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Deflect Poems - Poems about Deflect

Silence of the Alibi
... The clock ticks on, a witness cold and stark, To tales constructed in the fading dark. A web of words meticulously spun, To shield the truth, the damage that was done. An alibi, a carefully......

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Categories: deflect, silence, words,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Flicker
...I’m gonna be honest. I can’t explain psyche anymore. Let’s lay down the law.   My last flicker of delusion. The sky will open up for me. And water the metaphor And let me cook. With fruit.   ......

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Categories: deflect, birth, emotions, fruit, fun,
Form: Blank verse



Hell Hot Water
...The little beads rise to the surface of her skin. The skin that seems to have 'gotten scratched by the cat' One too many times. But as she goes to erase all evidence of her deflect She feels......

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Categories: deflect, 8th grade, anxiety, hurt,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member You Are Somebody
...You are somebody this truth is clear, Flawless, fierce, and free from fear. ......

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Categories: deflect, appreciation, confidence, inspiration, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Role Models - Then and Now
...In school when I was being raised the role models who then were praised were the American icons— George Washington, “I cannot tell a lie” Honest Abe, a straight-shooting kind of guy Later we hea......

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Categories: deflect, integrity, jesus, life, truth,
Form: Rhyme



The Silent Visitor
...It comes whisking in when least expected, Its steps silent, its grip too cold. It slips through cracks, unseen and unchecked, No whistle blown, no stories told. Whether the doors are opened or ......

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Categories: deflect, death, grave, lost, missing,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member body box - what i am now v2
...if you saw me the way i see myself maybe you'd get it. "count your calories, read the nutrition panels, diet, exercise," i know. believe me, i know. "it's for your health," turns i......

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Categories: deflect, anti bullying, body, dark,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Downbringing
...They didn't have an upbringing it was more of a downbringing instead. It can happen when a parent acts more like a friend. Stuffed animals are commissioned to cloak, deflect and defend milk ca......

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Categories: deflect, absence, abuse,
Form: Free verse
Rage
...Rage My rage, it expires down deep to desires but I must keep the fight to turn on the light. But the light is the sun and surely everyone must feel its effect. Well, except if you're ......

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Categories: deflect, anger, angst, confidence, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member what i am now
...if you saw me the way i see myself maybe you'd get it. "count your calories, read the nutrition panels, diet, exercise," i know. believe me, i know. "it's for your health," turns i......

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Categories: deflect, sad, slam,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Place Not Meant To Be: Part I
...A Place Not Meant To Be PART: I (810 of 1487 words) #1: A Day Begins Sand grains station elevated for want in the cool starless relics spell of dark a sun behold horizo......

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Categories: deflect, analogy,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Premium Member Echoes of Your Broken Dreams
... Echoes, reminiscing within my tortured soul Reverberating deep within me, achieving their goals All my life’s emotions I have ever known scattered My life long dreams now shattered Broken by th......

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Categories: deflect, betrayal, conflict, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Deflections
...People put salt on a wound when they want to deflect attention......

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Categories: deflect, confusion, dark,
Form: Senryu
Pariah heap - savagely subjecting myself to humiliation
...Pariah heap - savagely subjecting myself to humiliation Outward slovenly appearance bespeaks volumes wordsworth their weight in gold (exhumed from the pith of these lovely bones - beclothed wi......

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Categories: deflect, 12th grade, absence, age,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Shake it off
...It's a day to do my own head in Deflect anything nice As I place myself in the bin Analyse between every line Cast doubt on myself Ensure I'm not doing fine I can talk more to get free No, I c......

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Categories: deflect, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme

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