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Rubbed Poems - Poems about Rubbed


Premium Member Washed Rubbed Srubbed Hung Up And Left To Dry
Scrubbed rubbed the wrong way And left hung up to dry Blown away in the wind Treated like a leper I wasn't perfect but I tried Treated like a sinner Condemned sentenced Feeling small with no judge or jury When I hadn't sinned at all. ...

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Categories: rubbed, abuse, hurt,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Justice Rubbed In the Mud
Justice needs moderation Voices' dialed-down modulation When the mob screams for blood The Rule of Law's dragged through the mud...

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Categories: rubbed, how i feel, judgement,
Form: Couplet



The Roommate
That room; And the bathroom too, She made them alien territory. My petty sentiments kicked in, And made me a slave to my roommate. The scented atmosphere, stockings; Frilly brassieres in plain sight, And blouses bright as gardens—thrilling, But foreign! Lo, an invasive roommate. Some mornings she would come Out of the bathroom in a cloud of steam: Hair...

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Categories: rubbed, dark, emotions, feelings, gender,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Its Rubbed On a Diamond
IT’S RUBBED ON A DIAMOND If you rub the rock the wrong way The rock is stronger than hay The rock can crumble, if it’s rubbed on a diamond If you rub a dirt clog on concrete If you place it under your feet It’s more than crushed, smashed, such a crash Like rock can crumble, it’s rubbed on a diamond I can...

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Categories: rubbed, abuse, addiction, assonance, change,
Form: Light Verse
Rubbed the Wrong Way
We always gotta give America her ego massage Put cucumber visions in her eyes, gentle finger her a comforting mirage Lady Liberty likes you to give her a righteous back rub Tell her how beautiful she looks, and how much she's adored and loved While her children gives your children the Ugly American hate snub Telling them to go back to their dung holes, for they all...

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Categories: rubbed, abuse, perspective, prejudice, truth,
Form: Narrative



Rubbed Out
And all of this time I hid behind your beautiful brown eyes. The way they drew me in soft brown. I found no place safer. Protected in a memory of lashes. Delicately drawn, My new favorite color. I no longer saw in black and white, deep shades of gray. What I found was a blanket drenched in warmth. A warmth I longed...

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Categories: rubbed, black african american, crush,
Form: Free verse
Rubbed Out
Rubbed out I stopped at a low stonewall on my slow progress saw before me a landscape painting, ten sheep and twelve lambs. I thought who that painter might be, a sudden blur in the air, when the picture cleared there was a mare and her foal five sheep had disappeared; the painting looked better, but I didn’t linger,...

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Categories: rubbed, angst, april, autumn,
Form: Blank verse
You Inked Me Like a Tattoo That Rubbed Off Like Sharpie
To anybody that has ever felt anything at all, especially you - I ran my fingertips across the leather notebook on your desk and I felt your thoughts crackling below my skin; overflowing with cursive letters and lines that raced inside the walls of your mind I wanted so badly for it to flip open, I could blame it on...

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Categories: rubbed, deep, emotions, feelings, goodbye,
Form: Free verse

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