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Misapplied Poems - Poems about Misapplied


Heart Gentle, Eye Mindful
...Wanting blindly, even good Seldom have few understood Is ineffective If one's doing's misdirected Be the gentle heart well-guided Not with eyes that are short-sighted But mindful and wi......

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Categories: misapplied, conflict, deep, encouraging, giggle,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Uneducated Tears
...Belts, paddles, switches, and rulers were once instruments of punishment. Although very rarely, in my early years, a belt was Daddy's favorite. I was always a quick learner and never a glutton for ......

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Categories: misapplied, cry,
Form: Verse



Final Station
...It was at the final station The symphony lived and died Cracked ribs as consolation Their mercy misapplied The symphony lived and died In search of silent, truthful land Their mercy misapplie......

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Categories: misapplied, angel, anxiety, destiny, fate,
Form: Pantoum
Premium Member True, Moses Wrote of Righteousness
...True, Moses wrote of righteousness, one based upon the law. But Paul proffered an alternate, eschewed the tragic flaw. Salvation based on works alone: a concept misapplied. For all, not most, have......

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Categories: misapplied, christian, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Rule of Threes Three
...Will you make the cut? Or settle for a shortcut? Coaches' scuttlebutt Execute the steal Professing rather than real The truth to conceal Blessing progeny Highlights God's sovereignty Not......

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Categories: misapplied, bible, life, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme



Misfired To Our Detriment
...Wouldn’t marry you if your true colours I knew But the best of me infatuation took Thinking all about you I had a clue Playing by ear the amateur’s rulebook Taking for granted I had you figured......

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Categories: misapplied, poems,
Form: Free verse
Val, the Valiant Little Witch
...Val was graduating from school, Her grade point average was good- Halloween night was her big debut, A difference she’d make, if she could! She liked to study and read her books, Straight “A......

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Categories: misapplied, courage, children, kids, halloween,
Form: Rhyme
Decide
...“Decide” [verse 1] Uh, who the **** am i...wish i could decide I know you live a lie I see it in your eyes say what comes to mind Then soon you'll find That the truth has died The world is ......

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Categories: misapplied, adventure, anger, confusion, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
Alliances and Allies
...Alliances and Allies rebuildig from the ashes Collission, Colapse Imprints of trauma linger Helicopter blades, rushing winds Precious life hangs in the balance Newspapers misprint the facts They hav......

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Categories: misapplied, freedom, war, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Names
...the truth is in the rhyme of sticks and stones and things are said all the time that bleed us 'cause we let 'em the truth is, that the truth hurts yet we suffer too, the lie spoken words thoughtless......

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Categories: misapplied, truth,
Form: Sonnet
Premature Delivery In Astor Hall (Laboring Between Patience and Fortitude)
...In my head, I’m in the library, at a podium, before a microphone, looking out into the faces of a yearning sea of people, knowing they expect a little kindness but mostly, a lot of answers from......

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Categories: misapplied, art, life, people, words,
Form: Free verse

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