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Best Give Or Take A Few Poems

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Something About Water
Something about water:
Ancient and ageless
The precise quantity since the dawn of creation
(Give or take a few space missions)
Partnered with Sister Sun and Brother Moon
Constantly recycling...

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Categories: give or take a few, nature,
Form: Free verse



Full Accountability
In life, there’s plenty, and various points of view
Aged twenty, forty or more, give or take a few
Whether one has gone full circle, half or...

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© Kp Nunez  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: give or take a few, conflict, courage, sorry, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
A Praise To London
A Praise to London


To all of London’s folks who travel each
     day on their famous “under ground”
Yes praise you our London...

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Categories: give or take a few, uplifting, day, london,
Form: I do not know?
Last Call
As a child and a teenager I used to attend a mission-hall, 
Which had an outreach to the homeless of Edinburgh; 
And every three weeks...

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Categories: give or take a few, child, gospel, jesus, leadership,
Form: Rhyme
Time Changes Things
There's a pregnant woman in a TV commer-
cial ad 
Who's crooning to the baby writing a letter 
to it both sad and glad 
Then with...

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Categories: give or take a few, anger, birth, funny, hilarious,
Form: Couplet



Height of Laziness
With lot of hardwork, I ate my meal~ Don't give anything for next few hours....

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Categories: give or take a few, 10th grade,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Stranger Than Fiction Part 1
My name is Tom Cunningham, I’m retired now but thirty six years ago I had a very strange experience that I have never mentioned to...

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Categories: give or take a few, religious, scary, world war
Form: Prose
Care
We are protetive right from birth
Of care there is no dearth
As they are most precious  gifts on earth
We feel such joy n mirth.

As they...

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Categories: give or take a few, anxiety, crush, desire, image,
Form: Rhyme
Step Into My Mind
Please,

Make yourself comfortable,

On any thought you'd like.

Sorry,

About that view from behind my eyes.

Seeing my smile is difficult,

Especially through blinding tears.

By the way,

Love used to live...

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Categories: give or take a few, word play,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member A Winter Day
The wind comes blowing through the wood,
And Winter comes a-calling.
The trees give up their last few leaves,
The first snow flakes start falling.

The open, barren branches,
Now...

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© Judy Ball  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: give or take a few, life, seasons, winter, snow,
Form: Quatrain
Understand Me
I haven't been trying to "get with you" and I haven't for a long time
I gave up my pure fantasy, of making you mine
I still...

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Categories: give or take a few, beautiful, farewell, feelings, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Winter Day
The wind comes blowing through the wood,
And Winter comes a-calling.
The trees give up their last few leaves,
The first snow flakes start falling.

The open, barren branches,
Now...

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© Judy Ball  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: give or take a few, winter,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member California Cold
California Cold 

Rented cars…
every month the cost?
Bread and milk.
Why? 
To go get my kids. 
I had to. 
My own car was bad, 
unreliable, and dangerous....

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: give or take a few, anti bullying, conflict, divorce,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Annoying the Worker Bees
The bees could not have been more annoyed.
The faerie convention took over the marigolds.
Let’s zoom back to the lilacs, Worker Bee Dee suggested.
The lilacs had...

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Categories: give or take a few, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative
I'Ve Learned To Trust Jesus
I’ve learned to Trust Jesus!

I think about when I was going through hard times.
Many discouraging thoughts entered my mind.

I wasn’t sure what in life was...

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Categories: give or take a few, christian, encouraging, faith, hope,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs