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Premium Member Shrewdness of the Shrew
The shrewdness of the shrew
Out of place on her
Would better be placed 
Upon a gentle woman
Of genteel character

This shrew of a woman
Abused by a man in her childhood
Angry all the time
Doesn't even know why herself
The only thing she knows 
Is she is angry at this...

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Categories: shrewdness, life,
Form: Free verse
More Shrewdness
A long time has passed while these spectacular seasons 
continue to renew themselves unlikely dormant awareness;       
images of the past clout me on the head 
and rebuke me for having failed to use
more shrewdness and applied more sense:
many pitfalls...

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Categories: shrewdness, character, conflict, culture, irony,
Form: Rhyme
A shrewdness of man
A shrewdness of man                                         ...

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Categories: shrewdness, allegory, animal, bible, christian,
Form: Senryu

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member the shrewdness of apes
The shrewdness of apes delights me so
I barely know where to turn, when to go.
They are more fun than a drift of hogs.
Who smell to high heaven, worse than dead frogs.

There is a school of fish that bothers me too.
They live next to the foxes...

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Categories: shrewdness, animal,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things