Duplex Poems - Poems about Duplex

I am N8LM a protocol droid, an oil bath is good when I’m annoyed; Perilous journeys leave me so annoyed, I prefer trips that are less than a parsec; It’s better to travel less than a parsec, if you get caught it is all your fault; How rude to blame me if it’s...

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Colors drop, intermingle, and pop; A waterfall of prismatic raindrops; A downpour of prismatic raindrops bring focus to a filmy mosaic; See clearly a complicated mosaic brushed with Earth’s salty tears; Highlighting spectacular tears, zig...

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Witch cousins crammed into the tiny duplex. Packed in so tightly, that no one could flex. Warlocks were mad now, couldn’t work on their pecs. Party spilled over onto noisy neighbor’s upper deck. Neighbor strained to take pix, injuring her neck. Gawkers I cars had a horrible three-pile-wreck. Landlord made witch cousins write him a big check. They painted his car with...

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She thought "ugly" was her first name the girls hated her guts the boys would tease her too Then one summer she bloomed into a rose, the boys desired her touch the girls hated her more she...

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Ethics May Wait I then Knew not That the Dry earth Looked for Some dew From you In her Void sky Please go Fill her Window Make her Drum beats Quicker Churn her All ice For the Fond rise Of the Tense cloud To burst In rains On hills And plains She has Cancer Will not Linger More than Two months “You say Like this What of Ethics?” Giving Pleasure To a poor soul Near death What else Can be Greater? _______________________ 8/12/2016 Duplex: 2 Syllables per line Checked with: www.howmanysyllables.com...

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Blue skies, Sunny Zion Morning. At two- Twenty, Weather Warning: Flash flood Danger! All the Canyons Closed to Travel. Hikers Deep in Keyhole Canyon Are now Out of Cell range. Water Rises Swiftly, Swirling, Whirling Tree logs, As rain Lashes, Flash flood Crashes, Smashes Through the Narrows. Seven Bodies. December 8, 2016 For contest: Duplex Sponsored by Jan Allison In memory of the hikers who perished in Keyhole Canyon in Zion National Park, 2015....

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HIDDEN DISTRESS The lab results were out CANCER A dark shadow covered her heart. Every step was painful. Tears filled her eyes that day, but she would not let them fall down. She would never let the world see her cry. She was a strong woman. She had to be. For the sake of her dear husband and her cute li'l children....

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Not Me Some mourned His death Today - Not me Someone Killed him They say - Not me He stole My wife And laughed - Not me I fear Prison That's why Not me His death Improved This Earth Say I He'll rot in Hell Godspeed - Not me 12-7-16 For contest Duplex...

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Duplex Dead End I loved each day the sun shone on this world. I was the one that you chose for your girl. I wore your ring upon a string of gold around my neck. Nosegay roses pressed in pages keepsakes young girls collect. Until one day you asked if you could take out my best friend. So, with these words my love for you came to a quick dead end. 12/7/16 Duplex Jan Allison...

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Christmas Every Christmas, our close kinfolk arrive. We share our love, great gifts, good food. Round the table, we all hold hands and pray; give thanks and praise that now one more Christmas was shared jointly with love. Sandra M. Haight ~1st Place~ Contest: Duplex Sponsor: Jan Allison Judged: 12/10/2016 ...

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An Honest Man Christmas Eve and he is rushing home with gifts for his wife in bad traffic. He texts “Dying to get home.” Then nothing. His wife, not far away, and some minutes later, can hear sirens. He was always true to his word. For Jan's Duplex Form Contest: 2 syllables per line...

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Alone Couple A crowd Seasons One hand Sextet Sin count Octave Cat lives Two hands Sports team Dozen Bad luck Fortnight XV Grown up Haiku Golf holes 'nam age One score (7th December 2016 - entry to "duplex" contest) Note: The 'nam reference was a bit obscure. There was a song in the eighties by Paul Hardcastle called "19" referring to the average age of a US soldier in Vietnam....

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THE PATRIOT With pride Lonesome Lady Reached out Moist eyes Spoke out Her love Boundless Selfless Poured out Applause Broke out Clutching Award In hand For son Martyred Battling For his Homeland Date 6Dec2016 Duplex contest...

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red of wrath dusk jams the light, her teeth gnashing from wrath pierced by ...

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UNTIL FOREVER Oh, d e a t h sad end- with DEEP sorrow I weep. My tears endless- F A L L I N G always farewell. My LOVE- mom, dad, grandma sister b a b y . R e p o s e in peace U N T I L I come to you. _________________ December 7, 2016 Poetry/Verse/Duplex Copyright Protected, ID 16-855-941-0 All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym. For the contest, Depth sponsor, Jan Allison First Place...

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