Two Way Poems

Premium MemberLove's Two-Way Street


So, what is life without the gift of love?
An empty shell to face it all alone.
Without it, there's no shared solution of
The drama now, and what is still unknown.

To earn that gift, love is a two-way street;
The take and give should share joys willingly.
In times of pain, a kind embrace will meet
compassion with the warmth
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Categories: two way, inspirational, love, uplifting,
Form: Sonnet

Premium MemberRECITATION is a TWO WAY process

RECITATION is a Two way process

Words to say,
caught by the day
   in this  one-off
     ’ as is’ moment

images in sound
aloud
   voiced
spoken
 a unique
interplay
 ‘twixt
   you and I

A mayfly moment
  of the here &now
to hear
ethereal
 &passing
to create
    an impression
In your listener ear

   poetry lies long
undisturbed
& dormant
on this page

A dead object
‘til
the cadence
      of my English voice
    intones
& the process
   comes alive

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Categories: two way, voice,
Form: Bio


Inside a Two-Way Mirror

sometimes I feel like a two way mirror,
people look at me and I look at them,
with that hint of recognition,
do I know you, my friend?
And they'll say, "I've known you my whole life"
the truth concise, and said so nice,
it almost made me want to believe,
and so we go on playing pretend,
that friends we are and
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Categories: two way, angst, anxiety, extended metaphor,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberEmagi Wood Two Way

John Wood 'LOOKING BOTH WAYS


                  O  WALK  O

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                =======
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        O STOP  O
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Categories: two way, places, poems,
Form: Shape

The Two-Way Street of Love

I gave you all my love, every bit and piece,
But in return, you left me feeling incomplete.
I lost myself while loving you,
It's something I didn't want to do.

Love isn't supposed to leave you feeling drained,
Or like you've been neglected and left in the rain.
If one gives all and never receives,
Their heart will surely start to
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Categories: two way, emotions, endurance, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberRespect Is a Two-Way Street - a Repost

Whatever the color of your skin, 
Whatever religious group you are in, 
Whatever political party floats your boat, 
What you think, or for whom you vote, 
I can respect your right to be 
If you give the same respect to me. 

Do not label me what I may not be 
From what I write, you
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Categories: two way, education, feelings, perspective, repetition,
Form: Lyric

Two Way Dedication

On grassy field, with shady trees;
A lake to contemplate.
There is so much to discover,
and so much space to urinate.

An old man on a garden seat,
gives his time and quietly faces,
the drive of youth and freedom 
in a young dog going places.

Two way dedication
becomes a lifelong bond
on a road that goes forever
then travels far beyond.

Time with
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Categories: two way, bereavement,
Form: Rhyme

A Two-Way Trail

Others will defend their will
We will defend Thy will

Them who are wealthy will oppose
Us who are poor will secure

They will rebuke negativities
We will divulge reality

Other will rally for money
We will pray for our country

Now they’re threatened to be exposed
And we will still be on quest for truth

They never dared
We sacrificed and cared

They will plan and
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Categories: two way, political, poverty,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberLove Is a Two-Way Street

if the person
you love
isn't interested
in what 
makes you tick

you're living in delusion

go find
someone
who loves
the person
you are



AP: 2nd place 2021

Posted on March 31, 2021
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Categories: two way, integrity, relationship, true love,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberRespect Is a Two-Way Street

Whatever the color of your skin, 
Whatever religious group you are in, 
Whatever political party floats your boat, 
What you think, or for whom you vote, 
I can respect your right to be 
If you give the same respect to me. 

Do not label me what I may not be 
From what I write, you
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Categories: two way, bullying, conflict, feelings, integrity,
Form: Lyric

The Rite of Passage

The rite of passage

		The old green wagon moves a life
		Heads appear like nodding gulls
		Eyes cast down searching cracked flags
		Hopes from people sadly to be missed.
		Un-walked limestone worn and smooth
		Names unknown pronounced with care
		Cats are watching ears laid flat
		Hoping for a swift return.
		Birnbeck sits in swathes of grey
		Awash with things that crawled the tide
		Calloused hands help
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Categories: two way, grandfather, life, memory,
Form: Acrostic

Your Two Way Mirror

Look upon yourself
See what lies in side
Take your heart
Place it through 
To the other side

Clean it then they will see
A clean heart within
Giving it to another
Through this two way mirror

You,

Looking at You
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Categories: two way, best friend, mirror,
Form: Free verse

Respect - a Two Way Street

Hey there fella,
Listen up real fine
I'm gonna blast ya
With this slammin rhyme

You said I be trippin 
Cuz i can't show my love
Well you still be creepin
With that itsy package you shove 

Go back and give me
Something more than your haiku
For this big ol momma
I needs somethin to chew

Don't get all uppity
Or sig yer hoes on
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Categories: two way, anger,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThe Two Way Mirror

I fly through the trees, my eyes fixed on a cup

 of water

That drifts

between Heaven & Hell, since

                                    smiling drugstores
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Categories: two way, assonance, surreal,
Form: Imagism

Freedom, a Two-Way Street

Freedom, a two-way street

The truth shall liberate you,
A voice was heard as if from blue,
Yet, ere you relish such vague brew
It might make you see shades of blue.
One may or not have a clue,
But liberation has a hazy hue.
Man oft feels safe in a brick-walled prison,
And unsafe, roaming free under the sun,
Beware that truth may
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Categories: two way, freedom, truth,
Form: Verse

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