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Coax Poems - Poems about Coax

Premium Member adieu
... we … sat here once … so long ago it’s a dream - a mirage of another life, like a desert’s distant, fiery fog … we were brine, I, salt to your water - churning surf that broke upon another - ......

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Categories: coax, analogy, friendship love, memory,
Form: Free verse
I dont blame her
...I dont blame her for how she chose to survive It was never really her choice It was a forced setup A gun forced into our hand To absolve them of guilt But they guide our hands On to the tr......

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Categories: coax, discrimination, hate, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member sun
...sun touches coax blossoms to open .... snow-white crepe myrtle ......

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Categories: coax, summer,
Form: Haiku
The Poet
...To take a thought and shape a poem Takes patience, and a clue – The patience for the diligence Required of a muse The clue for clever subtleties Engaging poets use To form connections yet un......

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Categories: coax, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member if these raccoons were crows
...Raccoons are in the ceiling having a whale of a time They raided the kitchen and stole molasses and thyme We cannot get up there, it is an enormous climb If they were glitzy-loving crows, we could......

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Categories: coax, animal,
Form: Rhyme



Becoming Kin
... Before the first moonlight spilled down upon us like winged doves from the sky we were fettered together like lovers were, In passion not yet transmuted into devotion to one another. Above us ro......

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Categories: coax, desire, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Prismatic Self
...I am a dare-dreamer, a mask wearer a soul bare-r (but not always my own); a word-weaver. I pull at thoughts like strings. Strings of cobwebs and cirrus, frayed dungarees and threadbare memories ......

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Categories: coax, art, conflict, identity, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member cat recognized spirit
...Cat refused to enter my bedroom He usually slept in here Tried to coax him He growled and stalked off, angry I thought he was being silly He was being sensitive He knew something was off I w......

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Categories: coax, animal, cat,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member not helpful honey
...My dog smells like sewer He runs toward me like a freight train Jumps into my recliner and lollygags all over me Now we both smell like sewer I coax him into the bathroom He is stronger than I......

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Categories: coax, dog,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Goof on a Roof
...The puppy is on the roof The puppy is on the roof He is a little goof, he is a little goof How did he ever get up there so high? He lifts his paw and can touch the sky Do we make a big deal of......

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Categories: coax, dog,
Form: Rhyme
The Milling of Mind
...Unrealities and realities grind together in mortar’s mouth, spilling, pulverizing, volatile perfumes— succumbing scents of citrus, crushed copper, musks of bruised lightning, threshing thunderou......

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Categories: coax, change, conflict, creation, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member National Poetry Month
...ghost, river, shiver, gaze, tender, cold Ghost River Ghost river runs without a shrink. Little known in polite circles. With cupped hands, the shameless down drink. Suspen......

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Categories: coax, scary,
Form: Rhyme
If We Begin Again
...If I start all over again, This time, will you fall in love with me? If I play your favorite songs, Will you find yourself lost in me? If I call you for an evening tea, Will you come with a bo......

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Categories: coax, life, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Do Not Speak Technology
...I speak one language – Americanized English Technology is an anomaly I do not speak The internet has gone away tonight I have no clue how to coax it back My husband is asleep, so I cannot finish ......

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Categories: coax, technology,
Form: Free verse
sKinfolks
...Believe it or not, they will stick it to you first. For them, it's light work 'cause they don't have to rehearse. With so much favorable DNA and proximity, There is always a classroom nearb......

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Categories: coax, abuse, betrayal, bullying, community,
Form: Free verse

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