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Best Shortlived Poems

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Humans Need An After Life
(unfit 
category 
but no 
choice.)

Life would 
be 
worthless 
and 
short
If this is 
the only 
dear life 
we 
have
Great 
plans just 
death can 
abort
to be 
useless...

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Categories: shortlived, absence,
Form: Nazm



The Christmas Mule
So many years had passed, he was the offspring of a horse and ass. 
Quickly discounted, the young mule was sold over and over again...

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Categories: shortlived, animal, god, mother son,
Form: Narrative
A Hearfelt Prayer
SEEING U ON SUNDAY, FAR FROM YA USUAL SELF,
AND NOW I HEAR YA DETERIATION WAY BELOW YA HEALTH
HAS HAS GONE TER THE LIMITS,WERE WE ALL...

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Categories: shortlived, caregiving, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Scent of Lilacs
The door is open, the breeze blows in.
The sun is shining ever so bright.
The breeze tickles the lilacs, I breathe them in.
Their scent fills me...

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Categories: shortlived, nature, seasons, day,
Form: Quintain (English)
Temporary Apathy
As social political apathy begins to set in,
Truth becomes the enemy,
And lies become the bullets 
Of the corrupted firing squad.

When immorality replaces decency,
Weak men become...

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Categories: shortlived, change, social,
Form: Free verse



Anonymous Cries
What happens between these 
walls stays between these 
walls,the walls that my head are 
too familiar with,i've had 
shortlived rendezvous so often 
that I know...

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Categories: shortlived, abuse
Form: ABC
Premium Member Seaside Winter Wonderland
The seascape, lies beneath a blanket of white.
From dunes to where waves touch the sand.
The scene is hazy in the day's gray light.
Creating a rare...

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Categories: shortlived, sea, snow, wind,
Form: Quatrain
One Sabine Woman
The conquered land is eroding. 
The driven snow is melting 
Because the blue flame is burning, 
Probing through the rampart, 
Penetrating the fortress 
And pillaging...

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Categories: shortlived, angst, death, forgiveness, sad,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Take Me Home 2
After many years, I sat in a church service filled with culture, custom, ritual, and tradition.  The experience took me back and reminded me...

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Categories: shortlived, america, change, christian,
Form: Narrative
The Christmas Mule Reposted
So many years had passed, he was the offspring of a horse and ass. 
Quickly discounted, young mule was sold over and over again 
until...

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Categories: shortlived, animal,
Form: Narrative
Fate Permitting
As I set my eyes upon you,
I was solely mezmorized,
Could the women of my dreams,
By chance, have now materialized?

The universe permitting,
Our paths will surely cross...

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Categories: shortlived, angel, appreciation, autumn, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
The Light
In a place benowst to me,
I stare at pathways far away,
To find a light that shines most bright,
I travel them but can't discern,
Which is prudent...

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Categories: shortlived, life,
Form: Couplet
Reflections: A Lonely Life of Death
The heart and mind meld this time
I would that I bleed, not cry
Bleeding tells them my body hurts
Crying reveals my heart and soul hurt

The tree...

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Categories: shortlived, death, friendship, how i
Form: Free verse
The Indian Laburnum
Is gold blossoming in each branch?
At the end of spring, they fill the ranch.
Smooth, pale, or greenish-grey, crusty barks
Bright yellow, drooping Sundrops fill the parks.
In...

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Categories: shortlived, beauty, nature,
Form: Free verse

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