Best Misplacing Poems


Premium Member Petrichor Petals

...Petrichor petals 
float with departing zephyrs,
misplacing misunderstood messages,
whose true meanings are misinterpreted. 

Mislaid memories 
reflect on picture perfect puddles,
mentally memo......

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: misplacing, angst, death, death of
Form: Alliteration

Old Fogies: Part Ii

...But a strange change happens
at early nightfall
in those stuffy rooms and halls
and it suddenly becomes clear
all was not as it seemed
old folks transformed
so cunning and keen
sparkling iride......

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Categories: misplacing, age, community, crazy, humor,
Form: Free verse

Premium Member Don'T Worry Dear, I'M Here

...It began with her misplacing things…and progressed to not knowing who I was…
She would wander away from home…for that is what Alzheimers does.

Yet other times she knew me well, she knew where she......

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© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: misplacing, family,
Form: Verse

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The Hardships of Honesty - Neither Will I

...I often surprise many people in many ways
With the words I say…with the actions I make…
It’s extraordinary how many seek high praise
With the words they say…with the actions they fake…

Neither ......

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Categories: misplacing, angst, conflict, emotions, endurance,
Form: Free verse

Premium Member Letter To a War Widow

...With warmest regards and the saddest lament
I write this small note with the best of intent

The newspaper’s account of your husband’s death
Made me feel as if I was short of breath

As the son......

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Categories: misplacing, loss, sympathy, warfather, write,
Form: Couplet

Just Blame My Heart

...Watching it spin on an axis of shame
Collecting my thoughts in the cool summer rain
Whispering now cause I just can't complain
Well, it's the least I can do 

Silvertone speakers tha......

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Categories: misplacing, fun, love,
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Deadlocked

...Deadlocked
What tipped the scales
what has caused the rift,
the straw that added the extra
weight...Or was it a feather?

Have the lights gone out, has the grid
finally, broke?
Leaving us aga......

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Categories: misplacing, betrayal, character, conflict, confusion,
Form: Classicism

Where Are My Keys

...If 
you
have
nipple
piercings
then you have 
absolutely no excuse 
for misplacing your car keys......

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Categories: misplacing, funny,
Form: Shape

Schizophrenia

...Tethers and chains attached to my brain
Never have I been so aware of…
Lack of control
Gnashing and gnawing on shriveled remains
Constantly aware of…
Misplacing my soul
Shrouded and veiled to c......

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Categories: misplacing, confusion, introspection,
Form: Free verse

Premium Member The Real Story

...Single slippered Cinderella
Yesternight’s ball bella
Angelic voices heard a cappella
Followed by lovely clarabella

The dinner served was paella 
With a side of shredded mozzarella 
While faki......

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Categories: misplacing, adventure, cinderella, fantasy, fun,
Form: Monorhyme

Hegemony

...And beneath chaos, dignity emerges further giving hope, incase justice kills love misplacing 
nepenthe obsessions, possibly quietly recalling selfishness tempted under vulnerable ways, 
Xeroxing yo......

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Categories: misplacing, hope, life
Form: ABC

Premium Member Misplacing Things

...
What if a bee forgot how to sting?
Is a choirboy not able to sing?
Can birds fly without flapping each wing?
Why is it that you are losing everything?

You lose things here.  You lose things......

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Categories: misplacing, confusion, loss,
Form: Rhyme

I Can Win the War Without Destroying the World

...I have been reluctant to write this poem
Because I don't want to disappoint anyone
from going to heaven
I have been reluctant to write this poem
Because it has been a heavy burden
Yesterday  a l......

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Categories: misplacing, absence, america, angel, community,
Form: Narrative

Periods and Etcetera

...Waking up face slanted sideways while my body is lifeless, my mind walks & wanders while wondering why my heart beats slower than the rhythm of the regular. No English teacher could possibly profess ......

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Categories: misplacing, confusion, life, love, passion,
Form: Free verse

Baby Will Like Ruth

...Here we go again
Supporters look like losers
So how can he win?

What you will give out
You receive back in return
Like poor performance.

My child is like me
That I am so sure will be
Thro......

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: misplacing, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
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