Best Peelings Poems
A Poem Unlived
...A poem unlived
is a poem merely written --
sustenance our words
let the body digest with heartfelt
regurgitation – a poem unlived
is a poem merely written
as well as tasty center, a hea......
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Categories:
peelings, introspection, passion, poems, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Lord of the Flies
...Harassing me for days now
Landing on my eyelid
Nosing up my nostril
Tickling my ankles
and every other exposed body part
Little bastard...
Fly-Swatter? Jack be nimble, Jack...
Folded bath to......
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Categories:
peelings, angst, insect,
Form:
Light Verse
Christmas, Minus One
...We said our goodbyes in June,
and the months since blur into mist.
At unexpected moments, awareness
of loss hits; tears spill unbidden.
Family gathering, Christmas Eve
as usual . . . minus on......
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Categories:
peelings, childhood, christmas, food, fruit,
Form:
Free verse
Autumn Pie
...Apple pie, fresh from the oven
cools on a rack, whiffs of cinnamon-nutmeg
aroma rise through the pastry vent
then drifts out through
the kitchen window opened an inch or so
mingling with a hint ......
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Categories:
peelings, autumn, food,
Form:
Free verse
Firewalking
...I have watched the sun pour fire
into a glistening lake
I have heard a miracle born
as mornings line did break
I have seen a thousand angels
living in this world
I have survived as ......
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Categories:
peelings, lifelove,
Form:
Blank verse
Poverty In Africa
...POVERTY IN AFRICA
Nzongi N.Mwero
Large population live in slums,
Youth unemployment looms,
Illiteracy looms,
Poor health standards zooms,
In Africa poverty has rooms
A protein starvation dis......
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Categories:
peelings, poverty,
Form:
Free verse
Drenched In Red With Saint Valentine
...Straight-up the arrows,
hard-pressed the doors
to all the rooms
in all the houses
on Clark Street.
Father Coughlin brought blessings
thinned with broth
from potato peelings.
Women poured ......
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Categories:
peelings, corruption, murder,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
My Pines Of Birth
...Pines, my native line and birth
From you I came without a dearth
Pines, I shall call you with mirth
To you I return with my vision to unearth
Returning with unearthly wealth
Simple works I offer......
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Categories:
peelings, birth, blessing, family,
Form:
Dizain
Love, Like the Arils In a Pomegranate
...Love, like a pomegranate can be bitter sweet.
Its tang lingers long after laughter swells.
The soul puckers pleasantly with each bite.
A luscious love, precious and unique, thrives.
Life’s en......
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Categories:
peelings, food, life, love
Form:
Alliteration
The Best Intentions
...Snapping beans, the summer pastime
Filling Mason jars
With cornfield or half runners
Filling a crock with layers
Of beans and corn, canning salt
For pickled beans and corn
That would make my mo......
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Categories:
peelings, appreciation, blessing, garden,
Form:
Free verse
The Hunger Game
...Come little children- come and eat-There’s plenty all scattered about
Stale flat bread and biscuit crumbles -You must dig them out
Banana peelings and lettuce leafs -You may clean the dirt off neat
P......
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Categories:
peelings, childhood, death, depression, food,
Form:
Rhyme
Disguised Angel (I'M In Love)
...My lady you must have been sent from above
Immediately we clicked
You fit me like a glove
I don't know what it is
But you better not give me a kiss
Or it could lead to something bigger
Probably......
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Categories:
peelings, faith, imagination, loveme, metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
A Pancake Dash
...A view from a teaspoon selection is very spellbinding indeed. Half a cup of multicolumns and a pint of milk singing and swaying together. It takes much effort to pick up a seed. Much kilograms queuin......
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Categories:
peelings, adventure, appreciation, aubade,
Form:
My Mask
...I put on a mask to shroud my care,
I pull it away when no one is there
Yet behind my mask my feelings I share
A secret existing between me and the air
Yet this mask has features and clues
Of what re......
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Categories:
peelings, introspection, emotions,
Form:
Rhyme
Fall In Love
...I fall in love,
why do i love others?
why do i waste time brothers?
imagine, without love,
what ‘ll be the face of this world?
could you survive in hate withheld?
Love is only to care someone’s feel......
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Categories:
peelings, caregiving, dedication,
Form:
Sonnet