of the force with which it presses me,
It will be far too strong, and people
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Categories:
arm, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Arm Hair
I am a girl with densely haired arms.
In school, classmates would exclaim upon seeing my arms,
"Oh my gosh, how can you have so much hair on your arms!"
"Kiwi girl! Haha"
I looked at my own arms, then at the arms of other girls.
Their arms were smooth and bright,
While mine were
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Categories:
arm, appreciation, body, child, childhood,
Form: Free verse
hold my arm
save me from myself
because I can't
I won't find it
there is no way
save me from myself
something's on our path
beside us, following
it's a shadow, a ghost
save me from myself
I dug a hole
too deep to get out of
on my own
save me from myself
there is no warmth
inside my mind
in this cruel dungeon
save me from myself
your warmth, your light
radiating into
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Categories:
arm, best friend, dark, depression,
Form: Free verse
Arm-in-Arm Awaiting
‘I shall multiply your seed as the stars of heaven
and as the sand on the seashore’*
As if Father Abraham could count them all --
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Categories:
arm, children, father, future, god,
Form: Rhyme
Let us bear witness to arm and blindfold
Let us bear witness to arm and blindfold...
each candidate for president of United States
and therefore witness a duel (to the death)
between Biden and Trump to determine
who occupies Oval Office as forty seventh
Chief executive of the federal government.
Since both the Democratic and Republican contenders
for prospective commander in chief offer pathetic odds
evening the prospect of the latter
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Categories:
arm, america, anger, conflict, dark,
Form: Free verse
Take Me Back, to Your Arm so Warm
In the midst of darkness, I call out to You,
—Oh Lord, my God, my Saviour, my truth;
I'm getting lost, and I need Your hand,
To guide me back to Your Promised Land.
Don't let the devil consume me whole,
—My soul cries out for Your grace to console;
Your strength and love, is all I seek,
To find my way,
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Categories:
arm, desire,
Form: Other
His Arm Blown Off by Grenade
what we had forbade
arm blown off by a grenade
body in grave laid
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Categories:
arm, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Overwrought So In One Arm Shot
would have a great thought
when in both arms overwrought
so same one was shot
Just had our combined
FLU/COVID shot, I had
both of mine in left arm.
Wife had one in each
arm. Only my left arm
is sore while both of
her arms are sore.
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Categories:
arm, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
When God Would See Arm
when God would see arm
knew that I worked on a farm
saving soil from harm
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Categories:
arm, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Arm Twist of the Eyes
arm twist of the eyes
to admonish the sandman
abandon the bed
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Categories:
arm, sleep,
Form: Senryu
Lord God, You Are My Arm and Voice's Force
May 19 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Job 39-42
Key Verse – Job 40:9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY ARM AND VOICE’S FORCE
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Categories:
arm, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
Arm In Arm With Smiles
arm in arm with smiles
charming my sisters - i missed
out when i drove off
pretty in pink…weekend at
bernie’s…ANDREW MCCARTHY!!!!!
3/27/2023
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Categories:
arm, america, fate, sister,
Form: Tanka
Arm Through Mine
arm through mine
i’d forgotten she’s blind
peripherally
2/24/2023
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Categories:
arm, body,
Form: Senryu
Lost and Found At Cushing
She’s found.
The one who left her Cashmere coat
in plain sight after the movie.
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Categories:
arm, adventure, birth, destiny, fate,
Form: Free verse
Lee Put Up An Arm To Stop Me
My friend Lee, Valentine woman, posed for magazine photos
The photographer was awarded a national honor for them
She was recognized on the street now,
Lee was a shy woman, who was now wearing sunglasses
Think you’re all that huh? Asked someone who did not know her at all.
I wanted to stand up for her, but she put up
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Categories:
arm, friendship,
Form: Free verse
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