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Getting Rid of You
You distract me from where I want to be
You destroy my life as well as those around me
You deceive my family, putting false promises in their way
You demolish my friends, watching their lives crumble away

I am determined to get rid of you
I am desiring to...

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© Jessica K  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rid of, death, depression, life
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Chlamydia: How Do We Get Rid of Ya?
(This poem is not directed at innocent spouses)

Chlamydia   

Chlamydia, Chlamydia,
How do we get rid of ya.?

Take up painting,
Stay at home.
Learn to play the saxophone.

Raise Chihuahuas.
Learn cabinetry.
Take ballet lessons,
Make furniture for the family.

Write a novel,
Even if it stinks,
Don’t drown yourself in alcoholic drinks.

Write a...

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Categories: rid of, health, hope, life, recovery
Form: Rhyme
Church Building Be Rid Of
Church Be Rid Of

They died and went to heaven above;
Where each one can enjoy God's love;
Was such a scare;
Bullets everywhere;
Church decided to destroy and are rid of....

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rid of, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



You Cant Get Rid of Your Shadow
You cant get rid of your shadow 

Its always there on the wall

The movement of sunlight makes it flow

It dances whenever you call

It rises forever in the daybreak

Gripping every corners edge

Sets in the sundown of its wake

Finding us in every slope and ledge

We always look...

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Categories: rid of, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Getting Rid of Words To Breed Good Little Citizens
we are living in an age when people would rather cover 
their ass than think about what they say,
when people would rather try to censor the way we speak
than look at the reasons that we say the things that we
do &
kids are getting the full...

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Categories: rid of, life, words, age, people,
Form: Free verse
Gettting Rid of the Festiva
A Haibun

I tell you no one wanted that car. We kept it parked in the driveway for years while we made payments on Saturns and bought Subarus and Hondas and tried to ignore it. Meanwhile, I would drive it once a week to Trader Joe's...

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Categories: rid of, car, dog, humor,
Form: Haibun



Getting Rid of Clutter
Having lived as long as I have, this cluttered head
can't find any space to breathe and make me think;
ideas and thoughts never used won't run as ink
and leave beautiful words for others to read.

No task is easy and getting rid of clutter might be ideal,
doing...

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Categories: rid of, anxiety, god, health, image,
Form: Rhyme
Get Rid of the Nine Tenths
Somethings are listed as a bargain
they make it sound so fine
"You can buy this for under thirty bucks"!
Whats the price?  $29.99.

Wow, that's a whole penny
there's no way you can lose.
with the money you'll be saving
how could you refuse?

The current price of Gasoline
is $2.68 and...

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Categories: rid of, funny
Form: Rhyme
Can'T Get Rid of Covid Blues
Here I lie in Ramona,
sick with the virus Corona.
     I feel like hell
     and cannot smell,
but glad I don't have pneumonia.

In five days' time, I finally felt fine:
Free from the virus Corona.
     Then...

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Categories: rid of, health,
Form: Limerick
To Get Rid of Something
To Get Rid of Something

I was listening to the bug exterminator
Commercial. This Horn Haiku came to
mind.

Can exterminate;
Completely eradicate,
And eliminate.

When you want to get rid of something, 
this is what you have to end up doing.
After all of this has happened, the problem
is no longer there.

Jim...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rid of, encouraging,
Form: Haiku
Can'T Get Rid of Me
i see your anger
from the cold-hearted ego basher
but you can't get rid of me

i see your suspicion
from the unexpected action
but you can't get rid of me

i see your wonder
from everything under cover
but you can't get rid of me

i see your hope
from the new ways to...

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Categories: rid of, devotion, passion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Let Us Get Rid of This Mess For You
Vivian, my eighty-years-seasoned neighbor, called Vi, is a mystery only to those who did not return her first cheerful “hi”.
She is an open-book person, ready to love and accept everyone.  I met Vi the first day I was out in my yard building a...

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Categories: rid of, funny,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rid of You
Rid of You

You were an anchor tied to my feet
sinking me down into your dark sea.
You thought that I could not be complete
without you, but wow! Now I can be me.

It’s great to be free of your frustrating ways:
all your sulking and moaning and putting...

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Categories: rid of, moving on,
Form: Lyric
God Get Rid of Trump
God Get Rid of Trump

Made Trump president and it did madden;
Then seemed so silent and would sadden;
Perturb,
And disturb;
Should get rid of Trump  and us gladden.

Jim Horn...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rid of, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
The Garden Is Rid of Weeds In Order To Grow Things
sometimes when
someone walks away

rather than grieve 
be relieved

it is one burden
less to carry

but in your heart
he/she is still a friend

it is merely a separation
resulting from human difference

the garden is rid of weeds
in order to grow things...

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Categories: rid of, appreciation, bereavement, betrayal, character,
Form: Couplet

Book: Reflection on the Important Things