Best Quick Fix Poems

We’ve proven there's no quick fix
when we start to yell and cuss.
Oil and water do not mix,
and the same thing goes for us.

When together, night...

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Give us the quick fix
The easy way out
A heady dose of
Instant gratification
And we'll forget about 
The intellectual annihilation
Of sixty second news 
On BBC Three
Then prime-time...

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Growing up with ADHD forces you to adapt,
impulsive behaviour controls how you react,
attention span wanders and naturally distracts,
you face an impact, that in fact, doesn't...

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From June to September
I cannot remember
A damn thing that I did
What took me over
Was a monster called Bipolar
Which escaped from the shadows where it hid

And...

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When I look in the mirror, I see my pretty face,
with spots and wrinkles I have not tried to erase.
Fine lines, creases and years of...

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Books are amazing,
Books can be bamboozling.

Books are cute to the astute, 
Books can be the he saviour of the destitute, 

Books are educational,
Books can be...

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Introverted
By: Tom Wright
10-3-2019 

My entire life I’ve been an introvert,
always reticent, and therefore slow to mix.
I’ve tried to change but always revert,
finding that reticence had...

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Another drop in the glass.

I see things from my past, which seemed happy but turn bad fast, seeing new faces around my house all the...

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I can feel you
I can touch you
I crave you
I desire you

I want you so bad
I can't get enough of you

You consume me
I close my eyes
And...

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You don't have to shut the door
And hide your shame and fears
And cover your weaknesses and pain
You can live it open
Welcome the conversation
Treat the wounds...

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SPRING GARDEN PREPARATION (20150213)

After the winter season
But before the rains begin
Catalogues of heirloom seeds
Delivered just in time
Earmarked and prioritized
Farmer’s Almanac consulted
Given planting periods
Horoscopes included (but...

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Black lips vibrating for the right mix
Black lips kiss with a passion, Black fistfight for our past and future sons
bloodshed lies spilled
Black lips start to...

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never again...
finally you can let go
no more pain
no more sorrow
no more suffering
not for you
it is your time 


you can’t live your life in regret
you can’t...

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Tick, tuck the clock is ticking,
Time wasting to much debating,
Cultures dividing people hating,
Nation crumbling Politician’s bawling.
 
Youths rampaging mothers crying,
Cash decreasing poverty rising,
Fathers departing children...

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To condemn the modern conflicts
like Vietnam, Afghanistan
and Iraq where there’s no quick fix;
and countless deaths in no man’s land
are still shamelessly occurring.
If one should speak...

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