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Best Games People Play Poems

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You Can'T Hurt Me
Resounding echoes awaken the child
demons in the attic beckon unto him
stark fear grips his Vick's laden chest
shivers vibrate rusty springs of down

footsteps creak closer upon...

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© Bob Shank  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: games people play, introspection, life, sad, education,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Sodom and Gomorrah - a History Lesson
It is said the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah,
Are famous for their wicked ways;
That sin was so rife among these two,
That Satan himself ruled the...

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© Judy Ball  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: games people play, bible, religious,
Form: Quatrain
Walking In the Wind
I was walking in the wind looking to the sky,
Seeing all that’s before me and wondering why?
How did I get here and make it this...

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Categories: games people play, introspection, life, me, me,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member My Son
My son,  my son
I want to see my son 
Please God, where is my son 

That's all I heard 
As the man ran past...

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Categories: games people play, faith, god, love, son,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Political Power
Today's political agenda,
For political puppets--
Manipulated by the powers that be,
Hoping for a Lazarus economy,
Games people play,
Any miracles today?
Mystical revival,
Elections--farcical,
Candidates--comical,
Tweedledum?
Or Tweedledummer?
Yes, games people play,
Miracles on the...

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Categories: games people play, allusion, games, political, work,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Time Slipped Away
I’ve felt loneliness break my heart
while searching for my counterpart,
someone who’ll love me from the start.
Time slipped away!

In a myriad of places
amidst a thousand strange...

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Categories: games people play, 9th grade, angst, anxiety,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Living a Life of Deception
No one can understand you, because you're not your typical run of the mill
it's all due to your philosophy, a mind that thinks but a...

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Categories: games people play, faith, inspirational, introspection, life,
Form: Rhyme
Free Cee Is That a Trivial Trifle Or a Rifle
IS THAT A TRIVIAL TRIFLE OR A RIFLE?

Weightless
Weightless while watching ripples row their way across a wading pool 
A pool that portended peace
A peaceful pool...

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Categories: games people play, angst,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Lo and Behold
Predictions work in twists of what makes life workable
High and often misconstrued by the dogma of science
Lies and damned lies and statistics for the insecure
Foes...

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Categories: games people play, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hello
Hello
Do you hear me ?
Do you hear what I say ?
Do you understand my logic ?
Of how games people play
Do you ever wonder
Why people live...

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© Eric Nolan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: games people play, hope, introspection, life, peoplepeople,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Reasons Fore the Sporting Seasons
There once was a General who had an investment in the swamp 
He had many ways of getting what he wants 
Including making things great...

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Categories: games people play, america, history, image, political,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Portuguese Wine
PORTUGUESE WINE
Bar tending lady,
when you come around, would you please         
bring me another glass of Portuguese wine...

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© Vee Bdosa  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: games people play, celebration, crazy, drink, fun,
Form: Lyric
Free Cee Is That a Trifle Or a Rifle
IS THAT A TRIFLE OR A RIFLE?
waiting
Weightless
weight less than a pound
Weightless while watching ripples row their way across a wading pool 
A pool that portended...

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Categories: games people play, angst,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Veil
sliver of vertical night
  visible slit along the curtain centre-line
  too lazy to pull them tight
  surely nobody outside lurking, peering in
...

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© Ian Love  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: games people play, dark, imagery,
Form: Verse
Free Cee Just One More Mystic Mile
IS THAT A TRIFLE OR A RIFLE?

Weightless
Weightless while watching ripples row their way across a wading pool 
A pool that portended peace
A peaceful pool in...

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Categories: games people play, angst,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs