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Write a poem with the words "words are not enough" no word limit. No rules but to have fun.
Ended July 15, 2016 • 59 Entries • Created by Blanche
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Write a poem with the words "words are not enough" no word limit. No rules but to have fun.
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KeepComingBack in Poetry & Free Verse

Meaningless Shapes

No combination of 26 symbols can explain reality.

Manmade words only display manmade reality.

No way to speak the truth I see.

The knowledge I have.

The lacking you walk with.

All you thought you knew is nothing.

Nothing compared to what you don't know.

I know.

I know you see constructed truth.

The box of safety.

Expectations.

Untruths.

I see the space you can't fill.

I see you want to breathe, breathe with me.

I see you, see me.

See me and I will show you.

Set your box aside first.

Set it away, out of reach. Pretend it gone.

'Cause once you know.

You can never not know.

God.

Universe.

Energy.

Truth.

It's inside you.

Not your box.

Words are not enough, we must see.

Truth is in the experience of the emotion.

Words will never be enough to explain the truth.

Manmade words only display manmade reality.

No combination of 26 symbols can explain reality.

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Write a poem with the words "words are not enough" no word limit. No rules but to have fun.
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DawnLuxe in Poetry & Free Verse

Words

Everyday

I

Swallow pills

To

Kill tears.

Everyday

I

Think of

You

And how

Not

To.

Everyday

I write

You

Something

That

Gets

Trashed

Or

Unheard.

Words

Fail me.

We'd

Need a

Miracle...

Words are

not enough.

Challenge
Write a poem with the words "words are not enough" no word limit. No rules but to have fun.
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BaileyBug in Poetry & Free Verse

Last Time

Words are not enough

To express what you have done

This isn't the first

But I swear it will be the last

I held on to you

Like you were my boat's strong mast

But you turned out to be

The sea that was killing me

I am done

With you and your games

Tricking me

Hurting me

I was foolish to believe

That you ever truly loved me

But this is it

This is where it ends

You have hurt me

For the last time

So for once

I'm looking out for me

And am saying

Goodbye

To you

And your treacherous

Deceitful

Painful lies

Challenge
Write a poem with the words "words are not enough" no word limit. No rules but to have fun.
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StarfishGirl in Poetry & Free Verse

To the people I call home.

Faces blur and

foggy eyes

are a forecast

too well known,

when standing

here surrounded

by the people

I call home.

From you I’ve

learned so much

more than I ever did

in school,

and here, campfires

and poetry

became the newest

“cool”.

Together we walked

hand in hand,

and so together too

we fell -

rebuilt each other

piece by piece,

shook off the dust

of deeper wells.

I would tell you

that I’m grateful,

I would say

thank you if I

thought

that those words

could ever come

to know

this feeling of

distraught -

but in my time with

you and you with me,

I’ve learned

an awful lot

about how to say

goodbye,

and I now know it

to be tough.

And I can tell you with

all certainty, that

words are not enough.

Challenge
Write a poem with the words "words are not enough" no word limit. No rules but to have fun.
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JessicaJohnson in Poetry & Free Verse

Poison Laced Promises

Perfect promises flowing,

I swallow your alluring words

And regurgitate.

From this I infer

That you pour your perfect promises

And lace them with poison.

You put dreams in my head

And, yet, leave my heart broken.

So do not pour more promises

At my rebuff.

Your actions speak volumes.

Your words are not enough.

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Write a poem with the words "words are not enough" no word limit. No rules but to have fun.
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Stacy13 in Poetry & Free Verse

No Words

You walked out again...

What more is there to say?

Words are not enough,

to ever make you stay.

Challenge
Write a poem with the words "words are not enough" no word limit. No rules but to have fun.
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claragscott in Poetry & Free Verse

Not Accepted

You say you're sorry,

but that won't work anymore.

Words are not enough.

Challenge
Write a poem with the words "words are not enough" no word limit. No rules but to have fun.
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MMLL in Poetry & Free Verse

Don’t Hit On Twenty

Begin;

Supplied supplies rely on swapping dope for dolla bills.

Three times delinquent determine when brain blood spills.

Booming lightening strikes, after a flash of thunder.

Survival on the streets derive dealers to gunners.

Again;

Debt due don't dismiss, thus delinquency doubles, so dopey dope deviants best duck down and cover.

Definitely don't desire delivery of debtor's dead daughter to be discovered.

--The End--

Thrice is tough. The testable limits terminated, torrential teary eyes puff.

Bated to distinguish, no mere words are not enough.

Dealt a King with his Jack, but greed made him bust,

Now the King's cash is ash and the Joker's life is dust.

Challenge
Write a poem with the words "words are not enough" no word limit. No rules but to have fun.
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LizardBallou in Poetry & Free Verse

Kiss Me

Silence in my mouth,

A cacophony in my mind.

My perception is flawless,

But my heart has gone blind.

I'm not sure what I think,

But I know what I feel,

Panic wells in my chest

And turns me to steel.

I can't keep my mind

From falling out of my head

As the syllables bombard me

From words that he said.

I try to decipher

Why my smooth heart is rough;

A kiss brings the answer,

Because words aren't enough.

Challenge
Write a poem with the words "words are not enough" no word limit. No rules but to have fun.
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Fallen in Poetry & Free Verse

These Words

Words are not enough

To explain how I feel

When your eyes connect

To my own.

They can't express

The warmth that fills my chest

When you say my name.

It's hard to convey

How much I truly care

When your hand slides

Into mine.

The only words

That match this sensation

Is love and be loved.

But these words

Cannot explain

Just how much

You mean to me.

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