Best Quagmire Poems

Quagmire of uncertainty, a murky blend, 
Underfoot, the treacherous ground extends,
A labyrinth of challenges, where paths bend, 
Gripping tightly, the struggles never end, 
Mired in complexities, where shadows descend, 
In the quagmire, resilience must transcend, 
Reclaiming solid ground, on strength depend, 
Endurance and fortitude, our...

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At the scribble Scrabble table
I'm raising the bar
by adding seven lucky tiles  to your letter R

Vanna please let me buy a vowel or 
can I have a few?
I'll take A, E, I , skip the O and gimme a U

Please allow me three more...

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Unquestionably, a marked reaction 
is better than withholding all action
Factoring in, of course, the distractions
created by pie-chart wielding factions

Sharing the wealth in minute fractions
while gathering corporate pie rations
without any equal sliced transactions
has become to most an awakened distraction

The laborers pie is sliced way to thin
appeased...

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Fuzzy little balls of fur, 
 Sleep, stretch, then yawn.
Snuggle up to warmth, 
 and keep me up 'til dawn.

Eyes that are opening, 
 and at first they are blue.
Can't wait to see the final color.
 I love to gaze at kittens so new.

Each personality...

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“An impulsive action done in haste and without forethought can cause trouble and there is no point in feeling repugnance” - By Poet


 When did she have a quarrel with life,
That left her mind with resentment rife?
Her dreams are blurred by a diaphanous mist
And her...

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He has come again
and I am powerless to keep him away
Yeah I desire to hear his voice
yes I know he only speaks lies
Even though they smell like death, I listen
I and he become as one, cursing the groumd
The same ground that supports my step
the same...

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I walked the shape of a square
Inside of a circle.
I brought shrimp to a lobster fest.
This morning I woke up
With someone else's nose.
My niece is stuck in an elevator
With no  shoes or sox.
The leaves need to be raked.
No one can find the rake.
My brother...

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Space cadets moon
Howling in the night
Why is this apple green?

June 16, 2017
Form Q contest
Sponsored by Broken Wings...

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quagmire of desire
cupids arrow did not miss
love, passion and pain




'Q' Words
Poetry Contest
Chosen Word: Quagmire
Sponsored 
by: 
Constance La France 
31/03/2023



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What if Trump was caught in a quagmire
Had gone over his body and entire
And he became so deeply involved
Missed evidence and mystery not solved
Did not re-enlist and contract did expire.

James Horn
Terired Veteran and Poet...

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This business is not as simple as yes, no
and I know, we both want to know,
how our fate will go.

For every happy start,
it’s not a must,
to have a bad ending,
and for every happy start
it’s not a must
 to have an ending.

The continuity is well sustained
if...

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The crepuscular sky is an eerie pink.
It reminds me of my dire situation.
Here I am in the quagmire of solitude.
How does it feel to be stuck without a love?
I just want to rise and leave the world behind.
Lonely moments feel like an eternity
when there is...

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A quagmire is soft, murky land that shakes
or yields under the foot,
in other words, a swamp.
But, one that is imbued with sticky mud,
where progress is slow
and soles get stuck.
A quagmire is also a synonym
for an unpleasant, constrictive situation,
which is not easy to escape from.
Look around,...

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If you walk on ice, you chance your life.Quote - Poet’s own
Was Christmas nineteen sixty three
When this story happened to me
Snow had fallen down thick and fast 
So cold it was, weeks it did last.

Gone against parental advice
A friend and I skated on ice
It was...

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Not in any quagmire –
in a wonderful plain,
he raised as a tree
among depression.
In long thoughts,
with a sharp wit,
threw needles around
in the surroundings.
Stood there alone
far from his fellows.
From time to time
bent usually down
under the winds.
From a high crown
to the green grass
lay the landscape,
behind a swamp
there were...

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