Best Curtailing Poems
Obsidian...An almost stillness came about
as she strode into my door,
like breath itself refused to move,
fearful of touching her mysterious beauty
But her obsidian eyes betrayed her.
Sharp and gleami......
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Categories:
curtailing, abuse, dark, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
A Deluge Comes...Almost all of us will face -at one time or another -
Dire circumstances dragging us into a deluge of misery.
Eluding woe is not an easy thing to do.
Less so for those quite disabled or born into......
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Categories:
curtailing, grief, life,
Form:
Acrostic
Comes With a Cost...
I come bearing a rare gift,
not something of material wealth
No silver, no gold ...
no diamonds, no pearls
No bearer bonds, no dollar bills ...
no rubies, no emeralds
I come with an ......
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Categories:
curtailing, spiritual, truth, visionary, wisdom,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Junk Mail...We await the daily mail delivery with eager anticipation.
Alas, today came another batch of worthless information!
Of course there were the usual bills that arrive without fail,
But where's the ch......
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Categories:
curtailing, funnytoday,
Form:
Rhyme
Two World Views... diamante
optimist
auspicious, positive
hoping, unveiling, explaining
enthusiast, energy - lethargy, fatalist
complaining, curtailing, groping
negative, suspicious
pess......
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Categories:
curtailing, 11th grade, stress, words,
Form:
Diamante
Proud Indian...A land sheltering 1.3 billions,
of varied creed and religion,
dated to world's history over a million.
Irrespective of nation's diverse region,
Indians hoist the white, green and vermilion.
Twen......
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Categories:
curtailing, august, culture, freedom, independence
Form:
Rhyme
Ocean Dolphins-..."Lo! the dolphin dotes laughs
My passion is the maritime coast
'Ocean!' said I, 'thing of seawater.'
Oceans dolphins
In a kingdom full of coastlines
Eagerly I looked for the seaway
I c......
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Categories:
curtailing, adventure, analogy, animal, beautiful,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Restricted Life...Human life deserves a platform to unfold
Away from straitjackets of pious scrutiny
Whose eyes, ears and hands feel so cold
They reject freedom and project a mutiny
Born from the scorn society......
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Categories:
curtailing, poems,
Form:
Free verse
The Optimist Sailor...Out at sea for so long I fear my sanity's failing
Like pirates of old, trust in my vision curtailing
Are mermaids waving there or tails of whales flailing
Perhaps a mirage is where I seem to be sa......
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Categories:
curtailing, adventure,
Form:
Monorhyme
Cosmopolitan Charlatan...gilded servant
hyperbolic purveyor
sculpting truth
liberal spender
filthy lucre
licentious gain
promoting freedom
curtailing liberties
accruing power
crafting bills
self-serving pork ......
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Categories:
curtailing, political
Form:
Senryu
Forgive Me, Brain...Dear Brain,
My dear brain, forgive me, won't you?
I've filled you with alcohol, time and again
My heart's silence drowning the head's tin can
Once and for all I am delivered to you
Forgive me,......
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Categories:
curtailing, healthme,
Form:
Rhyme
Speak Ye Parts of Speech...sometimes they appear effusively ebullient
need curtailing, pruning
succinctness of clarity demands simple concepts
a fresh way to express tired vernacular
see contrasts that light and dark embod......
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Categories:
curtailing, on writing and wordslight,
Form:
Light Verse
Uneducated Tears...Belts, paddles, switches, and rulers were once instruments of punishment.
Although very rarely, in my early years, a belt was Daddy's favorite.
I was always a quick learner and never a glutton for ......
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Categories:
curtailing, cry,
Form:
Verse
'curtailing Thoughts'...When you feel like a small fish
In a very huge pond
Do you remain in your corner?
Do you make yourself known?
By splashing water all over
Or do you hide your capabilities
So that no ......
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Categories:
curtailing, change, life,
Form:
Free verse
Competing Voices...When two or more Yang Dominants
are in the same room,
noticing each other,
it may be time to leave that room.
We have issues curtailing our co-arising competition
to reveal who can win
our Co......
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Categories:
curtailing, community, culture, deep, integrity,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum