Best Scratch Poems

Illustrious 
Phantom
You chase 
My desire 
For satisfaction
As I chase you
Hither and thither
Like the rainbow's end
Always just out of reach
Escalating intensity or just
A trick of the cruel mind
Dancing across my skin
Infiltrating my sanity
As a ghostly feather 
Until I find your 
Illusive hiding
Place
Ahh
...

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My daddy was a roughneck and he worked the oil patch.
He ate his eggs and biscuits that my mommy made from scratch.
Pies and cakes and everything from scratch was always made.
That was the best, the ladies said - the rule they all obeyed.

So I watched...

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Recipe-How to make a human from scratch

Start with a large amount of dirt.
Add sufficient water to moisten.
Mix together until becomes clay like.
Shape and mold according to your will.

Add generous amounts of
1.  Intelligence
2.  Conscience
3.  Spiritual need.
4.  Creative ability
5  Desirable qualities like:...

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Scribbling
                              on      scratch   paper
     ...

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Why do men scratch
Adjusting their dress they say
But more like a sneaky grope
Is what they do each day

We women can’t help but notice
The obvious ploy of you men
Whether its cos of sweaty bits
But you just don’t care, -  when

What if we went about
Having a...

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The itch is less than constant pain
not enough to cause a moan
but always there in misery
asking balm to cure the ill

that static humming on the nerves
stripped to wires sparking hot
the echoes sound at all times
a dirge to state illusion's cast

the glow perceived in manic flush
wishing...

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There is a certain kind of game to play
It states that you can win in any way
Scratch off the secret spot
Thinking you’ve won a lot
Disappointed, you lose every penny

Russell Sivey

Entrant into Susan Burch's "Lottery Ticket Limerick" contest

1/2/2012...

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“I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.” -Dorothy Parker
“Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone” -Dorothy Parker

Angels connecting
in real live
Thinking reflecting
and keeping us strive
'Say no to consensuality
that's your best quality
You've the audibility
so keep...

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Written on August 13, 2012

Cluttering the blue -
A thick white line of a cloud.
The jet races away.





Your Best Haiku contest
Fifth Place...

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Tropical summer 
Scratching  nails on metal sheet
What stirred sharp inside...

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Oh crazy cat lady
with your eyes so yellow,
I want to meet with you
'cause I'm a cat fellow

We can share a cup of tea
if that is what you like,
and I can bring along my cat
in the basket of my bike

We can share good times
and talk about...

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Pie in the oven!
The flaky crust is browning,
Sugar crystallized.
Apple filling, juicy sweet,
I’ll eat it all by myself.


Entered in Soup 2/21/20
'Let the Pens Flow - Tanka' Contest...

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Sometimes I sit here and I wonder,
how long have I been here?
With the words of a ghost rotting my tongue,
exhaling phantoms who hang over my shoulders;
they offer a smoky hand.
I could take it and escape.
Instead I try to stay seated, unmoving, tired.
My limbs feel too...

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A
friend 
sent me a
wedding invite
via a Facebook app,
I sent a gift via Farmville...

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i love your embrace
your arms soothe my stressed pieces
please scratch my back some

cuddling is pure joy
your touch is my therapy
your feet are so cold

...

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