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Nits Poems - Poems about Nits

One Small Step, One Giant Leap

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With those who
want to test the waters,
and yet have no wish
to get their feet wet,
but wait to have their cake
(and eat it too)
handed to them on a plate,
I will neither split hairs...
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Categories: nits, crazy, death, humor, mental
Form: Rhyme

Half a Dozen Plus Years Ago the Following Became a Near Reality

...Half a dozen plus years ago the following became a near reality

Countdown to homelessness – 
mars this earthlinked sole Harris - son
panhandler would would register 
pyrrhic victory won.

10…...
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Categories: nits, age, america, anger, angst,
Form: Rhyme



Premium MemberTwits Terrible Nitwits

...past knoxville and idaho city there are a pair of adorable nitwits.
townspeople refer to them as kooky oddballs, a couple of twits.
their name is easy to  learn. she is backward ditz; he is fritz.
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Categories: nits, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Monorhyme

Premium MemberOrdinary Hero

...There goes my hero, he’s ordinary, 
like in the Foo Fighters song 
Carries no airs or graces, 
makes me feel like I belong 
A family member perhaps, 
even a workmate, or friend 
Someone who can...
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Categories: nits, allusion, hero, people,
Form: Rhyme

Balancing Act

...Annoyances add up so fast
That sometimes you might be aghast
When life does prolong
All the things going wrong
And your stress level can’t be surpassed.

For somehow when nits multiply,
Even c...
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Categories: nits, life,
Form: Limerick



Premium MemberNits Hatch - She'Ll Scratch

...Louise
has fleas

And nits –
the pits!

Scratch head
In bed

Sore bites
from mites

Sleeps bad
goes mad

Bedding -
shedding

Gets cross
with boss

(Itchy
B itchy)

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Categories: nits, hair, humorous,
Form: Footle

Premium MemberSheep And Other Animals

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I: Sheep
 (A poem about Covid)

next door to 19 chimneys
and 'the dark satanic mills'
a flock of sheep is grazing
oblivious in the hills.

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Categories: nits, allegory, animal, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme

Your Past Should

...Your past should be a reminder,
Of how far you have come.
Your past should be the key to the present,
Not to a ball and chain.

Your past should be a line in the sand,
That you never step back ...
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Categories: nits, appreciation, beauty, birthday, blessing,
Form: Blitz

Oversights

...It must be tough to edit,
Searching calmly for mistakes,
Whether spelling or grammatical,
That every author makes.

Still, it bothers me when reading
And some errors have slipped by,
Causing m...
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Categories: nits, writing,
Form: Rhyme

Macbookair

...MacBook Air 
My powerful MacBook my amazing MacBook it is the best of the best 
It can be seen from miles away with the 500 Nits 
I love the depth in the lightweight skinny screen 
The color in t...
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Categories: nits, education,
Form: Ode

Premium MemberLove Letter

...My Dearest Bertha baboon

I’ve recently joined your baboon troop
and Bertha you’re the star of the group
I’ve watched you swinging in the trees
Your agility brings me to my knees
Yo...
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Categories: nits, animal, cute love, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberFlitnit Mythology

...The door was ajar and the flitnit sneaked in,
    not so much sneaked as zipped in with a zing.
Flitnits are very hard to see.
As soon as they sense you are about to see them
    they flit away i...
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Categories: nits, mythology,
Form: Free verse

Blackbirds

...A moment ago, 
in a flicker of pique,
with a wave of the hand,
I dispersed them.

Glorious birds, 
now they are back, 
gold talons wrapped, 
roosting.

Glorious birds,
high on a wire,
spe...
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Categories: nits, bird,
Form: Blank verse

Premium MemberThe 'Tress'Passer

...I have a constant itch upon my head
So I scratch it with my finger
At night I head upstairs to bed
But the itching continues to linger

I scratched my head till early morn
and I tos...
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Categories: nits, body, humorous, insect, school,
Form: Rhyme

A Night On Noah's Ark

...Why did Noah take nits?
Let's pull this Ark to bits,
God let Noah take two nits,
Plus two mosquitoes, each proboscis,
Gave humans encephalitis,
What is worse than this?
Why they bring malaria, ...
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Categories: nits, allusion, funny, humor, imagery,
Form: Free verse

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