Short Try On Poems

I try on words
Like hats and shoes
To see which look
Best fits my muse.

7/30/20

Poem of the Day
August 1st, 2020...

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Day one without our lim'rick dad
It's cloudy and I feel quite sad
I sneak in his room
Try on his perfume
and call his harem to come to his pad...

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a shy teenager
coaxed to try on pink lipstick~
breaks into a smile



Submitted on May 31, 2019 for contest  WRITING CHALLENGE 5, MAY 2019 SENRYU sponsored by DEAR HEART  -  RANKED 3RD...

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There are more nos than yeses
when my wife goes to Talbots to try on new dresses.
Each dress has to fit her just so
that only her best features show.
And the rest she leaves up to wild-ass guesses.
...

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Plump went with Pulchritude
  to try on a dress
The tears in her eyes
  bespoke Plump's distress

Pleasing put in a good word
  Pleasant chimed in too
But all was in vain
            ~ as Pulchritude knew...

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Another night of dreams, 
one after another, flickering half images
echo real events but bare my heart.

I try on new realities,
like dazzling garments or popup stores
of evanescent wants I may not admit to myself....

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Running away,
Stayng behind. 
Not knowing what, 
Is on my mind.

Not wanting to change
'Cause I think I'll lose
Then wanting to try on 
Someone elses shoes.

I'm feeling serene
I'm feelin' no pain
But now I think
I'm goin' insane....

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you try on the horns
they never settle just right
you remember the first time
nervous long night
of sacrificial insights
silence shattered
by shrill screams & blood spatter
you try on the horns
nothing is ever like the first time
voluntary or otherwise...

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I glance behind me,
I look left, then right.
No-one must see me.
It wouldn’t be right.

I am a gran,old,
But young.
With lots of pep
And vigour
To have some fun.

I glam up 
With make up
And try on
The high heels.
 I dance round the house
to see how it feels....

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For every glow of your shine, there will always be others who try to extinguish your flame than to learn how to glow on their own.  

Considering all resources that they spent trying to extinguish your fire, they would have shone already if they only chose to try on their own....

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You watch me try on mask after mask
Always knowing which face is true
But when you wonder, you just ask
And that's why I love you
You always seek beneath the surface
Never frightened of the dark
You understand that I can act
But loving you is not a part
You accept my secrets like a gift
A magic spell only you can lift...

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' Twas entangled in marshmallows.
Trying to make rice Krispie's.
That could share with goodfellows.
Maybe should have tried Swiss cheese.

A system tried to develop.
Waxed paper didn't untangle.
Many emotions did swell up.
Hand, mouth, tongue 'twas entangled   

3rd try on this Ae Freislighe poetry form...

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When kids can’t read analog clocks
There might be some stumbling blocks.
Just try on for size
The expression “clockwise”
And watch as confusion unlocks.

For both “clockwise” and “counter” are based
On the way a clock moves as it’s faced.
Though with digital screens
Who can tell what that means
So that concept just can’t be embraced....

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It's still in writing
one headline at a time
moving as fast as lightning
as swift as any pen
 With its many highs
and lows
the dramatic decisions
my work so many see
 Played out like an actor on stage
entertaining the masses
shocking the world with each move
resembling a game of chess
 My life
the choices made
watched by millons
but judged by all
though none wish to try on these shoes...

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How many hats does she wear in all? I asked.
The leopard rolled over, his body happily sun-basked.
Did you count the hats? I asked the tiger lily.
She giggled at me, making me feel a tiny bit silly.

How many hats in all? I asked the python.
He said don’t really know, but let’s try on one.
So, saying, he flipped one upside down on his head.
I got away fast, for he looked like he had not recently been fed....

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Love is eclectic


Love is eclectic;
Fire heart;
Lone star…
Afar.


Love is a gesture.
Open doors;
Pull back the chair for,
The romance of it all.


Love is a question.
Would you like?
Do you feel alike?
Will you become my bride?


Love is patience.
Try on clothes.
Wait by the phone.
Save up to buy a home.


Love is endless.
Faithful;
Truthful;
Wonderful.


(C)2017 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved....

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"I shall be telling this with a sigh" 
    Robert Frost, The Road Less Traveled. 

Mom
took me
to try on
my first pair of 
contacts -back when the 
soft ones weren’t yet for sale.
As I struggled to endure
a feeling like stones burning in
my eyes, I looked up to see my pain
mirrored in Mom’s own face, wet with her tears.

Written by Andrea Dietrich/around 2010

For "Give me a Kiss, Mommy" Poetry Contest
by Constance ~ My Dear Heart ~...

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I feel you toes,
As I enter the Polar Plunge.
I know you toes,
As I try on sandals for fun.

I cleanse you toes,
As I take my baths.
I fear you toes,
Upon the ledge, the devil's wrath!

I love you toes,
Always taking me to safer ground.
I laugh with you toes,
Playing footsies with women around!

I age with you toes,
Caretakers help with friendly slippers.
I die with you toes,
At the start of the body bag's zipper.

19-September-2021...

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To see the Lady in the harbor
From the deck of ship at moor

The sea and the winds that blow
Tell of freedom where liberties glow

Protection enshrined in its constitution
Articles of Confederation 

The lamp lite for the world to see
Brought millions to cross the sea

The crucible an emulation of humanity
Every race and culture creativity

Is the hope still alive in the U S A
Only those with wealth can stay 

Give us your tired and poor
Time to try on another shore...

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