Crusts Poems - Poems about Crusts

...The smell of incense was heavy And guarded the dingy room well. Time passed slowly like the stifling breath of Yuletide They were hiding from — the two lovers of Venice — A woman with dark, luxur......

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...I hate my neighbour and want to kill them. I imagine their car being squashed by trucks like jam sandwiches. Red crusts. I daydream that their staircase collapses like factories ready for demolitio......

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...A velvet-heavy, honey-spiced cake sat on a table spread vast. soft enough for fingers to disappear into, dense enough to still even the most restless tongues. Its candles flickered like stars. ......

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... Around the kitchen I was bumbling with pots and pans see me fumbling for something yummy with an empty tummy it was rumbling took a long hard look and now I'm mumbling as there's n......

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...The cupboards were bare. The stepmother said, “There’s not enough. Leave them instead.” Into the woods with crusts of bread, they were left to starve or end up dead. The world was cruel, ......

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...Urgent is the will, The self is as still as the night; Apathy controlling; Urgency calling, The will remains imprisoned; And apathy, keyless; Urgency calling, Apathy, shedding useless tears; ......

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... total fiction I heard the words repeated on the news so sick of them that my mind rebelled... "Doge's plan and Trump commands the Constitution should be banned. Hell to that Chief! Th......

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...The virtues, sacrificed By muscling vices, Lay dying Across the dusty crusts of Earth. The sky, once admirably azure, Now bleeds dark streams of gray Above the sight of flying vultures ......

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...In an Instant 1-23-25 Contest by Craig Cornish “It is finished!” John 19:30 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In an Instant Eternity winks in a breath - Eden wakes from exile ......

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...Don’t mind my rough manners, brothers, It couldn’t be any other, In lands where we stand under The harsh sun’s blazing cover. Whoever steps foot here soon calms their zeal, When they’v......

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...The young couple surveys the area. Large aged oak trees gift shade. Thick luscious grass carpets the ground. Pastel wild flowers dance on the breeze. The pale blue sky is expansive. She takes ......

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...Often, dark and grey; sometimes dark-grey; then, as black as coal In the shadow of the sunlight, gloom seems to be the soul. As shades of Banyan trunks fall on yellow-green carpet grass A broken s......

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... “Grief is like the ocean. The waves ebb and flow. Sometimes the water is calm. Other times it's turbulent. In order to survive, I had to learn to swim. In moments when I struggled with ......

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...The pizza trucks were parked outside With bakers rolling dough And spreading it to fit the pans, The toppings set to go. The crusts were thin and crispy; The veggies, sauce and cheese Were b......

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...O’er March 14 pie crusts we kissed On 4/20 joints we could twist It’s hardly slumming When your date's coming May the 4th be with you for this tryst......

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