Best Enquires Poems

Why did they fight for our freedom of speech? 
when we as a nation are afraid to speak 
Led by a government that’s corrupt and...

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Why do I have so many cocktail dresses?
I know why 
But just a passing thought
I buy them mostly from wonderful charity shops
And I thought how...

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"Papyrus, Lapis Lazuli and the Valley of the Kings - Part 2"

Rush...
the sound of the wind 
licks her ears, bites her neck, stings her lips
the...

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The student sits in third row last chair
His foolish words of attention are blurted everywhere
He understands not the value of listening
For he seeks laughs and...

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The day I woke up
I will never forget
Confusion
An enormous pang of guilt hits me in the solar plexus
I curl up into the foetal position
As I...

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Parents killed brutally 
Matter trivial
Upper caste involved
Compensation announced
Forty lakhs 
Reason
Placating minorities
Two sons
Then minors
Now turn 18
Eligible for compensation
Sumit younger
Enquires for money
“Some more paperwork,”
Suneet clarifies
Less than a...

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Say your prayers and sit up straight,
Get into that confessional box to wipe clean your slate.
Make sure you get all those wicked sins off your...

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Dante the depths thou searchest deep

Amidst  the pergatory sleep

Neither living yet not dead

Torn between the sheets of red

Enter and ye lose all hope

Spirit world...

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Upon the porch overlooks the stellar way, 
Nothing but darkness, on the great stellar way
Over the dead sky, pendent hang cold bright Moon
To warn whoever...

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the fire encircled me
n i was melting
away into a vanishing mass
burnt into ashes, then
wake up like like a phoenix later
i knew i slept like a...

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GRANNY'S LOVE:

On every matter, she keeps me counseled,
So that any wrong plans would be cancelled. 
When I'm down, she gets me revived,
And by her love,...

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Fight or flight?
My body enquires
No, I laugh
I've just woken up

Do you need me now?
My body presses 
No, I explain
I’m just off to work

I'm sure you...

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Meant enquires consequent 
On ken Sampson The Eloquent
Wishing now to himself acquaint 
With the conflicts that were frequent, 
Where his people are domiciled, 
Currently to...

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Steeple lit by lightning loud
Moon that's full peeks round a cloud
Trudging through the churchyard mud
Unwise shortcut: THUD, THUD, THUD!

The sound is muted ’neath my feet
No...

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Mary had received a letter.
She read it aloud to her friend Netta.
It was to invite her to go with Ben,
As done last year to the...

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