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uniwhisp
poetry
9y
Throwback Poem-Off: Gentle Pride [original poem]
Throwback Poem-Off: Gentle Pride [original poem]
The poem-off has gone from fast and furious to slow but steady! In @mitchelljaworski's last entry, he talks of second chances. I wasn't sure what to choose from my dwindling selection of poems-from-the-past,
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mitchelljaworski
poetry
9y
Throw Back Poem-Off: Second Chance is the First (Original Poetry)
Throw Back Poem-Off: Second Chance is the First (Original Poetry)
After a little digging I found a response to @uniwhisp's latest entry in out little poem-off. Her last piece was actually song lyrics, but it works nonetheless and the hook of the song got me thinking
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uniwhisp
poem-off
9y
Throwback Poem-Off: Tumbling Back to You [original song lyrics]
Throwback Poem-Off: Tumbling Back to You [original song lyrics]
Okay, it's been way too long. I read @mitchelljaworski's last poem, Different Time A Different World, and had the perfect response! Only...it wasn't really a poem. I've written 2 1/2 songs in my lifetime,
mitchelljaworski
poetry
9y
Throwback Poem-Off: Different Time a Different World (Original Poetry)
Throwback Poem-Off: Different Time a Different World (Original Poetry)
And so the poetry turns to me as the poetic dance of poems gone passed keeps on longer than expected to last. Below is my response to @uniwhisp's latest poem: Knowing Different Time a Different World A
uniwhisp
poetry
9y
Throwback Poem-Off: Knowing [original poem]
Throwback Poem-Off: Knowing [original poem]
The turns have been easy for a few, but before too long - we won't know what to do! As the store of old-school verses dissipate, there's only one way left to participate. Soon to keep up the good fight,
mitchelljaworski
poetry
9y
Throwback Poem-Off: Fighting for Me (Original Poetry)
Throwback Poem-Off: Fighting for Me (Original Poetry)
Though we just dove into some poems with smooth silky rhymes, I find myself forced to go a different route this time. This one is not a favorite of what I have left, but playing off @uniwhisp's latest
uniwhisp
poetry
9y
Throwback Poem-Off: The Silent Question [original poem]
Throwback Poem-Off: The Silent Question [original poem]
It's interesting how poems written by me so long ago in some ways seem like they were written by a different person. In truth - I was different - although I suppose, at the heart, the same. How wonderful
mitchelljaworski
poetry
9y
Throwback Poem-Off: Heaven (Original Poetry)
Throwback Poem-Off: Heaven (Original Poetry)
Just when I thought I was about to take a dark turn I stumbled upon something much more playful that plays on the same emotions in @uniwhisp's latest poem. You can read her latest entry here: Sing On Heaven
uniwhisp
poetry
9y
Throwback Poem-Off: Sing On [original poem]
Throwback Poem-Off: Sing On [original poem]
The complexities of life and love distilled into poetic discourse - such is the Poem-Off! @mitchelljaworski's last entry called to mind a noble pursuit in a relationship, despite an uncertain future. Read
mitchelljaworski
poetry
9y
Throwback Poem-Off: A Woman's Worth (Original Poetry)
Throwback Poem-Off: A Woman's Worth (Original Poetry)
The poetic dance continues and of late seems there are perfect fits. My entry may not be may favorite in form, but being a natural response I cannot acquit. Here is my latest entry in response to @uniwhisp's
uniwhisp
poetry
9y
Throwback Poem-Off: Trojan Dulcimer [original poem]
Throwback Poem-Off: Trojan Dulcimer [original poem]
Welcome to the Poem-Off!! We've stumbled upon the land of bitterness and love's ending. I wavered for a moment, debating on taking a turn back the other way, but this one felt most fitting to answer
mitchelljaworski
poetry
9y
Throwback Poem-Off: Closure (Original Poetry)
Throwback Poem-Off: Closure (Original Poetry)
The saga continues (cue the music!) with my latest entry into the poem-off with @uniwhisp. I will admit, rhyme-wise this is not one of my best, but it plays the perfect inflection to @uniwhisp's latest,
uniwhisp
poetry
9y
Throwback Poem-Off: Love's Goodbye [original poem]
Throwback Poem-Off: Love's Goodbye [original poem]
Eleventh round, I do believe, and yet the poets still do weave. Indeed the steps get trickier, and perhaps the choices stickier. Where will it all go? Only one way to know! Continue to follow - to and
mitchelljaworski
poetry
9y
Throwback Poem-Off: Sins of Another (Original Poetry)
Throwback Poem-Off: Sins of Another (Original Poetry)
The poetic dance continues, with each one it becomes harder to find the right step. Here is my latest entry in the poem-off with @uniwhisp Read her last entry here: The Wound Sins of another Built from
uniwhisp
poetry
9y
Throwback Poem-Off: The Wound
Throwback Poem-Off: The Wound
I bow in humble gratitude for my partner-in-poem's patience with me! Things have become challenging as we continue to trade poem for poem, reaching back into the past - reviving old thoughts, emotions,
mitchelljaworski
poetry
9y
Throwback Poem-Off: Basic Premise (Original Poetry)
Throwback Poem-Off: Basic Premise (Original Poetry)
We shall see what direction this one takes us as the poem-off between @uniwhisp and I continues on its epic path! You can read my counterpart's latest entry here: Spring Cardinal What I really love about
mitchelljaworski
poetry
9y
Throwback Poem-Off: Pride and Purpose (Original Poetry)
Throwback Poem-Off: Pride and Purpose (Original Poetry)
Each time I think I will not have an old poem to play off my poetic counterpart's latest entry - Boom, one is found! Welcome to the Poem-Off My (loose) play off of @uniwhisp's latest entry: It Changes
uniwhisp
poetry
9y
Mirror [original poem] for Throwback Poem-Off
Mirror [original poem] for Throwback Poem-Off
Next up in the potentially epic poem-off: This is a one of my poems from "the early years," aka high school and earlier. Reaching way back to counter or complement @mitchelljaworski's poem, Far

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