Best Stand Off Poems

This could not be 'cat and mouse'.
But it was indeed, cat and squirrel.
Cat on ground; squirrel up the tree.

Cat said, "If you come down, I...

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Inspired by Machinehead – Darkness Within (Acoustic version) & members of society who refuse to embrace the kiss of silence…

As great intentions
Wither upon invalidated declarations,
Serenity’s...

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An earthen gray memorial stands alone against
A rugged desert landscape, built by the mortal
Hands of the faithful.
No bells do ring, in the churches steeple, but...

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Being the infant
that you were,
there you sat;
hunched knees
and settle butt looking
with piercing eyes
reflecting stand-off thoughts
as you huffed and puffed.

Like a water pump
pumping out,
your lungs pumped...

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We are all so young,,, even the ‘old hands’
Imagining a time with no bull rope is hard to plan
 
It’s riding with a heart and...

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Slipping through the fingers of my mind,
all those vague perceptions 
of the "I" inside this body
will provide a strange parade 
behind the mirror of my...

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THE FRIEND

He’s always hanging around
Smiling
Sometimes I think he’s a bit mentally weak

For looks – if you can get past the constant
    ...

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So shocking was that news from France,
we stared at TVs in a trance;
no way to understand.
Those young and old without a chance
were taken down in...

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He is a quiet, gentle man,
With a friendly, easy smile.
He's helpful and considerate,
Honest, without guile.

He works as the county game warden.
His family lives in the...

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I have a serious crush on Dorthy
While she has a Kansas crush on them
The Lion and the Scarecrow
Not to mention the Tin Man

The only time...

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from AEROPLANE POEMS 
              
BY NICK ARMBRISTER
ISBN: 978-1-4452-2045-1

MESSERSCHMITT DEATH MACHINE
Yankee terror bombers...

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She reached her hand across their marriage bed,
It’d been a stand-off for so many years;
She prayed their love had not grown cold and dead,
His answer...

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A HUNCHED BACKED MOBSTER

It’s sunset in late afternoon, where towards a water pan,
A pride of lionesses, approach with a much rehearsed plan,
Followed by a clan...

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"Contests. We don't need no stinking contests."

We..What's this "we" stuff,
You got a mouse in your pocket
Or is this a Mexican stand off?

Pff....Whatever! I'm a single...

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A walk alone through the darkness unknown,
A swim alone through the vast oceans...
A dive alone into the abyss unknown,
Not even a stand off with the...

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