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

Premium Member Plane in the Sand
...Take a plane ungrateful one to a distant land... don't forget to walk the straightest paths freedom bogs down quickly in shifting sand. You may have to cover your body from head to toe you may g......

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Categories: close to the vest, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member non-mechanical
...Love is non-mechanical it doesn’t crank, pinion or always work dependably. In cavalier moments, I thought I knew something of how it all works— it’s apertures and shafts— its grinds and recip......

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Categories: close to the vest, analogy, god, love, work,
Form: Free verse



Per Paparazzi
...Watching & waiting while in hiding and faking Views for the taking but unaware what is waiting Freezing & shaking but is it fear or its weather? Snapshots for the taking posing for them cuz i......

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Categories: close to the vest, meaningful, perspective, philosophy, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Come Out and Play
... Nobody really knows me I am way to close to the vest It's a vested interest of sorts, one that keeps me safe I am a Liar, I'm a Cheater, definitely not a Believer I am the quiet one in the cor......

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Categories: close to the vest, abuse, animal, bullying, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Lovely Symphony
...You're like music to my ears a combination of notes on pages in my book of life A symphony so nice & beautiful even the angels sing your tune as there's an aire about you that gives us both......

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Categories: close to the vest, love, meaningful, memory, perspective,
Form: Free verse



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......

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Categories: close to the vest, death, hurt,
Form: Rhyme
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 devastating cost. You pick yourself up off the floor. Not knowing what is now in sto......

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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......

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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......

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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 ......

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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......

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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......

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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......

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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, ......

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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......

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Categories: close to the vest, character, games, goodbye,
Form: Rhyme

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