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Best Burn The Candle At Both Ends Poems

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Burn the Candle At Both Ends
Burn the candle at both ends,
Using the fire deep inside;
The desire to do the task
Is ignited far and wide.

To live at a hectic pace
Is just...

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Categories: burn the candle at both ends, poems,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member Pleasure Seekers
Let abundant energies     ...............	burn
Late into the night as    .................	the
Light of a flickering    ....................	candle
Throws reflected shadows...

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Categories: burn the candle at both ends, night, passion, romantic,
Form: Acrostic
Message In a Bottle
I write this note and place it, in my favourite bottle of wine
I sealed that top so tight then I wrapped it with waxed twine
The...

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Categories: burn the candle at both ends, funny, world, wine,
Form: Quatrain
Message In a Bottle Free Verse Effort
The end of the world is foretold to arrive any time soon so I am leaving a message in this bottle for anybody with advice...

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Categories: burn the candle at both ends, funny, wine,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Stressed
STRESSED

Sometimes when things begin to close in,
I'd like to sit down and chill out,
Find someplace to just get away,
And refigure what life's all about.

Sometimes it...

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© Judy Ball  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: burn the candle at both ends, family, inspirational, introspection, life,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member Unquotable Quotes: Xliv - Tongue-Teasing Epigrams
UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: XLIV

Don’t translate poems if you want yours read.
A pain in the ass is a pain nevertheless.
A « race" in any other language is...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: burn the candle at both ends, humor, irony, satire, word
Form: Epigram
A Teacher
I am a teacher

Eager beaver

Full of beans

I build bridges

And burn the candle at both ends

I am a teacher

Cap in hand

Full of the milk of human...

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Categories: burn the candle at both ends, 12th grade, 1st grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Subtle Serpent
The subtle serpent’s not a tale,
conceived by one who drank strong ale.
Wise, with wings resplendent in flight,
a perfect ploy in Satan’s fight.

Its charm disarmed the...

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Categories: burn the candle at both ends, christian, corruption, evil, religious,
Form: Rhyme
Winter Reverie
A calming covering of snow,
And it’s a quieter, slower world I know.
If I tire of no human company but my own,
It’s harder to relieve time...

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Categories: burn the candle at both ends, home, nature, snow, winter,
Form: Sonnet
A Mystery Unfolds
The tree of life is torn
 Between the darkness and the light
 Unable to conclude or choose
 Which is morally right

 And in all the...

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Categories: burn the candle at both ends, america, analogy, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Take Me Back
Take me back to age six
When I wasn't full of so many, sceptics
Take me back to the dreams 
I shared with you when you were...

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Categories: burn the candle at both ends, absence, age, allusion, angst,
Form: Free verse
I Believe
I believe I can make a difference
Why? Because I've learned to change my ways
I've stopped fretting about my aliments
And started living in the moment, each...

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Categories: burn the candle at both ends, allegory, appreciation, blessing, character,
Form: Rhyme
A Certain Age
You’ve reached a certain age when life has set you free
You can cock a hoop at protocol; do things that aren't PC
You can swim in...

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Categories: burn the candle at both ends, age,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs