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Twains Poems - Poems about Twains

The Head's

...The Head's A narrative poem Lionel Derbyshire My grandpa is like the mountain I strive to scribe. Around a Indian ocean Of her flat mountain Twains a head and peak Of lion and devil Left......

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Categories: twains, africa, earth day, family,
Form: Free verse

Love Summertime, Hollow Sunshine

...Each human around me sweats Wears sunglasses Smacked by gusts A nesting couple hollows me, Two tawny, tiny twitterpates Ready for rainstorms, And I would be happy. But, this spring, I am still......

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Categories: twains, dark, nature, together,
Form: Personification

Mark Twain's Retort of Sort

...At odds about the undertakers fees, Mark Twain jeered: “There is a system of extortion going on here!” What horrific prices to pay for just a box and hole When it's not the body we care about, bu......

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Categories: twains, funeral, funny, satire,
Form: Clerihew

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

To Beethoven

...Beethoven, I love you. But you play your Moonlight Sonata On a bleak night and I am left- In my coffin Bones devouring Flesh- Eyes drowning in chasms Left wide open- Wearing a black dres......

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Categories: twains, angst, art, cancer,
Form: Free verse