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Best Initially Poems

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Premium Member The Waltz of the Mannequin
A Fantasy

There was I, forgotten in the attic.
Mannequin discarded, ready for demolition.
Cracks everywhere with some rags thrown on
Haphazardly over me like a scarecrow.
Suddenly all lights...

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Categories: initially, dance, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



Imposter Syndrome
We see ourselves unimpeded initially 

Some are stricken with a view artificially 

We are told by others very specifically

There is a ceiling so proceed timidly

We...

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Categories: initially, psychological,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member The Dew Diaries
I was a world famous fashion designer, and quite enraptured with the new,
Like first caress of pink, peach dawn light, smiling at the full moon's...

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Categories: initially, appreciation, beauty, fantasy, morning,
Form: Couplet
Refolding the Paper Crane
I tried folding a paper crane again the other day
  and  it didn't turn out right

tracing back my folds,
I knew I missed somewhere

unfolding,...

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Categories: initially, dedication, life, recovery from...,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Heartbroken
"Broken families beget culprits, and late remorse can never set things right"
~ By Poet.

Scenes reel back casting dark shadows,
Of the fated day I had to...

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Categories: initially, addiction, angst, depression,
Form: Rhyme



Bullying 101
Step 1: 
Inhale an envious mask upon your castrated 
skull, 
and prompt this necessary illusion to commence.
Bathe yourself in ego-filled waters till you feel superior
to...

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Categories: initially, allegory, anti bullying, bullying,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Our Time Together
I loved our time together late at night
Love's sanctuary in each others arms
Unwinding and unraveling what's tight
Those years I spent succumbing to your charms

Initially, those...

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Categories: initially, bereavement, sad love,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Orange Crush the Adventures of Soda Pop Vii
For those who are following this story, here is the next installment. If this is your first time reading, please read the first one and...

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Categories: initially, adventure, childhood, crush,
Form: Personification
The Inner Chamber
THE INNER CHAMBER

Please.  Stop holding back on me.

Like a child standing at the neighborhood ice cream truck, arm outstretched, eyes huge, mouth watering.

I stand...

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Categories: initially, betrayal, courage, devotion, love,
Form: Prose
Poetry Soup Express Train
Poetry Soup Express Train

All aboard on the Poetry Soup Express Train
Beautiful people from all over the world to read
Comments galore, to please and tantalize one's...

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© Theresa Cw  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: initially, analogy, appreciation, dedication, growth,
Form: Abecedarian
Premium Member Bewildering Beauty
Initially, it appears
Jackson Pollock's preposterous painting
"Ocean - Tribute,"
overtly oversteps the boundaries of abstract.
And the eye struggles
to validate its bewildering beauty,
hidden amongst the dribbled droplets of...

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Categories: initially, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member It Is a Sin
It is a sin
for Gregory to be a miser
even to himself
accumulating infinite fortune
with a half-bedroom to show for it

It is a sin
for miss Zane to...

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Categories: initially, inspirational, life, pain, people,
Form: Prose Poetry
It Does Not Matter How Much You Ignore Me
Sorry, I no more seek your suns
Nor moons
Yes, your suns I loved very much

Your passionate sun
Around which my planets would run
Your cool moons
Shedding long leaves
On...

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Categories: initially, hope, image, introspection, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Why
WHY


Why? 
Why, oh my soul, you perpetually 
Are yearning to: 
See the unseen 
Hear the unheard 
Feel the unfelt 
Touch the untouchable
Attain the unattainable 
Believe...

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Categories: initially, people, poetry, truth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Soldier Named Desmond Doss
Help me save just one
They are so many
I have reason for no gun
I refuse the use of any
Use me to carry him
On my back to...

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© I Am Anaya  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: initially, soldier, war,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs