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Reacting Poems - Poems about Reacting


Premium Member Reacting To Aphrodite
Stunned by her beauty, our tongues would not work We could not stop staring, she was a flaming goddess A princess, a queen, the quintessential woman We admired her from afar, afraid to get closer. Her beauty might dazzle our eyes out. Who is she? I asked, when I regained my speech. Aphrodite, goddess of love, beauty and passion. Validation that I...

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Categories: reacting, mythology,
Form: Free verse
Reacting To a Hateful Bank Rumor
Steady rustling of stacked-high newspapers, On the vendors stand US skyscrapers; A long face further parting with brightness: The type that treated not things with lightness It’s a man heading for a child’s mistake; From last medical check-up much at stake! Started it had with a rumored broadcast, Which listening through made Chapman downcast. Now, he’s at Lukman’s vendor stand for more Of a...

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Categories: reacting, africa, allusion, memory, money,
Form: Rhyme



No Reacting
Not reacting you can stop the pain, Not reacting you can change the fate Not reacting, when the world needs your voice Not reacting, when there is no choice... Being passive, when the world needs your action Living only for your own satisfaction Your own personal cell is the whole world for you Take a look outside someone...

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Categories: reacting, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Reacting To Headline News
You’re in a great mood Whistling dancing twirling. Loving your life Suddenly the TV gets louder Two hundred fires A plane crash that killed a hundred Thirty-one car pile up You stop whistling Your dancing feet tangle up You fall, now in a completely different place Wait! Your angel says. That is them. Not us! You begin arguing with her Suddenly you need a nap. You are feeling...

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Categories: reacting, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Reacting To Fear
When I don’t feel safe, I draw back and flinch, shutter in fear and I can’t seem to calm down. Little or big things can set me off in a pinch and instantly I feel like I am going to drown. It’s the way my heart races so quickly in fear that makes me want to run and...

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Categories: reacting, life, silly,
Form: Rhyme




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