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Preoccupies Poems - Poems about Preoccupies


Obsession

...Obsession
an idea/thought
preoccupies/intrudes
disturbed/displaced


obsession
awake again
three am

obsession
preoccupies/intrudes
chokes/
sex and love are two different things...
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Categories: preoccupies, angst, dark, feelings, heart,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMisfortune

...There aren't many chances for misfortune to come across the path of the wise

For his concern is spirituality that his soul him with it preoccupies!  









© Demetrios Trifiatis
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Categories: preoccupies, men, motivation, wisdom,
Form: Couplet



Rejoice At the Gift of Restored Health

...Just a poetic (souper) side note courtesy chief
wordsmith brother unaware ye experienced grief
diagnosed as walking pneumonia please bull lief
yours me, he doth care and breathes sigh of relief.
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Categories: preoccupies, angst, blessing, brother, december,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberA View of Hope

...A View Of Hope

Since Coronavirus: COVID 19,
Had disseminated throughout our world,
We safeguarded ourselves through quarantine,
With worn face masks, rubber gloves kept ...
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Categories: preoccupies, health, world,
Form: Sonnet

Premium MemberTime Trap

...how would you describe
your relationship with time
how stressed are you
are you always rushing
what preoccupies your mind
do you take on
more than you should
do you get to do
what you want to...
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Categories: preoccupies, anxiety, change, relationship, stress,
Form: Free verse



Preoccupation

...Preoccupation

The brain is a miraculous oddity
Roaming at will, out to play,
But returning to sober reality,
Preoccupation stilled for focusing
On the must-dos of the day.

Ah, but then ther...
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Categories: preoccupies, how i feel, humanity,
Form: Light Verse

Premium MemberCornucopia

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We live a lush life
Options each and every turn
Taken for granted

Satisfaction a foreign concept
Forever wanting more
Striving to accumulate
Cornucopia everywhere
Stuff we can’t ta...
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Categories: preoccupies, appreciation, introspection, irony, society,
Form: I do not know?

Cube Girl

...Cube Girl
(Based on the same titled short story by me.  It is not a true story so don’t be alarmed.)

I’m 19 and a woman in space 
Meandering out for centuries
I fear there’s no way back
For su...
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Categories: preoccupies, age, child, deep, fantasy,
Form: Free verse

Curious As a Poet

...I am a cat to most things.
With nimble thoughts falling through 
white padding paws I skirt about 
My place on earth, as though it’s 
a dream, a painted scene
except for me.
 I am too slick to stick
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Categories: preoccupies, imagination, introspection, on writing
Form: Free verse

The Void

...I am now the reluctant bearer of a great and vacant void. A place that once was filled with warmth and light… Now hollow. Empty. Where before there was a piece, an element infinitely irreplaceable; n...
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Categories: preoccupies, family, funeral, loss, love,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberFirst Crossed By a Gypsy, Now By a Dang Witch

...“Close the book, ring the bell, light the candle.”
The witch’s words resounded in my ears.
My problems now were more than I could handle
and so I hoped she’d vanquish all my fears.

She stared a...
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Categories: preoccupies, funny, health, me,
Form: Sonnet

The Weird Guy

...The Weird Guy


Aprils wet day has rained
Since sunrise
Mid-day
In a friendly café
The patter of skies falling water
Lost in the strangers chit chat

Un-listened to music
Bleats
But peace...
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Categories: preoccupies, hope, love
Form: Free verse

Interrupted Reading

...Her knuckles bend, they don't pretend, beneath her head plopped in pale dread
Tucked tween these both an ear relieved from being grieved, both eyes near dead

Slouched where she dreams she merely ...
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Categories: preoccupies, angst, art, daughter, history,
Form: Couplet

The Problem With Poetry , Or, Harvesting the Pea Patch

...I’m put upon to ponder the problem of poetry
& thus, I proudly or, perhaps, perfunctorily,
Ponderously pronounce with a preponderance,
Even a plethora, of p’s:

Poetry is pithy, prankish and per...
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Categories: preoccupies, art, confusion, devotion, life,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things