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Bone Poems - Poems about Bone

Sax And 'bone
Going solo is no fun when you are the only one playing alone on your own so show me your saxophone and you may hold my trombone then if I feel the need I'll finger your keys to vibrate the reed 'til my slide retracts as we're a match made in heaven quite the catch in fact a musical marriage and that's not all we'll make beautiful music yes...

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Categories: bone, fun, humorous, music, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bone Song
A gentle breeze carried the tune of a lady gone too soon. I listened to it longingly until, inside my bones, it caused a chill; and then blew my dreams through other bones, across centuries of dulcet tones....

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Categories: bone, beauty, death, mystery, song,
Form: Rhyme



Good Company
Man's best friend in need of a feed is a friend indeed so with a knick-knack here and a paddywhack there give your mutt a bone pat your pet cuddle your canine canoodle with your poodle or smooch your pooch and he'll hound you 'til the cows come home wagging his tail behind him ...

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Categories: bone, animal, dog, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Contrary to the Bone
I’m sure my first words As a child were “No!” Followed soon after by “Why?” But I only really realized today, A bit surprisingly Given my 66 years on this earth, That I dislike following Either other’s directions But particularly other’s trails Obviously wishing instead To find my own way Changing it as it changes Moment by moment. And it’s been over fifty years now That...

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Categories: bone, life, perspective,
Form: Narrative
Bare as the bone I wear
Naked are the bones so hallow crowned around my soul Give heed unto the wounds Ive sewn I'll mend me back to whole Though broken I'll remain to pave the path that is my sound My roots undone thine will be one hallowed by thy ground Victory unspoken I'm forever bound to never Bones bare and shown yet never known My chaos is forever...

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Categories: bone, anxiety, body, change, dark,
Form: Free verse



Breathe spilled like bone
Ariana shrugged facing Josh’s mocking clap the stringy harmonica rang acrobatically on the streetlights. He handed her a firebomb, eyes sharp as vinegar. They ran across the hot asphalt, watching the brass kite rise. Both caught in the whirlpool of the maze, they guided the trumpet, mandolin filling the air, sinking into the smokehouse. Her jacket flared,...

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Categories: bone, allegory, allusion, deep, dream,
Form: Free verse
Breathe Spilled Like Bone
Ariana shrugged facing Josh’s mocking clap the stringy harmonica rang acrobatically on the streetlights. He handed her a firebomb, eyes sharp as vinegar. They ran across the hot asphalt, watching the brass kite rise. Both caught in the whirlpool of the maze, they guided the trumpet, mandolin filling the air, sinking into the smokehouse. Her jacket flared,...

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Categories: bone, abortion, anxiety, cinderella, extended
Form: McWhirtle
Premium Member Thoughts of a Border Collie While Pondering a Bone
Thoughts of a Border Collie While Pondering a Bone Mine, mine, mine, I think as I drip drool on the floor. Bloody meat clings tenaciously to the hard bone. White fat, like veins of gold, marbles the red treat. My owner is thawing this delicious delicacy on the counter. I watch and wait with longing as I think of the animal odor. Sharp canines will soon tear and...

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Categories: bone, dog, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Bone In Her Back
Oh, how we are poisoned! The Yonega, the Wasichu, a new creature, different from us in more than just their white skin and sunflower hair. How did such a people come across the great waters? They come to our people with gifts of death. Their ulcers wrapped in calico cloth. Their fevers traded to us for our good...

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Categories: bone, america, conflict, culture, history,
Form: Free verse
Muscle and Bone Growth
Muscle and Bone Growth All muscles and bone growth will take a break to catch up on their reading. ...

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Categories: bone, humor,
Form: Free verse
Funny Bone
I wish I had a funny bone One that was my very own and not cloned And so I asked God one fine night When the lights were off and it was all very quiet God, damn the Adam whose rib got me saddened Give me a bone that would only gladden Something to chew which would make words spew Into colorful...

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Categories: bone, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bone and Bread
Version One: A table shared, wood smoothed by stories, hands marked by the land, holding not to let go, but to hold dear— crumb and crust, life flourishing between us. Not to quiet hunger, but to relish, pressed in hands, the warmth of something earned, and shared. Version Two: A table shared, wood worn soft by stories, hands touched by the soil, holding not to part, but to cherish— crumb and crust,...

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Categories: bone, giving,
Form: Free verse
Bone Beach
BONE BEACH This was the island where it famously ended Upon a peaceful tribe, violence descended A proud history lost and poorly defended Raiders seeking alleged mythical treasures Pillaging gold and jewels by cruel measures The beach a battleground, now just bones In a warm tropical breeze, palms still sway Yet there is so little now that is left to say As identity and...

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Categories: bone, beach,
Form: Rhyme
Bone Beach
Waves crash against the ribcage of shore Where unburied bones play on the beach The dead swim in shallow pools beneath Lost Souls never finding their exit door The living are not welcome to come here Sometimes they are seen staring from afar Too many...

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Categories: bone, beach, dance, dark, death,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Bone Beach
Great surfing you may not have guessed can be found in the upper northwest. In a full rubber suit the great whites think looks cute, the dawn patrol shreds the gnar best. Seems the beaches were starting to groan; the supports underneath were all blown. But now that Ozempic has come to Olympic, it appears they will stand on their own. Once fleshy, vivacious, with...

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Categories: bone, beach,
Form: Limerick

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