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Bandages Poems - Poems about Bandages

Autumn

...Autumn

….. is mortally wounded!
It stumbles, tumbles 
across the silken, rouged sky
quivering over rusted hedges
shivering through shouldered trees,
splattering, smattering 
everything in bl...
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Categories: bandages, autumn, imagery,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberCell Phones

...These hand sized gadgets is something we use to communicate 
We use these devices to relate good news that can't wait
We take pictures and create memories of our experiences 
Also to record a conv...
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Categories: bandages, death,
Form: Rhyme



black chador

...Black Chador

The women of Alexandria wear a chador that
mercifully hides her bony body, she could have
fitted a Dior dress snugly, but she doesn't 
know this, she has walked ten miles to buy
b...
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Categories: bandages, abuse, adventure, africa, age,
Form: ABC

blood and ink

...as a child i often found myself participating in sadistic activities.

 i felt my sins rotting into my body-
 into my soul as-well my veins.

 it kept my blood pumping throughout my body that i ...
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Categories: bandages, addiction, atheist, childhood, cry,
Form: Free verse

Long Story Short: You Survived

...long story short, you survived 
all of life's craziness, junk and jive

one day the sun had been shining but the air smelled foul 
for the sea was in turmoil and a lot of the fish had drowned. ho...
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Categories: bandages, blessing, spiritual,
Form: Dramatic Verse



Premium MemberThe absence of hope nests upon my shoulders like epaulettes of desolation

...The absence of hope nests upon my shoulders like epaulettes of desolation,
with its poisonous warmth that has burned my skin to the bone, leaving purple scars,
crimson cuts from endless waiting in ...
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Categories: bandages, fantasy,
Form: Free verse

I AM POETRY

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  I AM POETRY 

‘In the Beginning
was the Word’
light penetrated dark
sound big-banged birthed
three in One creating
~ P o e t r y ~
I am this poised superlative 
unchangi...
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Categories: bandages, allegory, character, creation, deep,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Premium MemberSuture - Apr 25

...The subtle thread which mends a laceration
is woven through fresh, tender flesh to bind
disreconciled horizons, disentwined
by words sharper than the knives of damnation.

Then, even once that p...
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Categories: bandages, friendship, growth, hurt, life,
Form: Italian Sonnet

Premium MemberAnd perhaps the blood had to flow like a red river under the moon

...And perhaps the blood had to flow like a red river under the moon,
Perhaps the skin had to open like a flower in a storm,
To let the soul break free from the grip of silent shadows,
I do not blame...
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Categories: bandages, fantasy,
Form: Free verse

Stone Cold

...Oh Liberty, guardian of freedom 
She dare not shed tears
bandages not only cover her eyes
Stone goddess, she has no ears 
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Categories: bandages, america, conflict, emotions, freedom,
Form: Limerick

Premium MemberDOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVOR WEARING WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI CONTINUES

...MY PRAYERS ARE WITH ALL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS MY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION STEMMED FROM MY WEARING WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS FROM JUNK SICK COPS BECAUSE ...
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Categories: bandages, allah,
Form: Naat

Premium MemberImagination

...Imagination 


Tommy was a bus driver 
Who drove his bus real slow
The passengers were teddy bears
Who told him where to go

Mary was a butterfly 
With shining silky wings
She flew ...
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Categories: bandages, childhood,
Form: Rhyme

Why you should Never be Yourself

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I cover my face in bandages
I paint curves over my stiches
They appear to be smiling to everyone
Who stops, to observe me
like a burned down Building,
bombs blast over my head
I remain implan...
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Categories: bandages, crazy, dark, death,
Form: Free verse

red canvas

...Trigger Warning: This poem deals with themes of self-harm. Please read with care.
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my skin felt like a blank canvas 
every time they faded.
i felt empty
my urges unsatisfied.

i had t...
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Categories: bandages, 12th grade, angst, depression,
Form: Free verse

Situational Awareness

...Hearts are patched up
stitched tight
yet
small perforations
may
let in
that strange light
that is not light
like God is not God

Love is not a Band Aid
love doesn’t heal
it cocoons self-i...
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Categories: bandages, poetry,
Form: Free verse

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