Best Parroting Poems

Picasso said
Art is a paradox
It is a lie
That makes us realize the truth

I think
It can further be said
That art 
Is the form of life
And also
The...

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I HEARD THE WISE WORDS

The day wise words were spoken
It was over near the beaten path;
Where I first heard them uttered.
“Beware of the fool in...

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The kids run about on the streets
while parroting their "Trick or Treats."
It's the children's true bliss
and the reason is this:
It's the day to fill up...

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Languishing in a limbo of roles
perpetually gleaning
reading ripe tombs and myths
a child, a child dreaming
parroting fancies in pretty pink
braiding wisps on a razor straps edge
the...

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Isn't it ironic
How the ones that yell the loudest 
Are usually the ones that have the least to say?
And isn't it moronic how the ones...

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I HEARD THE WISE WORDS

The day wise words were spoken
It was over near the beaten path;
Where I first heard them uttered.
“Beware of the fool in...

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Rainbow colored camouflage, some may think, what a ridiculous idea, what a ridiculous idea, for rainbows are rare and high in the air, so what...

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A boy in a
blue shirt
tucked in partly, partly out of
    his Chicago Bulls
    basketball shorts,
    ...

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Rain falling, pounding on the roof
Trapping me indoors 
Blotting out the sun
Parroting my mood perfectly
I play music but no song is loud enough
To distract from...

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I, Icon
Stand to pledge;
As representative of the common man,
As one of the common man,
To promote the image of beauty

Through appreciation of self,
Idolisation of the uniqueness...

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he-art
she-art
who is an liar
push me to the side
watch me deny her
copy-cats parroting
my brutality
segregated
merit
ing
but me
an
purse
he-art me

in your purse
as your pink button gets sewn into
an
nurse

you are painted...

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Warriors Never Sleep
                      ...

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IF ever I had a country : XXXI - XXXII

               ...

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Pessimism, I loathe your gloomy effect
Parroting vanity’s vexation in my mind that I’m unprofitable…
God I thank; by His strength* is great achievement as I do...

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Salve
by Michael R. Burch

for the victims and survivors of 9-11

The world is unsalvageable ...
but as we lie here
in bed
stricken to the heart by love
despite war’s
flickering...

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