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Somersaults Poems - Poems about Somersaults

Premium Member The Lighter Side of Antisemitism
... For those who want to ‘kill all the Jews’ Here’s some food for thought Get a rabbi to extend Passover one more week You’ll love what will have been wrought ......

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Categories: somersaults, food, holiday, humor, irony,
Form: Rhyme
The Backstroke of Bitter Tears
...I dove into the deep end, headfirst, quite a splash, Not of the pool, you see, but grief's enormous gash. It’s Olympic-sized, this sorrow, chlorinated blue, And I’m the sole competitor, with nothi......

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Categories: somersaults, art, death, depression, emotions,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member 13th November
... A dandelion seed ball - how fragile it is floating the still air. I reach out but it somersaults in the disturbance of my moving hand. I want to hold it but it keeps floating away. ......

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Categories: somersaults, father, memory,
Form: Free verse
B-cup Collecting Tips on the Southeast
...the city's sick scar, fuels my descent, into this abyss, where twisted creatures writhe, in the darkness. cyclops with one eye, on the ball, three-headed puppies, sealed behind glass, strippers selli......

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Categories: somersaults, art, corruption, courage, crazy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Summer Quatrains
...Summer Quatrains – Swap Quatrains 6-19-24 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Summer Quatrains Silk ribbons of ice melt into wellsprings With jubilant serenades, heartfelt, Frozen......

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Categories: somersaults, change, life, nature, summer,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member Yesterday's Wishes
... Without sugar, I'll sip on my espresso I can still taste yesterday's sweetness We abandoned yesterday's mistakes, worries, and despair all money in the world cannot resuscitate yesterday ou......

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Categories: somersaults, hope, memory,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Somersaults On the Trampoline
...Jumping, bouncing up down really keen. Double somersaults on the trampoline. Enthusiasm loud giggles. Out doing big brothers errs, Bouncing higher, higher like jumping bean. What goes up, mus......

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Categories: somersaults, fun, hurt,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member SIT-UPONS
...Sit-upons that we wove together. The troop activity. How many spots will remember me? The wicker basket and picnic blanket woven into the amphitheatre. We, my hubby and I, cozied up, listened......

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Categories: somersaults, places,
Form: Free verse
Death Fish in Key West
...Scientists describe it as an event In the hot paradise of Key West Condos festivals hotels Dancing feet under bells of lights I’ve sung Margaritaville there Myself Beneath the docks Pan ......

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Categories: somersaults, betrayal, earth, endurance, environment,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Winter Light
...Winter Light 1-25-24 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Winter Light Winter light streaks through trees Laughs in games of freeze tag Plays “catch me, if you can.” Somersaults t......

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Categories: somersaults, joy, light, winter,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
Premium Member Nineteenth Century Meets Twenty-first
... Tom Sawyer did three somersaults, a back flip, stood on his head Becky Thatcher scrolled up and down her device ~ said, 'Go soak your head'......

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Categories: somersaults, boyfriend, fantasy, girlfriend, literature,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member My New Years Resolutions
... “Never leave your purse lying around and be glad he still remembers who you are.” ......

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Categories: somersaults, sweet,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member artic somersaults
...artic somersaults 11-30-23 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ artic somersaults arctic colors bluster gossamer rainbow ripples ~ northern lights fanfare ......

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Categories: somersaults, light, winter,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Cosmic Stoicism: a Carnival of Absurd Wisdom
... In stoic carnival, emotions juggle, laughter somersaults on a tightrope of reason. Epictetus, ringmaster, dons a clown's nose, philosophy as whimsical sideshow. Stoicism, circus tent of parad......

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Categories: somersaults, fate, philosophy, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Weave
...the tempered veil of years with a weave of sweet and sour can be lavish like the pleasurable return of good deeds take what you learn from sky high places that ......

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Categories: somersaults, beauty, humanity, inspirational, life,
Form: Free verse

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