Best Awkward Poems

I am an awkward aardvark

Awkward because, no one knows exactly
what kind of animal I am
how to classify me

I am an awkward aardvark

Evolved by necessity into an odd mixture
of adorable and formidable
sharp claws on my paws
funny bunny ears, the better to hear
predators in the night
just out...

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By Edmund Siejka



A high school English teacher 
Issues a challenge
Her class
Is to write a poem.
 
Reading a student’s poem
Her experienced eye
Searches for
Imagery
Metaphor
Tone
Point of view 
Ultimately the student’s poem
Is graded a gentleman’s C.

Somewhat surprised
The student admits his shortcomings
Indicating that poetry is a lot like writing
Disappointed 
The...

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The awkward moment when youre talking to yourself and start to smile like an idiot , because youre so hilarious. Your body makes you sexy. Your smile makes you pretty. Your lips make you yummy. But your personality makes you beautiful. Nobodys perfect but baby...

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Everyday I wake up, lonely and alone
But I don’t mind because it is my safe zone
Yeah my life is boring and monotonous
But deep inside I want change and I’m furious

I want to break the silence but I can't
I tried a million times, it was not...

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This your government;
Souls are slain like cockroach
During your faithful regime.

Remember,
Before we put you in government
You spoke for peace and orderliness.
But it never came to pass.

Am so tired of your decades
Of calamity and devastation.
Speak your tenure;
Death upon death
Terror upon terror
Subsidy upon subsidy
Corruption upon corruption
Bad electricity upon...

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The awkward silence beween us,
Speaks volumes through the tension in the air,
I wonder what I said this time,
or maybe its because I was just "there"

What happened to the couple who
together could withstand hell,
Now I watch every move I make,
as if I am walking on eggshells

I...

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Does it upset you that what you want is no longer what I want? 
That your urges make me smile?  (In a devious manner)
That watching you hold back, feeling that tension between us,
It just feels,

so

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Are we friends out of circumstance?
If we met now would I spare you a glance?
There’s this voice in the back of my head
that occasionally fills me with dread.
It says that you’ll be the one to walk away from me first,
even though I’m the one writing...

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That awkward boy in the corner.
He walks oblivious through the school halls,
His arms are crossed in front of him like a shield,
A shield to block out the pain hidden in these whitewashed walls,
His backpack is slung across his back, weighing him down,
Amongst other things.
If you...

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awkward silence 
both wondering how this can
      end gracefully



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A clumsy encounter

Where words fail

Keeping a distance

With those present

Abetting a slow

Riveting

Demise of dignity...

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This is awkward the way stars smiled at me tonight
they had a peculiar twinkle in their bleary eyes
the night mist also melted a just bit too more
getting emotional that my soul had abruptly left me sore.

Going far away miles is no easy job ,life does...

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Awkward.
He walks over,
Guess he wants to talk.
Great, he isn’t going to leave now.
It’s not that I don’t care to talk to him,
I do enjoy his company.
My mind is somewhere else,
Can’t think of anything to say!
Awkward....

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The child that hides in the forest
Is crying
She is sickened
She is dying
You have poisoned her
Her heart, it barely beats
The poor dear
Is crying
Of course she knows
She is dying
The pull of death is just too strong
For her, life shall close early
The babe
Is crying
Too late to change her...

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i clench both eye lids
awaiting for my first kiss
it was terrible...

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