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POEM STARTER
‘Sweetness and softness were old friends seldom heard from.’
Write a poem that opens with this line.
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Sweetness and softness were old friends seldom heard from
The grit of tough and nails drum
Our skulls
Our hearts
Our minds
The sound won’t stop as we continue on
As we commit con after con
The world won’t let us stop
It uses us in constant as a prop
Until we can hardly help but drop
The softness isn’t here in this violent place
The sweetness has vanished without a trace
I can’t handle a wor...
Sweetness and softness were old friends seldom heard from
Where is she now?
My long lost love…
Laboring in languish
Mind at ease only when at odds
With self, with service, with surveillance
Everything is a pain and
Only in disdain could she find some peace
A rhythm to keep her ahead of the deceased
Lively and writhing in woes
Powered by restless practices
And guided by garish treasures
Love ...
Sweetness and softness
are friends seldom hear from.
That’s why I sip sorrow
from the bottom of my soul.
Till I’m gathered cognitively again; intertwined with death’s hold...
I quit running from the rain,
when trouble found it’s way.
Into my heart, beyond my eyes;
now I’m bleeding with demon lies.
So far, most everyone I’ve ever loved,
has dug their way to the skies above.
I’m tainted, ...
Sweetness and softness were old friends
Seldom heard from
The heart grows cold
The brain grows hard
The torment of life never ceases
The joy of childhood are bygone
The broken heart chills
The pain of loss makes the brain go numb
Tis’ life of a soldier
Till death brings me sanctity
I will never be at peace
For the crimes I’ve seen break my mind
My sweet soul has soured
My softness hear...
Sweetness and softness were old friends seldom heard from
Giving advice on how to respond to things sure to come
“You should be kind to her.” Sweetness would say
When my longing for revenge would not go away
Sweetness gave up long ago
“be gentle with him.” Softness would whisper
Before I dropped the baby, for my soul was bitter
Softness quit soon after
Suffering and hate now sit on my shoulder...
Sweetness and softness were old friends seldom heard from.
Meeting you introduced me to new friends,
unwavering boldness, and extravagance
You taught me that sometimes, anxiety can feel good. It can make up for sweet, and soft.
I would tattoo your name on my heart, like all those love songs demonstrate
But the ink would line my stomach, since that is where my heart rests whenever I...
Sweetness and softness were old friends seldom heard from.
To every lover it was a surprise,
That when I cried as a child no one would come,
And that I never understood why.
“Your tears are your folly”, my father would say,
wiping my tears with his calloused hands.
He said I would have to toughen up some day,
“Grow up and be a man.”
And grow up did, I became a man,
a great one I cannot say,
For ...
Sweetness and softness were old friends
Seldom heard from
Grief a permanent fixture
With anger & loss as its book ends
GTH, “Grand theft husband”, a goner, no trace
9 months ago we chose our vows
Now I sit and pick your poem & ashes case
Arrangements, flowers, and prayers
Make it a celebration
The kids will be there
Put your mask back on
it’ll probably be his best party yet
Twisted view gets ...
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