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Misnomer Poems - Poems about Misnomer


Misnomer
The sky was filled with starlight, clear as transparent glass. Yet everyone seemed uptight - the judges who ruled en masse, earthly stars who shone over-bright. A winner would be chosen tonight - one whose talent could not pass, one whose speaking would ignite, one whose manner boasted crass one whose dress was way-too-tight, Miss Nomer true, would have no might. yet she’d...

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Categories: misnomer, 11th grade, angst, beauty,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
Premium Member Disorder Misnomer
rapt in a hue she can't hear you ***...

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Categories: misnomer, appreciation, color, mental illness,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member Misnomer
Know me? Not even close ... If I were to write about ANYone that I had "issues" with It would be to them directly Not hidden in poetic device or analogy ...

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Categories: misnomer, judgement, trust, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Misnomer
Misnomer You piece of trash... You garbage... You disgusting... Wait am I not the reflection of everything you wish to hold in your arms but can't because I'm so close yet so far away Am I not the same garbage you admired a few minutes ago You tell yourself you don't care but your soul couldn't let you...

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Categories: misnomer, 11th grade, truth,
Form: ABC
The Rudolph Misnomer
Rudolph's name is really Adolf But was coined for he was thought rude Assumed to be full of himself As leader of the reindeer brood His red nose stayed up in the air That part of the story is right But he only kept it that way To see around the blinding light About that "rude olf" moniker He would always spread the word To...

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Categories: misnomer, fantasy, humor,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Historical Misnomer
~ roses are red, and ... violets are VIOLET not...

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Categories: misnomer, flower, funny, humorous,
Form: Haiku
The Misnomer Loss
THE MISNOMER LOSS What is loss? Loose your keys? Your manager now has less employees? or is it cruelly cross, like a fatal disease? Did your child die while visible to your eye? Is justice for you nigh? Did a flood wipe it all away, too sudden to even ask why? We need a much better word for these, for losses like these are...

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Categories: misnomer, loss,
Form: Rhyme
Misnomer
I'm sure they were probably called 'Jumpolenes' until that first accident....

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Categories: misnomer, funny,
Form: Shape
Misnomer
RESTROOM, is a misnomer at best. To me that's a fact, I attest! Though my visits are brief, I've gotten lots of relief, but never once, have I got any rest! Suggestion: Call them Relief Rooms!...

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Categories: misnomer, funny
Form: Limerick

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