Best Ground Rules Poems

Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 24

Shout it hoarse on mountains how gods stand for peace
And in private plot the ruin spurn another’s faith
Do...

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You are pushing me too far, now we've passed the line,
We ain't coming back, that's a fact..  now it's time,
To lay down some ground-rules...

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How much longer do I keep playing games?
I thought this was over and done.
I'm not sure I can keep this going
I know I should have...

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Brendan ain’t ‘Able’

The teacher preached that we are all ‘different but similar and 
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Choreography’s Turkish Delight

On sediment at the bottom of the cup of societies 
   drags of dis-enfranchised masses are waiting for a
trickle from the...

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Some one out there please help me.
This is not real for I am only sixteen this can’t be.
The nightmare began on a beautiful summer day.
I...

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Setting ground rules
Mind tabulates
Sorting rocks from emeralds
One day the sky breaks-
Tabula rasa!...

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An occurrence that exists in
all  walks of our life's happenstances
Some will cheer for you, others
give you despicable glances,
Still others, as here, deride you in comments.

It's...

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My mum was my greatest friend
stuck by me through thick and thin
in my late 20s, she passed away
this knocked me right on my chin

She left...

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if my love is a crime
baby that's just fine
i look good in pinstripe
i look good in black and white

if my love is forbidden
we can try...

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