Best Lock Poems

I’m happy we are on lock down
I’m now spending far less money
Sadly I can't visit my elderly mum
So I sent her two jars of honey

I’m happy we are on lock down
We are still able to go for a walk
To communicate with loved ones
we use the...

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(Spock)

Captain, sensors indicate a power surge
Resonating through their ship's body
I'm sure I don't have to remind you
They have their own Scotty




(the questioning me)

But where has faith brought us?
As I look around I see
A species not asking any questions
About the infinite possibilities




(the faith-based me)

But that's why...

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Captains Log Star date 8391.1,

I now face a terrible dilemma.  After the bloodiest of battles with a crew from 
another dimension, a crew of doppelgangers, in essence a crew of ourselves, we 
have finally gained the upper hand, and this other Enterprise, Enterprise of...

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Unlock my feelings
You have the key for the lock.
They're all yours to keep.
...

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I’m locked inside a place so very small
I do not fit inside it physically.
And yet it somehow is consuming me.
At times, I feel I can’t break loose at all!

My arms and legs were not bound up by rope.
I’m not behind some door with heavy chain.
In...

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Lock me up, hide me away
Shut the door till there is no more
Close my mouth so I can’t speak
Shut my eyes so I can’t see
Break my heart so I can’t feel 
Tie me up so I can’t leave
Hold me down so I can’t move
Stomp on...

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Pain so debilitating
draining me of life
It is constant
with no respite
Saps my energy 
such pain within

Pain depletes joy 
from my face
Leaves strain and hurt
etched on my frown
As slowly and surely
pain grinds me down

Even when I try to sleep
pain keeps me awake
for hours on end
This enemy within
taking...

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when infatuation soars
careful who you let in
guard your heart
and lock your doors

for heaven’s sake think twice 
throw not caution to the wind
careful who comes close
lest they tear your life apart




AP: 2nd place 2021

Submitted on July 22, 2021 for contest DOORS sponsored by ANTHONY BIAANCO

Originally posted...

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A physical lock down,
Should not cause a breakdown,
If you slow your thoughts down, 
And send your mind downtown,
Or to another town,
Maybe even another country to set it down.

I would recommend that you are back by tea time,
Before it is dark time,
As now is not the...

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Proof in Lock of Hair and Baby Tooth

‘Love you mama’
Shouts a fairy’s
baby tooth
set long before
in a violet velvet box.

‘Miss you lots’
whispers mama,
eyes fixed as she
fondles the
pearly bit.

This kind of love
so fast, no force
of wind can pry
from a mother’s
heart hammered to pieces

clumsily restored
with loving epoxy
and homemade...

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I knock at the door of my questioning
Wondering if I should let myself in
Will I be a hospitable guest
Will my questions eviscerate me

I have known myself 
to be my greatest nemesis 
Therefore I fear
Being alone with myself in the dark

I prepare my room
Open the windows
Allow...

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<                             once there was a girl locked in closet
        ...

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Blackbird sings shrill at night, before day's dawn, 
not now drowned by traffic's rumble sound, 
nor returning early morning flight from Costa's Benidorm 
to Heathrow's duller, grayer ground. 

Now all is empty beach, and quieter lock-down street. 
This strange unearthly morning still has only just...

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It is a business truth
And transformer of lenders into Ruth
Who have been infamous Shylock 
Or a hesitant safe with lock ...

A borrower to soften his voice
And watch its magic
By far more helpful than a cobra’s poise 
Or Insistent Logic;
A lender’s lost key to his savings...

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your intense gaze gave me jitters... 
churning the calm ocean of my mind


Date: 05/02/2021
Submitted for: "The Way You Look At Me" Poetry Contest
Sponsor: JCB Brul...

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