Scratch Poems - Poems about Scratch

she sits at the bar near chamberlain high school, her nails chewed to nothing, a lipstick smear on the rim of her glass. the men orbit her like moths, drawn to her heat, but she keeps her eyes on the jukebox, fingers twitching against the lacquered wood. there’s something inside her— a scream buried too deep or a wound sewn too tight. she scratches at the...

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I scribble, scrabble, scratch and scrawl Squiggly words on walls down the hall I am a scribe, and I must write Sentences flowing out of sight Some people might not be able to comprehend My ideas are pushing and prodding me to begin I have a pencil or pen in my hand every day. Almost every moment is grand, writing is play....

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Into the edge of adrift time shrinks as the glowing spectrum pans and shifts i want to feel friendly with the screen again i want to feel the fuzzy static embrace me like arms made of out dozens of freshly hatched chickadees warm around my chest like jet addled water outside the leaves flutter like channels in the airways its getting dark earlier in the day i want...

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death is only a scratch to the soul This life is an hors d'oeuvre to a heavenly buffet somebody sprinkled poison on half of the plates and therein lies the monumental problem. death is only a scratch to the soul...

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Limericks IX Scratch-n-Sniff by Michael R. Burch The world’s first antinatalist limerick? Life comes with a terrible catch: It’s like starting a fire with a match. Though the flames may delight In the dark of the night, In the end what remains from the scratch? Time Out! by Michael R. Burch Time is at war with my body! am i Time’s most diligent hobby? for there’s never Time...

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NO exact measurement will do because my Poetry is truly immeasurable sometimes heartbreaking other times pleasurable. You definitely want to Start with passion mix it with loss a dash of pain from her deceit with a pinch or two of how I paid the cost. Blend in tears we wouldn't want it to be ...

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All over is the same, we scratch each other's, that is the game. We kill logic, hard truth, wisdom and opinion, we don't feel any shame. We break our conscious like a horse and live like a lame. (11.08.2023)...

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Remember what now you forget. The days we've spent together and that will never come back. Remember all the laughs and talking we had in the park, listening to the birds in Spring, listening to ourselves in all the seasons. Remember about the days we used to make love without...

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Illustrious Phantom You chase My desire For satisfaction As I chase you Hither and thither Like the rainbow's end Always just out of reach Escalating intensity or just A trick of the cruel mind Dancing across my skin Infiltrating my sanity As a ghostly feather Until I find your Illusive hiding Place Ahh ...

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You end up Enjoying and loving it so much You are willing to Scratch away And lick at it Like Catnip Chocking you on furr ball's Stuck permanently in your throat Like the worst kind of chest infected phlegm You will never forget always remember Like people of old who used to smoke coughed The way one day you may yourself End up as...

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"chicken scratch" Cluck cluck cluck. Cluck? Cluck cluck. Cluck cluck? CLUCK!!!...

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My nephew scratched his ticket For the lottery, to find He’d won a rather hefty sum; It really blew his mind. Which made me think, does everyone Who plays expect this news? If so, perhaps to win at last Means one has paid his dues. In any case, I hope this windfall Helps some plans to hatch And doesn’t cause an outcome That is not...

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Recipe Just a small portion The muffins The dressing is made from scratch A little sample in a muffin Tastes great Small plate Cranberry Sauce toppings Elegant style Worth the while Delicious in size. Homemade In a fancy dish Sizeable amounts 12 dressing muffins in a pan The dressing style On the entree list....

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King Monkey got a kitty, so hip hip hooray! He named her Scratchy Scratch before the next Tuesday. She gives him tiny pats and tries to make his tummy stay. Into a perfect bed, where her tiny head she doth lay. Butterflies follow Scratchy Scratch around the castle deep She does not have to cage them, they stay within the...

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softly you request without asking i am sincerely at your will i see the stress leave your eyes i will find a rare song for you softly you thank me for a melting the ice of your smile i am sincerely at your will i see the energy return the radiance of your skin i will find a rare song for you softly...

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