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Would You Still Love Me
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Debjani Mitra
| Free verse |
tug of war, care, cry, death, depression,
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Alfa male not too fast
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Robbie McClellan
| Narrative |
tug of war, adventure, animal, crazy, dog,
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Waterfall
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Lindsay Laurie
| Rhyme |
tug of war, nature,
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WIZARD
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Anisha Dutta
| Rhyme |
tug of war, 8th grade, fantasy, halloween,
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HALLOWEEN NIGHT
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Anisha Dutta
| Rhyme |
tug of war, halloween, horror, night,
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Oscar-ku 39 -A Man For All Seasons
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Mark Toney
| Haiku |
tug of war, betrayal, conflict, corruption, death,
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Morning Iz Electra
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matthew harris
| Dramatic Verse |
tug of war, 11th grade, 7th grade,
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A Life Worth Fighting For Tribute to Dr Angela Farr Griffin
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louise nelson
| Elegy |
tug of war, dedication,
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Tug of War
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Gershon Wolf
| Free verse |
tug of war, father, love, mother, relationship,
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Complicated Simplicity
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Lovie Divine
| Rhyme |
tug of war, betrayal, conflict, family, integrity,
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Tug of war
by Danielle Brunelle
Tears fall down my face as I feel my heart break
At times I wish I could fall asleep
Live inside a happy dream from which I...
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tug of war, self,
Giving up
by Danielle Brunelle
Hiding from the outside world trapped inside a world of misery
Wearing a happy smile on my face
Portraying illusions of laughter for them all to...
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tug of war, confusion, depression,
Love is The Question
by Robin Carretti
When you love a person
many times
There are questions
not knowing
the reasons like rhymes
They change like the
months of seasons
You become a better...
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tug of war, anger, anxiety, destiny, games,
Well, I never
by Jim Slaughter
Well, I never played tug-of-war with an elephant
Or kick boxed a kangaroo;
I never arm-wrestled an octopus
Or won the lottery or built an igloo.
I never went...
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tug of war, age, humor,
The Lost Years
by Bernard Chan
The photos stopped
when you were 10 or 11.
Around that time, you started refusing to
have your pictures taken.
A few candid shots are all I’ve...
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tug of war, family, father, growing up,
Life Feeds on Negentropy
by John Anderson
Life re-winds the rush of entropy to disorder,
using energy to build and sustain
structure and order for a lifetime.
Plants ensnare solar energy
to entwine form...
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tug of war, life,
The Market Place
by Christine Phillips
I have been trying to pen this verse for the past two weeks but
Someone was standing in my way and my mind went astray
Can’t you...
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tug of war, change, character, courage, environment,
Marilyn
by Robert OBrien
Fronting for a battle,
a tug of war...
you would find,
within your mind!
Hauntings from the past,
and all the mood swings...
that would last,
in time.
If only to explain
that never-ending...
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tug of war, celebrity, character, conflict, deep,
Tug of War
by Amber Moultry-Harrison
Standing here at this alter
I don't know what to do
I'm suppose to be happy
But I'm feeling sad and blue
Torn between what I want...
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tug of war, betrayal, conflict, fantasy,
Castles in the Sand
by Melissa Tracy
Back when we were kids we'd play duck duck goose
When her turn came around it always me she would choose
I'd bust open pinatas and pin...
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tug of war, childhood, crush, cute love,
the unbearable call
by njeri hunjeri
She calls and calls to me she cries
I hear her I hear her and for that am daring
For a friend and an enemy she has...
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tug of war, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Better Which Way
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
At the opening of the plantation gate,
in the letting out of the slaves
Freedom came with an empty purse,
as well with a curse goodbye
Labor weary lost...
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tug of war, allusion, conflict, perspective, truth,
My conflicting emotions
by Lewis Raynes
I want to tell you how I feel deep down,
Deep inside my mind,
I want to show you my emotional light,
But I’m afraid of...
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tug of war, emotions, feelings, lost,
Siren
by priyanka bernadette mullick
"Watch you watch me
Knowing how it felt to be
Linked together
Now we're a disaster
Of blinding lights, raging waves
Breaking your walls
As you let me in!
In...
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tug of war, beautiful, beauty, dark, desire,
The Black Dog
by Rebecca Huxley
Hello hound from hell
Pretending to cower in the corner
Dripping, snarling fangs
Come to feast
On all I have.
I scavenge what little remains
Making do with what’s left:
the...
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Categories:
tug of war, analogy, depression, imagery, mental
HALLOWEEN SCARE
by Anisha Dutta
HALLOWEEN SCARE
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tug of war, halloween, scary,
Jacket and Ties
by Christine Phillips
Summer is lingering on and autumn is secretly chiming in
wild marigolds are blooming everywhere
and the earth is soaking up my sordid tears
The full...
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Narrative |
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tug of war, adventure, anxiety, betrayal, break
Tug of War
by Jesudason Atputharajah
Life is a tug of war,
Between right and wrong,
Justice and injustice,
Truthfulness and falsehood,
In life's trying pathways,
We are faced with the choice,
Between two contrasting options,
We should...
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tug of war, anxiety, conflict, confusion, riddle,
Tug of War
by Richard Craig
Please see it's the rope
Inside the game tug of war
Uniting them all...
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Haiku |
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tug of war, political,
The Honesty of Love
by Richard Craig
the spiritual dots connect, but an atheist would
Commit me for the conclusions I draw...
And why not?!
I'm losing my mind.
All of the incongruence makes sense...
All of...
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Categories:
tug of war, allegory, , atheist,