Long Shut off Poems
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The Hotel CaretakerHow unparticular the day had particularly been,
On March the third of two-thousand and eighteen,
For the caretaker at an historic Adirondack Inn,
Had lacked company, and therefore, dopamine.
‘Twas Sunday when all the guests had fled,
From either...
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Categories:
shut off, death, grief, introspection, march, mystery, remember,
Form:
Rhyme
I Was So LostI Was So Lost
I had been raised in church but a religious church.
They did acknowledge there was a God but
His Son was pictured as dead upon a cross. This
was the picture that I carried...
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Categories:
shut off, appreciation, baptism, truth,
Form:
Narrative
LiveOnce upon a time, there lived a young woman. She was tall with soft blue eyes and wispy blonde hair. She was married to a nice young man. He was less tall and had almond...
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Categories:
shut off, baby, birth, blessing, death, emotions, faith, family,
Form:
Narrative
Domestic DisturbancesThis is dedicated
To that man who expresses love through hatred
I'm tryin' to make it clear that you leave scars everytime you say ""
If you love your woman, why do you beat her?
Why do you mistreat...
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Categories:
shut off, courage, hip hop, inspiration,
Form:
Rhyme
On Property ManagementMy wife and I were apartment managers for 18 grueling years that rented exclusively to college students, and - though everything I claim here is either disgusting or scary - or BOTH....it’s all true!
Well, it’s...
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Categories:
shut off, funny, humor,
Form:
Narrative
UncontainableUncontainable
(Music playing)
“I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh lord
and I’ve been waiting for this moment, for all of my life, oh lord
Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, oh lord,...
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Categories:
shut off, character,
Form:
Prose
The KrampusBeware the wrath of the Northern Polar boogie man,
The Anti-Clause, a legendary beast of nightmarish voracity,
From folklore mythology, a dark creature of demonic prowess,
Lurks in the hidden shadow realm, in a freezing forbidden zone,
Of...
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Categories:
shut off, christmas, fantasy, holiday, imagery, international, myth, mythology,
Form:
Free verse
ChameleonChameleon
Im not sure what happened to you, was it a bad upbringing, parenting, or is this really you.
You never placed a hand on me, you never needed to, you got to me verbally.
Always full...
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Categories:
shut off, abuse, anxiety, bullying, change, depression, truth,
Form:
ABC
Don'T Mess With My HouseA child, crippled by a tragic accident
Learned how to excel in sorrow
Never listening to words
That would encumber his bright tomorrow
Who cares if he's a paralytic
It has nothing to do with his mind
A ray of...
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Categories:
shut off, people,
Form:
Rhyme
Why Fireflies DancePausing on a late trip to South Dakota
I pulled off of the highway
Somewhere in Kansas
And shut off the lights
Reflecting that it might be good
To clear the windshield of bug carcasses
That were only being smeared
Into...
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Categories:
shut off, nature, travel,
Form:
Blank verse
Digital PrintsDigital Prints
When lightening had blighted their perilous shadows at break neck speed
Vision and mystery succumbed sprightly beyond recognition scared and scarred
Obliterated in illiterate darkness they were easy prey for shadow’s projections
‘Tinkerbell’ had lost her way...
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Categories:
shut off, adventure,
Form:
Free verse
What IfWhat If
You live in a Matrix that you don't know, what is really happening around you.
That there are people that wish to control you through fear, lies, and manipulation and deception, but you...
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Categories:
shut off, allusion, america, anxiety, betrayal, death, evil, prison,
Form:
Free verse
The New World OrderIt is not new. The thirteen families, and Freemasons have been plotting for hundreds of years. Here are the thirteen families that make up the list. Rothchild, Bundy, Collins, Ayers, Kennedy, Rockefeller, DuPont, Freeman, Li,...
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Categories:
shut off, bible, dark, future, jesus, society,
Form:
Narrative
The Dark Spot In Your HouseDid you ever
see a dark shadow
in the corner
of the ceiling
and thought you
could almost
...
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Categories:
shut off, angst, death, imagination, urban,
Form:
Free verse
Learn To Love MyselfDepression by my side, anxiety is there too
I speak on subjects that most people are scared to
I won't apologize for speaking on the pain that I've felt
I'm just learning to love myself
It all started on...
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Categories:
shut off, abuse, childhood, dark, deep, depression, sad,
Form:
Free verse
Vignettes of a GhettoA morning bustles with activity. Folks go about their day, including a Siamese cat creeping past the sidewalk. But appearances are deceiving. This place isn't Disney World. Every day is a struggle for survival. A...
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Categories:
shut off, environment, imagery, life, people, places, poverty,
Form:
Narrative
A Modern Love SongShe was thin,
he was big,
she said hi,
he was shy,
she liked him,
(he liked her)
scared she asked,
scared he answered,
seconds later-
love at first light,
as two strangers opened arms,
smiling and sharing two hearts,
they could not get enough,
of the phsycadelic...
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Categories:
shut off, dark, death, death of a friend, deep,
Form:
Free verse
Recurring ThoughtsIt’s a recurring thought–
Over and over again–
echoing in my head,
Bouncing back and forth,
Reeling up and down like a Yo-yo,
Like a boomerang that keeps coming back,
Like a song stuck in your head,
A thought that gnaws at...
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Categories:
shut off, dark, desire,
Form:
Free verse
Create a VisionYou can make it happen;
One soul your soul can live that beautiful morning when
a sigh of relief will wake you up today older a shorter life
than yesterday due to the changes that...
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Categories:
shut off, poetry,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Silent Profanities, Revisedthe silence of these
screaming profanities!
only the light rise
of my bosom,
fluttering erratically,
soon to die.
ever stinging ache within
ablaze, engulfing my torso.
my inner-thoughts, my betrayal,
weakness emanating from my
sweat!
my cold cruel heart,
shut off from that once
intoxicating
passion...
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Categories:
shut off, introspection
Form:
Free verse
Nope! I haint gonna crack'n on the heat just yetNope! I haint gonna crack'n on the heat... just yet
until the cowed chickens come home to roost!
Sunlight streaming thru window
body electric of mine doth whet
begets hardiness to acclimate
against PECO shut off threat
ideal opportunity to spouse
analogous...
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Categories:
shut off, adventure, america, appreciation, beauty, blessing, creation, earth,
Form:
Rhyme
Echoing ThoughtsIt’s a recurring thought –
Over and over again –
Reverberating in my head,
Bouncing back and forth,
Reeling up and down like a Yo-yo,
Like a boomerang that keeps coming back,
Like a song stuck in your head,
A thought that...
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Categories:
shut off, life, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Yanny Or LaurelYou care about the Kardashian's and what celebrities are dating on Valentines
I care about Right and Hoping for the people of Palestine
I'm seeing people argue over what name they hear on a recording
It doesn't...
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Categories:
shut off, corruption, deep, environment, internet, society, truth,
Form:
Free verse
RetrospectiveRetrospective
By Laura Dee Battle
January 14, 2015
Looking back at the Crimson shades of hell
The days where I couldn't bear to face my own reality
Showroom shines of smiles concealing secrets I would never tell
Not that I...
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Categories:
shut off, loneliness, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
My First New Car*For Carol Brown's Story Time Contest ..
My First New Car
I grew up a poor country girl living on the out skirts of town. We would move every year like
the military form place to place...
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Categories:
shut off, socialcar, house, me, old, car, house, me,
Form:
Bio