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Best Knuckle Under Poems

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Premium Member Old Man
Silently he sat in darkness, flinching at the sight of light.
Which created a glow reflecting on his balding head.
His cold glare did not help my...

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Categories: knuckle under, angst, dark, life,
Form: Prose



Premium Member Disorientation
Somethings are best 
said through blank
scriptures in sheer 
silence, but pulling the 
violin strings of
a poet strumming
to personify pain, 
with tempests of 
torment rushing 
through...

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Categories: knuckle under, angst, emotions, gothic, jealousy,
Form: Free verse
Guess Who's Back, Offence and Pain Aint Two of the Same
Who'd have thought words make them react like this,
failing to see my wit, just the unattractiveness.
An eye for crudeness that'll overpower the humorous.
I'm sure within...

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Categories: knuckle under, slam, words,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ice Cube Pie
I always wanted two slices of ice cube pie
“You only get one”, was the standard reply.
I don’t know why I did
But since I was a...

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Categories: knuckle under, business, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member My Father's Hands
I remember my father’s hands as a plumber’s hands—fiercely strong, calloused, rough, knuckle-battered, and dirty after a long-day’s work. Those hands shoveled; unclogged drains and...

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Categories: knuckle under, family, father, love,
Form: Haibun



Premium Member Adult Content : Then I Do It
This recently happened to me.
I didn’t recover very well from it. 
I just sat there
naked, 
embarrassed, 
while 
while my partner got dressed 
and walked out...

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Categories: knuckle under, candy,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Stand By Me
When your knees buckle,
friends walk away.
When you fly white knuckle,
filled with dismay.

When you've finally had your fill,
your family deserts you.
When you tire of picking up...

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Categories: knuckle under, character,
Form: Rhyme
You Kill With Your Hate
**You name them your blood
**You fight side by side
**Against the “Enemy”:
**The different in sight

Your soldiers against soldiers
And Yet
You’re all alike
Both brothers from Adam and Eve

Alive...

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Categories: knuckle under, war
Form: Blank verse
A Warm Welcome For the Ridiculers
They fear what they do not understand
but without understanding I fear no man

They subdue what they cannot naturally conquer
so I turn the tables put them...

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Categories: knuckle under, inspirational, fear,
Form: Free verse
Head On Bed Collision
Asleep before the head hits the pillow
Head filled with vivid colors swirling, amassing, mixing outside the lines 
Transgressions grow skyward like a bean stalk becoming...

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Categories: knuckle under, anxiety, confusion, dream, peace,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Purr, No Chance To Dream
The worst of the bright-cracks have passed.
The tumultiest of the bucketiest of the rains have proved not to last.
The cat has chirp-purred his way into...

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Categories: knuckle under, cat, morning, rain, storm,
Form: Free verse
The Morning Rain
Every morning I dance naked
Singing in the morning rain.
None are there to observe my antics
None to share a laugh or pain.

Well, the angels perhaps.
I'm sure...

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Categories: knuckle under, celebration, crazy, fun, happy,
Form: Lyric
Bikecourier Haiku
adrenaline drip 

                      ...

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Categories: knuckle under, adventure,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Coccinella Magnifica
A mystery to some, but not to me,
why one would call thee, "Lady"
Other beetles could be called fair,
some would even argue scholarly

But gentlemanly?

Now that's a...

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Categories: knuckle under, adventure, cute, friendship, happy,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Curriculum Vitae
She calls herself Bunny Boucher, but she was born Veronica Chermak. She’s tall and leggy with a body that looks tidy, yet lived in. She’s...

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Categories: knuckle under, sensual,
Form: Prose Poetry

Book: Shattered Sighs