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Dueling Poems - Poems about Dueling


Dueling Sleep
I sleep for minutes at a time And wake up with more on my mind It’s not enough to be king of it all When you see how quickly you’ll fall Can you feel the weight of the sea As the waves crash and the wheel weaves? This silken home can’t comfort the past The weeds have dug...

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Categories: dueling, anger, anxiety, conflict, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member On Not Being You-- Dueling Senryus
Keep quiet, be nice. Do not love, be cold as ice. Alas, spineless mice! Just one life to live. ...

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Categories: dueling, courage, perspective, poetry,
Form: Senryu



Premium Member Dueling Hearts
dueling hearts of hate suddenly remember Spring — kiss of red petals 1/26/2018...

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Categories: dueling, anger, love,
Form: Haiku
Dueling Would Be Violins
The vegetable orchestra was about to play Fred and Ted had to have their way Both the same, stubborn twins These two dueling string bean violins “I’m the lead violin” said Fred “No you’re not” said violin Ted “My strings are taught and so fine” “So what” said Fred, "so are mine" “And you’re warped in the middle” “Get lost” said Ted, “You’re just a...

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Categories: dueling, kids, funny, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Free Cee Dueling With Death
DUELING WITH DEATH I always believed i'd die young robbed of the dreams to which I clung making it to the apex, the summit, the top and then suddenly I'd have to stop I dug my spikes into the mountain's snow as I begged my feet simply to go but the longer I prayed the longer the trek seem to last but I...

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Categories: dueling, angst,
Form: Quatrain



Dueling Parents
one starts by talking about what they did on the weekend, subtly sliding in the name of their kid & the bragging rights get pulled just as quickly as the pistol at high noon in a spaghetti western--- the dueling parent pulls their own kid from their holster & begins to blab about how amazing s/he is, whilst the other parent is trying their best to out-do...

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Categories: dueling, life, , western,
Form: Free verse

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