Best Assessing Poems
Geico Gecko
...A gecko who represents GEICO
My fame sure continues to grow
And because I am cute
I have money to boot
Who’d guess I’d been raised in a ghetto
Insurance I’m in, so let’s begin
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Categories:
assessing, animals, funny
Form:
Limerick
Naked Dissent
...Daddy always kneeled--
but it was Momma who prayed,
as he spread lips that couldn't dissent,
no matter how much they trembled.
She was always naked for him
bleeding babies upon the floor,
whi......
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Categories:
assessing, introspection, life
Form:
Free verse
''Lover of Writing Life''
...
I am a sage and savant of sweet poetry,
Especially my own sad, dark ramblings;
Assessing the new for ageing potential,
I can tell with my soul if a poem weeps.
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Categories:
assessing, writing,
Form:
Verse
My Morning
...Freshly ground coffee dripping into the carafe.
The heavenly odor permeating the air.
Bright yellow explosion of sunrise climbing out of the distant sea.
Morning is the best part of t......
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Categories:
assessing, lifeme, me, morning,
Form:
Free verse
Losing the Ego
...Losing the ego
Swallowing your pride
Embodying your philosophy
Metamorphosis - manifesting inside
The ego you carry
Around in your head
The illusion of importance
Sense of self; dead
The ......
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Categories:
assessing, integrity, introspection, perspective, uplifting,
Form:
Rhyme
Wounded Sigh
...
Written: March 28, 2024 For Edward Ibeh Contest
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It is a myth that time cures any wound,
It is merely what people say and sound.
When ......
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Categories:
assessing, appreciation, bereavement, voice,
Form:
Rhyme
I'Ll Never Forget What's His Name
...I’LL NEVER FORGET WHAT’S HIS NAME
We went to different schools… together
walked on opposite sides of a street
that constituted an invisible border.
There were differences…..but not really.
We ......
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Categories:
assessing, childhood, children, innocence, prejudice,
Form:
Free verse
Vowel - Consonant
...Arising to exuberant sunshine, I put on my ugly warm-ups amended for
exercise. Today I plan on moving until dusk, adapting my essence to ideal
form; offering healthy unit. Anticipation confine......
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Categories:
assessing, body,
Form:
Free verse
The Narcissus Halo
...Peering into your eyes
is like witnessing
a Carravagio master
for the first time,
not quite clear,
hazy,
the Narcissus halo
reflecting in those
twin pools of deep
azure moire silk,
falli......
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Categories:
assessing, romance, sensual, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
Time Won'T Wait
...Awake, I lay still,
Waiting day, under review.
Tempted to fall back
Asleep, and hold the day at bay.
I rise instead. Time won't wait.
I gather my thoughts
Over coffee freshly brewed.
A stra......
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Categories:
assessing, day, good night, life,
Form:
Tanka
Passionate
...Filled with fervor-
ardent love flows from within;
all sixy-four inches of me
stretches as an Oak tree
to praise my God the Lord Jesus
Perfect love exemplified
Who divinely created family
Gene......
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Categories:
assessing, day, devotion, family, happiness,
Form:
Free verse
The Juniper Prize: Between the Known and the Unknown
...
“The Juniper Prize: Between the Known and the Unknown”
That man built a house
of straw and sticks
and the stories that burned within -
all consuming the titled prize;
......
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Categories:
assessing, muse,
Form:
Narrative
Horses
...I strode in, nose in the air, lofty and proud,
Through the grand doors of the horses arena.
Standing beside the rusted rail, assessing the parade
For the eyes of a hardened ballerina.
The show......
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Categories:
assessing, horse, humor,
Form:
Quatrain
Reading
...My fingertips graze against the smooth spines
Of so many friends, stories, and realms
All in the comfort of my home
Waiting
Sunlight from the large windows illuminate my haven
My feet raise t......
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Categories:
assessing, books,
Form:
Free verse
The Monster In Me
...I can feel its gaze on me
those eyes full of blood lust
cold, calulating
assessing every inch of me
but I dont know why?
its always there
whispering in my ear
so convincing I somtimes forget ......
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Categories:
assessing, hope, how i feel,
Form: