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Gist Poems - Poems about Gist

Premium Member The Gist of Time
Sing songs muses muse blueberry pies Sung blues one day the muse all died Hail the stars that distance hath grace Earth star hath turned anew took place Traverse the constantly cached stars Beast unburdened braves of past scars Trident had Kraken divide her in...

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Categories: gist, analogy, time,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Gist
A macrocosm lucid gem mocks trainees and their ignorance -jalousies-American counseled coequals ...French innovators to state their belief, it ridicules directly it was smoked o'er, gotten the Italians amid the scrabble, parroting its exact etymology, whims 'jealousy', being a firmed translation missed stated but affirmed tussle be....

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Categories: gist, analogy,
Form: Light Verse



Premium Member I Get the Gist of This
I get the GIST OF this EXPERIENCE Make it known! From my FINGER to My THONE! Yes! I get it! Life? I get it. Many times it IS merciless And unforgiving. And I get it. Keep your Priorities in check. Do not ever NEGLECT the introflect. I GET THE GIST OF THIS EXPERIENCE CALLED LIFE. That IS...

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Categories: gist, color, confidence, courage,
Form: Free verse
The Gist
He whose life for the time being Is horrendously unyielding Shall be found tilting at every windmill .. Chokri Omri (Regueb, August the 7th, 2021)...

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Categories: gist, blessing, faith, fruit,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Getting the Gist
The dimwitted Jonathan Twist Had much trouble getting the gist He faltered in bed, Confused in his head She gave him a slap on the wrist. written July 13, 2021...

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Categories: gist, humorous,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member Gist
Lurking in the murky mist a glimmer lies peripheral. Invisible to the blaze of stare-eyed gaze, uncertainty is determinant. The gist is missed until you look away, disengage, and let the quagmire ooze belch its quintessence....

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Categories: gist, engagement,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Gist of Something
Germ of an idea Adrenaline rush Set your own agenda breaching convention Step back from fatalism airlifting invention Curb mind meekness ...

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Categories: gist, inspiration, power,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Jester's Gist
~ What IS a fool ... But the best of a woman, And the worst of a man? ~...

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Categories: gist, love, passion, relationship, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Gist
Cast spell Joy tells Change seeds New needs Now see What frees Craft choice Word voice Seek truth Seize proof Dare act Bold tact Brief list Clear gist Brief stay Fun plays Leon Enriquez 24 June 2019 Singapore...

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Categories: gist, allegory,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Gist
Quatrain #918: GIST Glimpse in the light the touch of peace, Ink words of sight that mellows ease; Sense the calm flight of lovely grace, Touch love most bright in happy lease. ~~~~~~~~~~ Leon Enriquez 29 May 2019 Singapore...

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Categories: gist, allegory,
Form: Rubai
Premium Member The Gemini's Gist
A daunting press of gifted dreams The boyish boasts and sculpted schemes Brother, fore, and brother, aft Stead to ply their father's craft Each consecrated to the rest ...

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Categories: gist, appreciation, hero, music, tribute,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Gist
Quatrain #866: GIST Grand lot marks clear the touch of light, Ink words of cheer to bloom warm sight; See beauty here with touch of grace, Truth makes poise dear in all things bright. ~~~~~~~~~ Leon Enriquez 11 September 2018 Singapore...

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Categories: gist, allegory,
Form: Rubai
Premium Member Gist
Not much to say No need to play Pray on the way To flood this day Words have a way To string fine say All in good time Touch circles rhymes Leon Enriquez 21 May 2018 Hamlet Place, ACT...

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Categories: gist, allusion,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Gist
Quatrain #765: GIST Glimpses of grace come to bring light, Insight greets space in touch most bright; Sense succinct trace of love that breathes, Touch holds the ace that feels so right. ~~~~~~~~~ Leon Enriquez 05 May 2018 Hamlet Place, ACT...

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Categories: gist, allegory,
Form: Rubai
Premium Member Gist
Quatrain #837: GIST Glimpse that fine light in precious glow, Insight brings sight in poignant know; Sublime soul flight brings wholesome feel, Thrill fond delight with gist that shows. ~~~~~~~~~ Leon Enriquez 06 March 2018 Singapore...

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Categories: gist, allegory,
Form: Rubai

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