Best Doppelgangers Poems

I: in the 70s

At sixteen, looking through a magazine,
I came across the picture of a girl
whose character was Mary Ellen in
“The Waltons” show I watched on Thursday nights.
Her look was that of mine when I made up
my face and styled my hair a certain way.
It...

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Doppelganger Part I 

Doppelganger?
Yes, I know of two.
The first one was a stranger.
Someone I never knew.
She often acquainted bars.
My friends often saw “Me” there.
I could swear upon the stars.
It wasn't me; they’d just stare.
This went on for quite awhile.
I was about twenty-five, then.
I’d deny it;...

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A poem about doppelgangers,
I had to look the meaning up.
Before you can begin to drink
there must be something in the cup.

My Oxford dictionary
covered it with just one line.
“Apparition or double of living person,”
not much for a poem guideline.

So next I turned to the Internet.
Found an...

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