Best Unexpected Twist Poems

Silence shutters in through the fresh air
streaked windows painted in despair
star struck visions seek the light
hidden inside the distant night
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Smoke-filled eyes blink
gasps trying to think
a...

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A POEM MADE UP OF CLICHES

At Poetry Soup we're admonished
Never to use cliches
They provide us an extensive list
For the error of our ways

But one thing...

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So robots write poetry now.  Here's what I think of that.

Yer shiny enough, Robot Boy
Yer hard as a shard of rock
You never run out...

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Fate’s Game
              by Odin Roark

Like innocent spray atop a tsunami curl,
You ride...

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Caren Krutsinger is a poetess exceptional, extraordinare
She pulls lots of her poems in a teacher’s lounge from thin air
Her characters are richly drawn and funny...

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Here I sit
Gaze at blank iPad page;
No words come

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Sunday somnolence
A day of rest;
Sleep and company

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Digital movie at home
"Salt" without pepper;
Unexpected twist

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Tired eyes drooping
Too much to...

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Life is a gift
With an unexpected twist
A little crisp
And full of risk

It is a story
With a gist of glory
Somewhere with a feeling of sorry
That is...

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Sleeping Beauty tosses and turns
as in a course contrary churns
galactic realm outside the heart
where further spatial spying smart
more astronomic savvy learns.

While telescopic eye sojourns
through visionary...

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The days are laden with a mixture of joy and sorrow
The days give the hope and the exalt of tomorrow
While at the same time
They keep...

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The dream of your face, the touch of your hand.
I still remember your sweet scent.
The sun sets shade of the tree.
It shall move across your...

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In the car, our radio 
Has stations we adore
From a company called Sirius,
Which we pay extra for.

As Sirius subscribers,
We get classical and blues,
Plus the Beatles...

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It was all just an performance, an act.
A scene in an interesting play.
There was a intriguing actor, 
performing on stage that day.

One hell of a...

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The horror of the film frightened me
Favorite dad was the bad guy
I was terrified to earn
May never sleep again
Unexpected twist
Wide awake now
Scared to death
Nightmare
Damn!...

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No Straight Lines!

There are no straight lines in life
Life is a story of unexpected twist and turns!
Yet, life is the best gift that one can...

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Fear not, doubt's dark whispers,
embrace the testing ground.

We face the same old existential dreads -
the unexpected twist, the vague essay prompt.

Genial birdsong mocked our anxious...

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