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Lean And Mean Poems - Poems about Lean And Mean


Give till ye go lean
...A rough stone when gives and gets of girth lean, Grounded by a grindstone begets good sheen. A warrior wrestles till gravely wounded, Victorious, shines forth O bleeding red. Take elephant in......

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Categories: lean and mean, giving,
Form: Couplet
Pray For Hope Every Day
...Continue to try harder and never cry Despite temporary setbacks That in your way present a face wry Challenges aplenty in irritating stacks Never let up Despite sorrow and lack of glitz glow ......

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Categories: lean and mean, poems,
Form: Free verse



Lean and Mean
...Starving and unable to resist or restrain herself The executive’s right hand Reaches deep It paws through the steel garbage can Swoops up a hefty chunk of the day’s leftover office party cake A......

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Categories: lean and mean, crazy, food, work,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Grain of Sand
...From the first time that I saw you When few were in your corner I watched you from a distance And I saw you, play a stormer There was thunder in the air And you made my young heart sing For I k......

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Categories: lean and mean, death, father son,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Grizzly Old Cowboy's Night At the Saloon
...The Grizzly Old Cowboy's Night At The Saloon That wash-bin washed away tons of trail-dirt Many a pint of blood too said the old man He was lean and mean in his cowboy shirt Weather-beaten fac......

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Categories: lean and mean, art, death, history, imagery,
Form: Narrative



A Sign of the Times
...I went to get a pack of cigs and found the store was out, the manager said "grapes or figs?" I responded with a pout. "They're no longer de rigeur" I was told with a sneer, "can't sell them t......

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Categories: lean and mean, time,
Form: Quatrain
Bones
...There's not much meat upon his bones, sinew, muscle with some tone, lean and mean, as they used to say, she liked it that way when they were alone, her soft hands feeling, healing what......

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Categories: lean and mean, desire, passion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Back To Lean and Mean
...Getting back into the swing of it After a break from my daily routine Time to get serious once again On my way back to lean and mean No more snacking on cookies and cake Restaurants? Must st......

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Categories: lean and mean, happiness, health,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Adios Macho Image
...ADIOS MACHO IMAGE It used to be- How many times I’ve said those four words – To put it bluntly a real man was hairy If bald he grew a beard and moustache and I mean a HUMDINGER! Chec......

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Categories: lean and mean, funnyold, old, , western,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Paratrooper's Gracious Descent—mother Earth Below
...It was the day I wanted the most Yet dreaded as the worst, Seeing the jumpmaster’s eyes Way up there in the sky, Waiting for the scream “This is a paratroopers’ dream Stand in the door—lean and......

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Categories: lean and mean, adventure, dedication, faith, life,
Form: Narrative
Lean Times
...Lean Times When times are lean and mean I have to conserve I rely on pocket change in reserve Like pennies, dimes and quarters Times like these I might loiter Anything to fill my tank and preser......

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Categories: lean and mean, food, funny, health, life,
Form: Limerick
A Story Old and Worn!
...Marauders and loot traders got together and did that she was left with nothing she had just that and nothing more and she rued why not more stowed away for living sure she was naked and bere......

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Categories: lean and mean, lifeold, old,
Form: Free verse
Thunder Booms
...As the Soldier stands ready to fight, The thunderstorm rolls in with its might. Turning the day into night. As the wind sweeps the sand like a broom, Off in the distance the artillery booms. M......

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Categories: lean and mean, adventure, friendship, history, hope,
Form: Epic
Burnt
...Sandra was ready to PLAY but she told me to go far AWAY A beauty school QUEEN would be embarrassed to be SEEN "You're just not my type,Rodger...if ya know what I MEAN?!" Ok..so I am not quit......

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Categories: lean and mean, angst, funny, life, me,
Form: Limerick

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