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Unwary Poems - Poems about Unwary

What Makes Me Smile
...An “ex” phones up to tell me that she’s broke: Republicans get beaten in a vote: unwary tourists, chowing down on goat: some moron doesn’t understand my joke: uncomprehending, tells me that I’m “......

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Categories: unwary, smile,
Form: Sonnet
West Bay
...The sun beat down on a languid sea as a million diamonds danced and sparkled on the surface of the water. The red-tinged cliff hung over the beach, threatening to envelop an unwary walker. A......

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Categories: unwary, beach, beautiful, seasons, spring,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member FAKE NEWS FICTION
... Galvanizing, never scrutinized; each moment falsely tabulated; Slanted, polarized polls, punishing spiteful pundits Spouting, spinning lies in frantic unison squawking Ridiculous versions of f......

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Categories: unwary, betrayal, corruption, political,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Tryst With Destiny
... In the mist of the journey’s penultimate mile at the edge of the ordained pasture of future obscure, the sunset swansong resonates in the twilight hour for the forlorn wanderer silhouetted sha......

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Categories: unwary, analogy, destiny, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The All-purpose Mushroom
... As an ancient food the lowly mushroom was highly prized as an ingredient, and for bringing an unwary enemy to his doom, it was a preferred expedient. ......

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Categories: unwary, dark, humor,
Form: Didactic



Gun Fight
...Was it the kiss of the July morning sun, That lit your face with so much glow, Or the possibility of a meal in an unwary dove, That lifted the glaring muzzle of my silent gun, By the stream’s wat......

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Categories: unwary, absence,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Penultimate Pathway
... In the misty milepost of the penultimate pathway, at the faded fringe of the future obscure, the waning tune of vibrant chromatic strings of the setting sun in the twilight zone, reverbe......

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Categories: unwary, analogy, journey, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Spider in My Window
...There’s a Spider in My Window. There’s an Orb Weaver spider in my window, it’s weaving a new web today. There’s an Orb Weaver spider in my window, and in its web, it will catch prey. ......

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Categories: unwary, animal, insect, poems, sweet,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Sonata Of Sunset Swansong
... At the fringe of the twilight zone the dwindling day flushes halcyon horizon with cinnabar sequins, the sunset splendor spins celestial strands in the formless film of cadenced cloud,......

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Categories: unwary, future, hope, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member religious fundamentalists
...they lurk everywhere religious fundamentalists preying upon the unwary stalking, seeking to convert anyone they can get hold of for them it is a do or die mission attempting to thrust their ......

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Categories: unwary, religion,
Form: Free verse
Abisnthe
...“Absinthe” Ancient petite green fairy, dispenser of dreams vivid In bar corners; this artistic Madam, beckons the unwary. Dignity falls beneath each pour, dispenser of solitude encapsulates ......

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Categories: unwary, drink,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Truths
...* The truth is not always beautiful or beautiful words from sugared lips, the truth. The Trojan Horse delivered to the door, comes in disguise. Sturdy in desi......

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Categories: unwary, literature, myth, relationship,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Well, It's half past September
...Well, it's half-past September. Autumn and Fall are having their annual jurisdictional dispute As to boundaries and length of contract. The leaves are either burnt, flaming, a-flame, Blushing, s......

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Categories: unwary, autumn, seasons,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Amp VIA Emp
...Management asked if I could evaluate one of the employees, and as that happens to be within my noted abilities and well within the scope of the hotel's agenda, I concurred with the specif......

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Categories: unwary, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dreams I Had Forgotton
... You are made of dreams I had forgotten long ago when perhaps I was foolish, and quite naive, still young enough to wish upon fleurs in a field not yet trodden, and asking favors from a shooting......

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Categories: unwary, dream,
Form: Hybronnet

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