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If My Ancestor Boarded The Titanic

...If he had boarded the frail proud lady,
My ancestor would have been a hysteric.
It would have been nothing new to him, though —
Boarding such a mighty vessel
With an unsinkable testimonial.
He h...

Categories: euphemistically, sea, travel,
Form: Free verse

New marching orders issued from comandante Bergen meister

...New marching orders issued from comandante Bergen meister

After proper manager 
distributed the latest bulletin
to all the residents at Highland Manor,
plus wrinkled her nose at noxious odor
(...

Categories: euphemistically, absence, abuse, anger, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

decisions

...i have decided 
not to write this poem
out of obligation
or a pathetic attempt to “sound good” —
because i am so tired;
i've timelessly grown weary 
of being useless.

i have decided 
not to...

Categories: euphemistically, depression, hurt, loneliness, mental
Form: Free verse

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The Penknob Kid

...PENKNOB: Is our household word that my kids euphemistically created of the two phrases that I purposely refrained its actual pronunciation by slurring PENKNOB: Phrase #1. Hands-Off/or don'...

Categories: euphemistically, children, courage, cry, hurt,
Form: Ottava rima

When In Rome: Improving Foreign Relations

...When I'm traveling and away from you,
Not to worry, dear, my love is true.
I remind myself that I'm still yours
When I find myself on foreign shores
In a tryst with a miss behind closed doors,
I...

Categories: euphemistically, humor,
Form: Rhyme

Concerning Prayer

...How big are we in the scheme of the universe?
Actually, less than one letter in a 1,000-page novel,
A concept about which I find hard to converse 
Confining thoughts mostly to my priva...

Categories: euphemistically, god, perspective, prayer, religion,
Form: Quatrain

The Chameleon

...Where I  once lived natural and free on and island boarded by an azure sea. I found myself now living in what is called euphemistically  a 55 plus community.
Here the people from more northern locat...

Categories: euphemistically, angst,
Form: Blank verse

Euphemistically Speaking

...
What’s the kindest thing you can say,
about someone who’s not really nice
Compliment them in an obtuse fashion,
blunt talk wouldn’t be the right approach
Sometimes it’s hard to find
ple...

Categories: euphemistically, humorous, people, philosophy, truth,
Form: Light Verse

Bright Lights In a World of Darkness

...More than 30 years ago the Supreme Court in the United States ruled that if individuals are mentally ill but not criminally insane they cannot be confined to asylums. They must be allowed to live in ...

Categories: euphemistically, mental illness,
Form: Prose

Living With a Myth

...Living With A Myth

How dares one to speak of disability and live with it to tell the story narrate 
                      the hardship soft embrace of active vibrant vital being ‘other’ different...

Categories: euphemistically, society,
Form: Free verse

An English Summer Simmers South

...Summer simmers south as the spring in our steps hopes of an 'India Summer'  

        are drowned by the what we euphemistically call 'Inclement Weather', this  

        miserable time of the year u...

Categories: euphemistically, nature,
Form: Free verse

Top Secret From the Poetrysoup Undercover Agent: Re, Aliens

...Keep this under your hat, guys....I'm just back from an undercover investigation of 
what turned out to be a real hidden nest of Alien invaders....they foolishly made 
serious strategic mistakes, w...

Categories: euphemistically, adventure, confusion, mystery, native
Form: Cowboy Poetry