Best Scratch Poems

Illustrious 
Phantom
You chase 
My desire 
For satisfaction
As I chase you
Hither and thither
Like the rainbow's end
Always just out of reach
Escalating intensity or just
A trick of the...

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My daddy was a roughneck and he worked the oil patch.
He ate his eggs and biscuits that my mommy made from scratch.
Pies and cakes and...

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Recipe-How to make a human from scratch

Start with a large amount of dirt.
Add sufficient water to moisten.
Mix together until becomes clay like.
Shape and mold according...

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Scribbling
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Why do men scratch
Adjusting their dress they say
But more like a sneaky grope
Is what they do each day

We women can’t help but notice
The obvious ploy...

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The itch is less than constant pain
not enough to cause a moan
but always there in misery
asking balm to cure the ill

that static humming on the...

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There is a certain kind of game to play
It states that you can win in any way
Scratch off the secret spot
Thinking you’ve won a lot
Disappointed,...

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“I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.” -Dorothy Parker
“Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to...

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Written on August 13, 2012

Cluttering the blue -
A thick white line of a cloud.
The jet races away.





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Tropical summer 
Scratching  nails on metal sheet
What stirred sharp inside...

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Pie in the oven!
The flaky crust is browning,
Sugar crystallized.
Apple filling, juicy sweet,
I’ll eat it all by myself.


Entered in Soup 2/21/20
'Let the Pens Flow - Tanka'...

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Oh crazy cat lady
with your eyes so yellow,
I want to meet with you
'cause I'm a cat fellow

We can share a cup of tea
if that is...

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A
friend 
sent me a
wedding invite
via a Facebook app,
I sent a gift via Farmville...

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Sometimes I sit here and I wonder,
how long have I been here?
With the words of a ghost rotting my tongue,
exhaling phantoms who hang over my...

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Life's an itch-- then you die


February 22, 2016
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