Short Back Talk Poems

~The wave breaks
gently, caressing
over and over
it strokes
the rocky shore.
The shore
trembles
wet
ready
but mute.
The storm
glowers
angering the sea:
back-talk
leads to back
hands,
and the shore
maudlin
retreats.~...

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I can't stand behind back talking people saying what they think about you behind your 
back. I can't stand behind back talking if you have something to say just say it in my 
face. I won't behind your back talk about you so please do me the curtsy and open your 
mouth and say whatever you have to say about me to my face. Because I can't stand behind 
back talking....

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~The wave breaks
gently, caressing
over and over
it strokes
the rocky shore.
The shore
trembles
wet
ready
silvery
but mute.
The storm
glowers
angering the sea:
back-talk
leads to back
hands,
and the shore
maudlin
retreats.~

Large ~
boulders
break with the tides
of time, to slivered
shards all glistening wet.
golden in a new dawn
once whole now
 broken by the tide
still there's
beauty,
yet.~


*see about the poem...

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