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Lying In Wait
Ice on the fence wire … insult to injury The barb when it’s deadly pointed and sharp A night rain has frozen and hidden the danger Awaiting intruders —that come in the dark (Dreamsleep: November, 2023) ...

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Categories: lying in wait, hurt,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Lying In Wait For the Father's Hands-
My heart is in my head As where it should be Lying in wait for the Father’s hands My body needs remolding My story needs remolding I am asking Father God for His hands Lord, My God shape me and remake me, Lead and move my legs and feet on your Holy lands My heart is in my head As where it should be...

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Categories: lying in wait, analogy, appreciation, assonance, endurance,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Lying In Wait For Thebius
With precision, Thebius stopped every ten minutes on the route To put some garlic into the road, shaking it into a symbol That would thwart any demons following him, So they would lose their way Unfortunately for him, they had all gone ahead And were waiting at the bend right before his next stop....

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Categories: lying in wait, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lying In Wait
All was quiet on the eastern front, and the southern front too. We faeries were lying in wait, hoping the elves would be back soon. A troop of brownies wandered by, drunk on sunflower seed oil. Hush! The queen cautioned us. We transmogrified into flowers. We certainly do not need a brownie skirmish before an elf battle....

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Categories: lying in wait, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Crocodiles Lying In Wait
C Crocodiles lying in wait R Relaxing, dreaming of fresh meat 0 Ordinary floating C Choose their prey carefully K Kin to an alligator? 0 Oldest kind of creatures D Doing what comes naturally I Indigenous to swamps L Longing to take a bite out of us E Every person’s nightmare...

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Categories: lying in wait, 4th grade, 5th grade,
Form: Acrostic



Lying In Wait
Tune frenzied Not discordant Fine tuned Distance despite Heartbeats synchronized Lying in wait For the union When two become one....

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Categories: lying in wait, emotions, love,
Form: Rhyme
Lying In Wait
I need to find a reason to smile again And find beauty in a flower For now I only sneer at them all And my stare makes many cower I want to discover my long lost zest for life And my love for adventure to see Today I find I’ve little but contempt And a trip is fraught with misery To walk with...

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Categories: lying in wait, introspection, lifesmile,
Form: Free verse

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