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Governess Poems - Poems about Governess

Premium Member Louise the Bird Caller Girl
...Louise was the bird caller girl Started when she was two An accidental meeting with a cardinal Then a robin and two bluebirds Pretty soon wrens and swallows were circling her stroller What is ......

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Categories: governess, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member the immediate
...It’s monsoon season here in New Haven, gone, are the banked, fluorescent colors of sunset. This feeling hit me, like a rogue wave. “We have to go out tonight,” I announced, to no one in particul......

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Categories: governess, fun, girlfriend, humor, school,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Devil's Grimoire
...Reality set in, I was with the 8th wonder; days are limited of happiness I confronted something inside; backed to a corner; which was sadness Have no room for it; but no control; when it co......

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Categories: governess, emotions, perspective, self,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Rage Sex
...Did you see the way Debbie was winking at me last night. That wasn’t winking, her eyes were rolling in disgust. No, it was definitely come on eyes. My God, you got arrested at the altar for ......

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Categories: governess, friend, humor, woman,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Passing Parades
...A governess, a guardian of the young, so known and dear as to be called “Mother” and a noblewoman, just barely 12 by age, named Portia, sit talking as the sun sets the stage for a cool, cloudless nig......

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Categories: governess, education, longing, romance, teen,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Ratiocination Reversal
...Is life itself merely a matter of perspective? Does cogitation dwarf the poet's reflexive? If only my words could spread across the paper. Build a punter world faded from a barren tape......

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Categories: governess, analogy, appreciation, bereavement, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Doing Swimmingly
...I a woman of sixty and seven have come to realize There is more here going on than is evident to the eyes What is allowed by ego to filter through our defences Is not the sum total registered b......

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Categories: governess, adventure,
Form: Rhyme
Drop the Ruse Continue Abuse
...Evidently beyond your control they must be less for you to be more A drive beyond Your governess to belittle,discard,abhor declaring self hero or victim Simultaneously Acting so mean N......

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Categories: governess, 1st grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Chasers and Bradley
...I'm Mark Labbett, ' The Beast '. I love a mighty feast. I feed on fear And then I cheer, " With me, the show's complete! " I'm ' The Governess ' Anne Hegerty. A.K.A. " Old Knickers a Frosty ......

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Categories: governess, celebrity, funny,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Allie Leads the Fray
...Allie was her own person, so the rest of the galaxy leapt back. They knew she could take care of herself with her platinum swords. She was quicker and stronger and mightier, that the rest of the pa......

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Categories: governess, 10th grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Jane Eyre
...Plain Child Headstrong Great talent In art and music Has keen intelligence, vivid imagination Orphaned in childhood; forced to reside with her aunt Reed Who abused and spurned her. She e......

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Categories: governess, art, character, literature,
Form: Fibonacci
Premium Member If I Would Have
...If I had been a governess, I would have been paid. Maybe a pittance, maybe a penny, maybe in francs or yen. Who knows? If I had been a race car driver, I would have been revered By my pit crew......

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Categories: governess, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Oscar-Ku 38 -The Sound of Music
...nigh nun Maria von Trapp children's governess- Third Reich threatens lives......

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Categories: governess, children, conflict, mountains, music,
Form: Haiku
I Was Given An Invitation
...I was given an invitation to the birth of the fairy Princess Who was born in the meadow on a full moon Who would be the one to steal my heart. The Queen and King let me in to their wilderness. I......

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Categories: governess, adventure, appreciation, birth, blessing,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Jane Eyre Crown
...This is a Crown of Sonnets I wrote about one of my favorite books and movies (the version in 1943 with Liz Taylor, who was only 11 had a small role, Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles is the best - John ......

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Categories: governess, life,
Form: Crown of Sonnets

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