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Best Retraction Poems

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Sulu, Lock Phasers and Await My Command 2
(Spock)

Captain, sensors indicate a power surge
Resonating through their ship's body
I'm sure I don't have to remind you
They have their own Scotty




(the questioning me)

But where has...

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© The Fringe  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: retraction, philosophy, spacefaith, fear, me,
Form: I do not know?



Constipation Hell Worse Than Perdition
Less than twenty-four hours after dashing off a poem 
   explaining why i wanted to die
found me experiencing physical duress vis a vis,...

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Categories: retraction, angst, anxiety, blessing, conflict,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member The Legend of the Werewolf
The aged gypsy woman speaks,
A curses ancient spell, a dark ruins incantation,
From ages long ago,
Beneath the full moons illumination, a single red
Drop of human blood...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: retraction, adventure, evil, halloween, holiday,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Ghost Mirror
GHOST MIRRORS

Ghostly images captured within the prism of reflected light,
Ethereal waves rippling against reality’s framed surface
Of the translucent, as phantom hands press, slamming at
The fragile...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: retraction, art, halloween, imagery, imagination,
Form: Free verse
A Poem In Progress
Poetry is a tree that stands alone
Till it matures fully grown
Little by little it adds from birth 
Watered by emotions  full of worth
Nourished with...

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© Jim Joyce  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: retraction, poems, poetry, writing,
Form: Rhyme



Pause Between Thinking and Speaking
A slight pause is taken between a thought
and the words that I speak from my heart
for words often rendered in too much haste
are frowned upon...

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Categories: retraction, spoken word,
Form: Rhyme
Ode To the Earthworm
Worms are grisly,
quite abhorrent,
slimy, and a world apart from
style and character I'll warrant.

All they do is wriggle,
wiggle to distraction,
captured by the early bird
they're skewered to...

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Categories: retraction, nature,
Form: Quatrain
Make America Great Again Huh
"Let's Make America Great Again!" *Sigh*
Great catch phrase! But...It's a ruse!...It's a lie!
Let's put the cards on the table! Shall we...Why?
(Your Brothers and Sisters will...

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Categories: retraction, america, conflict, corruption, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Ode To the Earthworm
Worms are grisly,
quite abhorrent,
slimy, and a world apart from
style and character I'll warrant.

All they do is wriggle,
wiggle to distraction,
captured by the early bird
they're skewered to...

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Categories: retraction, nature,
Form: Verse
Vengeance
The day is long as my time is short
I walk the course of vengeance with a heavy heart
I see the pillars of flame...?

I see the...

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Categories: retraction, allegory, allusion, analogy, angel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member His Inaction
So... she loves you

but must leave too

a frightening thought

yet, one so true

A book she writes

dedicated to you

in return she received

a mere line or two

Her doubts...

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Categories: retraction, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Ode To the Earthworm Re-Post
Worms are grisly, 
quite abhorrent, 
slimy, and a world apart from 
style and character I'll warrant. 

All they do is wriggle, 
wiggle to distraction, 
captured...

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Categories: retraction, nature,
Form: Verse
Love In Admiration By Kenny Davis
Love in Admiration by Kenny Davis

When I love HER in admiration
I find myself feeling an overwhelming sensation
In awe of the beauty of one of God’s...

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Categories: retraction, caregiving, dedication, devotion, girlfriend-boyfriend,
Form: I do not know?
Well What Did I Expect
So here it is
the passing of a day
this dull Spring day
and the silence pollutes my thoughts
while the depression dips poison into my oxygen
It's cold outside
fitting...

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Categories: retraction, depression,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Successful One and Done Message
I look out there  

With a curious stare 

An informative world conference experience  

Should be attended if serious  

No one can be...

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Categories: retraction, abuse, addiction, fantasy, international,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things