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Stand Offish Poems - Poems about Stand Offish


Premium Member Rose
... she's wild she's prickly distant and aloof stand-offish guarded and withdrawn but i will always love her AP: Honorable Mention 2025 Posted on April 10, 2025......

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Categories: stand offish, forgiveness, love, rose,
Form: Free verse
So Smart It Hurts
...SO SMART IT HURTS Some have logic as their source of fun But most would never think that way Let down barriers and open the mind It works most of the time, you’ll find Yet always let a genius ......

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Categories: stand offish, humorous,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Stay Away From Judgemental Linda
...She looks snobby, judgemental Linda said. I observed the newcomer who looked a bit stand-offish. But perhaps it is because I had not met her yet. I ran up to tell her that I liked her costume. Sh......

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Categories: stand offish, woman,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Better Than Having Nothing To Say
...I begin again on the same path I take every day, past the familiar fences, hedges and duck under the same sag of overhanging trees. Past the house with the sociopathic dog, the cottage st......

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Categories: stand offish, muse, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Danish Married To a Scottish
...The Woman is A Danish And married to A Scottish But often heard in English: Language she speaks with relish… But the Rather Stand-Offish: At times slippery like Fish Or like things one woul......

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Categories: stand offish, analogy, identity, people, senses,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Ebony Fox
...Ebony fox had no idea how amazing he was. He was a bit shy and stand offish. I was eager to get a photo but proceeded with caution. Gaining his trust, a tiny bit at a time With a bite of this and......

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Categories: stand offish, animal,
Form: Light Verse
A Very Cheeky Devil In Tumbling Rhyme
...A VERY CHEEKY DEVIL IN TUMBLING RHYME Thus, I give to mankind the zipper and the ballpoint pen-- for this He kicks me out of heaven! (No other reason ca......

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Categories: stand offish, angel, betrayal, bible, fantasy,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Aquarian Goddess of Wolves
...An Aquarian Goddess with a wolf power animal She often keens at the moon, howling her truth Others are a bit frightened at her confidence. Being her mother, I understand her spiritual ways. She......

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Categories: stand offish, animal, woman,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Lovable Robot
...Helpful Luca always has my best interest in mind Upon arriving home, her eyes quickly blink three times while she guages my mood Her greeting exceedingly polite Accordingly celebrating, commi......

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Categories: stand offish, computer, crazy, culture, destiny,
Form: Free verse
I Am Not My Fear
...I feel I am drowning In open air, Clawing at dirt that isn’t there No one sees my distress— No one really cares Clacking, scraping sounds Of glasses and plates Echoes of breathing and voices ......

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Categories: stand offish, anxiety, appreciation, fear, growth,
Form: Free verse
Squids, Like Sunshine
...You knew I was angry As we walked apart, along Spadina Through the pungent summer air of Chinatown Past the various sea creatures, dried or iced And fruits I don’t know piled atop sacks of rice......

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Categories: stand offish, anger, city, forgiveness, love,
Form: Free verse

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