Breaking the silence
...I avoid discussing politics and religion.
Not because I am indifferent or uninterested,
they're both rabbit holes I care to visit but on my own.
My polite silence seems no longer sustainable.
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Categories:
uninterested, anxiety, conflict, future, political,
Form: Free verse
Temptress
...Line 2: "she reassured me with an unfamiliar line"
she's but an alluring, poisonous spider
that wields her sexiness like a weapon.
come what may, she gets what she wants;
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Categories:
uninterested, encouraging, evil, woman,
Form: Free verse
Sometimes I feel My Own Heart Beat
...
I read the poem-a-day poem today
And I really liked the words, and how I had to think about them.
But then I listened to the recording of the poem by the actual poet,
and by the end of the fi...
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Categories:
uninterested, art, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
Cosmic dust of color, spread across the marble table
...Cosmic dust of color, spread across the marble table,
where you, with sacred grace, draw esoteric circles,
watching me as I prepare the canvas for painting,
laughing softly, slipping your powdered...
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Categories:
uninterested, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Non verbal approach
...Rolling your eyes, the chair in your hand fronting me,
pulling my backpack with both hands, eyebrow risen,
movement of mine you quickly stepping aside holding the back of your backpack, the accid...
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Categories:
uninterested, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
SEPARATED AT BIRTH
...In the process of
Knowing you
He came to talk
So interesting
With speech
While my mate walked
...with you
Alone, it seemed
Uninterested in me
He lodged with beasts
I preferred beauty
An...
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Categories:
uninterested, love,
Form: Free verse
clearly
...i thought i could see clearly
clearly was an overstatement
there you were
an intruder in my concealment
leading me astray
insidiously blurring my vision
yet i pursued you without hesitation...
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Categories:
uninterested, betrayal, boy, cry, i
Form: Free verse
Picked From The Pew
...
By the time I met her,
I no longer cared what might occur.
Having grown weary of romance,
I was reluctant to take another chance.
Romantic encounters had left me uninterested.
That is, until...
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Categories:
uninterested, marriage, romance, valentines day,
Form: Rhyme
Not All Readers
...The author’s imagination floats out of a book
Some readers are able to tether a bit of it
Maybe a word or a phrase
Others cannot adapt, not understanding
Flexible readers embellish the story
A...
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Categories:
uninterested, books,
Form: Free verse
Un
...Unavailable for work,
Unbeatable prices,
Uncertain times.
Undetectable fraud,
Unenviable tasks,
Unfathomable crimes.
Ungrateful children,
Unhelpful comments,
Unintentional consequences.
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Categories:
uninterested, addiction, age, anxiety, assonance,
Form: List
Come See What the Garden Grew
...You have to come see for yourself! The hoe said to the rake.
The rake yawned, uninterested.
The hoe was always riling people up for no reason.
Seriously! The hoe said. You must come see what the g...
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Categories:
uninterested, garden,
Form: Personification
Recap
...Locked inside a triangle of thoughts for you
Remembering my days you painted them from blue
Reminiscing on the days of short memories we made
Feeling like our time - was jipped and played
I don't...
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Categories:
uninterested, boyfriend, computer,
Form: Rhyme
Will Surprise
...She inherited the old farm house
why in the world was it her?
She’d never liked those people
Uninterested parents
had other favorites
never liked her
surprising
crazy
will...
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Categories:
uninterested, parents,
Form: Nonet
Stay Away From Priscilla Jim Lee
...That rodent is so odd, his brother told him.
Stay away from her, you might catch it, Jim.
Jim was a reader with his nose forever in a book.
He gave Priscilla a nod but not an interested look.
P...
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Categories:
uninterested, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Quatrain
Not Writing Today
...Our words today are disjointed, banal, bland, maybe nonexistent.
No emotions attached, for words are not even peeking out of crevices.
My muse is apathetic, emotionless, uninterested, uncommunicabl...
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Categories:
uninterested, writing,
Form: Free verse
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