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Premium Member Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Between a rock and a hard place
I sigh
I cry

Between a rock and a hard place
unable to speak
growing weak

Between a rock and a hard place
Unable to...

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Categories: between a rock and a hard place, lost love,
Form: Dramatic Monologue



Premium Member Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Life was a burden till death set me free -
Now granite gravestone being hard on me?!

November 15, 2021...

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Categories: between a rock and a hard place, death, grave, humorous, life,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member An X-Mess Carol
"An X-Mess Carol"

Somewhere standing barefoot
in the sand, she thought with guilty pleasure
“This is the KORO SEA!” and
conjured up a multitude of story scenarios
Buccaneers, Pirates Parlay,...

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Categories: between a rock and a hard place, absence, abuse, children, christmas,
Form: Free verse
It Has To Be
Embrace this torso decaying in the wardrobe I wake up those skeletons laying in the warzone 
I make up the rules as I go along...

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Categories: between a rock and a hard place, rap,
Form: Rhyme
Idioms!
An idiom for you
An idiom for me
It’s just an expression,
a message, you see.

Silence is golden.
Trouble comes in three.
Each to his own taste.
The powers that be.

A...

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Categories: between a rock and a hard place, funny, happiness, on writing
Form: Quatrain



Letter To Mama
Dear Mama
I'm older now and so much has changed
I miss you don't get me wrong
but I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place
and I...

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Categories: between a rock and a hard place, anger, confidence, conflict, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
An Imbroglio Sunset
AN IMBROGLIO SUNSET

The City pits at night.
You can hear the quagmire constantly mobilizing.
The City is in quite a dilemma of all the crime happening that...

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Categories: between a rock and a hard place, how i feel, today,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Stepping Out
I made a decision tonight 
- to step out 
and quit my job
A job that I have for 20 years
A job that I love
I don't...

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Categories: between a rock and a hard place, faith,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Aphorisms- Idiomatic Expressions
*Aphorisms/ Idiomatic expressions*
(Short, pithy, instructive sayings passed down through the years)
Composed: by Tom Wright
7/12/2018

The man who coined the aphorism “Seize the Day”
Didn’t always mean “The...

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Categories: between a rock and a hard place, satire,
Form: Lyric
The Us Election Blues
The US Election Blues

Two heavyweight fighters
standing in a ring
who’ll make it to The White House
who’ll get the final swing?
Drink, till it’s all over
take a round...

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Categories: between a rock and a hard place, america, anxiety, blue, depression,
Form: Light Verse
Forbidden Love
I can’t deny my feelings for you they are too deep
You are the first thought when I wake and last thought before I sleep
I know...

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Categories: between a rock and a hard place, i love you, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Lament of a Black Man
Who am I? Am I even human? What is my place in this world?
I am confused, sometimes I do not even feel like a human...

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Categories: between a rock and a hard place, black african american, death,
Form: Free verse
Hate
Hate

As a child I was taught to forgive
In my family hate was a bad word
I took it all in 
Sometimes forgiving too easily
Yet here I...

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Categories: between a rock and a hard place, anger, betrayal, conflict, feelings,
Form: Lyric
Late Night Overthinking
Late night overthinking
Heart racing, made up situation anticipating
Feelings chasing, dread encasing
I return, rewind to the start, replaying the awful part.
When they said that, what did...

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Categories: between a rock and a hard place, cry, deep, emotions, mental
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Love Letter
Hello Madam Butterfly, with the looks of being caught between a rock and a hard place. While you were being formed and before ever you...

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Categories: between a rock and a hard place, beautiful, i love you,
Form: Personification

Book: Shattered Sighs