Best Drab Poems

We went in a cab  to see cold slab,
That did appear to be dull and drab;
Letters were distinct when viewed;
So much sadness there we ensued.

Tombstones arranged row after row;
All around green grass grew and grew;
In background were abundant trees;
In faces we would feel a...

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The crab is drab and sitting on a grab
                             Toasting his brown bread in the monster's lab
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drab lackluster mood
brought on by somber spirits
~ blue melancholy



AP: 2nd place 2022

Posted on July 9, 2022...

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I notice on a day that's gray
I also seem to dress that way.
Without the sunshine to inspire,
I tend to stick to drab attire.

It doesn't make a lot of sense
When clothing clearly complements
An atmosphere of cloud and gloom,
Allowing somberness to loom.

On light and sunny weather days,
I...

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The uniform was issued to him during the Second World War.
Tho' at first it was somewhat ill-fitting, it he proudly wore.
He was a mere lad of eighteen when his Army career began,
But as that savage conflict raged on, he rapidly became a man!

He considered it...

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I hide.....
From myself and away from others.
I wear dark glasses and caps
And paint my body in drab shades of nonexistence
Then dance, alone in the darkness
To music I have imagined.
It's better this way.
I don't have to misread faces
Or think I am being judged (although, 
Perhaps being...

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Doris was dowdy, drab, and draggle-tailed too
Forever frumpy, frightened, a failure, at age thirty-two
Jaundiced, juicy-gossipy, jealous, and July jailed
Slovenly, slithery, shipwrecked, her moment had sailed....

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Her virginal leaves have aged to gray
Delight she once showed now gone astray
Snowball bush who used to be so bright, 
What has happened to put out your light?
A drab of blight on the forest today

My fine sweet princess, did someone slay?
Cut your branches with an...

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