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Roughing Poems - Poems about Roughing


torn by my own being
... Silence hangs, air is deathly . . . The silence breathly thousands of my voices They tear at my choices ~tear~ roughing-- till I ......

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Categories: roughing, analogy, angst, anxiety, assonance,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Fitting Nowhere
...i am pieces of granite wall undetermined reason for being tolerating chisel masters crumbling into dust falling into bowl of crevice scraped up into Chinaman’s baskets roughing up against daint......

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Categories: roughing, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Personification



Premium Member Dine At My Request
...Moonlight Come Dance With Me There's no polyester in the trees Nothing but mucous membrane What's writing what's wrong Pattern of the ole coal miners Roughing it eating leftovers in diners A br......

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Categories: roughing, adventure, allegory, analogy, celebrity,
Form: Rhyme
Flowing River - I Became
...Flowing river - I became...! 'O' friend! you stood your ground, a rock in the riverbed; sauntered, stuttered, stumbled and stopped for good. I transformed, into waters and became one in one with......

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Categories: roughing, allegory, allusion, introspection, life,
Form: Quatrain
Crime of Passion
...One Sunday afternoon in spring, i was tending my garden, trimming and watering the roses, when he first passed by. I remember standing up to break the ache, and as i ran my hand across the face,......

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Categories: roughing, lust, sexy,
Form: Narrative



I Am the Sentence Lost Poet
...I am the sentence lost poet who has forgotten names hollow versions of imposter me with little left to crawl inside the words. My life is shaped by subtle arts stripped from the mirror of reflecte......

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Categories: roughing, imagery, inspiration, introspection, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Tyler and the Beast
...Beasty was a monstrous dog, An Irish Wolfhound he. If you saw him bounding towards you, You'd likely turn and flee. One day while he was walking 'bout, He came upon a fight. Some bigger boys ......

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Categories: roughing, child, dog,
Form: Quatrain
The Unwanted Rise of Tears
...My own downfall, being with no malice of intent. the gravity of being born with no force, my soul even wanders beyond my spirit. shame of uncleanliness; guilt of unworthiness, troubles of accepting, ......

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Categories: roughing, confusion, dark, depression, fear,
Form: Rhyme
The Frequent Apology
...a balloon half-filled with helium hovers five inches or so below the ceiling of the cafeteria a few feet away from the time clock & on a table near the balloon, a sympathy card bearing the signature......

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Categories: roughing, life, work, people, people,
Form: Free verse
Peter Pan
...His way of life, I will never understand This character, We all know as, "Peter Pan" The idea of him taking a young woman,by the hand Only to drop her, for a more indefinite plan Such as, "r......

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Categories: roughing, introspection
Form: Verse
Surfing In the Sea of Sweet Love
...The postcard reads"Wish You Were Here" Then I see the sea of loves wave on how We behave... The sea waves rush and Your surfboard gets drenched. Is this a Dream you wonder and nothing but gushes......

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Categories: roughing, passionsweet, sea, water, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My Backyard Volcano
...My Backyard Playground....Mt. Lassen Peak Our playground is a mountain steep Come climb with me to Lassen's Peak! It guards our valley, rust and green Like roughing it? A camper's dream! Or......

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Categories: roughing, nature, places
Form: Sonnet
Sagittarious
...Skinny All american Gangsta In The Town of Anadarko Roughing It Out Under and Sideways......

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Categories: roughing, funny, life
Form: Acrostic
Your Cheer Leader
...He's your typical all-too-friendly booster who goes way, way out of his way to bolster what's left of your stuff when the roughing gets tough, when your bestest best is never g......

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Categories: roughing, people
Form: Light Verse

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