Rub Out Poems

Premium MemberTime Heals Heartbroken Souls

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"Time is the wisest counsellor of all.” Pericles
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Categories: rub out, heartbroken, hope, inspirational, life,
Form: Quatrain

Premium MemberThat Was Random

...There are actual people
half woman half man
running mornings and
dream people in movies
half language half light.
Tomorrow is John’s funeral.

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This is my minute
my moment
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Categories: rub out, angel, death, dream, river,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberAmong the Chaos Searching For Peace

...In the midst of life's troubles
one feels lost among the fog
so many routes filter through
making conclusions like a daily log

One wants always to understand
thinking it's our right to know
b...
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Categories: rub out, peace, words, writing,
Form: Rhyme

Wide Eyed

...I have come to be real-in-my-eyes,
eyes that only half see,
yet only the half blind may see themselves.

The fine hairs of apperception,
those metaphorical hat brims pulled low
over smiling eye...
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Categories: rub out, poetry,
Form: Free verse

A Beautiful Breeze

...Comfortable spaces
Familiar places
So much effort 
Same old faces

So uninspired 

This way of living 
Kind of restrictive 
Barely giving
Repetitive going ons
To waste the day
Uncreative ...
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Categories: rub out, imagination, women,
Form: List


The Badly Drawn Goat

...The pencil now resting the image was 'testing' for the creature before him, (his badly-drawn drawin') had come out 'not right' somewhat twisted and tight.

The picture in question, it burst with su...
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Categories: rub out, animal, creation, funny,
Form: Rhyme

Have To Forget Lame Favoritism

...George Floyd
Name of the time
To remove the obnoxious word
"RACE, CASTE"
From the world dictionary of unkind,
From the scripture of beastly mind

Yes
George Floyd
Name of the rub out forever...
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Categories: rub out, anxiety, humanity,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Shoe Box

...One size does not fit all and the shoe horn stuck out

Tim shooed away foot prints ghosts and memories

When the clock struck midnight at the end of the year

Not much had differed when the fir...
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Categories: rub out, war,
Form: Free verse

Dream 1: 4 Weeks In Positano

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"Dream 1: 4 Weeks in Positano"



Kisses long linger warm lips tasted intense
so sweet like cured Valencia Oranges
lips liquored triple sec not dr...
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Categories: rub out, dream, romance, sensual,
Form: Romanticism

Let Us Rub Out the War Words

...we are human
on this earth, we are civilized animals

first world, second world, third world
we all are now on the queue of civilization

first and second world war
now in our remembrance;
gr...
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Categories: rub out, humanity, peace, world,
Form: Free verse

Judged

...I remember her eyes
as i broke her heart
i felt the blood stop moving through my body
my heart a pounding lion
seemed to flutter to a stop
time stood in audience
and the scene now still
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Categories: rub out, poetry,
Form: Free verse

My Path

...I dream
a dream of sage
poetic sage in the ocean 
of words, pure and eternal
breaths to breaths, steps to steps
sounding through the wave of life
-"Rub out the Hate, the Vengeance
from your po...
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Categories: rub out, how i feel,
Form: Prose Poetry

Be the Bin of God

...O' dear, come
Seek holiness inside of you
Seek holiness outside of you 
Rub out the rust of stubborn mind 
Wash off the dust of soul, find
yourself and be cleaned, 
Be the crystal bin of GOD in...
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Categories: rub out, introspection, spiritual,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberA Slam of a Sham

...A politician's life is such a sham,
His every campaign speech is a scam.
He runs for office unleashing radical rants and raves,
Then votes the party line, so as not to make any waves.

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Categories: rub out, corruption, integrity, judgement, political,
Form: Rhyme

Two Hours Before Dawn

...It’s two hours before dawn,
  and I’ve slept through the night

The rarest occurrence,
  but her footsteps come light

She let me sleep soundly,
  and she let me dream free

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Categories: rub out, muse,
Form: Rhyme

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