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Best Impetuous Poems

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The Night Before Christmas By Edgar Allan Poe
On the night before Christmas, alone in my house, 
Sorrow gnawed at my soul, like a ravenous mouse.
Entombed in my blankets, I struggled to sleep,
Ready...

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Categories: impetuous, christmas,
Form: Narrative



The Woman
See the woman.

See the face behind its age.
See the beauty of her form.
See the way her way becomes her.
See past her once taught skin, as...

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Categories: impetuous, dedication, family, life, love,
Form: Free verse
In Your Lockup
sweet and citron voice, fondled a whisper
did you say, "O my Love,  pulling me close 
refreshing spring water,  cooler and crisper 
restless eyes...

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Categories: impetuous, cute love, love, passion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Royal Birth
the Sun in the west
smoldering with fire inside
afraid to explode, 
jumped into the waters below.

over this impetuous act 
the Day, in deep regret
snuffing all her...

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Categories: impetuous, analogy, birth, celebration, moon,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Child's View of Death
A Child’s View of Death

People say now that Grandpa was thin
But he had plump cheeks; cancer had set in 

Each Sunday penny candy in my...

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Categories: impetuous, childhood, deathdeath, death, me,
Form: Couplet



Willow Tryst
Without words I follow you
Into the willow's sheltering shade,
Leaves softly swaying sweet welcome
Limbing a tree serenade;
Overhead song birds keep vigil
Watching love between man and maid.

Tambour...

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Categories: impetuous, husband, love, marriage, romance,
Form: Acrostic
The Huntress
A pursuer at an precocious age,
Instantly able to set the stage.
Unaware of the glare from a piercing stare,
Calculated thoughts and moments planned; the prey would...

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Categories: impetuous, fantasy, passion
Form: Epyllion
Old Bill
In Memory of Jimmy Dale Still, Barrel horse rider, KIA,  Song Be, Viet Nam, 1/1/70

Old Bill,
swaybacked, sand burrs in his mane.
He stands no longer...

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© Wayne Sapp  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: impetuous, loss
Form: Free verse
Werewolf
Werewolf 




Ravage with me
Lady Dark Panthera claws of red
And thrash against a starving mouth
Eaten by tongues and lips
Devouring inside surrender

Rip upon my skin those tender...

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Categories: impetuous, fantasy, love, mystery
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Oh, Lord, What Have I Done
The glamorous uniform looked sharp in the posters about town.
Recruiters convinced the lad to join the Marines of great renown!
Reveille called, sergeants screamed, another tortuous...

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Categories: impetuous, funny, introspectionworld,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member North Star
NORTH STAR
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Fidelity:

The north star of the soul 

That 

Helps the heart navigate 

Over 

The turbulent waters of temptations 

And

Through the perilous reefs of lust...

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Categories: impetuous, longing, love, trust,
Form: Epigram
Erectile Dysfunction
On a dark Friday night, creature crawling 
The darkness silenced, frogs in swamps shuts 
Croaking and the hissing create muted at once
To perceive the whistlers...

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Categories: impetuous, allegory,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Withdrawal In a Dream
How different this place
this sanctuary feels, here
inside one’s head. Where
insidious illusions fondle
a subvert mind, and obscenities
resonate within the confusion,
when fidgety creatures, assume
guardianship of my preternatural
situation,...

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Categories: impetuous, angst, depression, me,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Irises
Impetuous stems

Reaching out early in a quest for sun

Impatient to reveal their lavender glory

Spring harbingers

Emanate golden mustaches on cheerful faces

Showing a sense of humor




*Entry for...

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Categories: impetuous, nature, seasons
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Nevermore
O impetuous Muse surround me
with ashes of moody youth
recall silken moments uncertain,
where marbled words wrote an elaborate history.

Nectar thoughts,
not moments, dappled drab
where ruined feathers in...

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Categories: impetuous, autumn, nature, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs