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Misreading Poems - Poems about Misreading

Prelude
...Tonight the act of naming fell through the floor. We speak permeable solids inflect’d by light. Things move indistinctly: a pine palette floats momentarily from semi truck’s bed, crosses its body......

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Categories: misreading, angel, art, assonance, beauty,
Form: Blank verse
King In My Story
...You wanted to be the savior in my story, the healer, the King. The way I looked into you, full of mystery, but eager to fulfill the void I saw through you. It was the dance with the unknown, intr......

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Categories: misreading, emotions, relationship,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Honey Trap
..."You're my sweetheart", Sincerely thought I. Misreading your cruel art, I was ready for you to die. What a well-planned honey trap! In my face, it was a deadly slap!! Bite Size Poem no18 ......

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Categories: misreading, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
Words For New Eyes
...I want to peer through tomorrow’s eyes. Not a thing already old, not a yesterday word only temporarily paroled from a moribund dictionary. These words newly dead now for millenniums. Words o......

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Categories: misreading, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lucifer Misjudges Us
...Lucifer laughs gloating about the pandemic loving our anguish Keeping us apart trying our patience miscommunication and misunderstandings Reveling in our sorrow And our social distancing......

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Categories: misreading, inspirational,
Form: Free verse



In Her Shoes
...You're so rich all you have is money, you don't even realize how everyone looks at you funny, not like a friend but more like a necessary evil, like a indentured servant, looks at the boss people, I ......

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Categories: misreading, abuse, betrayal, boyfriend, bullying,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Bounce Back
...Sitting in disbelief feeling anger and grief, as if I’d wish the worst or place a curse On people with more worth while I’m trying to turn a leaf. Why would I hurt after I did desert but no......

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Categories: misreading, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
I Don'T Believe
...I don't believe in one sided love affairs. I don''t believe that only one can share. I don't believe your heart's incapable. It's hard to believe you don't love me. I know that love is blind b......

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Categories: misreading, betrayal, care, emotions, feelings,
Form: Light Verse
A Philosophical Predicament
...Philosophers, down the ages, Have strenuously tried To figure out language: Their numerous narratives polarize Into two Grand narratives, a binary: Language is referential / differential. Th......

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Categories: misreading, language, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
How Can I Exist Without Your Grace
...How can I exist without your grace? Your sharp tongue or your liberal lies? I keep breathing, believing  in dry tears Where do I go now that I'm saved? Lost in your love or drowning inside? I ......

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Categories: misreading, first love, heartbreak, longing,
Form: Free verse
Divine
...I'm trying to find the correct words to capture your smile The very essence of who you are that keeps me staring in amazement at you I believe it borders on the description of newfound life disco......

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Categories: misreading, appreciation, beauty, best friend,
Form: Free verse
Overnight
...OVERNIGHT beautiful past tense no language living our limited lives misreading words and feelings personally refined so let’s bed down in a drawer overnight laughing ......

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Categories: misreading, dedication,
Form: Blank verse
Everyday
...I see them, everyday, the hipsters and the fags in their fancy jackets, flipping their feminine hands, nails just cut and short. I hear them, everyday, the young girls getting raped in the ......

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Categories: misreading, depression, lonely, love,
Form: Free verse
Misreading Love's Messages
...MISREADING LOVE'S MESSAGES Hunted through the eye attacking colored crowd of din-- Sorted through the stone cold features --face by face-- ......

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Categories: misreading, joy, life,
Form: Sapphic stanza
Breathing Hard
...Coin’s the name, don’t call me Al. Business only, I am not your pal. Friends are few, family gone Profiteering, I am the one Avarice is good, money is king. Lots of cash, plenty of bling. Do......

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Categories: misreading, people, life, money,
Form: Rhyme

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