One Small Step, One Giant Leap
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With those who
want to test the waters,
and yet have no wish
to get their feet wet,
but wait to have their cake
(and eat it too)
handed to them on a plate,
I will neither split hairs...
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Categories:
test the waters, crazy, death, humor, mental
Form: Rhyme
SURPRISE POET WITHIN
...Jolt of inspiration
A person wanted to be a POET
But didn’t know where to start nor how to show it
Words starting popping into the POETS head
Words becoming sentences
Showcasing the instances
P...
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Categories:
test the waters, appreciation, art, blessing, care,
Form: Free verse
Blood without Water
...Ladies and gentlemen, pardon my intrusion.
I won’t take long, I’m only here to Break the ice and test the waters.
Make you laugh a little Before this script starts feeling stale like Blood without ...
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Categories:
test the waters, 12th grade, black love,
Form: Epyllion
Poetry not Com hackers
...why i took a chance and
decided to try the new poetry
dot com sight started off great
two months ago until i noticed
a strange mans face with
my name and poem completely
beside myself not...
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Categories:
test the waters, allah, voice,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
The Lady That Wore The Mask!
...The sky is blue gray the hue white with stars looking at the view from the heavens view the earth cam view the encased truth view a wicked plan from the moon to earth view the details from me to you...
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Categories:
test the waters, appreciation, beautiful, conflict, remember,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Hidden in plain sight
...love is a lofty ideal
croon of tenderness
sounds right, feels good
but how may we share
what we do not have
a hollow emptiness
engulfs our body-mind
womb of space suffocates
we ar...
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Categories:
test the waters, i am, self, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
For Keeps
...Good morning, morning, it's a brand new day
The sun is shining, I'm on my way
To writing brand new poetry
Just for you, no one else can see
Or know what's in my heart but you
It's open, you can ...
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Categories:
test the waters, for her, heart, i
Form: Rhyme
Whiskey For My Men and Beer For the Horse's
...Coffee For My Men And Tea For The Horse's
Free form pain I didn't catch it when you did.
Coming when yours does from where it goes.
To reach the highest point where your placed upon.
A crown...
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Categories:
test the waters, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Sweetheart
...he said it
like a promise
a coded message
one word
timed just so
to test the waters
to lay the groundwork
to plant the seed
deliberate
calculated
an arrow shot
at her heart
Publish...
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Categories:
test the waters, feelings, love, romance, sweet
Form: Free verse
Olive Twig
...I was feeling like I was beginning to forgive
I had started to make peace
So, I decided to reach out
Test the waters
Extend an olive twig
And within the exchange of only a few words
You sna...
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Categories:
test the waters, crush, depression, heartbreak, love
Form: Free verse
My Fishy
...Jesus never called me to be a fisher of woman,
but you changed that.
I waited, impatiently, for the hook to shake;
I never thought you would add me in just a few days.
Well, Facebook was neve...
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Categories:
test the waters, cute love, first love,
Form: Rhyme
There Was a Time
...There was a time when I could answer why
I did the things I did and said the things I said
That time has long past and I keep holding on
To the moments that seem to tick by without
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Categories:
test the waters, faith, god, inspiration, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
The Kalahari
...The Kalahari
Kneaded clay
Form creases
The thirst of desert
blinding dust and wind
Collide of wave and tide
Females carry the tribe
Their large flappy ears
Fan them cool
Muddy...
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Categories:
test the waters, africa, death, earth, environment,
Form: Free verse
Impromptu
...he comes
with lights out
he leaves
the presents of his
being
being
that he is
like Kilgor
was
here but
never stayed
in a luxury hotel
during
the winter
was fine i even
turned ...
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Categories:
test the waters, muse,
Form: I do not know?
White Rabbit
...I am the white rabbit small but bold
teasing Alice to enter the open hole
to explore and experience the wonders hidden below
where visionary images and imaginings grow;
come on girl find a bet...
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Categories:
test the waters, allusion, animal, dream,
Form: Quatrain
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