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once dyslexic

...Letters were mad hat interlopers
I cannot decipher them
Eeties at Hoppies
was my diction for
Sweets at Shops
when i was four
Its hard being a dyslexic
Oh boy I feel so out of it
with my young...
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Categories: miscued, anniversary, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

Toe Shack

...Toe shack 

Put another log
On the near burnt out fire
They tell me to charge more
Then tell me they did the job for a song and a story I've heard before
The Government is prohibiting the bites...
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Categories: miscued, anti bullying, betrayal, independence
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberMissed Statement-

...Mission statement 
broken promises 
miscued satisfactory
guarantee Mount
 of courses

Major pangs pains 
Tranquil mission equality
Misjudge guided path 
Lost on the road 

Fables lies and ...
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Categories: miscued, allusion, character, in memoriam,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Premium MemberThe Tree

...The bark was almost the color
of charcoal and too rough 
for a boy to grip and hold on
to climb without bare skin 
being grazed and scraped
back to bloodied welts.
The trunk was scabbed in gum
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Categories: miscued, childhood, seasons, tree,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Tool Shed

...It was a dark hole
into an Aladdin's cave of old tools.
A small window
gave the only light and fell
on a rough sawn bench wearing
scars inflicted by years of use.
Saw cuts, drill holes
and the...
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Categories: miscued, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberInk and Paper

...With awkward reach
the strike of the pen has tipped the ink well
splattering onto white paper,
vanquishing the lyrics from the poet’s pen,
scribbling vignettes of joy or strife,
little stories-a...
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Categories: miscued, absence, dark, emotions, feelings,
Form: Verse

Premium MemberPurple Melatonin

...My friend had said
Oh! Father
 What color 
My eyes my skin's shades
 Of many MELATONIN (what)
 I have a white mother 
And yet my father's
 black 
From what am I 
What race...
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Categories: miscued, abuse, analogy, character, creation,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Premium MemberThere's No Place For Prejudice In My Heart-

...believe it or not I love everybody
I come from a long line of constraints 
I am often told what I can and can't 
Yet still I love everybody
Respectively I deplete deploring circumstances ...
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Categories: miscued, analogy, character, engagement, forgiveness,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Horoscope, Kaleidoscope, Microscope and Telescope

...Grope slopes of love doves through your palpitation periscope
Sacrifice the price of neglect notoriety, preserve the verve of hope
Multiply and gratify the clue and value of courtesy
Divide glides...
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Categories: miscued, poems,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWater and Clay God Master of Universe Creator Everything

...Water you are crystal clear 
And you pour,  you're in elucidating body that rises 
Onto the shore 
And I often wonder,  why 
You're in all of us
Elemental molecule you reside within us 
And wat...
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Categories: miscued, allusion, analogy, appreciation, confidence,
Form: Ballad

Premium MemberLesson Learned of Not Taking the Bull By the Horns

...lesson learned of not taking the bull by the horns

there's this elderly man sitting 
in the front of the bus
he's a picture of cheerfulness 
and mostly goodness
there were also a few other pas...
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Categories: miscued, journey, life, perspective,
Form: Free verse

Life Is Like Football

...It took just a moment
A single concentration lapse
And down the drain,Bayern's effort went
Whilst Messi enjoyed the claps


Life is like a football game
As dicey as a game of chess
A ...
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Categories: miscued, art,
Form: Didactic

My Heart Is Content Not To Fly

...Once upon a tragic, forsaken love,
A wish miscued from somewhere above.
So incorrect, 
I could not detect,
Nor should expect, 
Our bond fit like hand to glove.

A sour lullaby, sang a love you...
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Categories: miscued, loveme, heart, body, heart,
Form: I do not know?

My Wrath

...Running down a starlit path,
trying to escape this earth's bound wrath.
Searching for something bright and new,
something fresh.. maybe you.
I search myself for something true, 
only to find mys...
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Categories: miscued, inspirational,
Form: I do not know?

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