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Best Quirk Poems

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Evergreen
I would have settled for a smirk,
for a quirk of smug lips
and that trademark dimple
that still makes me crazy.

I would have been happy
with a transient...

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Categories: quirk, friendship,
Form: Free verse



The fur of Winter Sonata
Your memories quirk in the rays of 
    stagnant oceans,
    my yearning hangs on the tail of the dark...

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Categories: quirk, 8th grade, deep, desire,
Form: Free verse
A Pirates Prayer of Thanks
I come to you with humble thanks for all that you’ve delivered,
For Englishmen to walk the planks and for timbers left unshivered.

I thank you for...

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© Tony Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: quirk, funny, sea, me, sea,
Form: Light Verse
Just Another Medical Issue
They say it all makes sense now. 
All these medical oddities I've experienced at such a young age. 
My doctor insists that things have to...

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Categories: quirk, april, emotions, health, pain,
Form: Free verse
Indigenous Creatures of My Writing Desk
There is an antique writing desk
in my little study
handed-me-down
from generations of would-be
writers in my family

And there are ancient creatures
from days gone by
living in this old...

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Categories: quirk, anxiety, feelings, humor, humorous,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member She Loves and Needs Seven
I know her routine, she told me today, 
I know what lives in her soul,
I know her small quirk, that she thinks of the most,...

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Categories: quirk, math, mental illness,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Quirky Twists and Turns
*Like Caesar I wrote this in the 3rd person:) 

In third person he talks just like Caesar
Stuffing bagfuls of sweets in the freezer
Mumbles loud in...

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Categories: quirk, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Lowlife Freak
She holds my hand like I’d never
wake up after passing -out and drinking
one last lick from a broken bottle, only to
find myself needing another round...

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Categories: quirk, angst, recovery from, self,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Quotable Quotes
Don't count your days, make your days count for lost time is never again found.
If you want to see rainbows don't stare at the ground.

When...

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© Judy Ball  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: quirk, inspirational,
Form: Prose
Premium Member precious little shadows -
I never knew you ...

yet you were mine -
mine as completely as any other
that ever drew breath or dreamed a
     ...

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Categories: quirk, absence, bereavement, children, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse
Cowbirds
Behold the humble Cowbird, such an evolutionary quirk.
Somehow nature taught this bird to be a first-rate jerk!
When it comes to low and dirty tricks no...

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© Dean Wood  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: quirk, bird, work,
Form: Light Verse
My Quirks
I have so many little quirks that I don’t know where to start
Please try not to judge me as I bare my fragile heart
First there...

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Categories: quirk, funny, humor, humorous, me,
Form: Rhyme
Message In a Bottle
I’m watching my surroundings
And I don’t know what to do
The world is coming to an end
And I’m trying to warn you.

I’m writing you a message
Which...

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© Elaine Ho  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: quirk, earth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Are You Who You Say You Are?
Are you who you say you are
Or is it just a ruse
Who are our leaders
In literal abuse?
 
In a competitive world
As we share our work
Do...

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Categories: quirk, life, people, places, political
Form: Rhyme
A Lament
A Lament

Sometimes it is so hard to see the beauty in Your work;
the joy of life, the twists and turns and each and every quirk.
You...

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Categories: quirk, death, faith, funeral, loss,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things