Best Let On Poems
Veil of Evil - Jimmy Savile...Oh, if only ...
If only monsters ...
LOOKED like monsters.
If they lurked ONLY in the dark,
Glowing red eyes and chiseled teeth ...
Claws and horns and forked tails,
What......
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Categories:
let on, abuse, anger, child abuse,
Form:
Free verse
another voyeur -...
open …
I keep my eyes open
to watch you as you kiss me
to think on all that you are thinking
all the carnal thoughts that
might be stirring behind those lids
our lashes so close …
like littl......
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Categories:
let on, kiss, metaphor, passion, sensual,
Form:
Free verse
Fostering a Reign of Peace...How easy it is to get wrapped up
In our own little universe
The cocoon of the daily grind
Of going about our business
Trying to protect our turf
‘Cause we’re more fragile than we let on
We live......
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Categories:
let on, community, forgiveness, god, life,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Changes...I've grown rusty and unused to summoning words from a blank page - but FINALLY - there's something new to describe. School (11th grade) is over - at last - and... more.
There's a party tonight - a......
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Categories:
let on, 11th grade, confidence, journey,
Form:
Free verse
The Demons Adore Me...They no longer sneak into my soul in the middle of the night
Whispering mean things about me, hurting my feelings.
Because that is no longer satisfying
Now they laugh as I clench my teeth in the d......
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Categories:
let on, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Precious Time...My mother always took the bus. I never understood why. We had a car, but she insisted on taking the bus uptown. I think she did it because father would not let her smoke in the car. She could smo......
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Categories:
let on, growing up, , cute,
Form:
Narrative
Runaway Train...While others writers think of love
you’ve shat on that pure white dove.
Before on and on, I must go,
I’m telling others of what I know.
Love to ride the ‘Royal Scotsman,”
but this train I’m on......
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Categories:
let on, life, satireheart, heart, love,
Form:
Rhyme
The Tea Party..."Go on forth young graduates,
And show us who you are
You're now our future leaders
We know you will go far"
And so commencement ended
Pictures done and people changed
Now, off to p......
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Categories:
let on, america, future, graduate, graduation,
Form:
Epic
Ode To a Cockatiel...Ode to the Cockatiel
You exasperate me.
The most maddening creature
To walk,
Waveringly across the tabletop
Drawn by an invisible wire
To my bowl
You stand
On the tips of your claws
Four......
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Categories:
let on, bird, cute, imagery, pets,
Form:
Free verse
Let Him Without Sin Cast the First Stone...~~Let Him Without Sin Cast The First Stone~~
Back in the days when Jesus was said to have walked
There are lessons in life about which are still now talked
In kings it says “If they s......
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Categories:
let on, education, words, jesus, may,
Form:
Verse
Songs of Power--Something Inside So Strong...Your lame excuse is floating on the wind.
It really doesn't matter what you said.
I know you don't regret that you have sinned,
For words can't fly if weighted down with dread.
Could you see......
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Categories:
let on, courage, freedom, rights,
Form:
Sonnet
To a Whistle...Your sound flew through the air,
A blaring auditory missile,
Though no one that I noticed
Seemed to cringe or even bristle.
The driver of the bus, however,
Waited just a bissel,*
Enough to le......
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Categories:
let on, city, sound,
Form:
Rhyme
Lost Time...I was just a child of four with not much to say
But I enjoyed the times I went next door to stay
You were so sick in bed and didn't feel quite well
But you were strong and played with me so I could n......
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Categories:
let on, childhood, dedication, grandmother, me,
Form:
Sonnet
Another Year Older...Another Year Older!
Another Year Older – Another Year Wiser
Happy Birthday to an Older yet Wiser Man.
Stiff Joints and Achy Bones,
Sleepless nights make him grown.
Toss and turn,
Yet never l......
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Categories:
let on, cute, dedication, husband, life,
Form:
Light Verse
Richard the Third - a Poem Especially For Amelia...Amelia she loves to chat and tells an amusing story
But dear readers BEWARE – this one’s a little gory
She worked long hours at night as a barmaid
It was a job she loved and good wages she got paid
......
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Categories:
let on, funny,
Form:
Rhyme