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Understatement Poems - Poems about Understatement


Premium Member An example of understatement
What if the orbiting earth were to unexpectedly run into a brick wall, speeding through the galaxy one night in the middle of Fall? Can you imagine the sounds of death, destruction, and annihilation, as Christchurch, New Zealand, crashes into the Atlanta Metro bus station? I don’t think that would be any fun at all! ...

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Categories: understatement, dark, natural disasters, science
Form: Light Verse
unintentional unbearableness n that,s an understatement utmostly - yet' ur unappreciative - - -
Branch out like leaves do Picked a clover instead of Looking for Unique it's autumn time now.. missed the forest for the trees send me ease breeze please ...

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Categories: understatement, hope,
Form: Haiku



Been Through a Lot and That's An Understatement
Coping with these emotions that crash into me like an ocean’s wild will We are lightyears away from each other and I’m devoted to you still I am a brook of benevolent, brazen bravery, drifting away into the sun I am no longer stuck in a doubtful prism, even though you are, hon After all I’ve been through, I am...

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Categories: understatement, angst, courage, desire,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Understatement
UNDERSTATEMENT language confirms the  familiar  even a weakness angst   melodrama wonder the significant   reciprocated precisely a  modern echo momentarily a slight   foretaste  vibrant elegant  twirling  surreally &colourfully rendered an avatar of estrangement in an unmistakable  panoply of glowing visages eyeballing sallow  isolation &  unsettling  existence animated  swirling fathoms of fantasy irradiated   with innocence exuding the will-o’-the-wisp influence expressly apparent NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the...

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Categories: understatement, poetry,
Form: Other
An Understatement
She threw an understatement where my thoughts lingered Words hiding beneath the shadow of reason, Triggered Thoughts sinking in portrayed reality Silently in a raging mind As she sips drunk from the bottle of poetry Excuses masking the face of her true mind With such an intense blindness Her love being my weakness The past...

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Categories: understatement, lost love,
Form: Free verse



Rough Is An Understatement
I knew you hated it then When I said I wanted more than friends. And when I spoke to you my heart You disregarded it from the start. But when I spoke those words to you, You didn't know just what to do. You took them in with such disdain And that caused me so much pain. It was only you...

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Categories: understatement, confusion, depression, girlfriend-boyfriend, lost
Form: Lyric
A Gross Understatement
Just once, could you Understand my Side of Things? Over and over again and we Never Even get to the point that I'm Mostly right! Open your eyes to Reality! Even a child can see That it's your fault and you're the Only one to Blame! Let go And just deal with your Mistakes. Even though I don't know how that feels, I'm always here for you....

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Categories: understatement, angst, introspection, parody
Form: Acrostic

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