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Grifting
Grifting Poems - Poems about Grifting
Temptress
...Line 2: "she reassured me with an unfamiliar line" she's but an alluring, poisonous spider that wields her sexiness like a weapon. come what may, she gets what she wants; ......
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Edward Ibeh
Categories:
grifting,
encouraging, evil, woman,
Form:
Free verse
The Hopeless Case
...A mother left crying alone in her pew Begging the Lord for a miracle new … The only thing he was good at was being bad Bus stations train stations corn maidens in drag He came a......
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Kurt Philip Behm
Categories:
grifting,
grief, mother, son,
Form:
Rhyme
Gs Having Fun
...Gorillas grow growly gruffy grouchy grampas Giving grateful gremlins grassy growth plates Glassy glistening glowing glaring glimmers of globes Groovy grizzly gristleworms gracefully grifting grand......
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Caren Krutsinger
Categories:
grifting,
word play,
Form:
Rhyme
Dark Itinerant
...Wafting in the unmistakable scent of poor choices Grifting in the prodigal valley of mistakes Loitering in the tenement of false witness Wandering along the highway —of forgotten dreams (D......
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Kurt Philip Behm
Categories:
grifting,
lost, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
Abecedarian Alliteration
...An abecedarian Australian animal activist Bagged bodacious big bucks Caustically criticizing crocodiles, Driving darling dragons Essentially extinct. Eschewing Fact, fabricating fanciful fiction......
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Jeff Kyser
Categories:
grifting,
animal, silly,
Form:
Abecedarian
Dream Macabre - a Repost
...My imagination ran shamelessly amok last night While I slumbered in beaded sweat, askance that I would Be peddling ornate coffins to the absurdly rich, then Second handing them to poor......
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L Milton Hankins
Categories:
grifting,
death, funny, humor,
Form:
Free verse
Rule of Threes Four
...Messiah’s portent His advent, descent, ascent Returns to cement Apostates conspire To douse the prophet's hellfire But reap God's backfire Curse your weighted scale Your oppression leaves ......
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Randy Johnson
Categories:
grifting,
muse,
Form:
Rhyme
Midsummer Dip
...I savor sunshine - its voracious heat as I drizzle sweet lemonade on my dehydrated tongue. I dip my toes into the fondant of lemon afternoon. You’ll find me wading in the aquamarine<......
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Kim Rodrigues
Categories:
grifting,
color, summer,
Form:
Rhyme
Mute
...mood hits darken cloths of nous a thousand needles pierced a permeance of destruction grifting a mindless soul dagger dragged upon dagger gifted for glory of death dearth ......
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Ts Poetry
Categories:
grifting,
conflict,
Form:
Free verse
Disembodied Voice
... It comes in beta waves, an electro-magnetic tone The blu-ray timbre channel surf creep in your sleep Then it’s rapid eye movement gone This disembodied voice whispers rob......
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Freddie Robinson Jr.
Categories:
grifting,
allusion, imagery, perspective, political,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Clenched Jaw
...Growing up in purest innocence Greeted as a friend Groomed with a fine tooth comb Grabbed unexpectedly Groped involuntarily Grouping parts of self Gripping deeper fears Grinding self image Gr......
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Michael Vacek
Categories:
grifting,
abuse, anger, angst, emotions,
Form:
Verse
Rainy Daze
...“Rainy day, dream away Ah let the sun take a holiday Flowers bathe an' ah see the children play Lay back and groove on a rainy day” Jimi Hendrix 1968 A weep at first to cure a thirst becomes......
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Michael Walkerjohn
Categories:
grifting,
analogy, change, community, devotion,
Form:
Free verse
Sentient Embrace of My Chaste Lover
...If desire crests from craven heart On my duplicitous eyes won't chart With clever guise will deliver Cupid's dart From ducts, drain silt that lust does cart Only sentient strain from dilated pupils i......
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Stephen Parker
Categories:
grifting,
beauty, best friend, body,
Form:
Rhyme