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Best Catch 22 Poems

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Catch-22
It’s an old story.
We were classmates, you and I, 
And later became colleagues,
Working under the same roof.
We had more or less the same specialization.
Married in...

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© Ram R. V.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: catch 22, irony, life,
Form: Narrative



Wisdom: Fishing For Men Catch-22
Knowing of evil and doing evil are two different things               ...

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© John Beam  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: catch 22, appreciation, bible, christian, jesus,
Form: Free verse
Catch 22
When forever finally comes to town
Not sure I wanna be around
When it stands outside to 
Knock upon my door

I’ll hide inside
Not make a sound
Turn out...

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Categories: catch 22, life
Form: I do not know?
Catch-22
There's no Kingdom of Heaven
Without the battle of Armageddon,
There's no salvation
Without the Crucifixion,
There's no concept of good
Without the presence of evil,
There's no yearning for Heaven
Without...

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Categories: catch 22, dark, death, life, light,
Form: Free verse
A Big Problem
Once there was a famous king,
More famous than Ozymandias.
His name was King Wolf. 
Sultan was his nickname.
He called himself a benevolent despot;
And his style of...

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© Ram R. V.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: catch 22, irony, satire, , ozymandias,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member It's Never All Good Or All Bad
Life is never 100% good, or 100% bad

The ups and downs are as normal as breathing

Going with the flow is pretty sound advice

It's how I've...

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Categories: catch 22, life, love,
Form: Narrative
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driven 
face 
down
into the
bed
into the
pillow
hands out
squeezing the
sheets for
all dear
life---
she didn’t 
plan on
this &
yet this is
what
happened &
what could
be comparable
for a heterosexual
man,
who wants 
satisfaction in his
sexual
demands?

what has...

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Categories: catch 22, life, pain,
Form: Free verse
Mr. Telephone Man
Mr. Telephone man, I got some questions to run past you
Is it the phone the line or is this cold dime just that coo.
Honey’s a...

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Categories: catch 22, friendship, life, love, me,
Form: I do not know?
Beautiful Child of Godly Justice, Encore
There is a Carol King.
Sung a beautiful tune.
Others too composed.
Listen to her song.
Spun by Gods truth.
Enriched so thru and thru.
So who is who?
Avoid  "catch...

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Categories: catch 22, beautiful,
Form: I do not know?
God Too Is Praying
Theist have HOLY belief
Natural calamity is catastrophic
No saviour can tame Nature’s wrath 

Terrorist have ONLY belief
Bomb blasts are more devastating
No ‘intelligence’ can rein Terror's bloodbath...

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Categories: catch 22, natural disasters, peace,
Form: Personification
Catch!
I’m a server…
delivery complete.

The machine works
like this…

”... you deserve what you get…”
”... you get what you deserve…”

Can I have the mustard please
”... care for some...

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© Izzy Gumbo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: catch 22, imagination
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Brain Stormed
Why does the heart get all the credit for love?
By so-called affairs of the heart, 
that most storied of organs is not unduly inconvenienced. 
It...

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Categories: catch 22, body, crush, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
You Keep Her
Just forget let it all go
Let this be the only place you know
For the sands of time are never kind
I want you to know you...

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Categories: catch 22, crazy, desire, gothic, horror,
Form: I do not know?
A Surprise Upon Awakening
I woke up 
and in the mirror, 
saw a stranger-- 
a face not mine, 
but like my own. 
So I wondered: 
Am I mad now?

But...

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Categories: catch 22, analogy, angst, deep, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Bend Over, America
would you rather live in a 
totalitarian state which 
doesn’t dilly-dally round the
truth, pretending that citizens
have freedom, feeding them
the illusion that they will not
be crushed...

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Categories: catch 22, life,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs