Poppy tries to nap
...Poppy was like the old woman who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children, she barely knew what to do.
They always arrived in stacks of tens, still at home are twenty-two.
Today she thought she w...
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Categories:
sneak off, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Old House
...I visited my grandparents today.
Their home has never changed
in all the years I’ve visited
since my life began.
The white ceiling is stained
in shades of orange and peach
from the tobacco pi...
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Categories:
sneak off, family, grandparents, memory,
Form: Free verse
Romeo and Juliet-Prologue Too
...ROMEO AND JULIET – PROLOGUE TOO
The Montagues and Capulets never saw eye-to-eye.
A feud so deep, eventually, someone had to die.
At loggerheads for decades (no-one remembered ...
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Categories:
sneak off, love hurts,
Form: Couplet
Path of Friends
...Like a finger drawing on foggy glass,
You peak sneakily through clouds as you pass,
High above me as I lay on the grass.
I could fall into you – will your dark side want to?
You show me somethi...
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Categories:
sneak off, courage, depression,
Form: Sonnet
Horror Story
...Horror Story.
Wife’s gone to bed, there’s a spooky sound
Still scared of the dark when no one’s around
I hear her snore in the room above,
A reassuring growl, is just enough
In the film a kil...
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Categories:
sneak off, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
A Different Kind of Yolk
...When I was a kid, I remember feeling,
different then my folks.
You could say my egg,
had a different kind of yolk.
I was always angry, rude,
hyper and high-strung,
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Categories:
sneak off, love,
Form: Rhyme
Fully Human
...Fully Human***
I find myself thinking...
Of my present being:
On an edge of reality,
I care not much for this Humanity —
This gift and this doom—
This horse that refuses to be saddled
An...
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Categories:
sneak off, angst, christian, horse, jesus,
Form: Free verse
If I Were Famous
...If I were famous – wanting to remain unseen
I’d have a secret way to leave my house.
While I’d sneak off as quiet as a mouse,
I’d have a “double” leave by limosine!
My house would have a pool i...
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Categories:
sneak off, life,
Form: Rhyme
Two Lovers Ii - a Party
...Ahhhhhhhh....To Be Young and In Love
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Two Lovers at a party
Reuniting after Break
Not too long after New Years
Since then she's been away
He is playin...
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Categories:
sneak off, lost love, love, romance,
Form: Rhyme
She Is Stronger Than He Knows
...He plays his little tricks behind her back thinking that she has no clue as to his plan, so he sits back and continues to play his little tricks. He tells her that he loves her, he can't picture his ...
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Categories:
sneak off, anger, betrayal, pain,
Form: Free verse
The One Who Had Potential, Part V
...V.
From the day it seemed that things just got worse,
she started handing with less-than-great friends,
and more than once she was caught cutting class,
more and more Miles could feel his heart r...
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Categories:
sneak off, brother, change, depression, life,
Form: Narrative
Another Cup of Tea
...We’re going on a shopping spree, the wife and I this day,
The only question on my mind ‘how long I need to stay?’
‘Let’s go our separate ways and join up later on’
Is generally the theme, then in ...
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Categories:
sneak off, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme
A Nap
...Every day at this time I need a rest;
A bit of time when I can close my eyes.
Finding some quiet can be quite the quest.
And, if I do, it’s a real surprise.
Sneak off in silence and say no goodby...
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Categories:
sneak off, work,
Form: Sonnet
My Greatest Gift and Biggest Weakness
...My Greatest Gift
and Biggest Weakness
I recall my parents warning me, I was a little dense.
That my greatest gift and biggest weakness
was that I trusted so easily. My uniqueness
lies...
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Categories:
sneak off, football, trust,
Form: Rhyme
Friends Take Advantage
...Friends take advantage of me;
they don't plan to, but they do.
After I have been their friend for a while,
betrayal often comes with a snide smile
that places the blame squarely upon me.
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Categories:
sneak off, angst, anxiety, betrayal, emotions,
Form: Verse
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