Rumors
Rumors can be fascinating,
hearing about others speculating,
wondering what is percolating
seemingly out of the blue.
I always find it fascinating
and, to be honest, kinda hair-raising,
to hear things about myself
that I know are just not true.
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Categories:
rumors, anxiety, truth,
Form: Rhyme
FRIENDS
FRIENDS
I thought you were my safe place
Someone i could always trust
You smiled to my face then turned away
Backstabbed me in the cruelest way
You took my secrets and made them a game
Spread them around and laughed at my pain
So i'll flip the switch
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Categories:
rumors, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
blinded by the rumors
He doesn’t trust me. I told him the truth. He doesn’t care that I told the truth, he believes them. He thinks that I lied. His eyes have nothing but hate and darkness in them. His body stones there's no warmth in his lip. He is blinded by the words that never existed. I tell
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Categories:
rumors, anxiety, conflict, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Rumors abound
The ugly old tomcat was feral
Rumors abound that he’s sterile
But when the moon’s high
All the hot kitties sigh
Tease that old boy at your peril
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Categories:
rumors, humor,
Form: Limerick
Unseen
So you think you/
Can talk about me/
Behind my back/
You call me names/
A big mouth/
You are mistaken/
Isn't it you/
That is the big mouth/
The liar, the fake/
You don't have a clue/
Who your enemies are/
Keep spreading your lies/
It's the unseen in me/
A creature of Hell/
You need to be aware of/
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Categories:
rumors, anger, anti bullying, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
After the Poetry Recital, Saving the Whales!
After the Poetry Recital
by Michael R. Burch
Later there’ll be talk of saving whales
over racks of lamb and flambéed snails.
Hell-Bound Hounds
by Michael R. Burch
We have five dogs and every one’s a sinner!
I swear it’s true—they’ll steal each other’s dinner!
They’ll hump before they’re married. That’s unlawful!
They’ll even screw in public. Eek, so awful!
And when it’s time for
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Categories:
rumors, poems, poetess, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Rumors of War
("Creation Myth - Anthropomorphic Nebula Merit Badge” #65, 2016, original oil)
Rumors of War
War, war, rumors of war,
Whispered on the winds
Screamed from the rooftops.
Who does it benefit,
What is it good for?
I can tell you this as someone
Who has known it in a million lifetimes
Hand to hand, across trenches,
Behind ramparts and within
Tanks and Hellfire missiles,
It’s not the
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Categories:
rumors, humanity, war,
Form: Free verse
Fighting Rumors That Hurt
Words encouragement
Bounce off with no meaning
Meaningless rumors
Absorbed like a dry sponge
Torments from others
Like a raging flood
Face hidden by his hoodie
He pretends to ignore
Rumors & torments
Scarred and torn by the words
He’ll fade away slowly
Not a single soul noticing
No emotions at all after his family's betrayal
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Categories:
rumors, 12th grade, bullying, dark,
Form: Free verse
Lies And Rumors
Never underestimate
How the way you instigate
Trouble every single day
It is making blue skies grey
For everybody that you meet
There's a cloud over the street
That you're always walking down
It's affecting this whole town
Every word you say is truthless
You are rotten really ruthless
Telling hurtful painful lies
Your ready to criticize
Anyone crossing your path
Leaving a whole aftermath
Of destruction hard to
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Categories:
rumors, anger, bullying, life, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Wars and Rumors
Wars end, when the reporters
stop writing,
when the partisan heads stop talking.
The frontline news petters out,
less attention is paid to destruction.
Images of smoldering battlefields,
are reduced to brief and cryptic reports.
Who won or lost is a question.
never asked.
It is imperative; very necessary,
that we wage a new conflict
somewhere else immediately,
a momentum must be maintained.
All wars end in confusion,
most
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Categories:
rumors, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Rumors
The players enter the arena to battle out their mind
But we already know that only one will survive
Four friends fight over rumors that spread
Let us the audience see how their relationship will end
1. The Goddess
The leader of the friends and the leader of the school
Everyone in this room is a victim of her rule
However, her
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Categories:
rumors, best friend, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Rumors of Light
Echoed in the embrace of autumn’s wind,
Gentling whispers, sighing
Breathing prayers who consume guarded
Flames from yesterday’s shadows
Considered by the trembling branches,
Tugging against the gusts,
Laughing into the twisted leaves, dancing
Swirling caresses of soft amber,
Succulent tangerine and delicious scarlet,
Coils of maples, buttery gold
Spinning verdures, rich like October’s soul
Reflected in the shimmer of stardust,
Peppered skies, sprinkled with
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Categories:
rumors, appreciation, autumn, blessing, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
The Rumors
These rumors
They aren't fair
But no one cares
This drama
it's going to give me trauma
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Categories:
rumors, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Chapter 121 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Family's Grand Gathering and Family Rumors
Date: June 2048
The grills were set everything was
In place. CJ informed "More
than 350 family members
Are expected to be here within
The hour." Damian said, "with 300 plus
Relatives expected today it
Will be a major impossibility to meet
Every family member." The family
Began to crowd as more family
Entered. Molly was
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Categories:
rumors, birth, confidence, deep, devotion,
Form: Alliteration
Dish the Dirt
"I have this spilling tea that would blend this conversation."
Does it speak beyond your intelligence and profession?
When words become bullets, that’s when you start pulling the trigger.
How can you murder names with joy and act like a winner?
Maybe noontime discussions are more absorbing when it’s all about rumors.
But gossips don’t make the truth, honey; They
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Categories:
rumors, betrayal,
Form: Couplet
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