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Best Dodging Poems

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Premium Member A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To My Hanging
A funny thing happened on the way to my hanging
Couldn't sleep the night before my head was banging
I was innocent of a crime that I...

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Categories: dodging, brother, funny,
Form: Rhyme



The Butterfly
Enroling  you a worm (cumbersome and)
hairy, you- scimitar of leaves
Knows the pain ,writhing pupae
Abandoned and convicted
Constricted hanging straightjacket
Squirming like a jackrabbit
Gagged nocturnally - ...

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Categories: dodging, angel, beauty, butterfly,
Form: Free verse
Notes of Life
"In my fragile little ship, I sail, sail
In the tempestuous sea of life
Dodging life's pressures, to doldrums outlast"~ by poet

Breathing in and out the notes...

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Categories: dodging, life,
Form: Free verse
Female Warrior
Born to be a true warrior
never given the choice
Being muted as a child i 
was not allowed a voice

Growing into this woman
with everyday being a...

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Categories: dodging, conflict, courage, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
Turkey Chase
Turkey's on the table, both legs up
Everything was fine, 'til I made the first cut!

The turkey unleashed a "CACKLE!", then jumped onto the floor
All you...

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Categories: dodging, giving, humor,
Form: Couplet



Intriguing Odour
Me cars down at the doctors ‘cause there’s trouble with the coil,
and somewhere I’m losing water so once or twice I’ve had it boil.
It needs...

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Categories: dodging, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bio - Bob Hinshaw
Well, you asked for it so here goes!
I'm five-feet, eight inches tall from scalp to toes.
Born October 1930 in Indiana - so there, I've revealed...

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Categories: dodging,
Form: Bio
Half Mast
Can one count the pieces of a broken heart? 
Can a flag half staff proudly wave?
Will kites still rise in staccato weather,
or partial freedom be...

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Categories: dodging, conflict, emotions, hope, math,
Form: Rhyme
I'M Standing -(Anaphora)
I’m standing in the gap for children everywhere.
                 Wandering...

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Categories: dodging, inspirational, uplifting, war, war,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Take Me To the Sea
Take me to the sea where the white sand is warm
And the sea gulls fly in the peach colored sky.
Take me to the sea where...

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Categories: dodging, beauty, fun, sea,
Form: Rhyme
The Last Red Balloon
Dad can I have that big red balloon?
There's only one left, and he'll sell it soon
It's not like a goldfish, it won't have to be...

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Categories: dodging, childhood, family, father, growing
Form: Rhyme
Me Myself and I
My self-awareness is clear.
Blunt. 
It's ugly and painful. To call it enlightening, is putting it lightly.
Honestly though, it's relieving, intriguing, and totally necessary. 
Character building,...

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Categories: dodging, addiction, anger, depression,
Form: Free verse
No Set Future
As I pass through time
in my physical vessel
I connect the rhymes,
balancing them on my mind's trestle.

My consciousness detaches
from emotion and commotion
and intricately latches
onto an outstanding,...

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Categories: dodging, inspirational, introspection, life, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Under the Waterfall
Wings flutter
     off in the distance
as I shuffle through these stones,
tasting the energy trapped in each,
scouring my lands
   ...

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Categories: dodging, imagination, nature, passionhair, me,
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member Superman
Cape, strength and the mask- of one in disguise 
dawn, the light shinning through- here in my world
Oh.. to see your identity- those eyes
Dodging everything...

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Categories: dodging, hero, truth,
Form: Sonnet

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