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Castoff Poems - Poems about Castoff

Premium Member On Ebony Wings
...I wrote verses on sullen wings of a lonely lark romantic phrases I had written in perfect rhyme but the avian flew off when night grew dark I wrote no further poetry for the longest time A beau......

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Categories: castoff, farewell,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Choose Life
... Sometimes – many times I’m busier than I would like to be, I find myself hurrying through the days as they pass by, laughing at my scurrying like a squirrel, they say – hustling but sho......

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Categories: castoff, appreciation, christian, devotion, god,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Pieced Together Again
... One of those castoff items that we shove Promptly deemed ‘junk’ upon a second glance. I hid you on the highest shelves above With a slim ‘someday’ of a second chance. In solitude y......

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Categories: castoff, solitude,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sea Glass
...Sea Glass 7-11-24 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sea Glass On strands and shoals, waves of rolling tides, Neither pro nor biased, Tumble castoff vessels, emptied......

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Categories: castoff, change, life, ocean,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member What do they know
...None are perfect…we all fall short. With this in mind, let us be mindful of ‘how’ we ‘correct’ a fellow pilgrim as we journey home. Remember, every individual’s walk with God is different. No two are......

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Categories: castoff, christian, devotion, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme



A civil war ferociously raged
...A civil war ferociously raged... within complex edifice... derelict hulking corpse delineated courtesy seared, singed, smoldered smithereens formerly robust warrior slain during prime of his l......

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Categories: castoff, age, america, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Those who read for
...You still expect more running after all works Seeking for freedom at random to be castoff You become aliens ruthless mindful of gifts You care not about blood, the urge for justice A mask on your......

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Categories: castoff, anti bullying, art, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Undone
...sneakers twisted over hydro wires co-joined dangling from tied laces tracks to an unhappy ending a runner's castoff erasing the scourge of a race lost? an overhead tale of something snapped ......

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Categories: castoff, environment, imagery, loss, places,
Form: Free verse
From Kisii
...From Kisii's loamy terrain, I ascend, Maroo's clasp, my rooted blend. A Christian's essence, bathed in God's grace, Sinner's visage, yearning His face. They perceive a flawless meld, Upon God'......

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Categories: castoff, art, blessing, celebration, christian,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Haunted Mansion - Beware
...Haunted Mansion – Beware! Abandoned mansion cries in loud creaks and groans From deep within the dark cellar ghostly moans Attic lights flicker...then suddenly turn off By unseen hands of haunt......

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Categories: castoff, halloween,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sea Glass
...Sea Glass Waves Rolling Tides Tumble The castoff Shattered Shards Of jars And bottles Blue, green, umber, Recalling Picnics, Life’s Laughter - Seashore trash Transformed As Sea......

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Categories: castoff, sea,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Abandoned
...forsaken in silence and despair, my heart wilted from fail promises. it's darkest bleak vault. I ......

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Categories: castoff, lost,
Form: Verse
Byword People
... Byword People (Came By Way) Pitch black was the day after the nightmare before When the blue wails washed upon the sunset shore Dark journey’s end for the castoff children, who w......

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Categories: castoff, history, identity, slavery, symbolism,
Form: Epic
Musings On Easter
...Was it the taunting stares The feelings repressed The betrayal by a friend The weight of sacrifice The promise of Abba Did you give it up all Eloi Rama.. Rama.. Was it the burden The sin ......

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Categories: castoff, christian, easter, faith, religious,
Form: Narrative
The Essence of Me
... Born in the Goshen ghetto, bound by an Ashkenaz forged umbilical chain Beloved mother was Jim Crow lynch poor, adored father was the Uncle Sam same Third-generation slaves, pauper fre......

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Categories: castoff, identity, spiritual, truth, wisdom,
Form: Bio

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