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Best Institution Poems

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Premium Member My Addingham
(The memories are simple, living the feeling significant)

After conquering Beamsley Beacon due Southwest,
Rombald’s moor stood, while for centuries
within the valley the minute dwellings
of grey stone,...

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Categories: institution, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse



Sarah's Story - Mental Illness
Sarah’s Story - Mental Illness

Sarah, the “Crazy Lady,” was a familiar sight,
roaming the streets any time of day or night.
Her foul body odor announced her...

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Categories: institution, crazy, depression, hurt, mental
Form: Rhyme
The Word
In the beginning was the word
Before that, no noun, no thing
Then no sound was ever heard
And no passing bell would ring

So therefore no adjective was...

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Categories: institution, humor, language, philosophy, words,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My Ticket
this is not just a poem
this is my ticket out of here
these are not just words
there steps taking me somewhere
this isn't just a page in...

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Categories: institution, hope, me, society,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Premium Member Lines To Live By Thanks M W
Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
Every woman knows,...

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Categories: institution, funny, girlfriend-boyfriend
Form: Acrostic



The College
The knowledge…from ‘The College’…
Is any other high school greater…maybe later…?
From a tender age…what is the stage…?
The motto…never yield…but be brave…
For five years…no fears…some stares…many cheers…
The...

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Categories: institution, courage, emotions, encouraging, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
The Optimistic Pessimists Resolutions
Get in shape, lose some weight.
Every year it’s always the same.
Read a book, stay home and cook,
And I only have myself to blame.

Till some land,...

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© Tony Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: institution, funny, holiday, me, me,
Form: Light Verse
Think It Over
To get hitched, have kids and all that jazz

is a goal in life, that most everyone has!

        Don't...

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Categories: institution, funny
Form: Limerick
Premium Member The Strange Case of Ft
"The Strange Case of F.T."



They say the dead don’t talk
the stories I have calculated
to deliver a saving grace 
confessional shared amongst 
my equal peers, or...

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Categories: institution, dark, horror, poets,
Form: Narrative
National Hypocrisy
O! Mahatma Gandhi!
You taught us non-violence
But we slaughter easily
Our own sisters and brothers

We create an institution 
To promote your ideals 
Yet we subject to ordeal...

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Categories: institution, life, social,
Form: Verse
Trapped and Lost
Endless madness,                       ...

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Categories: institution, faith, hope, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Quietly Change Their Behavior
morning cbc
alert to all consumers
your program's been writ

wall street controls andt
the object is behavior
it is to be changed

without one's knowledge
through psychological names
on consumer goods

to millenials
you...

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© Sand Blown  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: institution, abuse, age, analogy, anti
Form: Haiku
Religion
It is not my intent to Laypeople offend, 

When I refer to religion contrived by greedy men. 

Not all, some individuals always ready, 

To take...

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Categories: institution, religion,
Form: Rhyme
The Broken Pieces
I sat under the grey shadow of the gloomy night
Raising the closed curtain of the darkest day's flight
My heart subdued the voice of my inner...

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Categories: institution, child, deep,
Form: Rhyme
Eulogy
Melancholy drops trickled down my face
And I breathed in the cold atmosphere...
My colder hands gripped onto the handle
And I vainly tried to shield myself from...

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© Mel Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: institution, absence, goodbye, heartbroken, sad,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs