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Tell On Poems - Poems about Tell On

Show, Don't Tell
In my experience between the two I'm not naming names but what people say and what they do are not always one and the same as they don't follow through life gets in the way I understand but that's no reason not to let me know there's been a change of plan when told I'll call give you a ring is when I know I'll never hear from them ever again all...

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Categories: tell on, how i feel, people,
Form: Rhyme
DON'T TELL ME I WILL DIE
Don't tell me I will die For I know I will die Why tell the bird it will fly? Why tell the neonate it will cry? Nature designed these things to be And I need no third eye to see And know that they’re meant to be But you stretch your staff to the sky And tell me that my people will cry Because...

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Categories: tell on, 1st grade, abuse, allusion,
Form: Other



Premium Member In the depths of the night, when stars tell their story on the vast and eternal sky
In the depths of the night, when stars tell their story on the vast and eternal sky, she walks like a shadow of light, with steps of butterflies in colorful flight. Her beauty is an enigma, a dance of the sun on fields in bloom, a gentle warmth like the dawn's awakening, embracing the earth. Her gaze is a...

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Categories: tell on, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Always Tell A Story
Everywhere I get to No matter where it is There are stories Some are told loudly Screamed from the mountaintop Some are whispered Barely spoken and barely heard A few are lost to time Never told or talked about Every one of them is worth knowing And being shared when it is possible The good thing is if you do share one It will never be...

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Categories: tell on, books,
Form: Free verse
Please Tell Me: A Response to the Film 'Grown Ups'
Please tell me it’s summer every day of the year. Please tell me that Aerosmith plays from the sky. Please tell me that heaven’s a basketball court. Please tell me that everyone’s life has a point. Please tell me that no one is ever alone. Please tell me that dying is easily explained. Please tell me that broken birds get back...

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Categories: tell on, fantasy, film, irony, life,
Form: Free verse



Tell Me
Tell me you want me Tell me you need me Tell me I’m beautiful But don’t go away Stay! Say I love you Say anything… Say I’m worthy of your love Say you support me! But please don’t ignore me Don’t leave me on read Don’t diminish my light Don’t fight against what’s right Believe in us! Believe in your success! Believe we will prevail...

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Categories: tell on, best friend, devotion, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member No one to tell -Double Swap Quatrain
Sponsor: Joseph May Contest Name: The Double Swap 7/7/25 You're not there, there's no one to tell. Hurry home to tell you, tears swell. Life's so lonely, miss you my dear. There's no one to tell, you're not here. My world was all you, you only. Miss you my dear, life's so lonely. Trying to cope, still feeling...

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Categories: tell on, death,
Form: Quatrain
Tell Me
Tell me how to think Tell me what to do Tell me if my politics Should be red or blue Tell me how to live What to keep or give And tell me what I know If I should stay or go Tell me what is truth Tell me what is lie Tell me how to keep Big corporate profits high Tell me how to live What to...

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Categories: tell on, confusion, emotions, growing up,
Form: Political Verse
Tell me if this is love or hate That you are feeling against God
Tell me if this is love or hate That you are feeling against God I don't understand you at AII How can you hate God After all he gave you He gave you love Can you understand that He gave you Plenty of love Without you even asking for it AIso it was God that made You In his image And he gave you life You can't live without life Because...

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Categories: tell on, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member TANKA-in-english SHOW TELL exampled DIDACTIC 1
BONFIRE NIGHT LINE 1. november the fifth- } 2. layered rolls of liquid fog }...

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Categories: tell on, poetry, word play,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member T A N K A defined SHOW then TELL
Haiku in English a strict 5/7/5 the most difficult to contrive Tanka adds a couplet 7/7 show then tell the poetic leaven...

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Categories: tell on, appreciation, education, poetry, word
Form: Didactic
If they shoot, tell my story
If they shoot, tell my story A boy writes a letter to his mother She will know nothing of it Until Something bad happens But he knows something will He knows the colour of his skin He knows that it means a possible death sentence He gives his mom direct instructions Of what to do if they try to silence his existence...

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Categories: tell on, death, discrimination, grief, mother
Form: Free verse
Premium Member If I Could Tell You
An ode unto a Bluebird Who flew into my heart Epitome of beauty A priceless work of art She asked me, do you love me? I said, indeed I do She said, if I could tell you I'd say I love you too ...

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Categories: tell on, i love you, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
The Stories We Tell Before Sleep
People say I fall asleep too fast. That I’m always the first to drift, the easiest to rest. They see the calm, the early nights, the quiet that fills the room when I close my eyes. But they don’t know, Inside, a story is always waking. Before my breath slows, before my body surrenders to the dark, my mind blooms like a...

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Categories: tell on, dream,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Cemetery - Stories To Tell
"A Cemetery Can Take Your Breath Away. Watch Out Where You Walk." By Poet When I travel I love taking photos, of cemeteries and of a pretty rose. Sometimes the picture gets my painted toes, or maybe even my nose. On one trip I took a long flight, when looking at my photos I saw a bright light. Taken in the daytime...

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Categories: tell on, day, flower, food, fun,
Form: Rhyme

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