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Slung Poems - Poems about Slung

Voices In My Head

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Inexplicably silent in choir
being unusually quiet
not a word from me was heard
neither spoken nor sung
so as not to cause a riot
when jibes bad vibes at me were slung
and I was asked...
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Categories: slung, how i feel, humor,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberIDYLLIC CHANDLER HEIGHTS

...IDYLLIC CHANDLER HEIGHTS*
“Life here was once idyllic, charming; here were once no rich, no poor, no high, no low.” — from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

men in...
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Categories: slung, 12th grade, memory, remember,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberThe World is Bleeding

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                                      The World is Bleeding

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Categories: slung, death, feelings, judgement, violence,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberBleached

...Over six decades
slinging dirt around
reckless hearted one
over six decades 
having dirt slung at me
Time to get out the bleach
scrub things clean
Join me?...
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Categories: slung, corruption, creation,
Form: Free verse

the weight

...The weight
He had written two short books
needed to show her his work,
Not now, she said, I’m watching TV
Around the beam that keeps the heaven’s roof from falling,
He slung a rope fastened to a...
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Categories: slung, absence, abuse, age,
Form: ABC



Josh Moore Montana

...Cheap ale pools in a Styrofoam cup.
She’s barefoot in gravel,
anklet flashing beneath the floodlamps.

Pickup window ajar, radio blaring
“Friends in Low Places.”

Her jeans slung low,
hips ma...
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Categories: slung, adventure, africa, gothic,
Form: Cowboy Poetry

Garden Of Beginnings

...In the Garden of Beginings
Projects failed or flowered, 
Left to grow or to wither
Many being overpowered,
Each an experiment, 
A blending of force
Each left to follow its
Own individual  cour...
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Categories: slung, allegory, creation, fantasy, imagination,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberIts vandalisam, its more than uncouth'

...Let me recount of the mirrored alcoves galleries of brands
Whiskeys deep gold many types of bottles into optic feeds
Highly polished bar timbertops rich shining deep.' Varied
Paper coasters to kee...
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Categories: slung, absence, abuse, addiction, appreciation,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWhen You Need A Friend

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disloyal lovers plot to bring you down-
betrayal thrives in every shallow sea
satanic verses slung by caustic clowns
have hurt your heart and brought you to your knees

please take my hand and...
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Categories: slung, friendship,
Form: Sonnet

Premium MemberFishermen of the Isles

...no cowboys in stock on this side,
but acrid fishermen provide 
marine lifelines, hamlets sustain.
Spineless seas they ride, shark's terrain.

pre-dawn cowboys of Waves arise 
early ...
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Categories: slung, community, culture, fishing, ocean,
Form: Rhyme

a day in cascais

...A day in Cascais 

Storms and rain have blown away
Green grass grows on cracked pavement
This place was once a low-slung hill
With small farms and animals 
The landscape disappeared under concr...
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Categories: slung, adventure, beauty, blue,
Form: Blank verse

Premium MemberMelodic Notes

...Melodic notes often bring
Jazz singers a bit of zing
Dancers jump in with a swing
Elvis is the Tennessee king
50’s make me want to sing
Partners slung out in a fling
Tempo from an angels’ wing
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Categories: slung, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Monorhyme

Premium MemberMy World of Dreams

...I am floating through my world of dreams
Searching for the perfect story.
There are three-headed dogs and stranger things
Mixed with exaggerated memories of past glories.

There are dead people,...
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Categories: slung, dream,
Form: Rhyme

Gravitational Drag

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The store is a low-level spaceship
in a starless lot.
The sparsely parked cars
have leagues of loneliness between them.
No one comes or goes they merely slipstream
through a personal invisibil...
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Categories: slung, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberTwisted Knickers-Collaboration Open to Poets

...Some people wind up with twisted knickers
When they get insulted by nitpickers
Words are sticks and stones
Causing moans and groans
When they hear heckling whispers and snickers

Women used to ...
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Categories: slung, humorous,
Form: Limerick

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