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Politely Poems - Poems about Politely

Premium Member I'm an Oxymoron
... I think I am an oxymoron quite different but the same. Understanding less is more Subdued, yet can’t be tamed. I’ll split in two while being whole ditzy and still brainy. Make many plans w......

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Categories: politely, confusion, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Rain, and the Body Remembers
...The body remembers… What the mind politely forgets. How rain once meant survival How cold once meant fear How being held... Was once the only god that mattered. ......

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Categories: politely, analogy, fear, imagery, love,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Don't Steal Our I, Me, We, US Identities
...Written by Gail DeBole on July 5, 2025 Thank you for the request, AI, As a human, I politely decline To personify your existence With your use of Me, We, US, or I. I am a human who firmly be......

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Categories: politely, computer, humor, technology,
Form: Rhyme
Tabled, As Always
...They all took their seats round the table, It had no head, but all knew where Power sat. Summoned in haste by Ideology itself, for the matter was pressing and oddly stressing. Capitalism sat ba......

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Categories: politely, allegory, satire,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Two Fine Words Like Cherry Preserve
...My name is printed in a column, Politely, like a queue, A school crocodile line. Two words in staining ink. My fingertips, They have turned black, Tracing lines of a curling print, Prints burn......

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Categories: politely, mental illness, suicide,
Form: Free verse



Shallow End Of The Pool
... When handed a stuffed pullet looks like a stunned mullet should I turn surly in high dudgeon please don't bludgeon this old curmudgeon and not to be outdone altho' I am an only son ......

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Categories: politely, animal, bird, fun, how
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Offering the Egret Oatmeal Mush
...The egret was poking along thorough the brush A bull name of King began to get a giant crush The last love interest he had was a tiny blue thrush He offered the egret a bite of his oatmeal mush S......

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Categories: politely, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Monorhyme
She Stayed Because It Was Pretty There
...they called her lucky — because she never had to pay the bill for her own silence. because someone always pulled the chair, held the door, told her she was “too precious to bleed.” they gave ......

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Categories: politely, absence, anger, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member jelled
... we agreed to part go separate ways parting as such, with sorrow bitter 'n sweet? sorta chat sometimes meet up too, politely, with 'how's it going' texts for the kids? sorta there's tru......

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Categories: politely, hope, lost love, love,
Form: Free verse
Allergic Reaction
... When first invited to The Land of Milk and Honey where stars at night shone bright and days there were always sunny he demurred to go Abraham was of a mind to politely decline as woul......

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Categories: politely, bible, humorous, travel, word
Form: Rhyme
lost my friend to Bipolar
...JY and I met through a mutual friend in 1991. We strucked a deal with a handsome transaction, In which we both were in a win-win situation. Since then, we became close friends, Every week, she tr......

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Categories: politely, for her, for him,
Form: Free verse
Welcoming Act 1
...standing at the door like a dog waiting for a pat or maybe a hit. either would do. you give me that “thanks for participating” smile, like i just auditioned to be forgotten pol......

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Categories: politely, change, memory, nonsense,
Form: Free verse
Darling bud of May and first audience
...2025.5.01 Thursday, first day of May. It has been 6 months since I played songs from a different language, So far I did only 8. Only two since the start of the year. On 17 March this year, ......

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Categories: politely, appreciation, happy, how i
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Shadow and Nails
...In darkest days, when shadows blended with the earth, And nails hung humanity in its blood-stained hands, While the priests looked on and smiled politely They stole the heart of everyone who sa......

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Categories: politely, christian, death, easter,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 1066 at the Imagine Inn
..."Ballinger's pride will be the death of him," Was the last muttering of the old cyclops before The poison took over. Never trust unicorn bartenders. Young Gallimay, the town's token centaur, W......

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Categories: politely, fantasy,
Form: Narrative

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