Short Classify Poems

Havoc gland makes feel
A gamma of emotions
Hard to classify...

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True words I shall tenderly parse
Who’s seen that tremendous fat arse?
So not to offend
And the wrong message send
Let’s classify it as not sparse...

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botanists classify grapes as berries
sandy soil produces softer wines
white wines originate from green grapes
intrigued, I cannot believe
I was the one who did not want this tour!...

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Classify myself as one of the great thinkers
At times been known to come up with a clinker
Try my bestest
Surely passed the testest
Still, random people are giving me the finger...

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Classify myself as the greatest of thinkers
But sometimes been known to come up with a clinker
Try my damn best
Thought I'd passed the test
But people on the street keep giving me the finger...

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Classify myself as one of the great of thinkers
But sometimes been known to come up with a clinker
Try my damn best
Thought I'd passed the test
But people on the street keep giving me the finger...

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How many classify yourselves as optimists
If you answered in the negative, then you're a pessimist
Think only of good things
Your heart will then sing
And you'll find you'll have no need for a cardiologist...

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How many of you classify yourself as a true optimist
If you answer in the negative, you must be a pessimist
Think only of good things
You heart will surely sing
And you'll find you'll have no need for a cardiologist...

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Classification and education are not inspiration
To classify or correct a poem does not make poetry
Who of you are able to Judge Shakespeare
If you cannot judge the best how can you judge the least
If Shakespeare were here today he would receive an N/A...

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A-n attempt to classify people, 
N-ot according to nationality; 
A-ll about the ancestry instead, where there is commonality. 

E-arly morn February fifth, 
L-anguage is similar within; 
I-nherited status based on society 
C-omes from ethnic 
O-rigin....

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Look past the lies
See things not to classify
Wonder why ask the why
Problems were meant to be solved
and for life to let it be
Just to see people in unity
Is a blessing to me
Questions it be a view
Precious to see
So Let the struggle
A Stressing to See
So Life let it be...

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Thin and thick we are 
so many sizes and shapes 
how do I know if I fit in?
beauty has no scale 
nor people's height and weight 
we grow how we live 
how we eat 
whether healthy or not 
it's how we feel 
so I guess 
I'll just classify myself as 
overweight woman who likes food...

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If the earth and sun

If the earth is one,
oh ! my God why you divide men, 
in the name of religion include one's, 
	recurrent plan
among the human, like a shadow fleet, 
	to contradict one.
To, smell strongly and unpleasantly, 
	thee has its ancient floor,
to make an appeal provide a new, 
filling not to be misled to classify 
the human beings as it is a shame....

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STRETCH SCREEN

We study the flowers in the field,
One by one...
Discover their properties and what they yield,
Numbering the petals...
We classify them by leaf, and by their seeds,
We give them names...
Discovering new trees, fungus, and weeds, 
One by one... 
We catalog thousands, living and dead,
Perspective is close... 
Unwittingly lifting a tenacious head, 
we finally see ... the field.

-Edlynn Nau 
© February 19, 2019...

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So many thoughts lurk within,
And soar like butterflies in my mind.
I try drastically to classify them all,
For everyone to appreciate their kind.

The blank paper is the net, 
That catches all these thoughts.
Then the classification process begins,
And poetry is made from these thoughts.

I articulate my experiences,
For all to gain from my existence.
So when butterflies cross my mind,
I grab the net and catch them that instant....

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Labels 
Help to classify
To organize
To name
They help to find a reason
A scapegoat
A blame

We use them everyday
In a store
In school
Their mark is strong and clear
Something’s “lame” or 
Something’s “cool”

They label it as “healthy”
They label it as “bad” 
They label it as “very sweet”
Or simply “raving mad”

The problem starts to escalate
To rise
To worsen
But if you peel the label off
You’ll find
It’s just a person...

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Come sit down beside, and do tell,
Is a book on Agnosticism non-fiction as well?
Let's choose a book of literary spells,
Let's take ourselves to libraries to dwell,
Let's spread the word of literacy,
Billions of people need to read,
Thoughts, opinions and ideas for free,
Would you classify --isms as fiction?
Is a book on Agnosticism non-fiction?
Is Atheism a true creed?
Fabulous negativity, Kafkas, prithee,
Come sit down beside me, let's read....

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We love to type and classify
we find it hard to wonder why,
the quirky and eccentric mind
off mainstreet,much enjoyment finds;
We seek and seek the poet's voice,
in verse and poesy of our choice,
Yes this is him,no that is her
we guess,but can never be sure;
Perhaps occasion,the voice makes,
identity has many takes,
maybe posterity's critique
will provide,the answer we ssek.

Inspiration,in many a disguise
conducts us on its journey,of surprise....

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We classify many things as good.
We may classify them as bad.
They may be classified as neither.
Or classified as both.

Life is said to be seen in black.
Seen in white.
Sometimes grey.
Or no color at all.

But sometimes there is no classification.
Only the thin line in between.
Or not at all.

Because some things are so out of the context of our understanding.
That they are none of the four.

Not good.
Not bad.
Not both.
And never neither....

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!You can’t classify me!
You can’t label me on a list
Or tie me up and put me in your pretty black box.
I’m Original.
You have never seen anything like me before.
I broke the mold.
I am new creation.
You can’t place me in a group.
I don’t belong.
I am an individual.
I set the trend.
I don’t fit in with your petty misconceptions.
I don’t follow your rules.
Instead I break them.
I am my own person.
I am not your typical teen.
!Stereotype someone else!...

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History has formed us into one braid
to stay strong and never surrender to any blade
standing side by side to be each others shade.
Why then do we classify one another into grades?
So that some cut others off just b’cos they are made?

There’s still hope, this togetherness will not fade
whatever it is, we have collectively paid
let’s stop hate from this unprecedented raid
so that unity will eventually get love laid.
We are Africans! Enough has been said....

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We love to type & classify
we find it hard to wonder why
the quirky & eccentric mind
off mainstreet,much enjoyment finds
We seek& seek the poet's voice
in verse & poesy of our choice
Yes this is him no that is her
we guess but can never be sure
Perhaps occasion the voice makes 
&identity has many takes
maybe posterity's critique
will provide the answer we seek

Inspiration in many a disguise
conducts us on its journey   of the wise


 | Year Posted 2010...

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I think we can rule infatuation out.
Because we both know this is hard work.
Who would pursue this half-starved, 
Don't kiss-and-don't-tell kind of life
If they didn't really want it?

Don't classify heart-breaking restraint, heart-mending honesty, mutual sleepless nights, countless calculated glances, true words written, true words shared and veractiy promised as a juvenile obsession: you're much more to me than that.

I know what it is, I told you,
Do with it what you will....

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I am not sleek cheekbones
Or chirpy cheerleader chants
I am not bleached blonde platinum
Or bubblegum pink
I am neither New York heels
Nor barefoot California

Don't classify my science a deceiver
Don't judge my faith a non-believer

Cry me no unreal tears for Twitter stick figures
I prefer the flesh of a well-fed life

I am not glossy lipstick and lingerie
I am the unmade face, the mismatched pace
The full grown, real sized woman he wants - every day.

8/30/19...

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