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POEM STARTER
"She dropped her dress, and her inhibitions, at the door."
This is an example of a syllepsis, where the meaning of a verb (here 'dropped') is both physical and metaphorical. Write a poem that includes a syllepsis (do not use the example).
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You destroy houses and hearts to build new ones,
Leaving families homeless and lovers loveless
in the wake of your ambition.
You pave paths through dreams and despair,
Erecting towers where whispers of the past linger in the air.
But from the rubble of yesterday’s warmth and walls,
New stories arise where old ones fall.
In the midst of steel and stones, echoes of laughter blend,
As the future we...
I seen you across the room
You caught my eye
Black dress
Right up to ur thigh
You got everything that I like
Dancing on the tables like a pro
Come baby let me show you what I could do with a pole
Ur someone I wanna get to know
Baby can you talk with your body
Tell me all the ways that you want me to
You don’t need ur lips so put them on me
Promise baby I won’t touch you softly
Good gir...
He breaks doors and hearts,
in order to get in,
for he’s a thief.
He steals diamonds and time,
and use them as his own,
for he’s a liar.
He takes shiny things and control,
through painful situations,
for he’s a manipulator.
He loses the keys and his minds,
so nothing can touch him,
for he’s a madman.
Remember who you are,
when he breaks in and shatters
the walls, pretending he’s salvation!
Re...
He drove away, and our love did the same
I wonder if he even thinks about me now
I do, I think about him even though he’s
Four hours away
I know where he lives
But at the same time I don’t
It’s been five years
And he hasn’t asked about me
I suppose I haven’t either
But I have an excuse:
If they don’t want me
Then I don’t want to intrude
But among the small amount of things I remember
I reme...
All I want stand on mountaintop.
The bumpy road along the way,
So enjoyed without any doubt.
Heavy rain poured down,
My body and spirit were exhausted.
The illness brought me to tears,
As I felt like never stand up again.
I tell myself to change, how?
Never give up in deep heart.
Never give up your own self.
Spirit comes with passion, takes time.
Daily life comes with routine, takes patience.
Got ...
I can’t stand the way you look at me
So I sit my ass right down.
I meet your avaricious gaze
With a thought provoking frown.
I’ll hold my breath and a bears paw
While I twirl around my drink
Hoping, always, that just for once,
I didn’t have to think:
About the bar, about the scene,
My dress, my shoes, my hair.
All of it an alleged invitation,
For the predators to stare.
I cannot leave the buildin...
Weave,through time, your inability,
forget everything you’ve ever learned and go back to what you once were;
Be greedy with sugar, be greedy with love,
let them destroy your health.
Give up your skills because none of them are worth going through anything.
Read what you don’t enjoy
Love what doesn’t serve you
Drive yourself to a point so excruciatingly empty
soundless
that you won’t even stri...
I want to tell you something
I want to tug heartstrings
I want to learn
I want to be good again
I want to be the person I was
But he's dead
I was doing OK
Like not amazingly but
Good enough
I want to go back
I want it to be the holidays again
I want to be by myself again
I want to be able to write again
I want something
Something indescribable
And even more so
I want to be able to desc...
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