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Best Contrarily Poems

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Premium Member Because of Just One Poetess
BECAUSE OF JUST ONE POETESS

I let go of living in sadness.
My life seemed going nowhere,
and looking back now, it all
seemed like madness!

It wasn't because she did
gymnastics...

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Categories: contrarily, beautiful, celebration, encouraging, poetess,
Form: I do not know?



Wee Hours
Another eve of another day
shrinks to wee hours;
the only light flashes dim
from a distant lamppost. 

My mind’s contrarily still charged 
with words, chores, lists, sacred...

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Categories: contrarily, abuse, addiction, angst, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member untruths, tender -
she ...

gently shivered ...
venetian-sieved ribbons of moonlight
wanly striping her face ... 
the words struggled on her lips
then ever-so-softly, dripped like maple syrup
and found purchase in...

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Categories: contrarily, imagery, love, metaphor, passion,
Form: Free verse
Glory To Thermodynamics In General
Glory to thermodynamics in general...

and generation of heat in particular
cuz yours truly 
spoiled with trappings 
of Western Civilization.

How ideal I imagine 
to dwell in a...

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Categories: contrarily, adventure, appreciation, april, community,
Form: Rhyme
Afraid
Uncertainty has been clouding my thoughts for months now
Because you have never once 
Expressed how you felt 
After I blurted out those three little words....

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Categories: contrarily, romanceme, me,
Form: Free verse



The Trouble With Poets
is that they never tell the truth,
and if by accident, they occasionally 
come near to any kind of truth
they tend to get hives, 
or shake...

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Categories: contrarily, poetry,
Form: Blank verse
I'M Unhappy With Fifa 16
I’m Unhappy with FIFA 16

I'm unhappy with FIFA 16.
Passing's no good, the 
transitions sloppy.  15 was 
better: more excitement, maybe a banal
pleasure in how...

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© Dylan Wong  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: contrarily, angst, childhood, games, soccer,
Form: Free verse
Fritillaria, (Snakes Head)
Where diamonds shape a lantern
harlequins are taunted in jest,
which inaugurates the conviction
attracting an upheld stance.
They stare like a drastic mistake;
thinking it was a corn snake.

Warily,...

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Categories: contrarily, nature, visionary,
Form: Verse
Glory To Thermodynamics
and spoils of Western Civilization.

Thrum of the central heater...
manually activated upon advent of twilight
(since yours truly not resident within "smart home"),
nevertheless warm cockles and muscles
appreciate...

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Categories: contrarily, adventure, earth, green, heaven,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Way
Wondering, pondering, contemplating
The moments when I’ve felt different
Because of my ideas, my dreams, my feelings
The way I think and the way I believe
Struggling to be...

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Categories: contrarily, jesus,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Political Chicanery
Political Chicanery
By Franklin Price
8/20/1015

Political chicanery
Are spoken words I say
Slightly bending of the truth
Is the politician's way

If uttered words can scrambled be
To turn the meaning 'round
I...

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Categories: contrarily, political,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sunrise,Come Quickly
As my tripping footsteps
enter deeper into the path of intense darkness,
I start feeling the trance of trepidation
and much despised misery 
seaps through me with a...

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Categories: contrarily, adventure, hope, places, sad,
Form: Ballad
This Love Is Killing
It has taken a little time to unleash this feeling,
Contrarily, it will take a lifetime to erase it cause its enduring,

Sweet lady don't think i...

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Categories: contrarily, best friend, , cute,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member The Kiss of Death
The kiss of Death is sure to be enticing
Filling up confused humans
With powerful orgasms
As to cause them
A change of existence!

For that kiss have I been...

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Categories: contrarily, death,
Form: Free verse
Foundations
Foundations

What are you building your foundation on,
Solid Rock, or quicksand?

A foundation built on solid rock has staying
power, withstanding the test of time.

Contrarily, a foundation built...

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Categories: contrarily, christian,
Form: Prose Poetry

Book: Reflection on the Important Things