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Awkwardly Poems - Poems about Awkwardly

Performing our Friendship
...What makes a person likeable? How they look, how they dress, or maybe who they’re friends with? I think it’s about how kind they are, their willingness to be your friend. “I guess w......

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Categories: awkwardly, 10th grade, anger, best
Form: Free verse
When the Birds Fall Silent
...Like a Disney movie, sparrows fly in my head. An hour after coffee I grasp reality as if it were survivable. A deep snow drifts into camel humps a few reckless birds have escaped my skull to a......

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Categories: awkwardly, poetry,
Form: Free verse



ALPHABET OF AWKWARD AMOR
...Awkwardly he made a pass Bumped his head against the glass Cheesy lines flew far and wide Didn’t notice spinach fried Ego big, but brain quite small Fumbled trying to make a call Gave her flowe......

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Categories: awkwardly, break up, fantasy, heartbreak,
Form: Abecedarian
Premium Member Go - Go, already
... Go. Go, already. The father told his son He bit his lip, clenched his fist The son did not see the father’s pain Go, Go, already. His heart, racing madly T......

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Categories: awkwardly, farewell, father son, goodbye,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member a cow at the table
...“There’s a cow at the table,” I whispered, not wanting to be rude. It’s horns curled like question marks, which seemed quite Apropos Now that I’ve been to college, I can tell you, there’s a lot tha......

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Categories: awkwardly, art, culture, fantasy, fun,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member How We Met
...How We Met by Edmund Siejka Summer came fast Like speeding......

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Categories: awkwardly, life,
Form: Narrative
Jesse
...dear tall child, your bones probably don't fit your frame yet; they shift awkwardly, and your spine hunches and slopes. your hands are likely to be dry and grimy, legs speckled with an......

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Categories: awkwardly, child abuse, childhood, gender,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Of Teen-age Years
... awkwardly waiting, ‘in-between’ not yet adults, no longer tweens larvae-like lurking, behind-the-scenes ‘fore bursting their shells, onto life’s screen ......

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Categories: awkwardly, analogy, growing up, youth,
Form: Couplet
Life Changing
...________________________________________ Life Changing In these quiet woods, as shadows spread, Timorous leaves whisper my secrets to the breeze. A sentinel of time I am among the malus tr......

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Categories: awkwardly, change, identity, nature, tree,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dickens' Other Christmas Story
...Jingle bells and reindeer smells -- note to Mrs. Clause: before Eve-trip, to reduce scent and slip, no beer and sardines for Rudolph! That damn Guiding Red-nose needs to find other fuel ......

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Categories: awkwardly, christmas, fantasy, humor, humorous,
Form: Free verse
2nd date, my thoughts i wonder
...The new moon,shining so bright, it's like a 1000 luminescent lights reflecting off the sea of waves, Hand in hand we drag our toes trough the sand.I look at you, you seem so confident..... The moonl......

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Categories: awkwardly, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Harriet Harris nee Kuritsky
...Harriet Harris née Kuritsky... Despite being a nineteen year old bride she wed Boyce Brandon Harris half a decade her senior, (where I ranked less than a twinkle in their eyes) during the mont......

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Categories: awkwardly, america, anniversary, celebration, death,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Cousin Willy
...We used to go to grandma’s for Christmas She had bubble lights on her tree Dangerous ones that will burn your fingers We all learned it the hard way We had one cousin who was awkwardly mean Ev......

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Categories: awkwardly, bullying,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member puses
...It’s the morning of a different day—who knew there’d be another? Lisa and I went on our harbor jog @ 5am—that’s nothing new. It was, like 44°—we’re enjoying fall’s cold, refreshing bite. Anyway,......

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Categories: awkwardly, humor, school, sleep, student,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Flannel Shirt
...You standing there looking so innocent and sexy, biting your lip Smiling so guile-y and your hair Cascading around your face Over your shoulders and styled by JBF You standing a bit awkwa......

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Categories: awkwardly, clothes, longing, sensual, sexy,
Form: Prose Poetry

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