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Choke Back Poems - Poems about Choke Back

Premium Member Dream or Nightmare
... After many years, it is still not done I know what happens, but nevertheless I still feel terror of knowing they come And I tremble with fear and breathlessness Into a nightmare disguised as ......

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Categories: choke back, abuse, sad,
Form: Sonnet
Ballad of a Scandal
...Now let's begin This tale I'll spin Took it on the chin Never thought I'd win Honeysuckle Boot belt buckle Scraped up knuckle Raspy chuckle Kicked my ass Soft green grass Still I sas......

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Categories: choke back, betrayal, passion, western,
Form: I do not know?



Premium Member Old Friends
...For Brenda... I'd been thinking 'bout a show we did together, Get a call out of the blue, You're in town, just passing through, Maybe we could meet up later if I'm free. You say the name of ......

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Categories: choke back, friend,
Form: Verse
Thoughts of Some Little Things That Molded My Mind
...skipping joyfully to a snowflake dream tonight i am five years old again....maybe six Santa Claus is causing me an obviously sleepless night, but i'm smiling the beach is so dead it is alive th......

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Categories: choke back, christmas, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Corruption of the Body Cancer
...With shaking legs and trembling hands I hesitant to know if for me my time will soon be at hand Yes, the news is bad as I choke back a sob to bashful and silent I hear myself whisper "Why Me?" ......

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Categories: choke back, cancer, death, depression, grief,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Raining On My Garden
...So glad, so happy, enthralled to have a job! Chortling as I choke back words. The verse part of my garden absurdly lacking. But so thrilled, tickled, absolutely agog. bouquet of part-tim......

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Categories: choke back, writing,
Form: Haibun
A Little Bird Sings
...\ All-in-all the morning bird's still sing and i have my life my life how time steals some joy all the while i choke back the largest tears oh boy let's drown again in this river i'm......

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Categories: choke back, poetry,
Form: Free verse
When Freedom Is But a Dream
...As I gaze at the pale blue sky I can't help but wonder why Whenever we wish for something the most This is what becomes ever hopelessly lost. For when I, for my freedom and liberty, d......

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Categories: choke back, analogy, dream, emotions, sad,
Form: Rhyme
The Empty Generation
...We fill ourselves up with artificial love Inviting momentary lust in to fill the void We trick ourselves into thinking this is what dreams are made of We crawl into these alluring bed of lies A......

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Categories: choke back, allusion, lust,
Form: Free verse
Goodbye
...Eyes irrigated face flush, heart hurting, throat throbbing Throat throbbing… My throat ached as if it had been crushed by the suffocating grip of regret as it tried to choke back the words I wante......

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Categories: choke back, cry, desire, heartbroken, love,
Form: Free verse
Free Someday
...Scars settle on my wrist, recording all my pain Blood seeps from the new cuts, flowing gently from my arm Tears running down my face, as I choke back my sobs Someday I will be free, from the pain ......

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Categories: choke back, depression, hope, pain,
Form: Alexandrine
Our Las Vegas Wedding
...Our Las Vegas Wedding ( For My Love) As our feet finally touch down on safe terra firma Thoughts of our marriage could not be further Jet lagged and weary In a strange foreign land From our po......

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Categories: choke back, love,
Form: Free verse
A Sister's Love
...A river of tears down my cheeks they roll all in an effort to clear my mind and cleanse my soul. Thoughts of my sister and the fight she is in; the faith, strength, and determination she needs to ......

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Categories: choke back, best friend, cancer, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Day Night
...choke back fright dark and dusty, flight plan a little rusty, hope for a ride have fun, then run, and hide, twinkle twinkle distant dear insecure considering all that's been said, up for in......

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Categories: choke back, dream, emotions, faith, fear,
Form: I do not know?
Gathering Stones
...It is dreadfully bitter The taste of my imprudence A brackish reminder Bubbling acrid froth Impossible To choke back Aftershocks heave and pitch my Shaky foundation Acid courses over ......

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Categories: choke back, angst, dark, longing, pain,
Form: Free verse

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