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Best Boastful Poems

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The Ember's Pride Made An Ash Out of Him
There he sat among the ashes, thinking he was, oh, so good,
Just a tiny glowing ember that was once a piece of wood,
And he thought...

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Categories: boastful, pride,
Form: Couplet



You and I and I and You
You, who are so perfect in my eyes, so beautiful- adorable, and I, so flawed, ugly, damaged and crawling with defects; why do you enjoy...

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Categories: boastful, anger, beautiful, corruption, crazy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A "hopeless" Diamond (In the Rough)
French trader Tavernier in a greed-inspired way
Glared at an idol of a temple in Mandalay
Prying a gem from its eye socket, a curse prevailed
Tavernier died...

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Categories: boastful, history, mysterylost, hope, lost,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member The Price One Pays For Glory
Based on the Scripture, 2 Timothy 3:3-13, which gives 
warning to escape the snare of the birdcatcher.

On stage he struts in sequined costume
a plume of...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: boastful, bible,
Form: Free verse
Here In This Place Today
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Indeed, it is so far, far, far back where last I
Stood in sight of all her unnerving ambiguities...       ...

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Categories: boastful, betrayal, myth,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Jubilee of Roses
Neither puppy love nor lust, each insists
in its imperfect play. Their hearts resist
both by clinging in its barbaric way.
Youth forgiven. The wolf begs her to...

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Categories: boastful, age, love,
Form: Hybronnet
Premium Member Lucidity
Good writing , like gold , combines lustrous lucidity with high density. What this means is good writing is packed with hints. ~ Eric Hoffer

And...

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Categories: boastful, meaningful, poetry, words, writing,
Form: Sonnet
And Still I Drive - Part One
Stars fall under failing skies...stars fall...stars fall...
And sadly...i start to drive.
Through the unremarkable village with its tall 
Georgian Bay window panes, lightless,
devoid of visages; outwardly...

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Categories: boastful, heartbreak, places,
Form: Rhyme
And Still I Drive - Part Two
Stars fall under failing skies...stars fall...stars fall...
But stars do not cry.
Into Ochs valley, through the Vale of White Horse...prancing 
besides a Dragons Hill;
It was here...

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Categories: boastful, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Wonderful Worthing Promenade Part 1
Five miles of neatly spaced suckered palm planted 
Bustling promenade,
Not withstanding a provincial cafe-culture 
Of restaurants and exciting little bars,
Enhance upon regal elegance of the...

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Categories: boastful, sea, , Lullaby,
Form: Rhyme
Autumn Colors
Autumn Colors 


Autumn’s rich brilliant palette,
showcasing a masterpiece   
of fiercely blazing colors -
boastful foliage! 
 
Leaves through a kaleidoscope,
pirouetting in wind-blown  
gowns...

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Categories: boastful, autumn, beautiful, color, nature,
Form: Dodoitsu
Premium Member How Wounded Thunder Earned His Name
You stand on "Wounded Thunder's” hallowed ground.

                He boomed such...

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Categories: boastful, humorous,
Form: Quatrain
Waves On the Beach of Life
soft waves ripple the water,
               they come and they go,
 ...

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Categories: boastful, life, loss,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Vanity Thy Name Is Metro-Man
Oh Vanity Thy Name is Metro-Man

At the gym,
admiring his bulging biceps in a giant mirror,
he reaches for his ever-ready smart phone
and stops to make a...

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Categories: boastful, men, vanity,
Form: Free verse
Halloween Night
Halloween Night


Good evening Boys & Ghouls, with anticipation and all your drools
Especially the ladies with fake jewels, tonight breaking all the rules
Why it is finally...

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Categories: boastful, halloween,
Form: Rhyme

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