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Best Misunderstand Poems

Below are the all-time best Misunderstand poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of misunderstand poems written by PoetrySoup members


Do Not Misunderstand Death
do not misunderstand death

flowers, and other plants
drift into our lives,
not to find refuge, but
to implant a message:

do not expect 
to live too long;
do not wait...

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Categories: misunderstand, life,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Jealousy Rages
She storms into the room
there is fire in her eyes
and thunder in her step
rage rumbling reckless
She's livid
a live wire of fire
charged
She's on the move
To punish
Is...

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Categories: misunderstand, jealousy,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Mistakes Are Lessons
"A person who never made a mistake; 
never tried anything new."  Albert Einstein

__________________

This poet girl,
wrote in crayon, then gave pens a whirl;
I made mistakes-...

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Categories: misunderstand, life, power, strength,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bard's-Eye View
ado the realms that I have plunged with phrase
          they have no shape - no bound'ries...

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Categories: misunderstand, analogy, metaphor, poetry, wisdom,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
A Prayer For My Wife
A Prayer for my Wife


Now I’ll tell you all the details if I can keep from sheddin’ a tear
Last night when it got late and...

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Categories: misunderstand, angst, caregiving, death, dedication,
Form: Couplet



The Knight's Tale of the Night's Tail
Sir Homophone came to meet the maid that somehow stayed so slim.
Her feat was to stay chaste to him and yet by his feet be...

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© Tony Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: misunderstand, funny, happy, night, happy,
Form: Light Verse
Battle of the Sexes
Battle of the Sexes 

A Collaboration Between: Pandita Sanchez and Eric L. Boddie 
Written on September 30, 2015


As beautiful and smart as you are, 
you...

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Categories: misunderstand, conflict, emotions, love, men,
Form: Epic
Battle of the Sexes
Battle of the Sexes 
A Collaboration Between: Pandita Sanchez and Eric L. Boddie 

As beautiful and smart as you are, 
you always seem to take...

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Categories: misunderstand, anxiety, appreciation, desire, devotion,
Form: Epic
Sondheim On Sondheck # 8 .
This is a parody on Gee Officer Krupke from West Side Story .

   Dear  Doctor  Grumpee
   Nobody  knows
...

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© Sean Kelly  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: misunderstand, parodywords, poetry,
Form: Lyric
A Note To the Young Girl On the Other Side of This World
Hello, Farrah....
It's 7Am here, and cold
Just awoke, with,
Oh, Here We Go Again!
Fever, Pain, Confusion,
And Lots of Other Groovy Things
To Keep My Mind Busy...
Many more people...

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© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: misunderstand, adventure, angst, childhood, education,
Form: Bio
Wait, What
It's a melodrama. Try to picture the drama queen
A bit actress lying on the floor in her final scene
Her lips trembling, tears running down her...

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Categories: misunderstand, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member One Nightstand
From the furniture store I've been banned -
did the saleslady misunderstand?
Claimed malicious intent
but that's not what I meant
when I asked, "Can I get one nightstand?"...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: misunderstand, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Strip Down
I went up, to the cashier
With my bank card in my hand
She said, "Strip down facing me"
Something I'd misunderstand

"Right now and here?", I asked her
Modesty...

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© Pat Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: misunderstand, character, funny,
Form: Quatrain
Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself
Allow me to reintroduce myself –

Hello, I know it’s been a while.
Since we last met, alone.
Simultaneously, the odds capitulate.
The very epiphany of a victor, we...

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Categories: misunderstand, analogy, anxiety, beautiful, first
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member New Bolero
No talking at night,
No breakfast together,
No sparks in your eyes.
Busy most of the time,
out from this empty house.

No kisses in the morning,
nor late at night...

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Categories: misunderstand, adventure, allusion, blessing, body,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things