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Torpid Poems - Poems about Torpid

Black Gutters, Painted Ceilings
...Between the black gutters and the painted ceilings, Dogs teach dolls how to die. Study the rot in my bicuspids, file down the calluses and watch the heartbeat Shake the skin like strychnine......

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Categories: torpid, abuse, addiction, corruption, drug,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Playing Pinball
...Carpal tunnel twinges punctuate a torpid afternoon, as row on row we line the aisles and stare at nothing with the guarded anonymity of urinating men. My thumb is on the lever, moving almost......

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Categories: torpid, fun, sports,
Form: Blank verse



The Great Fall
... Disseminated, I fell in Fall A Cascade of Amber Autumn Leaves Rejected and Cast Away by Deep Rooted Seasoned Trees Purged of Energy that no Longer Align Nature's Foreboding Warning Sign. ......

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Categories: torpid, introspection, moon, poetry, seasons,
Form: Free verse
No objection to cold weather, but
...No objection to cold weather, but... ah jest wanna boomerang back into the womb versus being threatened courtesy beastie boy gang beating me to a pulp after accurately discerning being s......

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Categories: torpid, adventure, appreciation, color, environment,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Beauty Recalled
... grieving sad loss of summer it is time of greatest joy when old bones no longer ache and eyes are blessed with colour to smell crisp newly mown grass after warm summer shower herbac......

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Categories: torpid, beauty, nature, summer,
Form: Jueju



Doubting Thomas luxuriates under Dylanesque milkweed
...Doubting Thomas luxuriates under Dylanesque milkweed made fibrous threads...constituting heavy blanket (crocheted by the missus) on a cool Autumn like morning... to stave off experiencing get......

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Categories: torpid, analogy, animal, august, autumn,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Raining in Summer
... Perfect summer rain does softly descend Like heaven's tears on beautiful flowers A Poet's inspiration could well be penned As eyes feast on beauty for many hours. Bougainvillea such......

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Categories: torpid, garden, rain, summer,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Terror Bugs: Part 2 - A Freezer Mice Adventure
...[Continued from ‘Terror Bugs: Part 1 - A Freezer Mice Adventure’] __________ Three man sized ‘mice’ and Stanley Dann stood gawping at the screens Churchill muttered, “I don’t wa......

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Categories: torpid, adventure,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Anger
...Placed Third In : Appreciation, Anger, Air, Angelic Poetry Contest Sponsored by Sotto Poet Anger ......

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Categories: torpid, anger, emotions, feelings, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Torpid souls in the heat of winter
... Wind whispers through the ears of distant lovers as the sun hides behind ominously positioned clouds where their gray cast shadows on quiet hearts quiet minds, & quiet eyes alike Poor lover......

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Categories: torpid, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Stirring my Tea
...In the morning I heard the tea pot singing, With the amber liquid sizzling, Saw spouts of vapor ejecting, With a sweet aroma tickling. While pouring my cup of steaming tea, Adding ......

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Categories: torpid, appreciation, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Light of Nativity
... Placed 8th in : No. 1264 New Poem Only Poetry Contest Sponsored by Brian Strand The Light Of Nativity A bright star was born in the sky On th......

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Categories: torpid, anniversary, appreciation, christian, christmas,
Form: Quatrain
Feminism in it's true sense
...Don't fear, My dear We are hear To fight back together Don't wake up early in the morning to finish the chores Wake up to prove yourselves and destroy the whores Be yourself and love your......

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Categories: torpid, 9th grade, for teens,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Haiku No 18
...fall sheds its first leaves fine trees are becoming bare - golden coloured path chilly rain smells near no resting place for nature - all bears ......

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Categories: torpid, autumn, nature, spring,
Form: Haiku
Colors of Spring
...The last snow of winter blown by the wind bares the gray of branches to the sun pregnant with buds. Is it spring? Testing spring torpid from the winter sleepy tiny buds hesitant of the wi......

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Categories: torpid, spring,
Form: Sestina

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