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What the Highest Bidder Forgot to Consider

...
The house came with ghosts.  
Not the subtle kind, either—no  
wistful sighs or cool drafts,  
just full-blown poltergeist tantrums.  
Cabinets slamming at 2 a.m.,  
spectral remnants of old a...

Categories: outbid, conflict, metaphor,
Form: Free verse

saucy joker

...We were learning to play bridge, and it was okay I guess.
I always outbid everyone at the table including sister Tess.
Mom and Dad took one each of us, “you get that twin.”
We always took them dow...

Categories: outbid, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Saucy Joker

...We were learning to play bridge, and it was okay I guess.
I always outbid everyone at the table including sister Tess.
Mom and Dad took one each of us, “you get that twin.”
We always took them dow...

Categories: outbid, humor,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Reverse Midas Touch

...Like Rip Van Winkle, she confronted a new world;
Hers was one of commonplace and acceptability,
not exceptional nor eager for excellence.

Remember when bacon packs were a pound,
and diesel was ...

Categories: outbid, identity, integrity,
Form: Verse

Test of Endurance

...Test of Endurance---

Fighting; physical or mental,
It doesn't matter the hurt is real.
The scars left by foul play,
are deep and dark.

I won't succumb to these marks alas,
Play my part and ...

Categories: outbid, blue, caregiving, feelings, strength,
Form: Free verse

Bales and Bushels

...It's our social spectrum,
Polar opposites,
A moral conundrum,
Named Charlotte,
Our eyes locked across the sea,
Sealed behind iron eyelids,
An investor's security,
The upstarts outbid,
All bet...

Categories: outbid, abuse, good night, romance,
Form: Rhyme

Auctioneer

...An unmarked auction house in the cellar
Fat cat millionaires outbid one another
A quiet pissing contest
To be the lowest of low-lifes.

A living corpse up for gropes...I mean grabs. 
She’s a vi...

Categories: outbid, corruption, culture, hurt, missing,
Form: Free verse

Vanity In Season

...She sits behind her pretty white fence,
with the custom bird house perched high,
so every neighbor can hate it.
She remembers the auction where she outbid
the last bidder by fifty dollars
just to bat...

Categories: outbid, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse