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Premium Member At the Footbridge - Limerick Collaboration
At the footbridge Sue was meeting her beau
(He was married to a woman called Flo)
Sue soon found out his deception
She dismembered his ********
For his love...

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Categories: terrible, betrayal, body, humorous,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member A Poem For My Algebra Teacher
I know I promised
 no more ‘Make you Cry Poems’
I said I'd never write another 
‘Wipe your eye poem’

 And for three years 
I tried...

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Categories: terrible, 6th grade, abuse, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ozzie Our Spaniel
The 28th of April; I'll always remember that day
It was very overcast and the sky was quite grey
That short journey to the vet I will...

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Categories: terrible, best friend, emotions, heartbroken,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Redneck Santa
T'were the night after Christmas, 'n' the house was all dark.
Not much money for 'lectric in the ol' trailer park.
Ma waitin' tables at the club...

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© Roy Jerden  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: terrible, christmas, parody,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Love Sleeps, Never Dies
An old man
A Grumpy bitter old man
Bitter face
Red nose
Wrinkled beady eyes
Scruffy clothes his best attire

Life has not been kind
So his bitter words bite those around
He...

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Categories: terrible, angel, beauty, child, hope,
Form: Light Verse



Premium Member Green With Envy
Envious Ivy was her name
I’d buy something new – she’d put me to shame
My designer coat in a shade of emerald green
Ivy bought an identical...

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Categories: terrible, humorous, jealousy,
Form: Rhyme
Lady On the Church Steps
I had seen her before in the spring and summer
The homeless lady sitting on the church steps
She would ask for help from people going into...

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Categories: terrible, appreciation, christmas, december, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Comb-edy of Hair-ers
My dear brother Butch,

Hair are the highlights of my week:
I got a job at the Hairway to Heaven salon!
Our motto: "We color your hair or...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: terrible, hair, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Politics and Poetry - Is Hate Really the Answer
Politics and Poetry – is hate really the answer

Why write a poem of hate about Trump
He’s been there just over a week
Though Hilary Clinton the...

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Categories: terrible, angst, political,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Jallianwala Bagh
The occupation of India began, with the East India company
And prospered across large swathes of Indian territory
Then the British Crown took control, bringing military might
And...

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Categories: terrible, death, england, garden, history,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Child of the King
I wondered how that I could be a child of the King.
A long lost soul, I had no goal, but to maybe act and sing.
I...

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Categories: terrible, blessing, christian, depression, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Woody Wouldn'T Cheat, Would He
Toy Story characters argued ~ then Jessie told Woody to buzz off

he'd been caught flirting with Bo Peep ~ uh oh, Woody, you're in trouble...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: terrible, betrayal, break up,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member - When the Demons Blossom -
My thoughts whirring
When life freezes the blood

Actions that burn in hell
A fire that burns forever

Terror -  their empire of hate
Fearless, they control our destiny

Terrible...

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Categories: terrible, angst, butterfly, conflict, earth,
Form: Couplet
Soldier
I saw a burial with a bugler playing taps;
I turned to my father, “what happened?” I asked.
He clutched my hand and with a quiver in...

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© Ed Coet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: terrible, death, father, inspirational, loss,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Death My Pal
Death,
An old friend, as old as life,
We met soon after my birth 
He liked to play games with me 
“Be ready,” he said. “I am...

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Categories: terrible, death, fear, life,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Book: Shattered Sighs