Phrases Poems - Poems about Phrases

They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, And perhaps, if I go looking, In there, I can find some truth. But what they never tell you is that What doesn’t kill you makes you aware. It makes you bitter, it makes you scared. What doesn’t kill you...

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Love surrounds you, so bright and bold, Outstanding joy, a happy sound, In moments precious, stories told, Dreams and well wishes all around, All blessings from above are found. ©bfa031325 Acrostic in Quintain (Birthday of Loida Decano) ...

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In my limited opinion, Maya Angelou is, and was thee best poet I have ever read in my 80 years of life thus far. She spoke to my heart with each line. And Still I Rise, is me too a fault. I feel she wrote that poem, especially for me. I have read others by...

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INEVETABLE, COLLATERABLE DAMAGE, NOBODY CAN TELL ME WHAT TO DO, MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY, EXPERT, FINE PRINT, NON DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT, COMMERCIAL SENSITIVITY, THE PRICACY ACT SAYS .. NOT YOUR PROBLEM, TEXT ME, DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN DO IT ON LINE, YOUR PROGRAMME WILL RESUME IN 51 SECONDS, WHO NEEDS A LANDLINE THESE DAYS, THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC REPLY, DUE TO . . . THE NUMBER AHEAD OF...

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I'm sure you've heard the expression In love with love Well that's me through and through Nothing in life is more important It can take over one's whole being But there's a bunch of lunatics in the world Who give us peace loving *****sapiens a bad name The lunatic fringe is what they're called Whose brains haven't developed beyond kindergarten In their mind,...

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Yet the sound of the pounding rain Continues alongside the shining sun Old wounds reopen causing pain Perhaps not a day well done I don't mind the rain as it plays Its instrumental tunes Wisdom told in a hundred ways Warning of wasted afternoons The pounding rain can't crush me It can only wake me from my sleep Remind me how I...

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ABSURD absolute absurdity the human being, being alive, no reason to live... INTELLIGENCE A living fool, surpasses in physics intelligence a dead intellectual... IT IS BETTER The laughter of the living is better than crying of the dead... DEAD The dead survives in memories of the living... ...

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Art splintered pieces sewn into patchwork; Conjoined phrases decorate a soft quilt; Words wrap you up lying on the sofa; Warm and cared for, poetry comes to life....

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Good manners have no price tag. The following will get you so very far in life. Always say... ...

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I must detest one, just the one, yes, battle within myself so that I can love the rest. I use words and phrases that hold my sense of conflict so that my strict faith may rest in my wish to love. Our grip on love may not exist; so let it not slip into the wasteland of my mind - a mind that holds so much...

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For the Love of the Language ——————————————————————————————————————— (Dedicated to new poetry with the birth of Sophie June ) Merely words With many possible meanings: Dew-tips through my veins Between soul and thought — Sustaining… Mere words But with power — God-anchored — Fully To His purposes. Signs . Of creation… Words… Run on ‘til found well partnered: Their meanings tried Together into...

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Oft when folks are talkin' they'll use a phrase or two, That can be taken wrongly, the meaning misconstrued; And so they get the text all wrong and spread it far and wide, And when you learn what you have said you wonder why they lied. Some people just don't listen when others talk to them, So just part of...

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Playground for poets online bizarre Onyx sky where we are stars Emerald eyes eager to read The next line written with elegant ease Romantic patrons infatuated Yellow sonnets purple phrases Somehow we are all related Onion soupers with cheese grated Unity in what we achieve Poetry Soup for all yes please....

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I look at the proof in the pudding. But wait. She has jumped up and is running flat out. Hold your horses I yell Knowing the instant I do That she does not even have any horses...

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All alone I hem, hum and hang my bright disguises....

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