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Tolerated Poems - Poems about Tolerated

Premium MemberPillow Princess

...I lay on pillow throne of lies.
Tolerated all the flings and flies....
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Categories: tolerated, sexy,
Form: Crystalline

Restaurant Poetry Soup

...P olish up your best spoons everyone!
O ne taste and you'll ask for seconds
E xceptional quality in the finest dishes
T ry at least one item from the menu
R udeness is not tolerated
Y our empty ...
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Categories: tolerated, appreciation, food, poetry,
Form: Acrostic



No More Mister Gneiss Guy

...Geologists say ‘by your leave’,
we’re famously polite:
we wear our heart upon our sleeve,
rejoice at rhyolite.
We’re very patient people, but
I tolerated stuff before
that I’m not taking any mo...
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Categories: tolerated, relationship,
Form: Verse

Premium MemberSued for Outstanding Balance

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We used to call it Pit City.
Section eight housing.
My mom called ahead—
I was sixteen and still scared
to ask for what I needed.

I was on work-study
at a clean family practice
just around...
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Categories: tolerated, age, perspective,
Form: Free verse

And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War

...And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War

Preface: On the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of the comedy, "Our American Cousin," Presiden...
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Categories: tolerated, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme



Some People Feel Owed A Favour

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Used to be a team player 
Took a protective stance 
Learned they were advantage takers 
as only I advanced
There I was lending my ear 
left talking to myself 
yet again I’m seeing clear 
I h...
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Categories: tolerated, creation, dark, friendship, psychological,
Form: Rhyme

Running, hiding

...Running, hiding. 
Still denying why are you trying. 
Another day that you say, you will get by anyway. 
The weight is heavy, I was clinging. 
Pain is low but I strive to fly high. 
High above th...
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Categories: tolerated, allusion, destiny, feelings,
Form: Free verse

The world doesn't want me

...The world doesn’t want me—
I feel it in the spaces between words,
in the rooms that fall silent when I enter,
in the way their eyes cut through me, sharp and indifferent.
I exist like an echo no ...
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Categories: tolerated, 10th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberRefections of the Past, Visions of the Future

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Day stacks upon day, forming opaque windows behind me. 
These can be blown away at times, a clarity of vision in momentary glimpses. 

Here, a face most beloved, turning my bowels to water tha...
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Categories: tolerated, emotions, family, identity, introspection,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Premium MemberDont mess with Arkansas

...Small Arkansas town had tolerated enough
Deceased bully is now not so tough
Lots of guns blasted the square that day
They did not give the brute time to pray

Gunshot came from every direction a...
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Categories: tolerated, bullying,
Form: Rhyme

Murders in Mumford Part 1

...A love twisted in a high school romance,
Both fixated on puppy dog eyes,
Skipping classes followed by lies,
Predictions to never be seperated,
Only as much as parents tolerated,
They would run i...
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Categories: tolerated, murder, mystery,
Form: Ballad

Premium MemberCHILD ABUSE IS AN EPIDEMIC

...Children today, are the future of tomorrow
Why destroy a life before it starts
A world problem that's overlooked
I can't understand why we mistreat our kids

Society condones this criminal offen...
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Categories: tolerated, anger, anti bullying, betrayal,
Form: Free verse

A phoenix that is all-knowing

...A phoenix that is all-knowing 
By Michelle Morris 
10/12/2024

You play your wicked games 
And you think you have the upper hand
But don't get complacent in your arrogance 
Because you'll neve...
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Categories: tolerated, angel, encouraging, heaven, life,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberIntifada

...(“Glimpsing Hokusai”, 2017, original encaustic)

Intifada aka “Kill the Jews!”

While we were sleeping content in our lives 
Something dark and ugly was growing inside
Spreading across t...
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Categories: tolerated, fear, hate, youth,
Form: Narrative

Premium MemberAnimating Innate Vibrance

...What might be your perfect way
to awake with joy and gratitude each morning
within this new day
old way
of opportunity and mourning?

This morning's epic re-awakening
into Beloved Paradise
op...
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Categories: tolerated, health, integrity, light, moon,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum

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