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Close To The Vest Poems - Poems about Close To The Vest

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Premium Member Deathbed Confessions
...I sit here and I ponder will I be one of yours? A deathbed confession that you have to relieve yourself of before exiting this world A regret, a mistake, a lonely night without her there, a gentle t......Read the rest...
Categories: close to the vest, death, hurt,
Form: Rhyme



After The Fall
... After the Fall In the sameness of a day. Reaching to far can lose your way. In one blink of the future lost. You learn the devistating cost. You pick yourself up off the floor. Not......Read the rest...
Categories: close to the vest, allusion, assonance, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
Coasting
...I pretend I'm alright And put my best stance forward Wear my brave face Tryin to be smooth Just tripped on my shoelace What's a girl to do Busted, razed, flat broke My foot slipped off the p......Read the rest...
Categories: close to the vest, anxiety, depression, mental illness,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member March Madness
...March days in Ohio sometimes a lion, sometimes a lamb They often trade places, whenever they can. Today: Hi 50's-open blue sky with napping winds. the Sun makes all the difference. Sweatshirt, j......Read the rest...
Categories: close to the vest, animal, seasons, spring, sunshine,
Form: Free verse
Nestlings
...Nestlings I write best Close to the vest I attest It’s what I know Best In my nest It’s what I Behest I write best Close to the vest Be my guest I’ll unload My chest Be just ......Read the rest...
Categories: close to the vest, age, art, blessing, butterfly,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Reliving My Youth
...I oft find myself reliving my youth uncovering uncomfortable truths about all of my foibles and most of my sins O, Lord! What condition my poor soul is in... Whether daydreams or n......Read the rest...
Categories: close to the vest, adventure, dream, fear, truth,
Form: Couplet
Ps Poets I Admire-Added Limericks
...There are a few gentlemen I admire Whose lovely poems set my heart afire Though we live far apart They all captured my heart Their romantic verses make me perspire. I dare not expo......Read the rest...
Categories: close to the vest, care, for him, poets,
Form: Limerick
Just Desserts
...The first words openly spoken Mama,is the soup hot yet ? said as I Sat on her hip Mrs.Cotten The visiting nurse No longer Could she quip She'll talk when She has something to say Make h......Read the rest...
Categories: close to the vest, sister,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Clever Wind Does Not Tip Her Hand
...clever wind she does not show us her cards keeping them close to her vest she lures us in a sense of peace starting out calm and breezy She picks up speed the trees are swaying I wonder, ......Read the rest...
Categories: close to the vest, wind,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Oh, My
...Poker-faced played his cards close to the vest 'til the day he forgot to get dressed......Read the rest...
Categories: close to the vest, character, games, goodbye,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Have Opinionated Friends
...I have opinionated friends. Bonita will not wear a mask unless it is Halloween. It violates her constitutional rights. What about other people’s rights? I ask her. She scoffs. I have opinionat......Read the rest...
Categories: close to the vest, friendship,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Pat the Bird Nest Woman
...The dye job on Pat’s hair was patchwork at best. Colors popping in and out all the way to her chest. Beautician not licensed she just confessed. But did she do it as a dare, joke or was it a jest?......Read the rest...
Categories: close to the vest, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member A Dizzy Stumble and Fall
...He's not in a hurry, he takes his sweet time A man once rich, now worth but a dime Twenty years sober, a hard drinker he was Frequenter of casinos, in his long-ago buzz A man who stumbled badl......Read the rest...
Categories: close to the vest, character, drink, money, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Waterloo Clerihew 23-Skidoo
...Waterloo Clerihew 23-Skidoo Napoleon Bonaparte 1769 Corsica is where he got his start One of the greatest commanders in history His manner of death a 200-year-old mystery Napoleon pla......Read the rest...
Categories: close to the vest, conflict, french, history, humorous,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Healthy Arts
...A sometimes Yin sometimes Yang climate health advocate, reading Thich Nhat Hanh, unlyrically speaking of the Arts, Muses of Communication, creating resiliently wealthy Community, S/he warmly......Read the rest...
Categories: close to the vest, community, courage, fear, health,
Form: Political Verse

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