Best Make Up Poems

Are men supposed to show their strength
denying doubts and fears?
Should they pretend to play it cool
concealing all their tears?

When things build up would weakness urge
temptation...

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When Angie was a little girl, so cute and very sweet,
She tried to talk with strangers and wander in the street.
She loved to play with...

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I know you are there
On the other side
Waiting anxiously for me
There at Dreamland’s Gate
So I close my eyes tight
To hurry myself to you
Hoping sleep comes...

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 I don't mind being your friend
Or even possibly loving you
But don't try to change me
I love being me
I have my own voice
We see things...

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They know how to press those buttons,
With just a familiar chosen word or two,
How to enrage one's spirit with a tone,
A glance sharp enough to...

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You wake up in the morning to look in the mirror,
To say "This is me".
To Compare yourself to what you think you should be.
"I'm fat.",
"I'm...

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They hate you because your you
They make up lies and call it true
They're fake behind your back
Hoping someday that you'll crack.

They hate you because your...

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Once upon a weedy lawn
At Cedar Oaks Retirement Home
There sat my mother, weak and old
On an afghan knit to block the cold.

It was summer, but...

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I am the Grinch

I am I am, you know that I am
The Grinch of Grinch's and so
Don’t call me Sam
For Sam I not am
I am...

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The best advice came from my hero
since our very first days on the Soup,
he said to me ....be true to yourself
don't try to blend into...

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When young I heard the glass was either ½ empty or ½ full
But with time I learned… to believe either one makes you a fool

My...

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i guess i shouldn't let the color of her eyes wake me in the night
but i miss her. 
her voice sings to me in the shower...

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I know you are there
On the other side
Waiting anxiously for me
There at Dreamland’s Gate
So I close my eyes tight
To hurry myself to you
Hoping sleep comes...

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If the unbearable lightness of being has pushed you to the brink of catastrophic meltdown,
walk to the edge of our flat two-dimensional existence 
and take...

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Some dreams are made of stardust
glitter floating in the sky
The rhythm of a gentle stream
that's slowly passing by

A garden filled with roses
in a pink and...

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Our parents chose to join a cult

Nobody asked us

We went along with what they chose

Too small to make a fuss

Indoctrinated,we believed

This life was the norm,

We...

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Don’t take a walk after a large glass of tea

If someone says, “sure take as many as you want” 
They probably don’t mean it

Darling you...

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Don't tell me I'm beautiful when I've done something different with my make-up
Don't call me beautiful because I've bought a new bra and you can...

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       As the ink touches my writing pad every letter seems to glow.
I feel I'm going mad watching sentences...

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Do Men Cry?
(A Paul Callus & Eileen Manassian collaboration)
  

Are men supposed to show their strength
denying doubts and fears?
Should they pretend to play it...

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I have always had a vivid imagination,
as a child, I could make up stories in my head;
then, I began to write them down on paper,
but...

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Colour of my Heart

 Look to the rainbow as it paints the sky
Exquisite colors that are on display
For the heart does not question how or...

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I was caught by a train yesterday

I hear people say
this often in exasperation
exaggerated tones
with over-dramatic groans
as if the train somehow
physically captured them
in its large mechanical...

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Make Do and Mend,

Years ago we had jobs
We had fun and money in our pocket
Things were much better then
Once you could go out the door
And...

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Orchids

Orchids, 
your bright colors 
make up for the fact that 
your beautiful blooms have no scent, 
yet with heaven you share. 
Nurtured by air 
Orchids.

9-8-18

Poem...

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