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Best Poorly Poems

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Premium Member Some Distant Shore
Silent, she slips from her stronghold’s security,
safely tucked high on the cliff in her nest.
Cautious, she stays in the shadows afforded her,
sorrowful, hesitant, missing the...

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© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: poorly, flying,
Form: Quatrain



In Remembrance of Veterans Day 8x8
In Remembrance of Veterans Day 
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Categories: poorly, conflict, hero, war,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Fred
I walked by a snowman named Fred

  Who stood on his twigs and his head

    He hid both his stalks

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Categories: poorly, humor, humorous, snow, winter,
Form: Limerick
So It Shall Be
“ So It Shall Be ”

Aye... then so it shall be...
as faire lass doth so request now o'me.
A'holler so 'twas that o'which she'd asked...
In a...

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Categories: poorly, adventure, time, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Anything Left Pure
I try to avoid the pending pain
It's impossible, like trying to stop rain
Issues surround me everywhere
Creating a harsh reality of fear
It's not about not having...

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Categories: poorly, change, life, pain,
Form: Rhyme



Walking Away
Walking Away

I walked away today
Something has changed
My thoughts, my emotions have jolted to a halt.
I do not feel the same as I did yesterday

A wall...

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Categories: poorly, courage, feelings, inspiration, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member CONFETTI
So like a puzzle, poorly jigsawed, with edges that never meet.
Shredded, sliced, and torn; and much too small to be folded or broken.
Wee bits of...

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Categories: poorly, january, new year,
Form: Rhyme
And Then
And Then…

My work finished
     I glanced back at the clock
Ah… The Witching Hour
     Hung heavy on the...

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Categories: poorly, adventure, angst, death, faith,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Keep It Turnin' To the Right
Oklahoma cowboy, tough coal miner’s son
Born in Henryetta, south of Tulsa some
Raised by daddy’s momma, taught him wrong from right
Daddy taught him ropin’, taught him...

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© Roy Jerden  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: poorly, day, earth, funny, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member You Must Look After Your Elf
Santa’s little helper felt poorly sick
Couldn’t deliver presents for Saint Nick
His red nose was gleaming
Blue eyes they were streaming
I hope that Santa will give him...

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Categories: poorly, christmas, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member The Pied Piper From New York City - Part Two
The Pied Piper from New York City – Part Two

This is quite despicable and very inappropriate for someone holding the 
“Highest Office in Our Land.”...

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Categories: poorly, allusion, america, betrayal, corruption,
Form: Political Verse
Walking Alone
I used to wish I made a difference in his ife, 
I thought it possible, since I was labeled his wife. 

But it is sad...

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Categories: poorly, abuse, depression, grief, husband,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member No Tickee, No Washee
No tickee, no washee
You pay as you go
There are no free rides
As everyone knows
Yet some people try
Their gol' darn best
To beat the system
Get ahead of...

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Categories: poorly, journey, life, old, old,
Form: Quatrain
The Ivy and the Brick
It must have felt like love at first,
The clinging of the ivy vines,
Until his rich red heart had burst.

Her tendrils slaked an ancient thirst,
The tender...

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Categories: poorly, allegory, heart, red, heart,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member A Woman In Search of Happiness
Happiness is expensive; it is something so rare,
It's there to be savored, a moment that's fair.
Clutch to the moment, extend its brief stare.
It comes on...

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Categories: poorly, love,
Form: Couplet

Book: Shattered Sighs