Short On The Tip Of My Tongue Poems

The tip of my tongue
From the bottom of my heart
I just can't tell you...

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the green truck,
was waiting
in the drive way

the right words,
came too late
to the tip of my tongue...

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Les Dewett was a gigilo
Who loved to do it really slow
Though he was well hung
The tip of his tongue
Won their praises for Best of Show...

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she was an obvious danger dancing on the tip of my tongue, her name melted like a sugar cube, a slow, deliberate sweet descent into madness....

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A girl on the tip of my tongue
Wants to swing while she is still young
She went on Facebook
The lads had a look
And now its her phone that's well hung...

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Do you know who invented the crossword?
I can't remember his name for the life of me
It’s on the tip of my tongue just out of reach
It’s W something N something E...

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I think I know.
Oh, wait I don't.
Its at the tip of my tongue.
Great, now its not.
God I hate myself.
I hate my own encrypted thoughts.
If only I remembered the key....

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The bullet is loaded 
On the tip of your tongue
You pull the trigger 
Your words are on the run
Headed for my wounded heart
Just one more moment
And your work will be done...

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only i will know the taste
of the stars & scars
as they nest
in your eyes
while the tip of my tongue
& lines of my palm
trace on your skin
poems even i
do not
hear...

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Briane

how long 
before
my heart realizes
you have gone
my mind seems in sad collusion
but you have gone
i wait with a question 
on the tip of my tongue
nothing echoes down the hall....

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What is that word?
Give me a moment-
It's right on the tip of my tongue.
I can see it-
It starts with the letter T.
The reason for the uncertainty
Is the space between my ears.
A feeling of stupidity.
Spontaneously gone with the wind....

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Angel Water
Dust  devil 

Tip of the tongue
Back of the Hill up and down we run

Friends forever
Forever Friends
Friends forever



Barefoot together we run

12/10/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2019...

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The bullet is on the tip of my tongue
Your heart is underneath the barrel of the gun

I’ll blow your HEART to pieces
With this:
A lethal word; a deathly weapon
I’ll watch you bleed to nothing
Shrivel, shiver with this:
An assassinating label; DEHUMANIZATION...

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Mmmm! Melt in my mouth
you flaky apple pie.
You're making me drool,
you're making me cry.

Just a taste
on the tip of my tongue.
Hurry up now,
while i'm still young.

I can smell your aroma
From miles away,
Please give me slice
Or here I will stay....

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it's out of my reach

it slipped through my fingers

it's on the tip of my tongue

it's buried under my thoughts

just out of sight

was it purpose, light?

I can't remember

maybe if i lay in bed

through another afternoon

it'll find its way back...

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Our lips barely touch. 
I breath in the taste of you. 
You linger on the tip of my tongue. 
Softly brush the edges of my sentiment.
Near enough to touch yet out of my grasp.
Off limits. Forbidden.  Not allowed.
Futile sweet captivation.
I am utterly without cure....

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forgot to ask for honey 
what's a chicken nugget to do?
maybe marshmallow creme
A-1 or ranch dressing
caramel or chocolate drizzle
leftover guacamole
cheese queso beats plain ketchup
just off the top of my head
on the tip of my tongue

August 1, 2020

Strand - Informel...

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Truth is hung on the tip of my tongue;
It speaks the fear that I may die young
Before I know the depth of my Soul-
And all poems I've yet begun!

What will we find on the Other Side:
A place of Love or land of Lies;
A Realm of tears in Sorrow cries;
Or a World of Woe in heavy sighs?...

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Could you imagine
What the world would be like
If we used kind words
Kind words are succulent and sweet
Like drew drop honey cones on the tip of the tongue
Kind words calms angry storms
Soothes the belly of a hungry shark
Kind words have the power to reform
Kind words are irresistible....

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Satiated by you, your love, your love making, I sigh with contentment…no longer hungry…My mouth still savoring the flavors of love….I run the tip of my tongue over your lips to catch the last remnants of my dessert…..Satiated I am, my love. Satiated to my inner core…Satiated by feasting on you!...

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With an ebony plunge in the sea tonight
With the sky in a rage and fit to be tied
emerging opacity sleeps in my eyes-
clouds to be burned at the seams
WIth a storm iron grey on the tip of my tongue
With wings, liquid wings as I take the plunge
emerging with silver flips licking my mouth-
on a night of insatiable hunger....

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The sight,your heart ignites.Nervous,tense.Body aches,hand shakes.Would do anything for
lips to touch.Heart beats fast,make it last.Need you ,keep you,treat you well.Like a genie
that cast a spell.Taste of sugar,on the tip of my tongue.On your every word I am
hung.Spirit to spirit,soul to soul.In this life,your love is all I know....

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Isn’t it always 
On tip of his tongue
To mispronounce her love name
To call me

Didn’t want to show how fragile I was
So I kept my cool 
To pretend how strong I am
Though it was agonizing my heart

Heaps ran through my mind
Does my existence mean anything to him
How easy it was
To leave a scarring wound in my heart 

- Azra Hussain - ©...

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There was a time when 
pleasure came on the tip of a tongue.
When fear fled and the senses
did indulge.

Though visions dim and
sound distorts, dismays…
the tang of sweet and sour stay
abides within the aged form
in figureless grace.

Released are we aged crones and cronies
no longer the baited traps, the pollen
for the laden prongs
of progeny....

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you can find it under the bark of age old trees
it lives in the skeletons of fallen leaves
you can hear it bounce off 
a carpeted climb 
concrete laden steel
it’s on your mind
on the tip of your tongue
a word that sits on your lips
a thought 
screams below your vocal chords
pointless 
so never spoken
"if only i had"
"what if"
"if" ...

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