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Eagerly awaiting until many tomorrows
Eagerly awaiting until many tomorrows...

to become affianced to the grim reaper,
who never promised me a rose garden
nor crystal clear pool of fragrant delight
to accompany last living breath
before succumbing into the Soundgarden 
of a black hole...

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Categories: dead as a doornail, adventure, age, atheist, death, endurance, humorous, writing,
Form: Free verse



Cold Feet
Enervated and energized after cold shower
the perfect tonic to gin body though o'clock
wee hours August thirty one two thousand
nineteen - natural buzz to stave off relished
sleep, thus refueled with zest able to chop
chop thru printed...

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Categories: dead as a doornail, 11th grade, 12th grade, courage, fate, grief,
Form: Free verse
Where Were You
On my left the full silver circle of the moon
Just risen in the east
And on my right the mellow sun about to swoon
Provided a rare feast
But, without you, I shunned them like the sun at...

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© A. Hemmati  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dead as a doornail, winter,
Form: Bio
Premium Member Oh, Christmas Tree
An unusual thing occurred at our house Christmas Eve.
It caused us anger, it was enough to make us grieve.

We waited to the last minute for a live Christmas tree:
A brimful tree of precise size, with...

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© Cona Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dead as a doornail, christmas, tree,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member En-Tend-Res
Going to get a “haircut” today
Actually getting all of them cut
Cutting just one would hardly be noticed
Now I'm being quite a silly nut

There's many other sayings similar to this
English is overloaded I find
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Categories: dead as a doornail, remember,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member En-Tawn-Dres
Going to get a “haircut” today
Actually getting all of them cut
Cutting just one would hardly be noticed
Now I'm being a silly nut

There's many other sayings similar to this
English is overloaded I find
Wanna hear some others...

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Categories: dead as a doornail, humor,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Cliques Can Be Used In Poetry
Ignorance is bliss said the uneducated Miss
Take the tiger by the tail, and then give a hiss.
A snake in the grass thought outside of the box
You can’t judge a book by its cover, said the...

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Categories: dead as a doornail, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Her First Date With Ted
I would give an arm and a leg to see him, she said.
She was going to meet a new guy by name of Ted.
Only time will tell if things will turn out okay.
I am weak...

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Categories: dead as a doornail, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Why Didn'T the Armadillo Cross the Road
Why Didn’t the Armadillo Cross the Road?

By Elton Camp

We see them on the highway dead as a doornail
Despite a suit or armor over all but head & tail
Is it because they’re stupid or are they...

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© Elton Camp  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dead as a doornail, animals
Form: Rhyme
Eulogies For the Recently Revived
Certain it is to be at steady aim
at any time
at any place
the dead mans eternal race

Shock the barstool
take the shots
given by the winged sculptures who gawk from the pughes
A pecking order in the house of...

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Categories: dead as a doornail, art
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things