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Insouciant Poems - Poems about Insouciant

My eternal lubricant

...My soul had long been troubled...
by hatred, 
dejectIon 
and contempt.
They were the poisons 
that flowed red in my veins,
burning like wildfire from my head to my toes,
as if this world were ...
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Categories: insouciant, appreciation, cute love, emotions,
Form: Free verse

Folderol Gallimaufry

...At the risk of coming off turgid
I offer this tale esoteric
Hoping it’s not found insipid
Nor causes one to be apoplectic
But rather received with alacrity
Without the need for paroxysm
My word...
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Categories: insouciant, funny, humor, language, words,
Form: Verse



I possess an unusual knack for making women bristle

...I possess an unusual knack for making women bristle

hence immediately this birdman
wishes to escape into his eyrie
or seriously considers joining a nunnery
mainly for the less common slang defi...
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Categories: insouciant, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse

Out of Touch

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Like A Moth Attracted to Glow
Tethered Bonds Starved of Light Cannot Grow
Denied Accessed, Insouciant Persona At Best
I Imagined My Savior Ambivalent, 
Celibate Soul, Core Suppressed
I've neve...
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Categories: insouciant, fantasy, flower, imagination,
Form: Free verse

THE NOW CONTINUUM

...THE NOW CONTINUUM

Now might linger forever, or be a mere instant
Yet an end to the present may look ever distant
It fights for survival about which it is so insistent
But it may struggle to be ...
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Categories: insouciant, time,
Form: Rhyme



Brainstorming until figuratively blue in the gills

...Brainstorming until figuratively blue in the gills...,
and finally gung-ho with a poem title
important to yours truly
not disappointing his Facebook fan base,
which electronic affirmation,
and c...
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Categories: insouciant, absence, africa, animal, baby,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberVogon Poetry Contest

...Mea Culpa, but I Plead not Guilty.

Safe at home,
it was an ordinary day.
I was on PoetrySoup,
reading poems, page by page.
And then, the house shook,
I ran outside,
and to my surprise a ligh...
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Categories: insouciant, abuse, adventure, fantasy, horror,
Form: Vogon Poetry

Buried Treasure

...In the laundry room are bags
And boxes from the past,
Filled with photos, books and papers 
That I have amassed.

Today I went through one such bag
And in a tied-up stack
Were the wedding card...
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Categories: insouciant, remember,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberA beautiful milestone of combined sentiment

...How could I not love the level to which you live life perfect, so   insouciant
You would walk beside me in heavy rain, with no umbrella; to contentment
We are both happy with our makeup, so...
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Categories: insouciant, appreciation, best friend, for
Form: Monorhyme

Premium MemberUnderneath A Spell

...A dark blue midnight  awning has its portrait,
etched by a a starlit silver lustrous galaxy,
silhouette of black lace frilled clouds,
in somber quietude  adrift  beneath a vibrant pearl,
amber mo...
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Categories: insouciant, beautiful, city, color, dream,
Form: Imagism

Premium MemberUnderneath A Spell

...A dark blue midnight  awning has its portrait,
etched by a starlit silver lustrous galaxy,
silhouette of black lace frilled clouds,
in somber quietude  adrift  beneath a vibrant pearl,
amber moon...
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Categories: insouciant, beautiful, city, color, dream,
Form: Imagism

THOSE DAYS

...Truly those days were fun,
Little children playing each,
With a fine decorated toy gun,
Life was serious yet catchy;
And we were easily convinced
‘ Sit back, I will buy you Akara’,
Was enough t...
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Categories: insouciant, character, depression, identity, integrity,
Form: Blank verse

Premium MemberJUXTAPOSING-longer title included

...Creature from the black lagoon or God juxtaposing
                      something wild just in time for me to cross its path

peacock’s crossed the line
tail feathers insouciant
o...
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Categories: insouciant, america, bird, surreal,
Form: Tanka

Premium MemberAging With Grace

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Written: November 14, 2023 For Robert James Liguori

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Sitting in my comfy chair with my injured knees
Insouciant spent time...
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Categories: insouciant, appreciation, beauty,
Form: Rhyme

I Don'T Care If the Stars Shine Tonight

...i don't care if the stars shine tonight
even less the current phase of the moon
and this restaurant could be anywhere
i would not care
you should have understood all of this
because i never look...
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Categories: insouciant, inspirational love, love, memory,
Form: Romanticism

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