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Turned Down Poems - Poems about Turned Down

Premium Member Ersatz Docent in the I Am Museum
... Welcome. I'm the one they left behind. An alter ego of sorts— just the keeper, the inventory clerk, interim ghost. New items arrive every day— spat out from my boss's pockets, sometimes st......

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Categories: turned down, metaphor, self,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Andy Griffith Show
...Barney Fife, the bumbler, is a joy to watch Aunt Bea’s whining could be turned down a notch Opie is grown, but not in these old shows, of course Some days he sneaks carrots out to his found hors......

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Categories: turned down, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme



The Iron
...Sits there and judges. How dare you mock me! Do you think I have time to perfect smocked sleeves? Turned down collars Frilly blouses Pleats wrinkle-free. You are redundant No longer of use......

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Categories: turned down, home, humor, wife, women,
Form: Free verse
If there was just one thing I could change
...To, William Arthur Philip Louis If there was just one thing I could change I would request an odd divinity to ferment in an Elixir Which never intoxicate, nor take the state beyond rationality ......

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Categories: turned down, anti bullying, care,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ode to John Denver
...Mere words cannot express The depths of my respect And how I mourn the fact that he's not here. His open, honest smile, His friendly country style, Of course his voice and music keep him near. ......

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Categories: turned down, music, song,
Form: Ode



the new regime
...Their New Regime When I read what the high and mighty say  they come across as having no understanding how the lesser people see the world An overprivileged person called JFK. j told us that ......

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Categories: turned down, america, anger, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
In A Shadow, In A Storm
...In A Shadow, In A Storm (Comments Welcome) Written by: KRD - Written on :10/25/24 In a shadow in a storm that calls to me in the night and through this darkness I can see a small sliver of hope. S......

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Categories: turned down, absence, anxiety, bible, depression,
Form: Free verse
The Barren Island
...He bought the barren island for $13,000 Together with a friend, they planted 16,000 trees For 40 years, the island turn into a sanctuary Of insects, flowers, birds and tortoises which became Famo......

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Categories: turned down, love, nature, people, places,
Form: Narrative
Anger
...High on my anger, Flowing like lava, Rage incarnate, Regrets sure to come. But who cares, You don't, If you did this would not be happening, All you care about is yourself, Plain to se......

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Categories: turned down, anger, depression, divorce, farewell,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Broken
... He was a child Dark hair, blue eyes Smiling, laughing, delighting He tried not to cry While pain was absorbed By his heart and soul He invited the fear Crimson shadows, doubts Despair......

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Categories: turned down, addiction, depression, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member GNRT DAY 41 FROM LE CHATEAU FRONTENAC TO A TREEHOUSE
... We’ve stayed in a wide variety of places on this long cross country jaunt. One night we’re in Le Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City the next two nights we’re in a tree house in Vermont. We’ve g......

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Categories: turned down, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Rainbow Bridge Church, chapter 3
...Chapter Three: The Storm Suddenly a terrible 'KA-BOOM'! sounded, and thunder shook the ground! The critter congregation began to shout and jump around! Preacher thought a storm mig......

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Categories: turned down, animal, bible,
Form: Rhyme
For the Country Life
...Sunset on the boulevard, the river's moon on rise; Children tucked into their beds, sleep heavy in the eyes. The supper dishes are clean, cattle are bedded down; Radio's played t......

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Categories: turned down, life,
Form: Rhyme
Basic pains
...I'm stuck in survival Feeling so primal All I do is eat and sleep My life's in a spiral Cause my chemistry is tidal And it's pulling me into the deep All my days are so idle Like someon......

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Categories: turned down, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member MY Collaboration with Actor, Singer: Ricky Nelson in the Mid Winter of ''80: PART I
...MY Collaboration with Ricky Nelson in the Last Days of 1980 The eventful news of that day about what was found on board that crashed plane, won't replace that particular memory of Mr. Rick Nelson'......

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Categories: turned down, appreciation, celebrity, girlfriend, imagery,
Form: Narrative

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