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Work 'Em
by Stewart Watkins

Push 'em, pull 'em, dip 'em, and squat'em.
Whatever you do, just don't neglect 'em

Aptly say no to loose and flabby
And yes, to tight 'cause loose is too shabby

No gym membership, Bowflex, or Peloton?
No worries 'cause pushing, pulling, dipping and squatting
will never be outdone


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body
by Sarah A

i forgive my body

for all that she’s done

i free him from his sins

and nestle in her safety

i thank my body for protecting me


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Poem to My Uterus
by Lucille Clifton

You uterus
you have been patient
as a sock
while i have slippered into you
my dead and living children
now
they want to cut you out
stocking i will not need
where i am going
where am i going

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Erythrocyte and Leukocyte Song
by Emily Krauss

We’ve got erythrocytes,
erythrocytes,
erythrocytes in the body

Another name for erythrocytes,
erythrocytes,
erythrocytes in the body
is red blood cells.
We’ve got erythrocytes in the body
and they carry oxygen in the red blood cells.

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Your Body Was Puzzling
by Maxwell Bodenheim

Your body was puzzling, like a half-made figure
Till the final shaping of your voice came
And riotous secrets of lines curved out
And trembled upon your limbs.
Then silence touched your body to motion:
Your limbs released fleeing andantes of pain
And your heart flung little crescents of budding caresses
Into the waiting hunger of your eyes.

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Recent Body Poems
Work 'Em
by Stewart Watkins

Push 'em, pull 'em, dip 'em, and squat'em.
Whatever you do, just don't neglect 'em

Aptly say no to loose and flabby
And yes, to tight 'cause loose is too shabby

No gym membership, Bowflex, or Peloton?
No worries 'cause pushing, pulling, dipping and squatting
will never be outdone


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A question for the lucky ones
by Alex Rose

There is a coldness at my core
Just a feeling, nothing more
When I sink into my spine
Like a draft through open door

Even so, I’m doing fine
The coldness is just one small line
In my body full of other
Full of hustle, love, and brine


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Erythrocyte and Leukocyte Song
by Emily Krauss

We’ve got erythrocytes,
erythrocytes,
erythrocytes in the body

Another name for erythrocytes,
erythrocytes,
erythrocytes in the body
is red blood cells.
We’ve got erythrocytes in the body
and they carry oxygen in the red blood cells.

......

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Word as It Is
by Ayatullah Nurjati

Words are real action
The reality is also sometimes stunned by words
Words that Absurd sometimes also have an affair with reality
Reality that plays with phenomena is sometimes not as idealistic as we think

The spirit in the equivalent word chosen as diction may be right next to the norm or ethics
The body in the heart of a word is always meaningful
The spirit that realistic in words is easily co-opted by symbols in the real world
Body of You, me and all of you resides in a name in a word that has special
meaning

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body
by Sarah A

i forgive my body

for all that she’s done

i free him from his sins

and nestle in her safety

i thank my body for protecting me


......

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