Best Misspoken Poems

A kind word, of course,
Can soothe the flustered soul or bring a smile
To a frowning face. That’s a given, but
In one’s troubled times, words still...

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Poetic intention,
hiding in Prose

Misplaced and misspoken,
as every Bard knows

A narrative run on,
words littered about

Neither beauty nor truth
—masked in self doubt

(Bryn Mawr College: February, 2020)...

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I saw the truth lying around
Looked again, it can't be found.

Where it went when and why
Sorry, it must've passed me by.

Suddenly I'm feeling broken
Others say...

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Nobody knows how life will play out-
the steps of a journey marching through each scene,
for futurity is sightless, only the beginning has eyes.

Nobody knows the...

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She enters the room looking beyond her.  
Wordless; lost in sentiment and alone. 
But I am right here, always; forever. 
Mumbling sweetness, such words I wish to own. 
 
Refracted,...

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What is love

What is love,
it is …

the good and the bad,
sharing, learning, comforting,
no sides, no boundaries,
understanding, 
even if you don't, 
arms open...wide,
mind open...wider,
heart always accepting...

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It's a never ending cycle of drama
Pain coming and going from day to day
Trapped in this world tired, depressed, alone
Love covers a multitude of sins
But,...

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I want to say I am thankful for our esteemed president
Joe Biden has given his life in the service of the U.S.A.
A godly man, an...

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Stars shift throughout a weary night
puzzled imperfections again highlighted
by flowing thoughts drowning below
bridges broken with words misspoken

Dreams drift to distant destinations
where trouble's travels are restricted
lost...

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And so it begins
 the endless montage of words amid hugs and kisses,
  struggling to express untethered euphoric blisses,
   the joy, the...

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Of its own volition
the brain erases time,
to rearrange events,
or change truth;

an embarrassing moment,
a misspoken word,
cowardly act,
wrong decision,
missed opportunity,
or lost love.

If you could call back time,
you'd...

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It is said that Love is blind 
But Love isn't,you will find 
It sees every imperfection and flaw 
And yet it still remains in such...

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I espied her regard and deemed her depth. 
She requested that I "Hold this for me."
I dare you, do not let it fall on earth....

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Three hours suppressed before breaching the tight-lipped 
container left neatly wrapped in homogenous foam 
and smoky demeanor. Its lid caved in, having been tapped.

Through misspoken...

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to the men in lab coats with horns like unto goats, 
an open confession of a minor isotope:

I -- so -- Hope that a day...

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