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Best At Loose Ends Poems

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Sometimes In Relationships
Sometimes in relationships our love defeats our lust, but sometimes not;
Sometimes in relationships our peace is kept by trust, but sometimes not.

Sometimes in relationships we,...

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Categories: at loose ends, introspection, love, relationship, urdu,
Form: Ghazal



Killing My Other Me
I'm contemplating killing my other me,
The one who fronts for the five figure manager at Ruby Tuesday for a job,
Struggling to tie loose ends, so...

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Categories: at loose ends, funny, life, visionaryme, me,
Form: Free verse
Be Still
A girl with a thought
woman with a scheme
A dream catcher who sought
An impossible dream

 One in a million
A shot in the dark
Many boxes to fill...

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Categories: at loose ends, dedication, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Factoidman and Shallowman - Part 2
[Now ShallowMan is quite content
receiving FactoidMan’s consent
to quibble and express dissent
as long as keeping covenant
with fingers crossed and belfry bent
when viewing Facts in sealed cement:]

SM
“The...

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Categories: at loose ends, society, truth, universe,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member David Must Pay Less Attention In Class
And from the tree of knowledge, a serpent slid into view 
He’d seen it all before, our future he already knew 
Moses on some mountain,...

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Categories: at loose ends, allegory, allusion, life,
Form: Rhyme



A Little Drizzle
6/12/17

A little
Drizzle

When I left
I did not expect

That I'd be unable to see 
10  feet in front of me

Due to driving upon
The fog
The winds were...

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Categories: at loose ends, dedication, integrity, poetry, rap,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Grandmother's Blanket
"Now" she's eating her cheerios, one-by-one 
She sits in a three ring circle with her friends 
Warmth, she is, by the rays of the morning's...

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Categories: at loose ends, granddaughter, grandmother,
Form: Pantoum
Vulnerable
I feel safe in a rhyme.
With a rhyme you can
Close off a thought,
Tie up loose ends....

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Categories: at loose ends, introspection
Form: Quatrain
The Web of Hearts
An intricate mesh of thread
Holds together our hearts like a spiders web.
It started long ago
With a single, fine, white line,
A fragile link of silken twine.
A...

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Categories: at loose ends, husband, introspection, love, heart,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member The S I L E N T Treatment
My insecurities, taunting me
With the s i l e n t treatment, enoughs
Stirring up doubt inside, where 
I hide all the loose ends, the frailties
Little...

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Categories: at loose ends, angst, anxiety, emotions, fear,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Tempest in a Teapot
The tempest in a teapot,
sits there as it may,
though it bothers none,
that is bothersome,
though bother surely begot.

The tempest in a teapot,
sits there and bestilled,
control the...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: at loose ends, allusion, analogy, appreciation, parody,
Form: Grook
My Dear Sweet Boy
If anything, please know I tried
I tripped, slipped and fell behind
I came up short, with empty hands
With two left feet, I tried to dance

I never...

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Categories: at loose ends, absence, mother son, my
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Retirement Time
“a little time to give... a little time to live, time always means so much”

Before I knew it, I could retire, everyone said it would...

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© Lee Ramage  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: at loose ends, caregiving, death, love, sad,
Form: Rhyme
I Am a Boy Living In a Country
I’m a boy living in a country where
We get emotional over every government move
And every government move is chartered over our emotions
Emotions are chastised whether...

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Categories: at loose ends, celebration, corruption, dedication, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
An Expansion of a Question
A modicum of triumph.
A moment of no regret.
Is followed in sadness,
And bitter loose ends.
When you don't know whats wrong or whats right.
Why do we even...

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© Luke Acton  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: at loose ends, desire, destiny, farewell, heart,
Form: Limerick

Book: Shattered Sighs