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Best Malfunction Poems

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Malfunction
Fireworks, solar flares
Electromagnetic pulse
Launch pads do not work...

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Categories: malfunction, allegory, analogy, humor, humorous,
Form: Senryu



Premium Member Laughter Is the Best Medicine
OLD MA.

Old Ma always gave the kids a nice treat
Always nuts and never anything sweet
But they soon found out why
Nuts were in great supply
Choc nut...

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Categories: malfunction, humor,
Form: Limerick
Christmas Wish List
I
Wishes that you find peace, the Hebrew Shalom
For it includes well-being, being WHOLE-some
One need not have religion when one has Shalom
So my deepest desire this...

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© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: malfunction, africa, america, analogy, community,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Walkin' the Dog
I walked my dog down by the junction
When he had a canine malfunction
He jumped on a snake
A bite he did take
And now he has reptile...

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Categories: malfunction, animal,
Form: Limerick
Happiness
I wish I knew how to be happy but I haven't got a clue,
I guess I'm just lacking the same stuff you have in you,
I...

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Categories: malfunction, abuse, depression, happiness, sad,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Beyond Paranormal
Through scientific perspective, they are paranormal
With whimsical understanding, such can be magical
Some philosophers consider those as metaphysical
Unearthly, ethereal, mystical, transcendental… 
But my faith in God...

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Categories: malfunction, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Today I Wrote Poetry
There is a certain misery
That comes with daily routine

Conquering-
the memory
Of a life
   
         LeSS RESTRAINed

Creativity...

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Categories: malfunction, happiness, society, solitude,
Form: Prose
' Volcano (Or the Perils of Passion) '
‘ Volcano’ ( or The Perils of  Passion )

Volcano … You Inferno ! … You, Latent Threat
… I am not Ready, for Your Rise...

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Categories: malfunction, allegory, fantasy, life, love,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member An Interior Mechanism
There are no cogs, springs, wheels, or gears inside of me.
I'm a flawed human whose mind and heart often disagree.
I don't have parts, interior mechanisms...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: malfunction, stress,
Form: Rhyme
Rhythm and Poetry
Damn where is my mind at, striving and finding the best way to adapt,

           ...

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© Quincy Mac  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: malfunction, destiny, dream, meaningful, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
Sunday Evening Spree
I see people moving, but going nowhere
I see people moving with their hands thrown in the air
I see people moving but they have nothing to...

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Categories: malfunction, betrayal, community, cute love,
Form: Narrative
Three Mile Island
This was the first of its kind in history.
However, nobody was killed here, thankfully.
We were just able to avoid a great catastrophe.
A nuclear power plant...

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Categories: malfunction, history, technology,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Vanished
VANISHED

We are the echoing voices crying within the darkness,
Melting mists of vapor co-existing amongst the living,
The ambling drifters shifting between reality and limbo,
The vanished.

Displacement malfunction,...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: malfunction, adventure, history, imagery, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Word of God
Proliferation the wonder of it all
from a tiny seed becomes a tree tall
pollen from stamen floats on winds call
DNA puzzles do many enthrall

Written instruction for...

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Categories: malfunction, creation, life, miracle, nature,
Form: Quatern
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: malfunction, animal, health, humanity, mountains,
Form: Verse

Book: Shattered Sighs