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Tripwire Poems - Poems about Tripwire

Premium Member Buffalo City
...He took a plane to Rapid City Hoped the bike trip would be pretty Took a cab to where the trail began— He had the spark of a younger man. Next day he cycled on the Mickelson Trail Though he kn......

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Categories: tripwire, allegory, allusion, crazy, culture,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Tripwire
...She had been indoctrinated to believe her country was free But she hit the tripwires, had nowhere to flee She learned the hard way that what she'd been taught were lies from a regime that couldn't......

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Categories: tripwire, character, corruption, freedom, hate,
Form: Lyric



Untitled
...Does the feeling left linger on the tip of your tongue? Looking for sense in these empty-full strokes To overstep bounds missed in the rush Begging to see behind the puppeteer’s eyes Too qu......

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Categories: tripwire, absence,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Taken To Task Rondine
...Taken to task by a hot tripwire trap hitting the ground I fell flat on my face; My legs were totally frozen in place; Landmines sat all connected to gift wrap, charisma always leads to a mishap;......

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Categories: tripwire, emotions, feelings,
Form: Other
Premium Member Controlla
...blue haze mental acupuncture cliff habitual word tripwire (hiku a form of haiku with 16 syllables. Did this only to enter a contest.)......

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Categories: tripwire, abuse, art, baptism, creation,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Faded Curtains
...Love Marriage divorce mutual tripwire cocktails think for yourself peace......

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Categories: tripwire, anxiety, children, divorce, emotions,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Faded Burroughs
...Tripwire slumber hush blank catastrophic soulstice cashmere solitude slush tangerine blue hue cocktail last summer older brother......

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Categories: tripwire, art, culture, eulogy, howl,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member Anger and Numbness
...Does numbness set on fire Sparks fly from a speeding tyre Racing towards a funeral pyre Cutting through snows crossfire Ice can also start a wildfire Crystal beads a mind occupier Spilling ove......

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Categories: tripwire, anger, death,
Form: Free verse
I Asked Myself a Rhetorical Question
...I Asked Myself A Rhetorical Question... Asper daily expounding fostering inchoate manifesting mod er writ writing quality, solitary scrimmage tackling undertaking, yielding......

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Categories: tripwire, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Narrative
Like Daisies On Stalks
...Besotted winged pollinators roistering barrage drowned amidst general insectivorous cacophony indistinct auditory signals communicated intermingled with bounteous wafting fragrance midwifed ed......

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Categories: tripwire, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Elegy
Space Outlaw
... 3.28 parsec out We’re making an impromptu flight change Windstar is gonna have to make a low-grav burn and turn towards the Big Rocky asteroid belt border It’s a risky nav m......

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Categories: tripwire, adventure, science fiction, space,
Form: Free verse
Time
...Time is a tightrope...a tripwire...a twisted toy in bloody barbwire Time is truth...more or less...where the rich and the ruthless write the history text Time dissolves inside of dark dreams wher......

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Categories: tripwire, today,
Form: Blank verse
Perfectly Breakable
...Mother buried hacked-up carp beneath pink rose mallow. She knew the filthy cats would come. A balled-up dirty rag and coffee tin of smelly kerosene were garrisoned behind a red berry twistwoo......

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Categories: tripwire, childhood, daughter, life, mother,
Form: Free verse
Comedy Club Slapstick
...tripwire with spiked barbs  two trite puns joined at the hip slapstick jabs that bruise......

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Categories: tripwire, funny, satire
Form: Haiku
Dreams To Dawn
...I meander through dreams looking for you cloaked by darkness, confusion I traipse through tall prairie grass and dense forest observing from the shadows within, you wait soundless, stoic, statues......

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Categories: tripwire, lost love
Form: Free verse

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