Unpainted Poems - Poems about Unpainted

When Russia inevitably evens the score Ukraine will remain an unpainted whore To NATO unattractive Russia wary, reactive Hiding in alleyways, pre-Third World War...

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We had moved six times in my seven years Always some apprehension on my part At this new school, red-necked bullies to fear Only I did not know about their art Oh! I was soon to find out what they do___ It was enough to make a grown man steam It changed my life and made me fill with blue Those bullies...

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Granite towers rising above the canyon, Orange-colored dreams millennia ago Carved above the lavender meadow below, Reflecting in the stream meandering for Miles like a snake slithering toward dusk With scorching sun high and scintillating Off limestone remains along the edges, Smaller and smaller until they disappear Into the singular vanishing point where The painting melds itself to ornate framing. FIRST PLACE WINNER Brian Strand's Contest August...

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Unpainted Canvas The insurance man was young and so closely shaved it looked so naked, and I had to look away, His face was white like a blank canvas that had still to be painted on by time. When signing papers he had to use reading glasses which made him look older. He was incredibly kind I had an...

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I painted a desert in shades of my past Muted in worry and tears Granules of sand through a cracked hourglass Falling in spite of the fears A range of grey mountains all covered in snow Cold like my feelings inside Bordered the desert where nothing would grow Disguised the volcano I hide Arid reflections of times long before Searing the pain to the...

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She figures she will do it after she answers the phone She waves her fingers in the air hoping to dry them off one nail is unpainted she drops the phone coughs once collapses the mortician wonders why one nail is unpainted she figures the woman was painting her nails when cardiac arrest took her life she left one nail unpainted the girl's mother painted the...

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