Best Phrases Poems

Oft when folks are talkin' they'll use a phrase or two,
That can be taken wrongly, the meaning misconstrued;
And so they get the text all wrong and spread it far and wide,
And when you learn what you have said you wonder why they lied.

Some people just...

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What do you think of when I say the word “love”
Flowers, blue skies and sunshine
And so when you think of total “commitment”
It's a lifetime of souls intertwined

When you hear the phrase, “cool as a cucumber”
Does a vegetable come to mind
Or a frosty mint julep on...

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Oft when folks are talkin',
They'll use a phrase or two,
That can be taken wrongly,
The meaning misconstrued;

And so they get the text all wrong,
And spread it far and wide,
And when you learn what you have said,
You wonder why they lied.

Some people just don't listen,
When others talk...

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“Ooh, don’t stop”, she says to me when massaging her feet at night;
“Ooh, don’t stop”, she whines when flipping channels and a game comes into sight;
“Ooh, don’t stop”, she orders when pushing the grocery cart past the cold beer aisle;
“Ooh, don’t stop”, she barks when...

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always ...
       "always", you confessed me ...
              "until the stars themselves grow cold ... "
           ...

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distant echoes rise-up
over mountanis
resounding poetic phrases-
its soul's brilliance so profound
triggering insanitiy....

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Phrases.

Well I never.
Eee by gum.
Well I go to the foot of our stairs.
Gan away wi yu.
And many more.

Are said, out door.
Quite a bore.
Up North.
Spoken with relish.
And verbosity.
Resound in the closetry.

Maybe they have nowt to say.
And these phrases make their day.
Maybe they never went to school.
Or...

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I have thought a great deal about quotes, sayings, nicknames and phrases.
For example how about 
Heightened Awareness Hilary
Bushel and Peck of Jeb Bush
Vindicated by Venerable Biden
Go on and Gary
Sensitive to being offensive Benjamin
She'll be coming humming Henrietta
Testimony to My Alimony Ted
Beads of Brightness Bob
Full of...

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Good manners have no price tag.
The following will get you so very far in life.
                              Always...

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All alone I hem, hum and hang my bright disguises....

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I feel caged. 
From all angles, i'm imprisoned. 
Boxed in, everywhere i turn, i just seem to be Charging at walls. 
Sad part. 
I'm used to it. 
Numb. 
But still i resist. 
Always tryin to break free. 
But can't. 
I want to shed my skin....

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Art 
splintered  
pieces sewn
into patchwork;
Conjoined phrases decorate a soft quilt;

Words wrap you up lying on the sofa;
Warm and cared for,
poetry 
comes to 
life....

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Simple short phrases


Taken from the grayest clouds,
charcoal mist collecting my thoughts
Entwining my heart with pointed sorrow
as my stupidity takes center stage to a sold out show

Weakened at the knees, disjointed disappointments,
assumptions falter my eyes 
Blinded by the sight of one more 
licking the seasoned wounds...

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For the Love of the Language										———————————————————————————————————————
(Dedicated to new poetry with  the birth of Sophie June )

Merely words 
With many possible meanings:
Dew-tips through my veins
Between soul and thought —
Sustaining…

Mere words
But with power — God-anchored —

Fully

To His purposes.  Signs .  
Of creation…
  ...

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I must detest one,
just the one, yes,
battle within myself
so that I can love the rest.

I use words and phrases
that hold my sense of conflict
so that my strict faith
may rest in my wish to love.

Our grip on love
may not exist; so let it not slip
into the...

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