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Borrower Poems - Poems about Borrower


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‘Neither a borrower nor a lender be; for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.’ Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3 by Shakespeare That $100 you wanted to borrow~ Forget it, I don’t want my edge dulled!!!!! ...

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Categories: borrower, humor,
Form: Free verse
What a Borrower Saw In Lenders Eyes
At first, Henry did not grasp a thing: The look in Sam’s eyes at that moment. Was it trying to some warning bell ring And its stark rebuff reward with ailment? In it Henry sensed, at last, full danger At mood’s good study not a full stranger… There was a drowning man in Sam’s eyes While he held out a challenging...

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Categories: borrower, analogy, business, fear, money,
Form: Rhyme



A Borrower Softens His Voice
It is a business truth And transformer of lenders into Ruth Who have been infamous Shylock Or a hesitant safe with lock ... A borrower to soften his voice And watch its magic By far more helpful than a cobra’s poise Or Insistent Logic; A lender’s lost key to his savings booth Quietly warranting a hammer or Jaguar’s tooth The voice of the...

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Categories: borrower, business, change, cheer up,
Form: Rhyme
Haiku
chameleon's hide borrower on running spree ...

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Categories: borrower, life,
Form: Haiku
Neither a Borrower Nor
Collaborative Poetry… give me a break Words borrowed or lent, the Muse to abate What’s not in your memory, what’s not in your soul Can never be bartered, rented —or sold (Bryn Mawr College: February, 2020)...

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Categories: borrower, poetry,
Form: Rhyme



Neither Borrower Nor Lender Be
The past is left in mourning, the future still unknown The present disavows them both, not borrowed—never loaned (Dreamsleep: August, 2019)...

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Categories: borrower, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Borrower
Is my awareness limited by my bad habits? Within the absence of engine sounds I find time to sigh I should be searching for the cultivators of my net dreams Instead I’m buying paper for the books I plan to write What the heck? It could be my awareness is limited I feel echo chills from out of all the...

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Categories: borrower, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Sun Bank and Moon Borrower
Sun Bank is lending light loans, To it's Moon borrower, Moon is not repaying, Sun is not demanding, But, Issuing fresh loans in grace!...

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Categories: borrower, nature, relationship,
Form: Light Verse
Borrower
Borrower, Borrowing appettite; Increasing gradually. Weary to live within means. Handcap of saving culture; Hand-to mouth disposition. Lender connives with bailiff! chipepo lwele...

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Categories: borrower, depression, sympathy,
Form: Cinquain
Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be
NEITHER A BORROWER NOR LENDER BE Because lending to friend may lose you that friend: If he cannot repay and feels indebted, his burden is double: How to be independent is what he needs to learn ; And borrowing for myself discourages me to think of the end: And such sloppy thinking will land me in...

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Categories: borrower, friendship, me,
Form: Verse
Never a Borrower Nor a Lender Be
Never a borrower nor a lender be That is my simple philosophy But if the need you can’t resist Borrow money from a pessimist A positive attitude they sadly lack So they don’t really expect it back...

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Categories: borrower, funny
Form: I do not know?

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