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Wrestled Poems - Poems about Wrestled

Red
... Ketchup dribbled down my chin and shirt Surprise hit sharp, like a sudden slap My chest tightened as frustration boiled. Humour wrestled with a flash of rage. The moment felt both silly and sou......

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Categories: wrestled, anger, red,
Form: Free verse
If
...Sit with me If you dare to partake Delicacies suited for a king Uncomposed melodies that compel the heart to sing Rays of the sun wrestled from the sky Secrets of wise men upon whom I dared t......

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Categories: wrestled, adventure, allegory, character, courage,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member A Shrunken Head and Other Mysteries
...In the book nook I found it— a face no bigger than my palm, leathered and silent, its eyes forever pressed shut against whatever it had seen. Grandma said a missionary friend brought it back fr......

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Categories: wrestled, childhood, grandmother, image, memory,
Form: Free verse
Life Interrupted
...I had a map, a steady pace, A dream unfolding, full of grace. The morning sun, the clear blue sky Then came the silence, no goodbye. One call, one truth, a single tear, The life I knew slipped......

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Categories: wrestled, destiny, love, motivation,
Form: Free verse
Written With Desire
...Mothered inspiration birthed from the seed of my soul send my mind in to a frenzy with racing thoughts hard to gather and control Words roll off my tongue with provocative pronunciation climaxed b......

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Categories: wrestled, creation, imagination, sensual, writing,
Form: Free verse



The Cage
...The Cage Upon the trees, I built my cage, oblivious. Invisible bars forged with hollow expectations and the echo of my doubts, a sly structure of limits that I thought would lift me into the bl......

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Categories: wrestled, conflict, confusion, flying, hurt,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mirrors, Unhung
... Within prismed images I was captured along with twilight as it tinted the sky. We were ensnared during a power struggle at the hour when sunlight wrestled the moon. Neither wanted to vacate th......

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Categories: wrestled, angst, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Saturday, We Hid
...We watched him die, He was nailed up high, Alive for hours, Before the sky turned black; Thunder rolled, Lightning flashed, It is finished, was the cry That came final from his lips; ......

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Categories: wrestled, bereavement, christian, death, easter,
Form: Free verse
The Fifty-Seven Firestorm
...They met back in school when perms were in style.. Now they’re fifty-seven and wickedly wild. A sisterhood forged in detention and pranks.. Now fueled by cocktails and cackles and tanks. Dera......

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Categories: wrestled, friendship, fun, growing up,
Form: Rhyme
Before you leave the world tonight
...Before you leave the world tonight, I want to tell you a story, a story about a girl who wanted to end her life. She tried to leave the world one night, but stopped when she saw this beam of light......

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Categories: wrestled, bible, bullying, conflict, daffodils,
Form: Free verse
Oh and then
...What is it with the fans and the guy known as " Big Meanie" Maze? Some may be used to calling him "The Craze" of Fresno: there were he defeated Five reigning champions in one night! An off the gr......

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Categories: wrestled, business, jobs, leadership, music,
Form: Ballad
Scarlet Stab and Water Wheezes
... The salt-stung wind, a ragged thief, stole whispers from the edge of my coat, the ocean's breath, a heavy sigh. Crimson bled across the horizon, a raw wound in the sky, the sun, a molten coin,......

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Categories: wrestled, sunset,
Form: Free verse
Rise Above The Clouds
... Dark demons tore her from within Pulling her downward into spiraling depression Shadows of memories long ago That crumbled her to cracked pieces Everyone was talking about her Or so it seemed ......

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Categories: wrestled, dark, depression, faith, god,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
My Life is a Poem
...From my childhood to adulthood my Spirit always wrestled with navigating the Tumultuous torrent of others thoughts and opinions seeking to discover and Hear my own voice. I pen my journey, my......

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Categories: wrestled, endurance, imagery, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Tempest
...He threw at her the black of night And then the fire of day Roared as of a hurricane With avalanching speed She crackled as a lightning bolt Within a thunderstorm And then unleashed – in torr......

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Categories: wrestled, lost love, metaphor,
Form: Sonnet

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