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Best Sparing Poems

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Word Squirrel
Rodents can be loquacious
That includes your average gerbil
They love to prattle, chat and blather
They really are quite verbal

Hamsters are talkative too
Just as garrulous as can...

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Categories: sparing, animal, children, education, kid,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member As I Rose From Purple Slumberland, My Heart Red Aflame
As I Rose From Purple Slumberland, My Heart Red Aflame

As I rose from purple slumberland, my heart red aflame
There within crackling old bones was an...

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Categories: sparing, art, creation, dark, evil,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member A Peace of My Heart
Believe not in lies in this, a time of deceiving, for; 
Far too soon, would run fair chance, with sidence; its errant way.." 
I've heard...

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Categories: sparing, inspirational, me,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Valentine's Hope
I've focused on this evening
For near a fortnight now
Each element planned to perfection
Every detail intended to wow

I admit that in the past
My efforts have been...

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© Joe Inka  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sparing, me, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Chronicler of Events and Emotions
Chronicler of Events and Emotions

As a Poet and as a Writer . . . 
I’m a Chronicler of Events and Emotions;
I watch, observe, and record...

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Categories: sparing, allegory, imagery, introspection, metaphor,
Form: Didactic



Premium Member Uncle Michael
His ramrod back, his brill-creamed hair 
and waxed moustache gave him a certain air, 
a certain dash, and a military bearing. 
His speech was clipped....

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Categories: sparing, father son, friend, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Childhood Stories
Interested in my thoughts?
I’m interested in yours, too
Nice of you to stop by 
A not-so-phony comment will do
It’s nice that everyone talks and leaves me...

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Categories: sparing, angst, me, me,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Charlotte Angel
I was a minister of the gospel, very happily living my life for the Lord,
Preaching the Word every Sunday, in the spirit of affinity and...

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Categories: sparing, angel, christian, dream, fantasy,
Form: Couplet
Hungry
Is this the foothold you sought
  when love decayed and left you wanting?
Avenged in miniscule degrees, each vindicated
moment a trivial gilded victory...
The stars align...

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Categories: sparing, love
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Calls After Dark
Nine o’clock dark
Stage for shark swim
Deep arc stakeout

Sailors phishing
Not squaring news
Sparing no one

Once debutante 
Vessel vaunt sinks
For daunt of men

Dawns a new day
Silent gray-blue
Sea fray...

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Categories: sparing, dark, sea,
Form: Than-Bauk
Betrayal - Fickle Death's Sickle
BETRAYAL - FICKLE DEATH'S SICKLE 


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Categories: sparing, betrayal, death,
Form: Rhyme
Anything Goes
A night’s rest is never enough for the city always calls
A new day is like a page flip from the time a night falls
A breakfast...

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Categories: sparing, adventure, change, dedication, desire,
Form: Rhyme
Snowing
It’s snowing and blowing;
Anxiety’s growing.
The sidewalks and roads may be slick.
I’m waiting, equating
My fear’s escalating
With how much these flakes seem to stick.

The trees, as they...

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Categories: sparing, anxiety, beauty, snow,
Form: Rhyme
My Brother
my brother is not a hugger
but when i sobbed on his bed 
over something they said
he was the last to let go
my brother doesn't say...

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Categories: sparing, brother, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Turkey Hen


Nature, to a less discerning eye, at times seems partial to 
		certain of her creatures,
sparing some the pain of death and loss, a blessing we...

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Categories: sparing, animal,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things