Best Exempted Poems
My Odyssey
...
Here, I am...
Retired,
Happy,
Sitting on the relaxing throne of my age,
Reminiscing what I went through in life.
A mere spectator I have now become,
Observing in silence the works of men,
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Categories:
exempted,
Form:
Bio
As Usual She Did Not Take Part
...I’ll never forget what’s her name
A PE teacher and ogre she became
For I was such a sickly child
it really made this ogre wild
Held in my hand a medical certificate
exempted from all things phy......
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Categories:
exempted, bullying, child, health,
Form:
Rhyme
Ode To Animal Farm
...Hope to get back here soon, but I have been consumed with the care of my son who has cancer... this is an older write of mine done when my grandson asked if I had read Orwell's Animal Farm...
I’m ......
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Categories:
exempted, allegory, animal, betrayal, change,
Form:
Quatrain
GMO
...Before technology became widespread
Different ideas every person shed
Experiments were done, executed, conducted
Various discoveries from them resulted
Scientists were known for their countless......
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Categories:
exempted, cute, school, science, student,
Form:
Rhyme
In My Language
...In My Language
This you might not know is a conversation,
It’s a conversation not of persons.
This is a conversation of multiple languages.
If you could observe the functions of my mind,
You would m......
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Categories:
exempted, funny, birth, language, sound,
Form:
Epic
The Fly and the Ant
...A fly and ant, upon a sunny bank,
Discuss'd the question of their rank.
'O Jupiter!' the former said,
'Can love of self so turn the head,
That one so mean and crawling,
And of so low a calling,
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Categories:
exempted, adventure,
Form:
Come What May
...Be ready for the futures that await;
The battle really lost is that not fought:
For no one is exempted from their fate.
Whatever plans we chalk upon the slate
Are easily erased, but still w......
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Categories:
exempted, appreciation, destiny, fate, growth,
Form:
Villanelle
Winter Is Not Forever
...As pet dog in the Tropics
Blessed am I by God to enjoy life
Clothed with two seasons:
Dry or summer months, and wet or rainy days…
Exposed to this goodness
Freely I’m exempted from Winter blig......
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Categories:
exempted, appreciation, blessing, christian, dog,
Form:
Personification
The Grim Reaper
...THE GRIM REAPER
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
I’m the grim reaper and I’m here to say
We have an appointment to meet one day
It might be early, could be late in the day
My net is o......
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Categories:
exempted, allegory, dark, death, destiny,
Form:
Rhyme
Mule
...Mutated meaning mutilated in existence
Utility in slave work the only definition left
Latent purpose without deferred fulfillment
Exempted from kind, creation's prophecy
2
Matt......
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Categories:
exempted, animals, faith,
Form:
Acrostic
Arena of the Brave
...Characterized by the early settlement
of the San Bushmen of the Kalahari.
Its patriotic sentiments of profound bravery
echos the nation’s long struggle for independence
well articulated a......
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Categories:
exempted, africa, community, conflict, corruption,
Form:
Ode
The Pandemic
...Staying home, I'm swamped in my handicraft
Paintings, drawings, all fascinating art
Sumptuous meals, I baked and cooked
My proud dish, I posted in facebook
Puzzles in my newsfeed, I proudly answ......
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Categories:
exempted, faith, fear,
Form:
Rhyme
Change
...Everything needs to change
It takes a while before everything goes back to normal
It feels uncomfortable & Unusual
Until you get used to the way things are
Just the same way that before spring......
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Categories:
exempted, nature,
Form:
Personification
You Are My Great Love Forever
...you are my great love forever
You are pure as the crystalline water,
Soft as the breeze of the sea,
Brilliant as the Morning star,
cute as the moonlight night…
You are candy as the ho......
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Categories:
exempted, lovecandy, love, , cute,
Form:
Verse
Ramadhan
...O! Sickened soul, rejoice for forgiveness has come,
Eleven months of sin and dine, sawm to you has come,
O! Soul of mine, do not despair and go astray,
Do not follow your whims and desires and way......
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Categories:
exempted, appreciation, arabic, beautiful, faith,
Form:
Free verse