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Best On The Take Poems


Premium Member Soul Undressing and Potd



Oh, if I could pen of things meaningless!
And stop this interminable soul undressing.

This world, these times we live in, I do care about.
I wish citizens would loudly against murder shout.

Oh,no of sunflowers and Spring only do do we sing.
Nations ignore their own ultimate undoing.

Poets,a huge...

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Categories: on the take, deep, how i feel,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Stop Snivelling, Poet
I saw you crying, next to the bubbling brook..
Taken again, eh?  You really are a shnook!

Trusting new friends, my, you are dumb!
You have less brains than a fat, ripe plum

People are on the take, when will you get it? 
No wonder, lost soul, you...

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Categories: on the take, humor,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Humanity Exists As Sad Creatures With Evil Skins
Humanity Exists As Sad Creatures With Evil Skins

Reprieve may be a fine desert or a freedom to live
A blessing freely granted or the power to freely give
But we must dare admit what immense courage some things take
And use our smart brains to identify the sorrowful...

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Categories: on the take, art, dark, deep, evil,
Form: Sonnet

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Grandchildren Last Line of Defence
Abnormal reactions,
Big stuff ups,
Countless mistakes,
Deliberate interference.

Everyday occurrences,
Foolish moves,
Give false hope,
Hear the anguish.

Injustice on the rise,
Judges on the take,
Known by those who have lost the use of their tongue.

Love seeds now uncommon,
Money in the hands of the few,
No relief in sight,
Only a few still in the...

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Categories: on the take, baptism, bible, care, change,
Form: Abecedarian
Premium Member Asked and Answered - An Echo Poem
HOW I WOULD DESCRIBE MYSELF

People often say to me 
“What can you tell me about yourself” 
guess it’s my duty to explain to them 
and so I look them in the face and reply 

My eyes are deep like two tiny oceans 
just be careful...

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Categories: on the take, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Begone
Does it come in a box
Is it something to hang on a tree
I am still waiting for this gift of Love to come to me
They say it exists  
I can see that it's there
Others have found it
Why has it not blessed me
I was given...

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Categories: on the take, anti bullying, appreciation, history,
Form: Blank verse



Last Love Letter
Oh to vacation behind the heavy metal door
To escape another election year.
All news is stopped at the door by the guards
Whoever sit in the same place
Waiting
Always
Waiting to retrieve all banned goods
And outside time. 
Between med time and bed time is empty time
Where those evicted from...

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Categories: on the take, addiction, blue, mental illness,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Who I Am
I wish I could be clearer too
But when a mirror comes to view
I find reflections blur the tons
Of promises I've yet to keep.
The virtues to which I aspire
Just kindling in God's cleansing fire
A testament to what I've spent
In daytime dreams before I sleep.

At times my...

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Categories: on the take, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Living Book
Time flies when you're not concentrating.

It slyly and sneakily separates
its victims from their past minutes and hours,
not sieving or selecting ... just on the take.
All your best and worst times are packed away,
a portfolio of fading memories.

Life and time should be like a living book
which...

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Categories: on the take, age, memory, time,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member While Caesar Watches For Brutus Part One
The world is so mechanical
It is so scientific 
It's getting to be so-so difficult
Everything works at a fingers touch
Everything is speeded up too much
Neon lights the night
Smog darkens the sunlight
Time is to the seconds
While details are at a multitude
There are directions for directions
And everything is...

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Categories: on the take, fun, humorous, life, satire,
Form: Rhyme
Snake Eyes
I knew'd you was a snake
when I first saw you
laying your beady eyes on me
You were a grifter on the take,
working a con is what you do
Entry angles is what your lurking eyes see

You got dem snake eyes,
looking for where the tongue should strike
You got...

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Categories: on the take, conflict, social, trust,
Form: Rhyme
Hand Out Bums
be aware 
as they stare
some on the take
there game is fake
they think your dumd
THE
HAND OUT BUMS...

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Categories: on the take, adventure, confusion,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member The Old Man
An old man arose as most often do
    in a state of tension and stress.
To the bathroom he ran... or was it the loo,
    his bladder he had to address.

The old man was tired as he had slept not...

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Categories: on the take, humor,
Form: Rhyme
The Disastrous Traffic Stop
The Disastrous Traffic Stop

By Elton Camp

To pull over quickly Robert didn’t fail 
Just as soon as he saw a cop on his tail
“Sir, you exceeded the speed limit, I fear.
That is the reason I pulled you over here.”

Robert gave the office a sheepish grin
“My radar...

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Categories: on the take, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I'M Really Quite Confused
I'm Really Quite Confused
By Franklin Price
6/18/2016

I'm really quite confused about our politics today,
And of the selfish things they do and all the games they play
Super delegates are used to control the end result.
Voting districts rearranged;  a mind boggling insult.
Counteract the money limits by organizing...

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Categories: on the take, political,
Form: Couplet

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry