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Devouring(A) Poems - Poems about Devouring(A)

Premium Member unintended innuendo
...“as we passed her she did wilt which caused in us sense of guilt since our stance perhaps did cause to put her heart’s joy on pause though we’re gentle, not hostile we diminished her soul’s sm......

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Categories: devouring(a), angst, city, dark, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member display of perspective
... banished into exile of freedom with no chance of extradition bail collateral and ransom refused he marvelled at his painless tattoo a rotten apple devouring a snake inked into now sunburnt ......

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Categories: devouring(a), appreciation,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member C D E F G H I J K L M N
...Calico Cuban cats devouring a cheese cone Des Moines deer directing a driven drone Elmhurst elk writing out an elongated poem Fresno felines frolicking in feathery sea foam Gary’s gorillas grab......

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Categories: devouring(a), 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: ABC
Premium Member puppy digs
...My puppy Beau has been digging His face and front paws are black with mud He looks like he has been devouring a chocolate pie Clean him up? Are you kidding? He will go right back and do it again ......

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Categories: devouring(a), dog,
Form: Free verse
MAELSTROM II
... In the maelstrom… Black inferno machines are one. In the belly of the maelstrom, they rise, And nothing is compromised Black inferno machine Shadows against the night, Engines of hunger, ......

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Categories: devouring(a), anger, art, creation, dark,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Home of the Screaming Cupcake
...Barista’s Bakery home of the screaming cupcake I had to rush inside to see what this meant. Screaming was happening in two corners of the room. One boy was devouring a purple cupcake. It was scre......

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Categories: devouring(a), humor,
Form: Personification
Premium Member The Forgotten
...People by the billions watching a moon devouring a sun. Soon after-the devouring is forgotten- Like a holocaust. Like the twin towers. Like a trinity Like the two hundred Hostages of HAMA......

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Categories: devouring(a), freedom,
Form: Free verse
A Solitary Sojourn
...Upon a littered path I trod, alone, A companion sought in my wanderings. From afar, a peculiar man appeared, In an abandoned caravan he resided. Clad in tattered, sleeveless attire, His laught......

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Categories: devouring(a), adventure, allusion, imagination, voice,
Form: Narrative
Free To Roam
...When devouring a hot chicken pie An advertised flat caught my eye, I would hazard a guess Judging from its address That the asking price wasn’t too high. I collapsed in a state of d......

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Categories: devouring(a), business, conflict, discrimination, hate,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Use Exclamation Marks Sparingly
...Exclamation marks rile up and excite Mrs. Ex. She teaches seventh grade English and always suspects…. We are overdoing it when we use even on. So I throw them in my paragraphs to have some fun. ......

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Categories: devouring(a), 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Id and Ego
...sucker punch action blue ringed venomous mollusc - man eating creature gives head for kill pinch of salty consumption - mouth waters pleasure octopus sprays ink under cover o......

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Categories: devouring(a), innocence,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Rattler of Diet Tips and Warnings
...A strange woman blasted into the family reunion Came in loud and crass; obnoxious. Showing off. No one knew her. I was selected to ask her to leave. Mom! She said. It was one of my foster childr......

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Categories: devouring(a), humorous,
Form: Prose Poetry
New Dawn
...Destruction roars through the land Like a fire that can only expand Fire which never dies Silencing unheard cries Raging through the forest today Devouring a city like prey Circling and tauntin......

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Categories: devouring(a), conflict, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Do Not Eat Salt
...I do not eat salt, she says haughtily Making me want to pour a salt shaker into my mouth I appease myself by devouring a family sized bag of potato chips Unsalted? Ha! Right! Chocolate does not......

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Categories: devouring(a), food,
Form: Prose Poetry
Humpty Gets Bumped
...envelope rhyme Humpty Dumpty, brave fall guy attended the King's Christmas ball. He never guessed his downfall, empty headed, brain gone awry. Humpty Dumpty's sneaky try, bucking the Queen'......

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Categories: devouring(a), 11th grade, metaphor, nursery
Form: Enclosed Rhyme

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