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Shirt Off My Back
in me  you found it all
just call
i am your wall
will be there if you fall
and thats a fact
put that on your love rack
i will...

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Categories: shirt off his back, adventure, friendship,
Form: Light Verse



About Me Pt. 2
I’m a man of my word,
I always do my best to keep every promise,
and I never make a promise I know I can’t keep
I’ll give...

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© Daron Long  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: shirt off his back, introspection, life, people, social,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Sister Elizabeth
Born a year after her crowning, named after the Queen
   My sister had no luck, her life short and mean
Academically and behaviorally in...

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Categories: shirt off his back, sad, sister, tribute,
Form: Ode
Home
Take me home take me
To my happy place
Where I can sing and dance
With the people I love 
Where you go hungry together, 
Laugh together and...

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© Luna Amjua  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: shirt off his back, home,
Form: Free verse
God Helps Me
I can do anything threw Christ , by his stripes i am healed
His shield protect me , and if they don't yield when they see...

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Categories: shirt off his back, faith, god, i love
Form: Rhyme



Stations of the Cross
"Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet & Watch,"
and everyone laughed, as he pointed
to each location.
Irreverent,
to some,
but in the rhythm,
a silent prayer.

No God could control him;
have him tow the...

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© Lynn Simms  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: shirt off his back,
Form: I do not know?
The City Is a Strange Place
The city is a strange place.
People shifting, walking lines and punching time cards.
Strangers looking, their eyes and mind in their own little worlds.
A woman on...

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Categories: shirt off his back, city, hope, people,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Feel Ashamed
I am hungry, what will it be?
Ham, turkey or that nasty bologna?
I am hungry, chickpea mash?
Spam or that disgusting Hash?
I am hungry, mountain oysters anyone?
Fish...

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Categories: shirt off his back, caregiving, food, health, hope,
Form: Burlesque
Premium Member Michael
He was a gentle giant
Big with a bigger heart
He had a difficult ailment
Alcohol and drugs in part

He gave his shirt off his back
With a unconditional...

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Categories: shirt off his back, grief, loss, love, drug,
Form: Rhyme
My Brother
Friends and family can remember you, 
over the years for your kindness,
generosity and faithfulness, a true 
gentleman…

Friends have told how they keep 
coming back to...

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Categories: shirt off his back, death, friend,
Form: Verse
Premium Member My Self-Ego Ignored
Why do I care more about others than myself?
Isn't a rightful liaison a duty to give away a joy that
isn't perspicuously mine or should it...

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Categories: shirt off his back, happiness, love, people, philosophy,
Form: Quintain (English)
The Lover No More
Logic tells me one thing,
my heart tells me another,
this confuses often,
why am I such a lover.

It's not just women I love,
everyone knows,
anyone has problems,
I am...

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Categories: shirt off his back, life, me,
Form: Rhyme
Mankind
6/26/22


Easy or difficult to see right
Got rest with ease or a struggle to sleep at night
Always rude or someone that actually treats life
Like it's precious,...

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Categories: shirt off his back, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Blood Dosn'T Make Family
Have you ever met somebody
That you can go to when you're angry
Sad,depressed or even lonely
Who will hold you in their arms 
Like a mother holding...

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Categories: shirt off his back, encouraging, family, feelings, friendship,
Form: I do not know?
The Passing of a Friend
A friend of mine,a fellow truck driver,
Had passed away.
He was heading home to his family,
And had a heart attack along the way.
It takes a special...

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Categories: shirt off his back, death, family, friendship, sympathy,
Form: Rhyme

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