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On A Short Leash
On A Short Leash Poems - Poems about On A Short Leash
These Mortal Parts
...I'm not much attached to this body, it feels like it's on a short leash while the brain drags it around like a reluctant old dog. Long cantankerous years have pummeled it into a shape it neve......
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Eric Ashford
Categories:
on a short leash,
poetry,
Form:
Free verse
The Bill of Duties, Part Ii
......You have a right to trial by jury, and a presumption of your innocence, you have a duty to respect other’s rights, not commit crimes against women and men. To surrender if you’re done the deed......
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David Welch
Categories:
on a short leash,
america, freedom, how i
Form:
Rhyme
Donald Trump and the Media
...They watch him like a Broad-wing Hawk In all his comes and goes He invades their every thought Bugs them to the bone He delights in the slip and slide Like a greased pig in their grasp Think......
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Mike Hauser
Categories:
on a short leash,
america, crazy, culture,
Form:
Light Verse
Please Keep Your Little Ones On a Short Leash
...No more babies to make. We're all done my wife says. Get the scissors. We have 3 of our own All under 5, 4 total. Why look so nostalgic towards babies Tinier than my 11 month old? The kid's ......
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Matt Caliri
Categories:
on a short leash,
family,
Form:
Free verse
Diaper Rash
...DIAPER RASH They took me out again on a short leash bag ready just in case. I had been trained not to go in the house, to be subservient to my masters, repeat only what I’d been tau......
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John Lawless
Categories:
on a short leash,
education, high school, society,
Form:
Free verse
Blessing In Disguise
...So thankful to know the love of my sweet little boy He's certainly nothing short of a miraculous bundle of joy Like his sister, he's such a beautiful gift from above He fills my heart with a tr......
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Melissa Tracy
Categories:
on a short leash,
blessing, child, love, miracle,
Form:
Rhyme
Good Bad Cop
... I'm the good bad cop, I'm good at being bad My partner is the bad good cop, he's bad at being good We make a good team, we put a scare into the bad guys Both of us love reading them their ......
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Freddie Robinson Jr.
Categories:
on a short leash,
jobs, philosophy, psychological, word
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Pedicure Virgin
...I don't know what came over me that day - an instant of weakness after years of resistance, I suppose. My beaming spouse leads me, a dog on a short leash, into the forbidden citadel, the sanctum s......
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Roy Jerden
Categories:
on a short leash,
humor,
Form:
Prose
Enjoy the Ice Cream.. While It Lasts
...Entrapped with Wires Hands bound behind my back Enslaved The wires go on for miles Covering every inch of our city Vibrating with electricity. Humming excitement Our happy little......
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Laura Hew
Categories:
on a short leash,
angst, death, imagination, life,
Form:
Free verse