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Best Up And Under Poems


Let Me Go
In the midst of whatever has you bound up and under attack
The presence of God can break every chain for the Lord has your back
Be it mental, physical or psychological chains that are holding you down 
The presence of the Lord has the power to...

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Categories: up and under, angst, encouraging, faith, god,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Mid-Nightmares
MID-NIGHTMARES

It haunts the wicked parts of sleep,
where even dream's darkest corners will not tread.
Drowning shadows in the stinging tears we weep,
immobilizing dream and dreamer, frozen to the bed.

We cannot move a lower limb or arm,
and every image seen will prick the skin.
Grit fear, the grizzly...

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© Edlynn Nau  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: up and under, angst, confusion, dream, fear,
Form: Rhyme
The Trolls Come Out At Night
Some cat entered my room one night
I thought it was a ghost
It smelled like something had just died
But I must oblige my guest as the host

I turned on the light and there it was
An obnoxious opossum at best!
Whoa! Forget my host duties, cous!
Take the room—I’m...

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Categories: up and under, adventure, animal, bullying, cat,
Form: Quatrain

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member Poetacracy
Politicians put their souls for sale
So they can sip cocktails
Riding the coattails of the working class
It's a mass barrage of phonies and poison gas
But everyone's going too fast to take a stand
And demand the justice sorely needed at hand
The poor get poorer trying to survive
The...

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Categories: up and under, america, anger, political, spoken
Form: Free verse
Premium Member In My Dreams
In my own quiet bedroom,
In my own comfy bed,
Every night I escape from reality.
I give wings to my fancy
When the pillow hits my head,
And my dreams are like a movie that's starring me.

I'm Aladdin glidin' on a magic carpet,
And the djinn has ditched his lamp...

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Categories: up and under, dream, fantasy, humor, imagination,
Form: Light Verse
The Yarn Maker
For the sake of his embarrassment we wont use his real name.
Because telling tall stories is how he has won his fame.
Now Luke is a legend, at least in his own mind
and no matter the topic, a story he'd be able to find.

Like the time...

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Categories: up and under, friend, imagination, light,
Form: Rhyme



Your Lips
Bliss in your kiss
Rapture and joy
Each time we meet
I'm glad to be your boy

Love in your kiss
Happiness and wonder
In and around
Wrapped up and under

Your lips bring awe
Prettiest set I ever saw
Kiss me now, set me free
Pressed to mine is where yours should be...

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© John Allen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: up and under, loveme,
Form:
Night Traveller
An ever night
Perhaps as silent as it can ever be
Forever beyond light
Where shadows is no longer to see

To only be beyond that of time
Kept bounded forever in mysteries
Where light shall forever fail to shine
For the night I remain in its boundaries

That I’ll be
If forever… I’ll...

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© Joel Lee  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: up and under, loneliness,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Christmas 2022
Christmas 2022  is fast approaching
Where has the year really gone
Well after two years of covid isolation
Boris resigned his prime minster position

He got us through brexit
And a pandemic  
This wasn't enough 
For government and public

The successor was Lizz Truss
Who lasted a month through lack...

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Categories: up and under, christmas, december, happiness,
Form: Free verse
Flying
The ultimate thrill,
Up and down,
Up and under,
The clouds my companions.

I play in the sky,
Big twirling loops,
The wide blue sky comforts me,
My salvation.

In the sky I’m free,
In the sky I’m me,
The sky’s my playground,
I’m glad I found.

My endless inspiration,
Clouds of perspiration,
O how I wish I’ll never...

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Categories: up and under, adventuresky,
Form:

Book: Reflection on the Important Things