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Premium Member Once Bitten Twice Shy!
There once was a lion so dread
His trainer must keep him well fed
For if this bad lion
Got hungry for Brian
Old Brian might just end up...

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Categories: once bitten twice shy, adventure, animals, food, funny
Form: Limerick



Premium Member Ps-Once Bitten,Twice Shy
gnats

midges

no-see ums...

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Categories: once bitten twice shy, animals, political
Form: Light Verse
Once Bitten, Twice Shy
I often recall the days of past 
When love was deep, strong and vast 
The abundance of dreams once forlorn 
Deep inside me, all reborn
He...

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Categories: once bitten twice shy, confusion, loss, lost love,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Give yourself 
                   A round of applause.
...

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Categories: once bitten twice shy, perspective, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Snow White
Oh darling you have become an angel sweetheart blossoming regal crowns
one flake unique floating into dreams so beautiful they sing only you

Pure petal wings flutter...

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Categories: once bitten twice shy, angel, beauty, dream, emotions,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member The Dilettante Diaries: the Bumble Bee Big Blue Sky Boston Two Step On Love Street
The Dilettante Diaries: "The Bumble Bee Big Blue Sky Boston Two Step on Love Street"


She said, "Pffft Bumble Bees Rule, 
No Bees, no World
Shy Little...

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Categories: once bitten twice shy, fantasy, humorous, imagery, muse,
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member Zombie Shark
On 11-28-2015, Hurricane Ben, slammed off the shores of Sydney Australia,
Its tremendous waves beaching the second largest shark in the world today,
Colossus, killing him on...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: once bitten twice shy, adventure, fantasy, halloween, history,
Form: Free verse
Magical Love
Love is a feeling deep down inside
Love is a feeling one just cannot hide
Butterflies flutter in the stomach they churn
Once bitten twice shy? But we...

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Categories: once bitten twice shy, lovelonging, love,
Form: Rhyme
Once Bitten
And suddenly you wonder why
I’m "once bitten twice shy"
when putting all my faith in guys
I’m vulnerable I guess

I sense your animosity;
it tends to gravitate to...

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© Gayle Rodd  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: once bitten twice shy, faith, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
The Blue Syndrome
A little of you each day brings sweat and nausea,
Once bitten twice shy I lust deeply for you,
But you flow to flout my very existence,...

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© Jai Garg  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: once bitten twice shy, life
Form: Free verse
Random Thoughts 9.25.07
Miserable and alone,
I get a myspace add request,
I say ya sure I'll add this person,
we could be friends at best,
that's how I met my ex,
once...

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Categories: once bitten twice shy, friendship, hope, life, lost
Form: I do not know?
The Apple Bite
Once bitten twice shy both hid
conscious of their nudity, a lesson
there was no going back now
shorn of their innocence they knew,

Greed made them their own...

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© Jai Garg  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: once bitten twice shy, society, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Calling Underdog
Calling Underdog

That day I sat silently focusing my attention to no one
 All of a sudden to my great surprise an ungodly chill came down...

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Categories: once bitten twice shy, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Lost and Found
My family decided to spend summer vacation at my dad's cantonment,
there I came across a situation that would turn into a lifelong embarrassment.
In the evening...

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Categories: once bitten twice shy, childhood, children, funny, holiday,
Form: Rhyme
Stay the Trigger
I have heard that loving is like having a gun,
Pointing it at your heart, and choosing to give it to someone. 
And while feeling the...

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Categories: once bitten twice shy, for her, love,
Form: Rhyme

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