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Inchworm Poems - Poems about Inchworm


Premium Member Philip the Inchworm
Philip is an inchworm, he has neither legs nor feet, He also has no arms or hands like others on his street. Phil isn’t good at football, and he can’t run round and round. His hand eye coordination’s missing something quite profound. He’d like to play a tennis match but can’t for some strange reason, Golf is just beyond his...

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Categories: inchworm, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Inchworm
almost my birthday, inchworm meanwhile two die one looks at her progress twenty years behind my back no sense to tremble my lip suck it in like the golden ladies do let gray sprinkle my hair keep plucking chin hairs weaker and wiser sagging and sagacious don’t mess with me kindness inchworm, it’s almost my birthday 9/20/2020...

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Categories: inchworm, birthday,
Form: Free verse



Inchworm
I challenged an inchworm to a race, It turned out to be a big disgrace, Because I agreed to run at the worm' s pace, And I finished in last place. I thought I could outrun that worm, But oh how the worm turns, I found out with much regret, I had to take teenie, tiny steps. Man that worm could run! Took the...

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Categories: inchworm, animal, race,
Form: Rhyme
Inchworm
Inchworm Inchworm as you measure In increments by inch, Interfacing hemlines, Implies...new clothes...a cinch! Impulse begs excitement, Imagining this gift Imparting...inch by inch! 2.25.2017©deborah burch Pleiades...

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Categories: inchworm, myth,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Inchworm
inchworm moves slowly touched by fall's recent chilling.. dines on four o'clock ...

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Categories: inchworm, nature,
Form: Haiku



The Human Inchworm
One inch forward two back Creeping toward a ludicrous goal Relinquishing disappointment Seeking internal satisfaction Psychotic persistence, Emotional self-government, Invulnerable will, Summate its inevitable success Bent on destruction Of opposition Nothing remains in its way Corrupt hunger for perfection Double-edged sword it hunts All lost, nothing gained Predetermined history On course for an early end Egotistical Self-serving None could’ve foreseen Seclusion from society Inured to anguish Epitome of sorrow Unfurnished with tear...

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Categories: inchworm, death, depression, loss, passion,
Form: Free verse
Inchworm
Inching, inching, slowly inching; Inchworm loopingly inching along. Measuring, measuring, carefully measuring; Careful to measure no measurement wrong. Reaching, reaching, slowly...

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Categories: inchworm, children,
Form: I do not know?

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