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Long And Short Of It Poems - Poems about Long And Short Of It

Long Story Short: You Survived
long story short, you survived all of life's craziness, junk and jive one day the sun had been shining but the air smelled foul for the sea was in turmoil and a lot of the fish had drowned. hope has been suffocating from the lungs of the believers our communities are being strangled, our children no longer achievers but...

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Categories: long and short of it, blessing, spiritual,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Long Story Short
No empathy, but scorn, cause I am not The one that meets the eligible entry Your government won’t like the fact I’ve got A lifetime story short which seems eccentric It takes me to the underground train That goes encircled in perpetual motion One stop invites to make a change one day I travel fast to see the roaring ocean And when...

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Categories: long and short of it, life, solitude,
Form: Rhyme



Long story short
I can't put in words what didn't last closed like a door weak like a glass A "long story short" spiked dry grass that is what your love was. Jessica...

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Categories: long and short of it, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member long tail - short poem
I put the letters in a box and shook them till they fell awoke to find a crooked poem written by a mouse that couldn't spell...

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Categories: long and short of it, fun, muse, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member To Make a Long Story Short
I asked about her family. She started to say “to make a long story short. her story went on and on and on There was a barn, a country road, a duck pond. It rambled and ambled, My eyes were scrambled. It was my third yawn. She reiterated “to make a long story short”. I was fighting the fight but my eyes were...

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Categories: long and short of it, humorous,
Form: Free verse



Long Story Short
Long Story Short it's the room over there whose yellow walls and chrome framed chairs keep ringing like a phone no one will answer somewhere...

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Categories: long and short of it, death, dream, humanity, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Long Story Short
A walk around the block in my parents’ neighborhood at dawn wearing mom’s sweater and pop's sneakers with a clown hole cut out for toe infection I was stopped by a cop in a cruiser this was during the Vietnam War long hair ago he was angry at everyone I was offended...

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Categories: long and short of it, brother, city, judgement, new
Form: Free verse
Make a Long Story Short
Tell something in brief sentence Joined by both sense and essence....

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Categories: long and short of it, spoken word,
Form: Epigram
Premium Member The Long and Short of It
As long as there be an independent identity in any form or domain is separateness best lain at the feet of The One wherefrom it has sprung that the ego may dissolve being to become one with the all Thus all that is needed if these words are heeded is the dropping away of ego as all attachments we forgo tested time and again until we be free...

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Categories: long and short of it, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Big Hand Little Hand Long Hand Short Hand
When I was little I thought the older a person was, the more brain cells you grew. Thus, older people are smarter than little people. That thought was long gone by the time I was four or five. At eight I was so confused by big hand and little hand on the clock, I thought I would...

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Categories: long and short of it, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Free verse
Long and Short
Some day One day Any day and Every day I’ll be here Loving you. A love which Makes no sense To most Is nothing if not Beautifully logical To me. A love which They would Have us hide Shall have In part A shaded past But later It will thrive. A love which Will defy The clock Which will negate The test Of time Shall run on But not out Regardless And always....

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Categories: long and short of it, love,
Form: Free verse
The Long and Short of It
The long and short of it I find the poetry I read while running through this site Takes my breath away from me and makes me want to write But when I sit to do the same with thoughts I have to share I drop the pen and realize that I can not compare For here I find so many words from in your...

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Categories: long and short of it, friendship, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
A Poet Writes Long Or Short
“How long can a poetry go?” you ask. I will shall share the answer to that question. You may think it is not an easy task. Well, maybe; poetry is a progression. It may be as long as one’s memory. Or as brief as a footle, just four words. It might be on a spirit or a banshee. It could be about...

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Categories: long and short of it, poets, writing,
Form: Quintain (English)
Long Story Short
If I say it’s a long story; it’s not a long story. I just don’t want to tell you ......

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Categories: long and short of it, funny,
Form: Shape
Long Story Short
If I say it’s a long story; it’s not a long story, I just don’t want to tell you...

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Categories: long and short of it, funny,
Form: Shape

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