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Outsmart Poems - Poems about Outsmart

Premium MemberWile E Coyote

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Death defying, Wile E Coyote 
Was never a real hero unlike Don Quixote 
Wile E couldn’t outsmart Road Runner’s tricks
Not surprisingly he always ended up in a fix!...
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Categories: outsmart, animal, character, conflict,
Form: Clerihew

Too Real To Be Fake

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Passion lies not in fear towards cheer,
To conquer unknown gestures behind
Some rare laughter, but so insincere..
Those words, tongues twist around; disappear 
Until tears grow no link to bei...
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Categories: outsmart, art, confidence, discrimination, freedom,
Form: Rhyme



Premium MemberThe sharp snap of branches masked the bark of distant dogs

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A stolen life. A split-second decision.
Disorganised thoughts, jumbled—
Tangled around an anaesthetised cortex.
Clocks mockingly ticking,
Ticking down inevitability,
As a lone fly buzzes r...
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Categories: outsmart, dark, deep, gothic, horror,
Form: Free verse

Anyone For Tennis?

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I do enjoy verbal tennis
wordplay may be a game
outwit outsmart the opponent
is the only aim
lobbing phrases across the net
volley and rally back and forth
no one's a loser and yet
t...
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Categories: outsmart, humorous, sports, word play,
Form: Rhyme

Premium Membershould he outfox or outwit his brother

...Pete could not decide whether to outfox or outwit
His sister said, “why not outsmart?” That hurt him a bit
Their brother was not easy to bamboozle, fleece or befool
Their mother suggested, why not...
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Categories: outsmart, brother,
Form: Rhyme



Premium MemberShould he Outfox or Outwit his Brother

...Pete could not decide whether to outfox or outwit
His sister said, “why not outsmart?” That hurt him a bit
Their brother was not easy to bamboozle, fleece or befool
Their mother suggested, why not...
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Categories: outsmart, brother,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberRoBo Calls

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RoBo Calls
Miracle Man
4/25/2025

I’ve a strong dislike that now borders on hate,
toward those unwanted calls that won’t abate.

I get perhaps ten or so of these calls every day,
th...
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Categories: outsmart, how i feel,
Form: Couplet

Redemption

...In this world 
No one is truly stupid
You can outsmart one person 
Or outrun too many 
But you can't deceive 
The whole world forever
What will come will come 
Karma does not spare anyone....
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Categories: outsmart, character, life, prejudice,
Form: Light Verse

Premium MemberTears

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So many tears – throughout the years
Tears of doubt when I hoped to find out
That love would win – against my sin
Tears of yearning in my heart, gently burning
Filling me with an ...
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Categories: outsmart, angst, christian, cry, faith,
Form: Rhyme

This whole world Part 2

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This whole world is upside down 
With everything that God doesn’t like
This whole world has become the Opposite 
The opposite of Reality 
It’s a Like Rabbit Hole just in Lewis Caroll’s Alice in...
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Categories: outsmart, extended metaphor, literature,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMy Favorite Elementary School Teacher

...As the yellow-orange  sun  slowly rises
Memories of your class's  fun  flood my heart
Thoughts  run  to your teaching and enterprises

You brought those  tiny ...
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Categories: outsmart, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberBob Newhart-RIP

...Bob Newhart…

hope you find a good part
for your expression of deadpan
in heaven since you kicked the can

Bob Newhart…

perhaps I meant the bucket, ye old fart
made...
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Categories: outsmart, tribute,
Form: Clerihew

Villanelles II

...Villanelle
by Michael R. Burch

Is poetry mere turning of a phrase?
Has prose become its height and depth and sum?
What happened to the songs of yesterdays?

Does prose leave all nine Muses ve...
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Categories: outsmart, dark, muse, poems, poetry,
Form: Villanelle

Your battles are customed made for you

...In the maze of life, we each find our way,
Custom battles, unique struggles, day by day.
No one can walk your path, it's yours to tread,
In the vast arena, where dreams are led.

Yes, you're mea...
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Categories: outsmart, 10th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Bio

Leader

...The weight beheld his shoulders slump,
The cries this world on him so dump,
Threats beseige his state that made,
His own lay wait with graveyard spade.

Prayers abound a'lofties roof,
His tears...
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Categories: outsmart, allah, conflict, courage, jewish,
Form: Rhyme

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