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Sometime Instead of Pink I Like Red
Sometime instead of pink, I like Red 
Sometime instead of playing with children, 
I want to go on date 

Sometime instead of Fishes, I like Swans
Sometime instead of T-shirt, 
I want to wear Gowns 

Sometime instead of Social problems, 
I like to read Love story...

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Categories: instead of, boyfriend, change, feelings, girl,
Form: Free verse
Instead of Loving Me As Christ Does
Instead Of Loving Me As Christ Does…

Instead of stopping by, and thinking of me…
You walked away and thought the worst of me!

Instead of taking the time to ask; “Is anything wrong?”
You got upset and told me; 
“I don’t belong!”

Instead of spending time with me in...

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Categories: instead of, dedication, depression, devotion, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Poetry Instead of Suicide
Poetry;
Silence;
Who wants violence?
Dark dreams;
Evil screams,
Hold on strong,
The fight is nearly
gone,
Fighting to breathe,
Fighting to see,
It's hard to believe
this is me,

I never saw myself
falling to the
blade,
But in the end this
is how I'm paid,
Suffering from
tears,
Torn from fears,
All I know is that,
I'm not sure why I'm
here,

Told to live,
But living...

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Categories: instead of, cry, dark, death, depression,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member I Will Go To Jail Instead of a Nursing Home
During lunch I announced when I retire I am going to go to jail.
What?
Jail, I repeated. I will rob a bank or something.
The three others laughed. 

Think about it, I told them. How much do nursing homes cost?
They started to think about it and discussed...

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Categories: instead of, grandparents, retirement,
Form: Free verse
A Singing Moment, Instead of a Shining One
Counting Crows
Someone else’s song and dancing anyway
I know that I have my own music
Somewhere singing inside the brightest corner of my soul
HS, as one of my many aunts calls the Holy Spirit,
Whispers	
Way to go
“Nah Nah Nah Na, yeah”
To borrow a lyric...

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Categories: instead of, music
Form:
Premium Member 10 Things To Eat Instead of Red Meat
Is your go-to lunch roast beef sandwich?
Tomorrow you might want turkey instead
Here is why
In gen. red meat- such as roast beef

Not as healthy as other kinds of protein
Tends to have more cholesterol
Often has more saturated fat
Both things are bad for your heart

Eating too much red...

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Categories: instead of, baseball, boyfriend, brother, child,
Form: List



What To Do Instead of Making Coffee First Thing In the Morning
Write a poem…

1.
I'm not without passion,
I keep it controlled.
To temper the action,
that's my role.
Not to say I am passive,

don't care to relate.
If I need to elevate, 
the key I keep 
is to where flame 
burns deep.

2.
Summer is ending.
Where did it go,
maybe the cicadas know,
singing their...

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© Nola Perez  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: instead of, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Competition Instead of Cooperation
competition instead of cooperation
we are growing they say 
but how 

are we growing fat  in hatred
or are we growing slim 
in love 

we are growing they say 
but how 

are we growing big in lies 
Or small in truth 

yet we are growing 
I...

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Categories: instead of, africa, corruption, discrimination, humanity,
Form: Epic
Instead of War
INSTEAD OF WAR
HISTORY IS A MYSTERY TO HUMANITY,
SOME KNOWN WITH AN EVIDENCE,
SOME UNKWOWN WITHOUT A TRACE,
PEOPLE EAGER TO KNOW WHY LIFE IS WHAT IT IS NOW?
IN OUR STRUGGLE TO LIVE,
WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SENCE IT MAKES TO LIVE WITHOUT WAR,
THE HIGHEST STUPIDITY OF MAN...

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Categories: instead of, abuse, africa, betrayal, conflict,
Form: Epic
Growing Apart Instead of Growing Together
Growing apart instead of growing together

Written By Dean Masciarelli

February 3, 2010 (7:10am)

Growing apart instead 
of growing together

With the one person that meant
everything and more to you 

Is truly saddening 

And it is difficult to weather

Especially when a gravitational 
pull starts pulling at your spirits 

Taking...

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Categories: instead of, recovery from..., sadrelationship,
Form: Free verse
Existing Instead of Living
The day walks
She haste by in a troubled fog
Not stopping
Nor slowing down…
Again, again
same and same
slow by slow
she keeps going
On and On
No stopping to admire the dawn
Nor to gaze at a golden sunset.
As life moves she absorbs in it
No longer an individual,
but merely an existence until
Death...

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Categories: instead of, death
Form: Free verse
We Still Choose Barabbas Instead of Jesus
Jesus was an innocent man;
The son of God, while Barabbas
Was a Jewish dyed-to-the-wool
Enemy to the Roman Empire

“Crucify him!” “Crucify him!”
“Release Barabbas!” “Release Barabbas!”
The masses chanted in unison…

To the cross the virtuous Man
Was nailed, while the murderer
Went away scorch free, 
To kill more Romans

Today, we still...

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Categories: instead of, faith, life, philosophy, poetry,
Form: Free verse
What To Remember Instead of Casablanca
You must remember this, the way the young French waiter
pronounced her name, Sarah Vog-gan
singing "April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom,
This is a feeling, No one can ever reprieve..."  And how
on a small balcony in Paris where God spends His
summers, a baguette blessed with supper...

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© Nola Perez  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: instead of, farewell,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
My Most Sincere Apology(I Wish God Would Have Taken Me Instead of You)
I'm breaking down again.
My patience has worn thin.
I can't promise you anything.
It kills me that I can no longer do anything for you.
I'm watching you descend.
You're so broken.
I'm sorry for letting you down.
I just wish I could replace some of the mistakes that I have...

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Categories: instead of, death, loss, passion, sorrygod,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Instead of a Clank It's a Clunk
Instead of a clank it's a clunk
A dreamlike sound to my ears 
That irreplaceable new car smell
Not known for many years

Instead of a clank it's a clunk
I'm driving a brand new jalopy
With all the bells and whistles
My mood is turning soppy

Instead of a clank it's...

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Categories: instead of, heaven, sound, car, sound,
Form: Quatrain

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry