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Criss Poems - Poems about Criss


Premium Member Criss-Crossing the Land
Criss-crossing the skies and land From mountains to meadows From rivers and lakes to sand Trains, cars, buses, planes ~ Liberation from hometown chains ...

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Categories: criss, america, freedom, mountains, river,
Form: Rhyme
Criss Crossings
Halfway along a train of thought a single passenger, just you, as nimble as a soft-pawed cat, stepped out onto a deserted platform. Out of my heart, a great rocket of desire raced away into a half-dressed sky. It may have been your floppy hat. and your pink shoes that caught my attention, yet it was you, your appearance between the hat and shoes that caused...

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Categories: criss, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Criss-Cross Acrostic: Ai My Eye and Ai Ai My Sore Eyes
Criss-Cross Acrostic: Ai My Eye Criss-Cross Acrostic: Note: *Construe as “words” not as “letters”: Lines 1 and 3 read alike reversed; Lines 2 and 4 read alike reversed; likewise vertically and diagonally from up-down or down-up mode. "Ai Ai My Eye !" I Was Saw Eye Eye Saw Was I Eye Was Saw I I...

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Categories: criss, word play,
Form: Acrostic
Ghost Towns Criss Cross Wide World
Information superhighway bumper to binary bumper. Stark contrast versus deserted macadam thoroughfares. Magnification rendered visualization coronavirus alias covid 19 courtesy electron microscopy plus sundry computer technology yours truly (popeye Olive Garden variety generic layman) breathtakingly held spellbound, née utterly transfixed vibrant spectacular design regarding inexplicable dynamic forces wrought creation (albeit - alluringly beautifully charming, deceptively eminently fascinating, and globularly highly intriguing biochemical cellular denizens -...

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Categories: criss, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Criss-Cross
The path of life is criss-crossed with many intersections: A fork in the road forces you to choose a diversion: Ahead Left or Ahead right. A T-junction has a Stop Sign. Look Right, Look Left, No way forward, Choose one or the other. The U turn offers a way back to unwind and retrace. The Detour is a diversion, a time-out for reflection. The Slip...

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Categories: criss, fate, life,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Criss Cross
CRISS-CROSS Hill was criss-crossed on net- work of tea plants. While walking, I observed long queue of ants. Ants to cross...

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Categories: criss, 10th grade, appreciation,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Criss-Cross of the Future
criss-cross is criss-crossing the future the future is a criss-cross of a future the future is the future of a criss-cross future time is time criss-crossing of a future time is time’s time criss-cross time is timing of a timing criss-cross time is time of a timing criss-cross the future is the center of a center criss-cross a center is a center of...

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Categories: criss, future, space, time,
Form: Free verse
Criss-Cross
Criss-cross, what a loss "Their baby girl is dead" the devil gladly said. ...

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Categories: criss, dark, death, depression,
Form: Free verse
Criss Cross
You telling me this You telling me that. Let me sit back and let you in on a fact. I saw you with a guy that wasn't me Kissing and hugging in my Disbelief. In your defense, I was the one to blame You played at both ends, but you lost the game. Lose my number, Get me outta your mind. I'm not...

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Categories: criss, anger, beautiful, beauty, break
Form: ABC
Premium Member Criss-Cross Acrostic: Ai My Eye
Criss-Cross Acrostic*: Ai My Eye ! I Was Saw Eye Eye Saw Was I Eye Was Saw I I Saw Was Eye *Construe as “words” not as “letters”: Lines 1 and 3 read alike reversed; Lines 2 and 4 read alike reversed; likewise vertically and diagonally ...

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Categories: criss, fantasy,
Form: Acrostic
Criss-Cross Apple Sauce
Criss-Cross Apple Sauce One memory I thought I lost Alphabets and one two threes First grade and go mimis Kiddie snacks and juice boxes Cookies full of chocolate chips Playing kitchen and building blocks Stolen crayons in my socks Eating glue off snowmen in class Teacher yelling we're laughing Time-Outs and secret codes Pee pee kids smelly clothes Run around pushing kids Acting like we're stupid That was...

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Categories: criss, adventure, childhood, children, schoolmemory,
Form: Free verse
Criss Cross
Variegated azaleas, long brown stems, criss-crossed in a tall glass vase. Such a rush! I planted that bush....

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Categories: criss, introspection
Form: I do not know?

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