Long Read the fine print Poems

Dear Budding Poet,

Modern poetry is a mix of new and old with modern styles created by bending or even breaking the rules of old forms to create new ones.
Express yourself any way you want to...

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My Clone Got No Soul

My clone, it seems, came out with no soul,
I guess it got lost, in the petri dish bowl.
In the mirror, a face like me would come through,
But that’s where it ended,
He...

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#IN THE ELEVENTH MONTH, ON THE ELEVENTH DAY, I WAS BLESSED TO AWAKE AND HONOR "A SPECIAL ANGEL" ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HER 81st. BIRTHDAY.
THIS IS THE SUNNIEST BRIGHTEST GRANDEST
DAY, GIFTED SO SWEETLY**I WISH...

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My child, a baby Ziger, or a zigoid, introverted when I asked him how many apple’s he’d had to eat today, since it was nearly his birthday and we Ziger’s enjoy a plentiful fruit harvest...

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A night of deep and dreaming sleep on a warm and firm mattress with appropriate coverings was not necessarily an item on our wish list, because we drew accustomed to the more simpler forms of...

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I really should'a read the fine print

When Evil came calling
On a fine sunny day
I was caught full napping
Didn't know what to say.

The dapper gentleman
With a Van Dyke set fine
Spoke in dulcet tones
Like sweet and mellow...

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I REALLY SHOULD'A READ THE FINE PRINT Contest
Sponsor: John Lawless

Looking through old photographs with stacks of papers,
Reading long lost love affair letters from my sweet,
If only I could’ve been strong enough to save her,
For she...

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when I met him I was dizzy with love
swept off my feet in a cloud of pure lust
I had butterflies in my tummy
totally discombobulated
I think he used some hocus-pocus on me
oh I abandoned all self...

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God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.
No one ever finds life worth living - one has to make it worth living.
My hearts...

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At first I wasn't sure what I was listening to, if anything at all 
 but as I moved a little closer, sure enough she was singing 
 The Christmas branches hummed and the tinsel...

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The stage is set as we journey forward,
Things are getting scarce and the times are getting hard.

They are trying to wreck our already weak economy by jacking the prices of crude,
Which has a direct effect...

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I have heard all your excuses 
I have listened to all your pleas
It is time to pay the pipers 
With the sweet tears of your misery
Ahh the suffering 
You have to surrender all your taxes...

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LOOK OUT-  small print

I really should ‘a read the fine print
Cause that’s what makes all the trouble
The fine print, the fine print
Does anyone take the trouble? 
To read the print that’s got so small
And...

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Being tempted on clearance sale,
        I rushed for discount to avail
        of buying a suitcase on urgency,
    ...

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It's not the nights of fear,
That lead me to asphyxiation,
The darkest of bargains,
My soul for her tongue,
In exchange for depraved inspiration,
I earn my place among,
The greatest authors of the era,
In the shackles of a Daedra.

My...

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Should have read the fine print when I ordered my Thai bride
My doorbell rang, there she stood, said "can I come inside ?"
"Come in" I said, "I'll take your bag and would you like some...

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Should'a Read The Fine Print


I am intrigued by all computer tasks,
and competent and skilled in every scheme
from word process and graphic arts design,
to spreadsheets, database and all between.

But, I became too confident last week
when I...

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I still ain’t read the fine print


As I stand holding her bag,
listening to insipid music
battle the rattling chatter
of shopping cart wheels,
at these times I know
“I really should’a read the fine print”.

While waiting, “patiently” at the...

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Sometimes the fine print is not so fine.                           ...

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Count First

So you're too cool to finish up high school.
consider that no one will hire a fool.
Count first.

You might be fine with selling fries and burgers.
Take some classes, sell some bigger orders.
Count first.

Before you cut...

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I was born to be a writer-
    It just came to me quite young,
and even sometimes, I am a songwriter.
    Since the beginning words have sprung,
I never realized words...

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With few exceptions, I am a prudent observer, and I tend to pay attention.
I think that I understand the meanings of the ‘Use Before’ and ‘Best By’ dates.
In fact, I did indeed read the ‘Best...

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His hand were old and strong, rough from the weather
Fingers were long and lean. all ten
With a vice grip, that you could feel
Scars were many, like worn leather
Like a map, of where he had been
Without...

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Yes Our Edgar was the best,
 when he was hypnotised, 
spoke Greek or German any lingo,
 wisest of the wise.

 He was like Superman asleep, 
Clark Kent, when he was awake.
Country boy not the teachers...

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I was pretty cranky when my spanky new bike was janky.
The frame was too short for my body, too tall and lanky.
The tires too fat, too hard to push up boggy maintain trails.
The deal I...

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