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Set Off Poems - Poems about Set Off

Reversed Signs
...Isn't it ironic? You sat on my right side when we first met And you exited my life making a left turn down my street It was my right hand that comforted you in the beginning And it was my left......

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Categories: set off, break up, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Advisory for Adversary
...The sun unfolds, precisely peeking through the light of stars, dominating ink-spilled nights. Its rays graze softly on blooming wounds as sirens set off warnings of incoming dunes. O vulnerab......

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Categories: set off, adventure, anxiety, growth, hope,
Form: Free verse



Conversations
...Conversations with my father, Bittersweet, and maybe sad Conversations with my father Talks that we never had. Companionably silent As we set off walking Neither of us known For doing too mu......

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Categories: set off, family, father, i miss
Form: Rhyme
The Alpenglow
...And when i climbed the mound of grass The sun set at a stop Birds came swirling round Outcrops in the light Waves crashed under, instability; Glass houses and rocks. I think i got there. I t......

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Categories: set off, abuse, anxiety, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member X,UNDERGROUND,
...(Snaps fingers rhythmically, leans into the mic) Ninety. X. Underground/ The hiss of the tape, a constant companion/ Atmospheric pressure, a concrete room, sweat slicked on foreheads, illuminated......

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Categories: set off, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word



LCW
...Sometimes she would laugh. Sometimes she would cry. her worries she would never complicate into my life. but when worries complicated ......

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Categories: set off, mother,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Door Of Uncertainty
...I start my pilgrimage from unknown spheres. My paths are filled with penetrating spears. Clouds of helplessness and hopelessness float Seas are wave-filled, and I have no lifeboat. Faith points......

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Categories: set off, adventure, anxiety, death, fear,
Form: Rhyme
THE CHEVALIER OF BURGOS
...At the foot of Burgos’ Castle Looking toward its beautiful Cathedral I learned what it means: "To tide down by the pylon" Or "to go down to the Moor Muza." From waist down It was the first tim......

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Categories: set off, adventure,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Fishing
... We set off full of hope into the night as it grew blacker towards the end of the jetty where shorelights dimmed to a distant glow. Wind drove a swell to boom and crash against the pylons be......

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Categories: set off, father son, fishing, silence,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Score Huitain
...Deafening the score for spring break, set off by the harp’s gentle voice. That pas de deux of give and take, a fever pitch played with such poise. There are so many twisted toys that masquerad......

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Categories: set off, emotions, feelings, spring,
Form: Other
Premium Member Believe the Facade of a Narcissist-No More
...Mirror, mirror on the wall ~ don't let me fall for a narcissist's words for fear I'll find myself tangled in the web of silk threads cunningly spun to lure me in. You might take those words to......

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Categories: set off, anti bullying, how i
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sand
...The ocean is so beautiful, so wild and untamed. With power and a majesty that never can be named. We get lost in its rhythms, we’re pulled down into its depths, Imagine we can hear the song, the t......

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Categories: set off, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dramatic Moon
... Flow of the lustrous milky rays Aglow as the coat of white glaze Birds misled and set off their trills Herds ready to go to foothills Confused owls go in awful mood Amused jars wish to forage ......

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Categories: set off, moon,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Me and My Guitar
...I'd grown tired of all the stress and worries of my life. I thought it might be best to take a rest. I’d hop into my car and drive off into the starlight Without a real direction, maybe vaguely we......

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Categories: set off, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member To Relive My First Word
... All my life I have always stammered but looking back through the years there's been in my mind that first word this has haunted me considering the fear Throughout life through the good and ba......

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Categories: set off, childhood, life, words,
Form: Rhyme

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