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Best Slip Of The Tongue Poems


Slip of the Tongue
I was a city born and city bred young fellow,
whose shoes had mostly only touched concrete and tar.
Oh yes I had seen grass, but out on a footy ground
and my entertainment was drinking at a nightclub bar.

As a city bred young bloke I had never...

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Categories: slip of the tongue, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Slip of the Tongue
“Slip of the tongue…” indeed asserts the mouth
midst heart’s justifying grievous whisper
while soul, caught between deception conflicts
clamors for freedom against guilt-caused angst
vanquishing fraud and falsehood for peace gain.

Lips now can’t be sealed to let justice slip…
thus, faith testifies upon witness stand
to uphold equity’s sense and...

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Categories: slip of the tongue, character, christian, faith, god,
Form: Blank verse
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Speaking ill of others, gossip, carrying tales
     the quickest route to hell's fiery jail
   for the mightiest weapon of war is the tongue

   Who lives, who dies -- a civil tongue's praises are sung
   ...

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Categories: slip of the tongue, death, life, spoken word,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



A Slip of the Tongue
have you ever
woken up
watching
poor no
the

GOOD morning
where rise and
shine can be
defined by
saying

that the sun
erected at
seven ei
ghteen
and

stayed that
way until a
hairy brillo
cloud but
softer

covered it 
and made
rain come
up or at
least

down but now
it sounds that
the sun with
out thinking
is already

sinking or at
most thinking
with no blood
rush to it's
head

veni vidi vici
and so doing
so...

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Categories: slip of the tongue, muse,
Form:

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry