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Best Dead Set(P) Poems

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Thanksgiving Turkey
They organized a church bazaar,
To raise money for the poor.
A booth for selling chances
Was set up, outside the door.

When I bought the raffle ticket, 
My...

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Categories: dead set(p), animals, food, funny, seasons,
Form: Narrative



Absurd
To me, you are purely ephemeral;
We are irrelevantly real.
And I am left with no one but myself,
With this hollowness I feel.

And still, I am hardly...

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© Jessica Vh  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dead set(p), allusion, introspection, life, muse,
Form: Rhyme
Fire Truck
Whenever I said green light, you said red
Light, fighting back with a smile on your face;
Racing hearts chased each other to keep pace
With the words...

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Categories: dead set(p), dedication, lust,
Form: Italian Sonnet
At the Pinnacle
Feet clamber the heights
Each pair of varied cadence
Eyes are on another’s feet.
Scaling the stairway
I focus on every step
Dead set on my arrival.

At the pinnacle
An old...

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Categories: dead set(p), imagery, inspiration, introspection, life,
Form: Sedoka
Everything of Yours Must Go Now, Even If It Burns
I write about my ex a lot,
we didn't talk much, but our tongues touched,
we used to have sex a lot and 
it was so hot...

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© Pippi B.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dead set(p), break up,
Form: Free verse



Heroes and Crooks
Late night, suffering through another moody late night
the topic on my mind tonight, irrelevant but appropriate
originating in the contents of a song because of this...

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Categories: dead set(p), life, perspective, , Lullaby,
Form: Free verse
Yellow Noise
So much noise, 
Yellow noise, 
And everyone tries to 
Be louder than everyone else 
Because we're too afraid to 
Stand in the shadow of silence...

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Categories: dead set(p), analogy, metaphor, society, sound,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member God Had Other Plans
1967.
A pink '59 Cadillac.
With gorgeous chrome-laden tail fins.
Yes, I said 
Pink.
The two squirrels sitting 
inside were trying to use it
As a girl magnet.
The owner was...

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Categories: dead set(p), 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Think I Need a Husband
Think I need a husband
to hold my fragile hand.
Now I need a husband
to open up a can.

I could use a husband
to put the garbage out.
Would...

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Categories: dead set(p), care, day, funny, husband,
Form: Rhyme
Unspeakable Regrets
Such remorse,
Of course,
He thought
   The words just came out flowing;
No sight
Beyond tonight,
He fought -
   Without him even knowing.
Regret -
He was dead...

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Categories: dead set(p), angst, introspection, sympathy,
Form: Rhyme
Benediction To Anonymous Minds
Triumphant milestones rocked and rolled thru this (viz – modern) age  
     began in the dawn of *****Sapiens early...

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Categories: dead set(p), appreciation, celebration, dedication, fate,
Form: Personification
I Appreciate You and I Love You
It is cold and I am here alone, or am I 
I fought for their freedom, I am not a bad guy
Not wanting this life...

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Categories: dead set(p), humanity,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member A Wolfish Moon Shines
A Wolfish Moon Shines

Beneath shining wolfish moon's silhouette
light cascading down upon our sweet earth.
Halloween spiders with their webs dead set
new victims racing for all they...

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Categories: dead set(p), adventure, celebration, children, earth,
Form: Quatrain
Road Trip
Road Trip

Rumbling down the road,
Over potholes, bumps and hills,
Active backseat of kids
Dead set on not taking spills.

Trying to make it home,
Rain was causing delay.
Inside the...

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Categories: dead set(p), fun,
Form: Acrostic
Horrible Hobgoblins Haunt Harris Household
Our own hagrid (in the corporeal essence of marital relatives) heaves livid rage
like real life harry potter dementors dead set on wreaking havoc
  ...

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Categories: dead set(p), angst, depression, hope,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

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