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Poets In Combat-Sigh
Poets, you've been expressing your opinions on politics
Some were very nasty, like oil and water, they don't mix
Some 'discussions' have gotten rude and very hostile
It's...

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Categories: like oil and water, poets,
Form: Rhyme



Colloidal
oil and water
(feelings + thoughts)


shake it

drip
drop
oil

shake it
create this colloidal 
emotion, I mean, emulsion

drip
drop...

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Categories: like oil and water, allegory, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member valor's silhouette
friendship - we have chased that apparition, endlessly,

          but it's elusive spirit - always beyond our...

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Categories: like oil and water, analogy, character, courage, devotion,
Form: Free verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 34
I listened to his heart profusely, 
For a beat like his was much to ponder
I often wondered, his thoughts, and,
A light in me knew, with...

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Categories: like oil and water, desire, destiny, endurance, feelings,
Form: Epic
Premium Member No Quick Fix
We’ve proven there's no quick fix
when we start to yell and cuss.
Oil and water do not mix,
and the same thing goes for us.

When together, night...

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Categories: like oil and water, emotions, feelings, hurt, imagery,
Form: Quatrain



This Metaphor
Here is my metaphor
Don't touch it now
I am a fisherman with a deceptive line
I throw back nothing
But by clever design
I bait and hide the deadly...

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Categories: like oil and water, on writing and words
Form: Free verse
Mined Mind
Surprise ties to realization binds me to lies and the truth of who I am and where I've 
been. The slim chance that I might...

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Categories: like oil and water, depression, faith, philosophy, religion
Form: Free verse
The Alchemist's Tale
Prologue 

Of the alchemist’s physique I expound upon thee
A white feathered cap wore he jauntily, cocked to a side.
His sight like a moles’, aided by...

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Categories: like oil and water, imaginationme, night, me, night,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Love and Hate
Love & Hate
By: Tom
8/15/2019
Tanka

Like Oil and Water,
Love and Hate aren’t miscible.
We must understand,
If hate decides to move in,
Love will be quick to depart.
...

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© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: like oil and water, hate, love,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member MY PALMS WOUNDED IN BATTLE
rain taunted the mood
one drop at a time
like sand through the hourglass
no snow in no man’s land
only poured out
on top of decrepit heads
with expectations over
said...

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Categories: like oil and water, angst, christian,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Bio
I was born in the City of Angels with the Pacific Ocean within scent. This was a city of diversity and my home until my...

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Categories: like oil and water, caregiving, celebration, character, confidence,
Form: Bio
Premium Member Dancing Coins
Will you accept?
Not a challenge 
Rather an invitation
Let us explore each other's thoughts
Are we oil and water?
Will we have a meeting of the minds?
They say...

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Categories: like oil and water, friendship, people, poetry, proposal,
Form: Narrative
Negative Poles
I--      love
			                  ...

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© Karen Ruff  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: like oil and water, goodbye, heartbroken, lost love,
Form: Concrete
The Explorer
...and then just as suddenly, constellations appeared in a daytime sky, framed by white pines crawling with multicolored caterpillars.  So from this day forward,...

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Categories: like oil and water, beauty, color, culture, fantasy,
Form: Narrative
Elements Part 3: Water
We cannot do without water,
But it could do without us
If we choose!
 
Bodies of living things are made up 
of mostly water, squashy plants,
Blood and...

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Categories: like oil and water, animal, health, humanity, mountains,
Form: Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things