Best Misquoted Poems

When I grew up there was no such thing
as microwave or t.v dinner's they hadn't
even been inverted yet

Come 6 o'clock we had to gather round...

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Don't count your days, make your days count for lost time is never again found.
If you want to see rainbows don't stare at the ground.

When...

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Indistinct, they circumnavigate in the raw ~ 
they’re thoughts unprocessed and unpolished
ethereal and feral, nothing more than impulses really 

If it were up to me,...

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"If you need a thesaurus to find the right word, then it's the wrong word." -- a remembered, probably misquoted, old maxim.

A week of rain
has...

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Selflessly loyal to those I love but stubborn to a fault
Creating poetry, paintings, and artistic projects I exalt
Once touched by love, my heart is totally...

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The next time you feel like GOD can't use you, just remember.
 

Noah was a drunk
 Abraham was too old
 Isaac was a daydreamer
 Jacob...

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They held an election and 
nobody voted
Politicians complained they 
were grossly misquoted 
Atlas shrugged 
The world unplugged
Slipped violently way out of 
kilter. 
Tea cups tipped
Newscasters quipped
Walk don't run...

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Bullet between the eyes, graveyard of dreams, demise. 
Running bloodily through the fields 
As the poppies to opium, they do give yield 
Out on the...

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Some can't imagine forever
So they came up with time and chance
The theory of evolution
Just one idea they advance

The Bible is not fantasy
Regardless what some may...

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There, in the middle of the vehicle free road,
she lulled herself, slowly and gently, back, and forth 
to the rhythm of her rocking chair, as...

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Actions speak louder than words, it's true.
Folks may doubt what you say but they'll always believe what you do.

Don't let the best you have done...

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What a pretty picture I have
for all the world to see.
It’s painted black and blue
and the gray part, that’s me.

Every color that is chosen
blend well...

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If you're still not frequently misquoted
            or not often lied about completely,

that means mighty...

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Silence 
Can be the loudest of expressions 
Can be deafening 
Cannot be misquoted 
Yet, can be misunderstood 

In silence 
I am mastering the art of...

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I was alone
in here I found a crowd
I was scared
in here there was courage, strength they said
Strengths to harm and kick and maim and kill
Drown...

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