Best Coaxed Poems

She hid her talents in the deepest darkest recessed corner
Taking it out never, for fear of being called brilliant.
She did not want to be shunned or ostracized, 
Knowing her people well

Then one day she met a stranger who coaxed her a tiny bit
Encouraged her to...

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Coaxed
I coaxed that cork,
From the bottle again, 
Spoke to it, 
Like my long lost friend. 

Lips listened close, 
To the stories it told, 
Long after the wick, 
Of the candle went cold. 

The bottom of the bottle,
Keeps collecting the tears, 
A well getting deeper, 
Being...

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Coaxed to Grow


Oh, how wonderfully innocent
and juvenile, 'twas for me.
You, scooting surreptitiously.
closer and closer to me.
Like a soft, gentle caterpillar, 
slithering and smiling, 
Making its way home in the
still of the night.



I clutched my lovely, flowered
handkerchief.
Then my gold cross with a 
sparkling aqua gem upon...

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Having had a hand at hilarity, Heart wanted a chance
To show the world she could entertain, sing and dance.
She brought Mind on board as best she could do. 
He was not as eager as she thought he should be, kind of blue. 

Come on! Coaxed...

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