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Best To Skin A Cat Poems


Ruminations
Don’t call Moses a liar he was much more than that
There are no sands of time just time and sand
(and not enough of either in this land)
Just one way is one too many ways skin a cat.

Peter denied Jesus thrice and he still got a...

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Categories: to skin a cat, spoken word,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member That's What They Say
They say...

Still waters run deep...
Then why are there so many shallow people?

When it rains it pours...
Usually the day after I wash my truck.

Walk softly and carry a big stick...
Or walk hard and carry a small pistol.

You play the cards you're dealt...
And there's a lot of...

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Categories: to skin a cat, america, cheer up,
Form: Free verse
My Pretty Little Red Rose
All roads they say lead to Rome
But this one was leading towards home
A fiery storm brewing in fractions
Ripples surge to thirstily kiss the river’s mouth for reactions
The hubbub silenced with an inner raspy roar!
This scenic drive, a famished lovers’ galore
Latched securely and songful on the...

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Categories: to skin a cat, relationship, romance,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



America, the Age of Conflict
America, the land of the free, catering to the wealthy and pushing the poor.
Blacks are all but exempt; they are seen as property and nothing more.
California brought into this nation by gold, as a false equality,
Demanded by some to spread the systems of vast irrationality.
Extradition...

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Categories: to skin a cat, history, , cute,
Form: ABC
Thoughts Aloud
No matter who,

No matter where,

No matter when,

It only matters why and what for.

  

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Yesterday was early,

Tomorrow will be late,

Today I have no time.

  

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You can’t train in a gym?

 You want to look young and slim?

Stay close to the old ones and fat.

There...

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Categories: to skin a cat, funny, humorous, life, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Bounty Hunter
There's a million ways to skin a cat
Curiosity mastered this art...

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Categories: to skin a cat, animals, art,
Form: Epigram



The Beast Within
Was I born this way? 
Or was it the one day I don’t remember?
All I know is, is that I have the urge to
But not limited, to attack!
This doesn’t just  happen three days out of the month
But all the time when I see Him...

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Categories: to skin a cat, inspirationalcare, care, me, time,
Form:
Sitting Ducks
happy happy happy
flowers and daisies
smelling the roses and pansies
right around this time of year?
are you nuts?

anyway it was a cool night
it was October
I must admit i'm a detective
of a nonexistant crime scene looking and haunted by something soo bizarre and 
grotesque
dontthese people have imaginations?

flowers and...

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Categories: to skin a cat, confusion, death, hope, imagination,
Form: Free verse
The Ghost
The Ghost

 

She creeps in and out on the brink of consciousness

Slowly making her way to my bed side

I roll over never feeling her touch, lost in my own,

She lays by my side

 

She touches my forehead and my brows begin to furrow

Dreams are coming...

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Categories: to skin a cat, lost love, love, me,
Form:
Premium Member Our Back Porch
On the side of the house, in the shade,
off from the back of the kitchen.
Our small porch was tailor made,
for making our play day decisions.

Skin-the-cat on the black pipe railing,
eating fresh picked pears to our fill.
Homemade pies set out for cooling,
showing off our stair jumping...

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Categories: to skin a cat, childhood, nostalgia
Form: Rhyme
Wonder What Will Happen Next
What Will Happen Next

This is Day 5 of the 40
days of Lent.

was such a sad scene
have started our quarantine
now a health food fiend

When you went out to get coffee
you were escaping from things.
You needed a change of scenery.
We also like going out for a meal
or...

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Categories: to skin a cat, allegory, analogy,
Form:
Peace Keeping
a few people did something awful
many lives were claimed
seeking to destroy the terrorist
with eye for an eye
the whole world blind
to the fact that those dieing in their communities
are not to blame
the children and housewives
did not drop the bombs on your families
a group of individuals out...

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Categories: to skin a cat, angst, introspection, life, visionary,
Form: Free verse
Subtle Pulsating Space
subtle pulsating space,
get your finger out of my face,
shimmering dimness and the light in between,

he appeared quickly but did not go fast
I knew too well a spell had fell,
Putin I'm not disputin', Trump I got over the hump of you,
Musk you have an elephant's tusk,...

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Categories: to skin a cat, 7th grade, age, birthday,
Form: Free verse
I’m just Saying
So yall, here are some sayings. Some are from wayyyy back in the day, I’m talking ‘bout the 70’s up to current, and they all have meanings. Many of you may have heard them and know what they mean, while some of you may have...

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Categories: to skin a cat, culture, education, environment, language,
Form: Narrative

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry