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Distaining Poems - Poems about Distaining


Counting Sea Lions
...A man with horn-rimmed glasses knelt in the sand thinking: "my office just got a whole lot bigger." He had just flown from sea to shining sea to survey the sea lions. He walked barefoot to a r......

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Categories: distaining, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Straightforward
...Truth, justice and the American way…* Back up to Pilate “What is truth?” If you can question it than you can let go of it An honest answer forbidden, revoked, crucified Who is t......

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Categories: distaining, bible, truth,
Form: Didactic



Spring-Heeled Jack
...SPRING-HEELED JACK Spring-Heeled Jack was a very odd chap, And a very odd chap was he. His eyes glowed like a pyre, He wore batman’s attire. He was frightful not least Because from the ......

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Categories: distaining, mystery, nursery rhyme, scary,
Form: Rhyme
The Hangman's Whisper
...A gathering of whispers travel from breath to breath, much like trains picking up chattering gossips along its route. With breath held, they stand and wait to join the last exhale of the wretch ......

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Categories: distaining, obituary,
Form: Free verse
Insanity
...The hand that lets go will find its grip The planted foot will surely slip an open eye is often blind a heavy head can close the mind the leaning ear may not listen choices may not become a deci......

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Categories: distaining, introspection,
Form: Rhyme



Jaded Crystal
...She went by the name of Crystal Faded but straight as a pistol Face showing the tick of the clock Many times she had circled the block Married twice but soon learned the rule: ‘Don’t tie yoursel......

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Categories: distaining, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Vice Averse
..." The other way around, not now, by God's grace not hiding but seeking your face. ......

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Categories: distaining, faith, introspection, religion,
Form: Couplet

Book: Reflection on the Important Things