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Best Tussle Poems

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Something Bigger Than Myself
She was staring at me but i was staring through her,
Her eyes full of beauty,but her soul in tears,
Though she smiled,i could see the grief...

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Categories: tussle, addiction, angel, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Free verse



O' Possum
O' possum O' possum
Sleep the day away
Await the setting of the sun
before you go and play

As the dusk arrives at last
Awake and stretch your paws
Don't...

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Categories: tussle, funny, imagination, nature,
Form: Rhyme
My Aminus Brain
I am of soft, delicate skinned casing,
Housing an iron, logical facing.

I grant my femininity free reign
To follow dictates of my manlike brain.

My seductive charms can...

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Categories: tussle, character, judgement, smart, strength,
Form: Couplet
Hymn To Pan
Hymn to Pan

Before Morocco was Roman, you see,
the music of Pan was African jazz.

At the Wednesday night prayer meeting
the percussion discussion of Mingus goes on,
getting'...

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Categories: tussle, fantasy,
Form: Blank verse
Life Is
Life is a long walk,
The path meanders,
The path undulates.

Life is a sequence of doors,
They open of their own accord,
Until the final closure.

Life is a book,
Ancient...

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Categories: tussle, dark, deep, life,
Form: Free verse



Why Men Are Called Groom and Women Bride
WHY MEN ARE CALLED GROOM AND WOMEN BRIDE

Hullabaloo and cacophony etched in your Union,
Soliloquies to break up with your said-protagonist of a spouse,
You forgot your...

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Categories: tussle, 1st grade, for her,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Premium Member The Terror of Threes
Three celestial bodies 'tis a crowd.
A trinity, a tussle kerfuffle if you please!
The 'three body problem' in space
made Sir Isaac Newton's head ache.
He couldn't sleep...

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Categories: tussle, dance, love, sleep, stars,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Villanelle: Five Yin Lines On November 6th Overcome the Top Yang Line
Villanelle : Five Yin lines on November 6th overcome the top Yang line

(Bo, Hexagram 23 (November 6 to December 6): The mountain falls down on...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tussle, allegory, america, autumn, conflict,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Sea
"When I stare out into the sea, watching its changing moods, I see the reflection of life there and think of life's tumult and tussle...

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Categories: tussle, beauty, motivation, sea,
Form: Free verse
Windy Words of Love
If you search and you can't find me please don't look very far 
I'm riding in the wind one step away from where you are...

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Categories: tussle, appreciation, first love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 'rugby - Chasing the Oval Ball'
the stands are full, one man kicks the ball
fifteen men pursue, it becomes a maul 
referee blow his whistle
concluding the tussle
a try is scored over...

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Categories: tussle, sports
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Went Fishin'
Submitted to the "Gone Fishin" contest
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Trollin’ the islands at Texoma,
It was April, 1964.
New rod and reel in hand,
I’d NEVER been fishing before.

A Garcia 2510T casting...

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Categories: tussle, adventure, april, crazy, fish,
Form: Rhyme
Ride of the Daystar: Har - Magedon
A great tumult has occurred in the sea
agitated waves tussle and brawl in the sea

A sea, whose waters are parted,
parted by a swarming multitude of...

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Categories: tussle, adventure, devotion, faith, sea,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Turtle Shell
"Homeless" 

I found a little turtle, 
I assign it to my favorite green shoe box
I guess I over spoiled him, with one simple, pretty punk...

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Categories: tussle, adventure, day, me,
Form: Free verse
Oh To Be a Fish
I'm clinging to a rock,
Being battered by the waves.
At the mercy of the sea,
Living long and tedious days.

No escape for me,
Life's a constant tussle
Relentlessly being...

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© Gary Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tussle, fish, humorous, longing, sea,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs