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Withholds Poems - Poems about Withholds

Premium MemberIn the depths of his soul, the gentleman keeps chords of silent harmony

...In the depths of his soul, the gentleman keeps chords of silent harmony,
each key a secret, a universe of sounds that will not be uttered.
He carries in his heart an orchestra of dreams that need n...
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Categories: withholds, fantasy,
Form: Free verse

Stresses of Loving

...III. Shorty Rico continues.
        D. She withholds the fact that Shorty Rico's ex- Female friend was       
             pregant and had moved away. She became pregant and disided to             ...
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Categories: withholds, analogy, film, language, music,
Form: Ballade



Premium MemberThe Bell Tower That Leaned In

...I. The Pastor’s Hand

At dawn’s brittle cusp—
  he climbs, each step
    a nail in time’s coffin
  breath ragged
    a Psalm torn mid-hymn.

The rope tastes of incense and myrrh—
  Li...
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Categories: withholds, allegory, bereavement, devotion, imagery,
Form: Dramatic Verse

The Mask of Her Love

...She does not love you.
She loves what you give her—
And when that gift fades, so too does her affection.
The modern man, deluded by poets and preachers,
Believes that love is salvation.
No—
Lov...
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Categories: withholds, how i feel, love,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberRunner

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She runs ~
not from shadows
not toward a finish line,
nor from the phantoms
of an unknown past.

She aims to traverse~
where the wind withholds its covenant
where cosmic clocks tick in reve...
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Categories: withholds, adventure,
Form: Free verse



The Fool’s Step

...He stands upon the edge so thin,
where dark begins, where lights grow dim.
One step beyond the world he knows,
to chase the path that madness shows.

No crown, no praise, no guiding hand,
no ma...
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Categories: withholds, courage, fate, hope, journey,
Form: Free verse

Eighteen

...Eighteen

A number that holds so much meaning 

Any individual who meets terms with this number never feels content

A singular tie to childhood is all that’s left

A bearing weight of adulth...
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Categories: withholds, 12th grade, change, childhood,
Form: Free verse

Dawn

...Dawn

To the most ardent hours beholding peace
Plodding through the wild night of unease
Finally meets the creases of spark
Shining through the bulky layers of dark...

The hour withholds the ...
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Categories: withholds, art, encouraging, endurance, faith,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberWithholding Charity

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   Much-maligned during his Presidency
   George W. Bush still denied residency
     in the Republican Party today

   ‘Midst the mess in the Middle East
   The GOP yet withholds its charity 
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Categories: withholds, confusion, international, leadership, political,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberPRAISE BE TO GOD WHO WITHHOLDS US FROM DOING EVIL

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April 2 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Samuel 25-27

Key Verse – 1Samuel 25:26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden ...
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Categories: withholds, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration

Green Hell

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      As I fall into the buzzing altar of heavy 
metal shifting sand, maw, swirling sheets, 
illness drools plus plus halcyon?
drawn too many wrinkles obfuscating drooling 
stic...
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Categories: withholds, art,
Form: Rhyme

Meditation on the Fashion

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            Placeholder Avatar meditates faithfully 
on the fashion of understanding, 
adjoining together
nothing and everything.

Golden Intuition spurs self driven vehicle 
by the starr...
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Categories: withholds, art,
Form: Free verse

What If He Appears

...What if He appears
As the trumpet cheers
With a train of angels
When judgment labels;
Will you hear that saintly sound?
What will you be?
Mortal forever, or immortal eternally?
Where will you ...
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Categories: withholds, 11th grade, allusion, bible,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberWar of Mankind

...For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
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Categories: withholds, fate,
Form: Free verse

Souvenir

...Rendezvous to barren hill tops in the still of eve, no tones to ricochet only owls and nightingales, the city lights amidst the sky like gemstones strung through dark robed cloaks glistening, our cla...
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Categories: withholds, heaven, lost love, love,
Form: Haibun

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