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Getters Poems - Poems about Getters

World's number one and two in batting's Who's Who

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Yorkshire’s blessed treasure chest best take their Test berth as they surf the crest out on the hallowed turf

The self anointed..God’s own country..didn’t rest..hasn’t disappointed..simple ploy
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Categories: getters, sports,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberOde to my dogs Buddy and Beau

...Some other people’s dogs bite, snarl and snap like turtles on speed.
Our young puppy Beau dances, twirls, and bites his tail as if he’s on weed.
The other dog, Buddy, is a gentle giant, over a hund...
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Categories: getters, dog,
Form: Rhyme



Premium MemberSloppy Hands

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Sloppy hands writing blind,
they can’t see but they feel;
Tracing cursive letters
slowly onto your back,
art bleeds from go getters;

Sloppy hands writing blind,
beauty’s pulled from within;...
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Categories: getters, creation, emotions, feelings, poetry,
Form: Monchielle Stanza

5am

...As the darkness fades, and the first light of dawn creeps over
the horizon, a new day is born. For many, 5am is just another hour, a time to sleep in, to dream, to escape reality. But for those who ...
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Categories: getters, africa,
Form: Spoken Word

No Contest

...Between the politically correct and good sorts,
No contest.
Between the non starters and the go getters,
No contest.
Between the those with context and those out of it,
No contest.
Between the ...
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Categories: getters, analogy, baptism, bible, care,
Form: Didactic



Premium MemberThe Song of Arrogance

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I guess in the old days, rules were made for a reason.
Now, attention getters, fly madly for attention, like leaves 
Whirling madly in an autumnal season. 

Especially when your once best frie...
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Categories: getters, emotions, humanity,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberSmashing Rules

...I guess in the old days, rules were made for 
a reason.
Now, attention getters gone amuck like
beings in a quiet room with a loud crashing 
season.

Especially when your once best friend,
Take...
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Categories: getters, poetry, religious,
Form: Rhyme

Dumbstruck - Dk

...Dumstruck - Dk

I am dumbstruck by the advent of invention
Not  jut in science and technology but also in art and writing
For now I create and share poetry without even knowing 
Poetry my first ...
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Categories: getters, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberNever Say Die

...Navigating every path and summiting
Every mountain; climbing peaks and 
Valleys indefatigably. They don't give up, the...
Epitome of tenacity. Nothing weakens the
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Categories: getters, inspiration, people, tribute,
Form: Acrostic

Premium MemberPath To 'The Impossible'

...Idlers, like electricity, choose to travel...
           the path of least resistance;

             meeting "The impossible"
           with immediate resignation....
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Categories: getters, analogy, perspective, simile, truth,
Form: Verse

You Should Be Proud of America, Part I

...I hear professors prattling,
I hear the reporters berate,
I see tech fascists side with China,
claim all who oppose them are ‘hate.’
I see young people lost and mad,
attacking people in the stre...
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Categories: getters, america, appreciation, freedom, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme

Great Escape Kept At Bay

...G - Go-getters aren't allowed to grope and mope
R - regretting bad luck has come to stay.
E - Escape comes with a measure of sheer hope
A - accepting whatever comes their way.
T - Tough times fin...
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Categories: getters, 11th grade, encouraging, prayer,
Form: Acrostic

Star-Gazing

...It is neat to gaze upon a star;
light shows the way -- God's route.
Adventuring near, adventuring far
affirming persons who doubt.

Light shows the way -- God's route.
My story is that light ca...
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Categories: getters, 11th grade, giving, light,
Form: Pantoum

Premium MemberMemorial Day, 2019 In America

...Americans are Americans, period.
No matter color, sex and for heavens, sake!
Not ....Their "party affiliation,"
On which some are insanely fixated.

We were born au natural.
We were not born as...
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Categories: getters, america, angst, holiday, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme

Ode On Old Virtues

...Virtue, thou art old wine of vague value
Admired even by vintners nary more,
Nor by the adherents taking time’s cue,
Ye decorate archaic ancient lore.

Watch new high-fliers that surface from sh...
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Categories: getters, good morning,
Form: Free verse

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