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Not Up To Scratch Poems - Poems about Not Up To Scratch


Love in human form
...Take away my blind walking stick, been stuck with it way too long, Pedals of love, unwraps in my heart, I see light approaching swiftly inside my heart piercing through my eyes, thought miracles end......

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Categories: not up to scratch, black love, blessing, creation,
Form: Free verse
My walking stick
...Take away my blind walking stick, been stuck with it way too long, Pedals of love, unwraps in my heart, I see light approaching swiftly inside my heart piercing through my eyes, thought miracles end......

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Categories: not up to scratch, allusion, baptism, christian, conflict,
Form: Free verse



Where's My Sister
...Where’s my sister gone? The holiday season all wrapped up A tarnished blanket of snow remains Flipping the page into the New Year Filling our thoughts with hope and cheer A ringing phone, a joyf......

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Categories: not up to scratch, family, sister,
Form: Narrative
Cleanliness and Whores
...Cleanliness and Whores The ship was old once it had been a big ship now it was small it had been overtaking by time, its shower system had sea water which was nice enough to cool off when it wa......

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Categories: not up to scratch, body, class,
Form: Sonnet
First Impression
...Please do not hold me within those claws of unworthiness As if your judgment alone DEFINES me! Get out of here, you little baby, You don’t recognize what’s good for you! Push away the pe......

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Categories: not up to scratch, anger, character, emotions, feelings,
Form: Dramatic Monologue



The Itch
...I HAVE AN ITCH. iT'S A ***** OF AN ITCH. BUT THERE'S A GLITCH WITH MY ITCH. i'M NOT SUPPOSED TO SCRATCH THE ITCH. WHY DOES GOD ALLOW AN ITCH THAT ITCHES LIKE A *****? THE ITCH MAKES ME TWITCH......

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Categories: not up to scratch, passion,
Form: Ballad
Topsy-Turvy
...Topsy-Turvy "I WON'T sleep this side. I'll sleep there tonight!" Though this demand was chimed with a soft voice, As she might have thought protection of her right He quickly deplored it, ca......

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Categories: not up to scratch,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Anger - An Epiphany
...Time slows next to stopping A small glimpse, of what death might feel like Everything, I've heard about this moment is true.. Crunching gravel scraping my back, fuels my rage Then a lifetime of memo......

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Categories: not up to scratch, anger, car,
Form: Free verse
Listen Up Kids!!!
...Walking away with a “Fail” in written English in school. Spelling and grammar not up to scratch, what a fool! Having to type on a computer with “Spell check” I write my words down wrong, oh well, ......

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Categories: not up to scratch, education
Form: Couplet
Home Cooked!
...A HOME COOKED MEAL IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY. A TAKE OUT MEAL WON'T DO. A BOX MEAL IS NOT MADE FROM SCRATCH. COLD CUTS ARE FOR LUNCH. COME ON GIRL AND STOP PLAYING AND PUT A POT ON THE STOVE ; AND......

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Categories: not up to scratch, caregiving, family, food, satire,
Form: Rhyme

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