Friends, but not really
...you, on the other side of the screen
will jump off the bridge within moments of request
will never rest, until decided to tucked in its blanket
always with gleaming and sympathetic eyes
always ho...
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Categories:
pouts, addiction, creation,
Form: Other
Folded Promise
...She wears rainbows in her almond curls
and paints her eyelids with green swirls.
Her cheeks blush with innocent pearls
Soft as her favourite fruit- strawberries.
Mascara wand in her fingers cas...
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Categories:
pouts, child, daughter, dream,
Form: Free verse
THE ECHO RETURNS NOT
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Silent is the echo as pride shouts
selfishness causing pouts...
self-conceit triumphs over jealousy bouts
self-glory reigns with discontentment clouts
self-relian...
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Categories:
pouts, character, christian, god, how
Form: Rhyme
Dreams within dreams
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: November 17, 2024, for Dreams Within Dreams Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker
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“Thought streams manifested ...
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Categories:
pouts, analogy, dream, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
If He has Isolated You from your Family and Friends
...if your partner has to be mollified and pacified
If he pouts and makes fun of you unless you out-guess him
If being around him makes you feel like you are tiptoeing around glass
If you spend your ...
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Categories:
pouts, abuse,
Form: Free verse
mr cottonmouth
...sad and lonely inside, like a hollowed tooth with cyanide
groaning and bemoaning about the market, the trade, the money in his bank, thats who mr cottonmouth is
a very rich man with a house in his...
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Categories:
pouts, abuse, anger, business, city,
Form: Other
P U P P E T E E R
...prevents his victim from having friends
undermines her relationship with her family
provokes her into isolating from all other people
pressures her into pleasing him with disappointed looks
exerc...
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Categories:
pouts, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Acrostic
Pouting Downer Frowner
...We all know at least one from down by the bay
A downer-frowner who likes to pout all day
We call ours Eeyore, after the depressed donkey
Winnie Pooh, Christopher Robin and Tigger’s friend, is he.
...
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Categories:
pouts, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
The False 4th Estate
...“Truth
a distraction”
the media pouts
Constricting
those voices
trying to shout
Dumber
than dumb
brain dead by degree
Digging new graves
for the few
— still left free
(Dreamsleep: April...
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Categories:
pouts, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Love Went West
...
Like humans do, it packed its bags and opened the door.
I was speechless, and my heart was broken at the core.
It walked across the lawn and opened the gate.
There was nothing further to dis...
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Categories:
pouts, love, romance,
Form: Couplet
Today's Music
...The art was most masterful on the dark canvas
Or is it still the most wonderful here on Earth?
I sense the art delves out from the ears of Kansas
Providing me reasons for the faults of my birth
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Categories:
pouts, art, music,
Form: Quatrain
Dreams
...Bananas and bicycles
pullovers and pears
armchairs with attitude
and cutlery that cares
gum trees and giggles
seaweed and snouts
desserts with detachment
and porridge that pouts
mink coats ...
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Categories:
pouts, dream,
Form: Rhyme
I Do Not Want To Work Though
...Swimming makes me feel lighter, it lifts me up and gives me joy.
I gave it up awhile back, but have no idea why said Mrs. Loy.
Maybe it is because you husband pouts? Her sister-in-law suggested.
O...
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Categories:
pouts, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Attitude Is Everything
...He is resilient his last boss told me.
He bounces back quickly.
He does not stay upset long.
His pouting usually dissipates quickly.
I put his application into the round file.
I am not seeking...
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Categories:
pouts, leadership, life, work,
Form: Narrative
Lulu My Loony Cousin Is Allergic
...I am allergic to greens, so none of that will do.
It is my persnickety picky-eating cousin, Lulu.
But surely you are not allergic to lettuce, I say.
Oh, yes, and green beans and peas. The radish c...
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Categories:
pouts, hilarious,
Form: Narrative
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