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Best Adjourned Poems

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Premium Member She Wept In Languished Moan
She wept as they buried her one true love.
Each day thereafter she brought him a rose,
the flower she knew he was fondest of.
Her grief unbearable,...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: adjourned, bereavement,
Form: Quintain (English)



Premium Member Owl Parliament, Eagle Owl Presiding
Owl Parliament is now in session, so be quiet please.
All whistles, hoots, growls, grunts and screeches need to cease.

As the largest of you all, I’m...

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Categories: adjourned, bird, , cute,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member One Way Ships - Part 2
Continued from Part 1

Hungary hounds harangue the highlands,
howl at skies and desert islands…
Below, unfettered carbon crows conceal the parting path she chose

Lighthouse lamps and lanterns...

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Categories: adjourned, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
Doppelganger,My Clown
As I was sitting in the park, one dark cloudy day, I was troubled in such a worrisome way.
My complicated life had me down, upon...

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Categories: adjourned, imaginationme, dark, dark, me,
Form: Verse
Mall Holiday Board Meeting
About thanksgiving a bunch of turkeys get together,
Have a meeting about sales for the holidays.
About fall they send out that letter.

Well those business folks got...

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Categories: adjourned, holidaychristmas, people, thanksgiving, business,
Form: Rhyme



The 1st Television Misogynist
He was small and portly but their leader
didn't want anyone in the club being a cheater
with everyones full attention while seated
he reiterated his drastic thoughts...

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Categories: adjourned, humor, nostalgia,
Form: Light Verse
Department Meeting
I called a department meeting this morning.
I said to everyone,
"I want to run the race".
But lungs said, "You cant be serious"!
So I decided to swim...

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Categories: adjourned, age, health,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Acts of Creativity
It is often said;  "Let go of the past".

Acts of Creativity

As long as you have a mind, you have a past
with memories good and...

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Categories: adjourned, change, creation, deep, life,
Form: Rhyme
Show Time
I'm named Delysia (sic) Patricia. This poem was 
inspired by Chris De Burgh's "Stripper" song.  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABwDWwYX0Q4.

A buxom beaut
ill of repute
amply endowed with bits to...

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Categories: adjourned, funny, me, , cute,
Form: Rhyme
'twas the Night Before Thanksgiving
'Twas the night before Thanksgiving
And all through the forest
All the turkeys were gathered
From the richest to poorest

For a meeting was called
To plan their revenge
For all...

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© Larry Belt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: adjourned, funny
Form: Rhyme
The Spelling Bee
Happily,  I entered the class
I laughed with friends,  but then alas
Joy was replaced with sudden fear
Knowing spelling bee time was here
Last time I...

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© Jesse Rowe  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: adjourned, education, school,
Form: Rhyme
Poets Dozen Ordered
Nervously gazing 
Across the table he stared
Watching my silence 

My hunger ceasing, As a Poet's Dozen ordered 
Sipping a glass of wine, Becoming much more...

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Categories: adjourned, boyfriend, first love, girlfriend,
Form: Haiku
A Game of Chess
Shall we adjourn from the 
morning morgue
For pizza and a game of chess?

Rays Curve Along The Earth

It is daybreak
With morning comes the 
shining off the...

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© Dylan Wong  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: adjourned, lovehouse, lost, winter, girl,
Form: Free verse
Letter To My Daughter
LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER

this poem reshuffled cabinet 
the rhythm resigned the president 
its metaphors adjourned parliament

my daughter 
awaken sleeping patriots eating peanut in slogan darkness...

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Categories: adjourned, africa, allegory, allusion, anger,
Form: Dramatic Verse
The Birds and the Bees
Two virgin lovers, now have learned
A lesson they wish they had spurned
Of the birds and the bees
His poor carpet burnt knees
Next time, to the bed...

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Categories: adjourned, education, girlfriend-boyfriend,
Form: Limerick

Book: Reflection on the Important Things