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Burn The Midnight Oil
Burn The Midnight Oil Poems - Poems about Burn The Midnight Oil
Driving the scene
...Its always been the same crucible ,burn the midnight oil, welcome to the new heap dig the new shovel Life in a private nunnery waiting for euphoria for someone to offer her a miracle Like the ......
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Antony Glaser
Categories:
burn the midnight oil,
anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
wind in one's sails
...the going gets tough no pain no gain sink or swim burn the midnight oil soldier on stick to your guns bite the bullet come hell or high water go the extra mile the going gets......
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Hilo Poet
Categories:
burn the midnight oil,
analogy, metaphor, simile,
Form:
Senryu
A Poet in Disguise
... I am turning half of my garage into an office space so I will have more room to scatter my unorganized thoughts into even bigger piles. Of course, my neighbor had to mosey on over to see just what ......
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Jerry Brotherton
Categories:
burn the midnight oil,
poetry,
Form:
Haibun
Towards the Horizon
...Towards the Horizon Sitting in a corner, absorbing the incandescent hue, A malt for company, awaiting a magical cue, I often wonder, all these years, where were you? I reflect upon the days whi......
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Rajat Bagchi
Categories:
burn the midnight oil,
birthday, cheer up, encouraging,
Form:
Rhyme
God is a Poet
...I burn the midnight oil To fuel these thoughts that are nocturnal Pen and paper is my late night affair Hours and owls that chime in like clockwork This isn’t harry potter but I will send the......
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Matthew Bailey
Categories:
burn the midnight oil,
how i feel, hurt,
Form:
Free verse
Fear
...Fear I throw a towel into tomorrow But I wake up in the dead of the night My nerves won't let me have a moment's rest My heart is beating out of my chest I decide not to fight it I wake up a......
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Sharon Nyambowo
Categories:
burn the midnight oil,
anxiety, books, student,
Form:
Narrative
Ideals
...Ideals Ideals High ideals? We all had them In the forties, in college, those long, all-night heated arguments, sitting cross-legged on the floor, debating how to change the worl......
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Barbara Peckham
Categories:
burn the midnight oil,
care, conflict, culture, endurance,
Form:
Free verse
Giggles In the Library
...We both had a passion for books and nooks so the library was always a great place to meet till Shush! Shush! we’d hear Be quiet now! from the librarian With the face of a mule well you know we......
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Caren Krutsinger
Categories:
burn the midnight oil,
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
The Fear Frenzy Makers
... While we sit with our coffee and poetry, The Fear Frenzy Makers burn the midnight oil. Digging up lies, just anything man! To stuff up your brain like cement in a can. They've succeeded ......
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Panagiota Romios
Categories:
burn the midnight oil,
abortion, america, anger, perspective,
Form:
Political Verse
Giggles In the Library
...We both had a passion for books and nooks so the library was always a great place to meet till Shush! Shush! we’d hear Be quiet now! from the librarian with the face of a mule well you know we......
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Line Gauthier
Categories:
burn the midnight oil,
adventure, friend, fun, humor,
Form:
Free verse
Sex Life of a Crayfish
...Is checking crayfish gender easy as you might guess? Tugging on the legs results in quite a mess! First know your species, molting phase and such Lift the legs and "peeks" won't tell you very much ......
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Judy Konos
Categories:
burn the midnight oil,
dedication,
Form:
Rhyme
Show Me the Money
...OK!! Love is good, love is good, But hey, will it buy me food, For bread with love can I pay, And my bills and taxes too, I say? For love, much I will toil And burn the midnight oil, If love be the ......
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Abdul Malik
Categories:
burn the midnight oil,
life, love, love, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Three Graces
...Kissed by the rebel mouth of Dionysus set tight against their fulsome lips; lapped into shapes by intoxicant tongues, arms fused in a chain of swaying hips. Tiptoe this sisterhood of ......
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Tony Bush
Categories:
burn the midnight oil,
allegory, life, passion, philosophy,
Form:
I do not know?