Best Unhooked Poems

We were kissing behind the bike sheds 
The future Mrs Bronte and I 
Get yourselves up to see the head 
We heard our teacher cry.
The...

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Oh goodness the house is on fire, 
And so is the one across the street,
And the one next door, I’m scared, 
And frantic and overpowered...

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"Stay away from darkness,
get back in the light, 
dodge them nasty shielas, 
and do it diddly dum right."

Darkness
Yes mate i know the darkness,
the sadness deep...

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Tranquil thoughts
breathing
of slow kissed sights
comforted 
in expelling this light
languorous trembled gaze

A mask promising nothing
yet yearning to taste 
now pushed aside

Risking this pull 
stakes everything

Claims made...

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A leaf fell from the Maple tree;
Another from the Birch--
A dozen more unhooked themselves
From off their lofty perch.

Some fell to heaps upon the ground;
Others scattered...

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THE MORNING WAS PLEASANT, THE WEATHER WAS FINE,
BREAKFAST OUT OF THE WAY, FISHING WAS ON MY MIND.
I’D WAITED ALL WEEK, BUT IT HAD FINALLY ARRIVED,
GOING...

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My Little Boy Lost
by Katherine Huffman
Hello? My son, are you here?
I can't see you, I can't find you, why aren't you near?

As I walk the...

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Friends gathered to play 'Murder Mystery' online
Each person playing a role by game assigned.
One was a doctor, one was a teacher, one worker in nightclub,
With...

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(chorus)
So Im just sitting in this rehab class
trying to get myself unhooked on ass
so then my teacher asked me a question
like boy are you over...

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Her eyes blinked-
Sending a tear,
Down her cheek;
Her heart trampled-
Like a wild animal,
Held onto a leash;
The spring had come,
And with it came-
The sweet-smelling lavenders,
That hung low,
Seeing...

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Blountville, Tenn - Police Report

A woman from Blountville’s East High
Accused of what she did deny
She said “search me- you can
Here, I’ll give you a hand”
The...

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The Ruba’iyat of Créteil Lake – Part Twenty-Two

The day broke on this fateful date like gravestones pushed asunder
Transcontinental wagons hooted their humming blared thunder
The Faithful...

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What was so different about that day?
We had met many times before.
Perhaps a spark  had ignited
That we were unaware of
Until the fire swept us...

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She counts the seconds while she's standing there…
1.
2..
3...
14….
15...
….
...
..
.
Slowly, she opens her eyes, staring at the floor, too scared.
She glances at her shoes, one is half...

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I turned around...should not have looked;
   they all were there and set to go.
The time was set, the day was booked;
  ...

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