Deprecation Poems

Premium MemberBackwards

...The wind blasts from the sea, a paper cup falls down
I’m gazing at the sand beneath my feet
Why should I listen to these noises on the background
Is there another small cafe around to sit
Time he...
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Categories: deprecation, introspection, loss, love,
Form: Rhyme

Shall I peer into my looking glass, my darling?

...I stare at the girl through my looking glass.
In her smile, self-deprecation sighs.
Voices in her head whisper chaos,
as she screams internally for attention,
begging any deity above to save her....
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Categories: deprecation, introspection, mental health, psychological,
Form: Free verse


Bendie and Twistie

...I’m sorry
I know that it’s a little dark
And my words are too sharp
I’m sorry
I know that you’re averse
I know that you’re averse
I’m sorry
I don’t mean to distress
Or get you thinking less
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Categories: deprecation, angst, body, depression, emotions,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberDelusion

...Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion - Jim Rohn

Without meaning, your mind may portray delusion,
so some search for answers to end this illusion. 
Is it that simple to cle...
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Categories: deprecation, analogy, philosophy, truth,
Form: Sestina

Premium MemberFloating

...The people of this world are like the three butterflies in front of a candle's flame.
The first one went closer and said:I know about love.
The second one touched the flame lightly with his win...
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Categories: deprecation, absence, analogy, discrimination, love,
Form: Free verse


Growth

...There are not one but too many opinions and views.
Not promoting self-growth, but more what you'll lose. 
An imagined past of wayward direction. 
Now understood through intimate reflection. 

So...
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Categories: deprecation, addiction, anxiety, drink, emotions,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberTree

...A murder of crows screech my funeral song,
disturbing the eerie silence that surrounds.
Heartless hands have left scars etched into my crumbling bark,
as bleeding sap drips upon ivory sands,
whic...
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Categories: deprecation, destiny, earth, loss, silence,
Form: Personification

Premium MemberAmerican Revolution Reaffirmed

...Our Revolution sought limitations
On imposition of regulations,
But supplications met deprecation
And castigations not reformation.

Such condescension sparked protestation
And contemplation of...
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Categories: deprecation, anniversary, appreciation, celebration, history,
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: deprecation, anxiety, depression, mental illness,
Form: Rhyme

Night-Time

..."In the light of day, we are ceaselessly, inadvertently trying to reflect versions of ourselves. And thus, night allures." 
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Categories: deprecation, night,
Form: Free verse

Exclusion

...I know the game of exclusion,
have played it all my life and
now I've mastered it,
a talent to brag about.

Exclusion from normality,
the joy of inclusion.
Exclusion from continuity,
the mala...
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Categories: deprecation, absence,
Form: Ballad

Premium MemberHow Pale the Poem - An Echo Poem

...How Pale the Poem!
(An Echo Poem) (1)

Are poems lovely as night's stars?
Aren't all more fireflies viewed in jars?
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Faint points of light ma...
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Categories: deprecation, humor, poetry, science,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberRandomness

...rivers flow
where water goes

stars abide
within our skies

birds fly
until wings go awry

dogs bark
at sounds in the dark

clouds form
before a storm

accidents can happen
when you p...
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Categories: deprecation, change, confusion, fate, fear,
Form: Rhyme

Choosing a Book

...CHOOSING A BOOK

Every book in the profusion on our shelves
Tells a story that invites us to engage
Draws us with wonderment to turn the page 
But yet more, recounts some truths about ourselves
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Categories: deprecation, books, life,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme

Premium MemberIf I Ruled the World

...so many unknown variables to consider for such a tasking pursuit

a conditional ‘If’ but what if ‘whether’ reigns in a supreme challenge

conjectures battle refutations and synapses blocked in su...
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Categories: deprecation, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

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