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Best Sink Or Swim Poems

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Sink Or Swim
those who cannot swim
will not drown in the water
if they stay on land

those who cannot swim
should not drown in the water
if they use a boat

those...

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Categories: sink or swim, water,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Shadowland
 Shadowland 

Chained to the addiction of tempting Fate 
What if I told you that my life was once like yours?
Torn between love and hate
A...

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Categories: sink or swim, angel, change, death, life,
Form: Verse
Premium Member You Are Water
You, are water~
fluid moods
overflowing extremes.

I dip my toes 
testing,
should I dive in..?
This time,
will  y o u  let me sink or swim?
Have you ...

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Categories: sink or swim, abuse, conflict, fear, pain,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Fred Junior
Fred The Hawk and his wife were most frightening to behold.
No one got away from them; they were in a class so very bold.
They had...

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Categories: sink or swim, fantasy, fun, growing up,
Form: Light Verse
Trying To Find Myself
I'm travelling my journey just trying to find myself 
Heart in one place, my mind's somewhere else
Funny how the people who say they'll always be...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sink or swim, break up, deep, lost
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Alone In Glass Bottom
Davy Jones: Do you fear… death? Do you fear that dark abyss? All your deeds laid bare, all your sins punished?

    ...

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Categories: sink or swim, corruption, sea,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
A True Friend
Why is a true friend so hard to find?
Come, take a step inside my mind.

I will tell you what it is they will do,
If really...

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Categories: sink or swim, friendship, life, friend, life,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Never Land Part 1
NOTE TO THE READER
Once Apun a Time

This yarn is a flossy fabric woven of several earlier warped works, lightly laced together, adorned with fur-ther braided...

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Categories: sink or swim, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Dreaming With Eyes Open
I come from a place where its all about your pace
Where hopes and dreams, Are written on your face
Sink or Swim, How?, If in a...

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Categories: sink or swim, city, dream, encouraging, growing
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Anatomy of God
"The Anatomy of God"

Who shall say there is one God?
if there are many, as it seems
in all the world’s sects and religions -
Who is their...

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Categories: sink or swim, bible, dark, god, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Waterlogged
I was feverishly thinking… when suddenly my imagination just spilled!
Or rather my bucket was simply empty, until my Hubby just walked in!
Everything he said was...

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Categories: sink or swim, feelings, good morning, how
Form: Rhyme
I Speak Speeches
Alicia altered my life attachments!
All I say, all I see, all just happen!
Errors exist in English!
Emotive enable enthusiasts explore!
Even the early come to an end!
Fate...

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Categories: sink or swim, allegory,
Form: Lyric
Black Man Black Brother Stand Proud and Be Tall
BLACK MAN BLACK BROTHER STAND PROUD AND BE TALL, IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO LEAVE THOSE PRISON WALLS.

IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO TEACH OUR...

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Categories: sink or swim, black african american, dedication,
Form: Ode
Living On the Edge
“Wow, life”! 

Always in the proper order organized and determined to stay intact.
Step by step rules with regulations and all judged with such strict order.
And...

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© Ann Rich  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sink or swim, adventure, allegory, imagination, inspirational,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member My Favorite Hat
I see it in the shop window,
blue straw, white braided trim.
On the back it has a lovely bow.
I buy it on a whim
and don it,...

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Categories: sink or swim, funny, happiness
Form: Quintain (English)

Book: Shattered Sighs