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Desist Poems - Poems about Desist

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Premium Member CLERIHEW ecphrasis V
... Jean Francois Millet ,a realist picturing peasants ,did not desist Quiet time prayer 'The Angelus'* more evangelical than strict religious ......Read the rest...
Categories: desist, art, christian,
Form: Ekphrasis



Premium Member AFT THE STORM
...aft’ the storm’s the cure the salt licks his face though trenches’s formed as foam settles down will his Tessie rest in his windward eyes will she lay on his treasure chest hearing the e......Read the rest...
Categories: desist, longing, sea,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Title 4 Angelic
...“And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice. There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opp......Read the rest...
Categories: desist, angel, evil,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Spontaneity
..."discarding narrow thought flow crutch we learn directly by soft touch and what we garner we relay to the vast void in childlike play entwined thus with the universe we dance without need to......Read the rest...
Categories: desist, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
Limericks IX
...Limericks IX Scratch-n-Sniff by Michael R. Burch The world’s first antinatalist limerick? Life comes with a terrible catch: It’s like starting a fire with a match. Though the flames m......Read the rest...
Categories: desist, fire, giggle, humor, humorous,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member Get Ready
...Safely stowed feelings keep the peace Adrift with all of this, unheard Forget myself, desist and cease Truly my concerns should decrease Perhaps my sanity is blurred Safely stowed feelings kee......Read the rest...
Categories: desist, conflict,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Midnight Presents
... Midnight presents, words and peace Unwrapped in process, to release Feeling sense of infinity Embracing welcomed trinity Let me speak; love, share to present All the years of time I have spe......Read the rest...
Categories: desist, introspection, life, night,
Form: Rhyme
A Choice
...What twisted pleasure do you derive From crushing others’ precious dreams? Why would you feel so much more alive Only if you hear a dream’s dying screams? Find your own aspiration, your own goal.......Read the rest...
Categories: desist, appreciation, dream, hope,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member World War 3 Poetry Contest
...You have the power to crush me Did you think idle threats would push me To the brink If defeat is what you are after To underestimate couldn't be dafter Stop to think You crossed the borde......Read the rest...
Categories: desist, war,
Form: Rhyme
Lead Or Desist
...I know you both Want and so too should wish To expect a response From all the other people Apart from yourself Even if that response be The merest tiny Subtlest of nods or bli......Read the rest...
Categories: desist, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Kiss
...Your hand As so inclined Am I to show that love refined Itself to friendship Yet in that lowly Friendly act There still remains the simple fact As lips touch skin Respectful blessing Is ......Read the rest...
Categories: desist, for her, friendship, friendship
Form: Ekphrasis
I Heard the Drums
...As the drums go off in the cavern we a whole village sit together in unison we end up foaming green bubbles and slime from our mouths and our eyes going back white as snow which we will never see. T......Read the rest...
Categories: desist, dream, fantasy, father son,
Form: Free verse
Your Daily Midwives
...From Sunday to Sunday, We work hard like the donkeys in sironko; Moving to and fro like roadside vendors and hawkers. Like the holy spirit has descended upon as, The way it was on pentecost,we mo......Read the rest...
Categories: desist, anniversary, baby, mother,
Form: Free verse
Wokes Told To Folks Were a Hoax
...when we will see wokes when Trump had lusted they mentioned to folks he would never be trusted that was all a hoax with him were disgusted a point must have missed......Read the rest...
Categories: desist, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member A Poet Quest
...Similar to the way a poet begins his creative process I'm not writing this—I craft hastily as views progress Doubt often sneaks in and affects how a choice feels The words used in ch......Read the rest...
Categories: desist, analogy, appreciation, inspirational, poetry,
Form: Couplet

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