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Best Swipes Poems

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Premium Member Mad Molly Shaw
This is the story of mad Molly Shaw
She might be mad now but she wasn’t before
she came home to find her man dead on the...

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Categories: swipes, western,
Form: Rhyme



Fated
And so it goes. Seated, contemplative. A sudden cacophony abiding. Many floods ebb then flow; good/bad. Memories distilled, truth distorts. Folly found fair ‘gainst fear...

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Categories: swipes, age, anxiety, depression, future,
Form: Haibun
An Old Hyena Stalks the Pack
Lurking in the darkest shadows,
she looks for one of us to hound,
trying to catch a little glimpse
as she staggers along and limps

Spittle and drool keeps...

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Categories: swipes, animal, culture,
Form: Rhyme
Everyday American Irritations
GROGGY BEDHEAD NO COFFEE SHUT THE BLINDS .... PRESIDENTIAL NO GOOD CHOICES TELIVISION SIGNAL GLITCH SMEAR ART CAMPAIGN... LATE NIGHT REHEATED RERUN RETWEEKED RETWEETED MORNING...

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Categories: swipes, america, anxiety, celebrity, conflict,
Form: Blitz
Premium Member Captured
some moments are mindless
     insanity with twisted reality
he says
he says a lot
     leave pain behind
an endless word flow 
a whale's
fountain

his face mirrors mine

his finger swipes...

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Categories: swipes, courage, dream, inspirational,
Form: Free verse



No Sunset In the Rain
It’s quarter after six, Friday evening. He  thought with a smile, besides the rain, everything is looking great. Table set beautifully just for two....

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Categories: swipes, break up, hurt,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member La Di Da
Well, la di da, just look at you.
I see how far you’ve climbed.
You think the common words you speak
sound like sweet poems rhymed?

So are you...

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Categories: swipes, pride,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Flicker of Hope
Floating in the sanctity of a tiny tranquil sea,
hidden from the world by only a fragile wall,
unaware of the uncertainty of their own mortal future.

Wide...

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Categories: swipes, life, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Schism
"Where is the sun, where is the moon?"
the mirror asks.
He sees the silence in the other's gaze—
crouched against the wall
an empty face where once
two small...

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Categories: swipes, dark, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Pocket Chocolate
(A Double Divine-form not include in your list) 

She digs into her pocket's hollow space
and snags a tissue, swipes her eyes.
Her fingers touch a bar,
a...

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© Cona Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: swipes, candy, car, chocolate,
Form: Carpe Diem
Cross Species Awareness
Cross Species Awareness

Beneath a calm ocean, man watches a shark.
They are same in size, but one has advantage.
Man is wearing a wet suit and long...

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Categories: swipes, adventure, animal, environment, fish,
Form: Sestina
Premium Member Visceral Adventures
My naked feet feel the slick, moist grass in the quiet park
             ...

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Categories: swipes, feelings, nature,
Form: Free verse
Shadows of Terror - Lion Kill
As the light dims and dances on the horizon
A menace stirs from its slumber, slinks from the shadows.
The game move to and fro, staying sit...

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© Tim Marks  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: swipes, adventure, journey, nature, travel,
Form: Blank verse
Seashore: the Tiger and the Fish
You're a tiger in the jungle, elusive, strong and free;
I'd wondered how I'd meet you, for I live in the sea.

And though I'd dreamt that...

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© Elaine Ho  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: swipes, animal, fish, i love
Form: Couplet
On Malvan Beach
Place: Malvan beach, konkan, Maharashtra, India
By: Sashi Prabhu, Date: 3rd march 2012.

As I   trudge along with fancy and conceit,
Tender soles and bare feet.

Sandy...

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Categories: swipes, adventure, blue, blue, fish,
Form: Couplet

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