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Best Nearsighted Poems

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Premium Member The Nearsighted Dragon
To celebrate his new glasses,
home a nearsighted dragon, did fly.
the doctor had truly, helped his sight.
A party he’d throw, full of savories; 
on many delicacies,...

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Categories: nearsighted, humor, myth,
Form: Sestina



Premium Member 'nearsighted Perception'
You woke up this morning
Remembering what they said to you 
You remembered what they did to you 
Learn by heart 

That it doesn't matter who...

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Categories: nearsighted, judgement, life, people,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Riveting Romeo
I was a famous, American actress, who adored performing for live audiences,
In stage plays, both modern and classic, like velvet time, which often rushes.

Rose acclaim...

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Categories: nearsighted, fantasy, happiness, love, nature,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Smiles I Remember
I was an experienced family therapist, helping families maintain functionality,
As wandering, starlit seasons maintain all nature, being rooted in practicality.

I loved preserving healthy relationships, that...

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Categories: nearsighted, family, fantasy, grief, love,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Star-Crumb
"HUNGRY GAMES"

"I can’t find the words I want to say! “
Under the moonbeam and sparkling scattered stardust, 
I can feel the dew, which surpasses through...

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Categories: nearsighted, food, funny, night, night,
Form: Alliteration



Premium Member A Lion Looms Listless
A cold lion roams, doctrinaire and sterile,
The expanse of Africa offers him no sanctuary, the Saringehti no salvation,
He can only smell the scent of his...

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Categories: nearsighted, character,
Form: Epic
Insults
Glowing, half transparent
underneath the pot, burnt,
yes I'm scorched but not sweating,
because I'm furious, so hurt!

Horrid, nagging insults
though they break before my skin,
salt unto the open...

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© Jamie Girl  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: nearsighted, anger, anti bullying, emotions,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member And No One Spoke
….And no one spoke…

protecting all about them from
the perception of impropriety,
insensitivity, misunderstanding

…and no one looked…

shielding their eyes lest their gaze
be taken as an affront to...

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Categories: nearsighted, fear,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Real Eyes See
I realize

I have real eyes

That see real lies—

     ~Nearsighted
          (rule of law)

...

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© Mark Toney  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: nearsighted, conflict, corruption, hate, truth,
Form: Free verse
Animal Alliteration
Alphabetical animals all around:
Angry army ants,
Busy buzzing bees,
Carousing calico cats,
Dancing dolphin duo,
Eerie electric eels
Fancy feathered flamingos,
Graceful grey geese,
Harmless hairy hamsters,
Interesting itchy insects,
Jolly Japanese jellyfish,
Karate kicking...

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Categories: nearsighted, animal,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Presidential Trivia
President's Day is approaching so I thought I would further your education,
By revealing useless trivia about some of the dudes who've served our nation.

President Washington...

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Categories: nearsighted, funny, history, old, old,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Little Lad and Big Dog
My small lad and his big dog are the absolute of friends.
Each knows he is the one on whom the other one depends.
I spy on...

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Categories: nearsighted, best friend,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dinosaur's Rules
I’ve heard people say dinosaurs are extinct
But I think there must be a resurgence!
It seems that our scientists all must have blinked,
Could it be just...

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Categories: nearsighted, angst, betrayal, humor, political,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member A Walk Near Blunt
It seems a shame that you're not here
To share my evening stroll with me, 
As I walk down this gravel road
That takes off just outside...

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Categories: nearsighted, nature, , western,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Hold My Hand
I was out in this world 
amidst the nearsighted
unknowing of the winding road
How could I have not seen the dead end sign
therefore to be ...

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Categories: nearsighted, inspirational, me, me,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things