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Ward Off Poems - Poems about Ward Off

Premium Member a love poem to my recovery
...no i wouldn't die for you. i wouldn't, and i'm not sorry. i spent too long hiding in the shadows, waiting lurking wanting and hoping that they'd see that I would have. in an instant, i wou......

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Categories: ward off, angst, anxiety, depression, mental
Form: Free verse
Premium Member the widow by the river
...a widow she lived in village by the river at forty five her looks made men in town quiver, married four times she was looking for another, a cobbler, a doctor or any by stander. David her first......

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Categories: ward off, 10th grade, friendship love,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member thee-oughts
...thee oughts of thoughts recycle so what always goes round turns our crank and we become generators of energies to ward off spelling errors and just see what we leave printed on w......

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Categories: ward off, analogy, writing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Mother's Plight and Faith
...Like a bolt, a sad news arrived - sent by her delinquent son who had deserted home. Her mother was concerned, nervous and afraid; her fear couldn't be allayed. Reasons refused, but she hersel......

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Categories: ward off, faith,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Pangolin
...For Ilene Bauer You’ll never hear a pangolin play the violin or mandolin for no pangolin is musical. though the pangolin relies on arpeggios of scales unheard but hard as nails to ward off......

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Categories: ward off, animal,
Form: Light Verse



Lying to myself
...I stumbled into a village of gold and brick, The sound of life a chime to the homesick. There are gardens, a butcher, furnaces, Whose warmth seems to ward off the morning mist. Their smiles blo......

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Categories: ward off, 12th grade, allegory, extended
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member NEW YEARS BAKE OFF
... My Greek grandmother and godmother, cousins, My grandma baked and cooked homely, My Nona, my godmother exotically, Each one perfect, one couldn’t fault either, Their husbands, playing backgam......

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Categories: ward off, grandmother,
Form: Rhyme
Wishing lane
...“Thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.” He said, Filled with milk and honey but overwhelming his expectations - he feared, Finding peace and solace in its feel ......

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Categories: ward off, feelings, for her, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme
Plunger
...Plunger The plunger fell downstairs and her neck snapped off. I use her thin body to ward off wandering wavelengths. ......

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Categories: ward off, humor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Stardust On Autumn Leaves
...The air feels nippy as the Night stretches, adjusting itself to fit Fall. Silence replaces the songbirds' sweet songs; while wailing winds compose a dirge for Summers's death. And in the......

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Categories: ward off, autumn, beautiful, beauty, change,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Confidence
... Confidence Many a soul in youth conceives The world as a shrine of goodness, ......

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Categories: ward off, confidence, motivation, political,
Form: Rhyme
The Dance of Shadows
...The veil between the worlds grows thin, A night for magic, ancient and grim, When spirits wander, shadows grow bold, And whispers of stories, ages old, Echo through the rustling leaves, As the h......

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Categories: ward off, halloween,
Form: Free verse
Klaxon
...The optimistic side of me wants to believe that my fear keeps me safe. That there's a reason I check over my shoulder at the slightest Noise. That it’s just the caffeine making my heart ......

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Categories: ward off, abuse, anxiety, death, fear,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Chrysanthemum Throne
...In the ancient Empire of the Chrysanthemum Throne, horsemen riders from the southern regions, their steel swords close to their sides, clang heavily to their waist as they ride hard to the capital. B......

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Categories: ward off, analogy,
Form: Free verse
MOTHER SAID
... Never go out on a stomach that’s empty, Was one of my mother’s foibles. If it’s only a salad sandwich, You’ll ward off possible problems. And always drink plenty of liquid Or you’ll find you’l......

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Categories: ward off, mother,
Form: Verse

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