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Shrieks Poems - Poems about Shrieks

Diagnosis Disease
..."Bpd" My legs are falling off Ripping from my body My eyes are melting "ADHD" My head It will explode Don't you see? "Manic Depressive, Manic Episodes?" This disease it is me It laughs it......

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Categories: shrieks, anxiety, mental health,
Form: Free verse
Midway Psalm
...The Ferris wheel, a spoked and sputtering crown, Pinned back the velvet dark. We paid our fee In crumpled bills, bought passage to the town Where gravity forgot to work its shift for me. Neon stu......

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Categories: shrieks, meaningful, metaphor, peace, poetry,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Dangle A Backdrop
...Fountains sprinkle summer city rising steam spiral, wet dispersed and raucous shrieks from children, pavements, streets. lanes, byways imbued, with that June to September jubilance, jovial spiri......

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Categories: shrieks, adventure, art, beautiful, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member In the Mouth of Desire
...in the mouth of desire, inverted spires lean toward the grots of Hell. tongues forked, skewered with sapphires in the mouth of desire, inverted spires. Adam's apple burning cores, as moths fo......

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Categories: shrieks, betrayal, bible, celebrity, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
The Discarded Man
...Trapped in layers of sin, ambiguity, and shame. The man walks the loud, but still, lonely streets of the city, searching for something that he does not know. The discarded man. A man standing in th......

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Categories: shrieks, corruption, feelings, grief, loneliness,
Form: Free verse



Thunderstorm
...The fury of a thunderstorm Should not be a surprise, For prior to its sudden booms Come dark-as-nighttime skies. The wind whips up, the branches sway, The air cools down a bit And lightning z......

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Categories: shrieks, storm,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ceasefire
...white flag shrieks across skies drenched with stale war -"peace!"......

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Categories: shrieks, hope, peace, sky, violence,
Form: Lanterne
Premium Member I name him marshmallow
...They hop into my sister’s garden They are adorable! I say, watching their cheeks chew up her lettuce. I know they are rodents But they look like stuffies One is almost pure white, I name him Ma......

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Categories: shrieks, animal, garden,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Cowardly Buffoon
...He is a cowardly buffoon Less cowboy than poltroon Cringes in fear at the moon Afraid of bubbly lagoon Doesn’t make anyone swoon Terrified of a small raccoon Shrieks and hides from a blown-up......

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Categories: shrieks, humorous,
Form: Monorhyme
Sunday February 2nd, 2025 Groundhog Day
...Sunday February 2nd, 2025 Groundhog Day Location: Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. First held on February 2, 1887 prognosticating how many more weeks of winter weather without a shado......

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Categories: shrieks, adventure, animal, anniversary, birth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Martyred for Freedom
...Masha Amini was an Iranian woman who was kept captive in jail for clamoring for Women’s Rights. Later she died in police custody under suspicious circumstances. Her death led to widespread civil ......

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Categories: shrieks, abuse, betrayal, leadership, woman,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hitchcock
...I remember reading a short story by Hitchcock. Three friends walk and converse as they make their trek home from work. Huddled in mind, independently fearless, the cold air or hot night baring their......

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Categories: shrieks, fear,
Form: Haibun
The Leaves Are Hushed
...The Leaves are Hushed Alone she stares through a skylight playing I spy with the sky, creating fantastical creatures out of skimming, brimming clouds. Suddenly a shadow swiftly smears a w......

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Categories: shrieks, death, fear, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The sad Happy New Year
... The human creatures dancing To the rhythms of blood and flesh Shrieks and sobs of soft babies......

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Categories: shrieks, new year,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Child So Dear
... Isabel, you’re always near Footloose on bare grass, winking-- That giggle lays by the pillow As nights linger with scent of milk ; Dear child ...gone, tucked by stars O Isabel my tear......

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Categories: shrieks, baby, feelings,
Form: Verse

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