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Any Old IronHe’s a modern Harold Steptoe
With his reclamation machine
Very few planets on the Galaxy
On which he’s not already been.
He’s got every known Wormhole
Marked on his Galaxy Survey Map
And he proceeds always with caution
In case the...
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Categories:
fantasy, humor, mystery, science
Form: Rhyme
Circus VisionCreepy patience, eerie desires following the dreamlike honeycomb,
consistent unawareness, wax in tatters, exhaling fortune-tellers, spooky scenario,
come in harlequin
mischievous, that is not time, that is your life;
brave, remain unhinged, so easy to say until a certain...
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Categories:
dark, horror, magic, mystery,
Form: Free verse
Life
Categories:
mystery, allusion, analogy, death, image,
Form: Acrostic
DIVINE MAGNETISMDIVINE MAGNETISM
There’s an attraction, North to South
Embracing the original source of love
And almost a sweet taste in the mouth
Whether from each other, or above
For some, the magnetism is unknown
No olive twig in the beak of...
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Categories:
mystery,
Form: Terza Rima
Murders and mysteriesIt's a whodunit
with mystery and suspense
right up to the end...
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Categories:
murder, mystery,
Form: Senryu
I Can't Believe I Thought ThatI can't believe I thought that.
Where did it even come from, oh god I feel like a rat.
I mean it just came out of nowhere
Waiting by, minding my own business then boom! I swear.
Jeez, I...
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Categories:
mystery, crazy, feelings, funny, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Are We AreBeside the breathless petting,
love is a wonder timeless --
in loin with club
I can see the pounding extended
fierce yet open ended
room for tenderness and caring
beyond the physical sharing
touch is a mystery overbearing
the feel of a...
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Categories:
mystery, desire, emotions, feelings, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Divine Magnetism
As human beings, we are born with souls;
and undisclosed to us, within them lie
the mystery of God's magnetic poles
which draw us to Him till the day we die.
We feel this pull and know there's something...
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Categories:
faith, god, inspirational, mystery,
Form: Sonnet
Reverse GraffitiA celestial dancer,
pirouettes through the prismatic tapestries.
It's luminescent waltz, illuminating secrets whispered at the crossroads of reality...
...the fabric of time...
...twisting the alchemy of existence.
The
universe
bends....
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Categories:
mystery,
Form: Other
Isla MannIsland woman, nautical mystery,
Shrouded in history, over the sea,
Longing to see her, when I set sail,
Ageless, Manx goddess, she's waiting for me.
Maritime woman, always mystical,
Ancient Manx goddess, from over the sea,
Nautical distance, I will not...
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Categories:
history, journey, mystery, sea,
Form: Acrostic
Thought of the dayeach night in deep sleep, we return to God ~
waking up in form, energised and awed...
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Categories:
god, mystery, sleep,
Form: Couplet
Epic Of LifeI look up heaven
What comes up return one day
And bares reality....
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Categories:
heaven, mystery, perspective, truth,
Form: Haiku
Secrets of the DarkThe woman who sat on a bench
in the twilight garden told me to wait a little while,
The woman who could see
the dark times told me to be patient,
Soon the forest would reveal its...
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Categories:
imagery, imagination, mystery,
Form: Free verse
Golden opportunityThe consistency of mystery
Drenched in it's simplicity
Wrought with what would seem to be
To our participants complacency
For a golden opportunity
A trick our minds eye think they see
If not thought through quite logically
A flim-flam...
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Categories:
mystery,
Form: Monorhyme
1304 Female Head La Scapigliata C1508 - Leonardo Da Vinci PaintingThere’s a story untold,
A mystery to unfold.
Even in her unfinished state,
Her beauty will forever captivate.
Da Vinci’s hand has started the task,
Her delicate face, unable to mask.
His brush has brought her to life,
Serene and peaceful...
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Categories:
mystery,
Form: Ekphrasis
Specific Types of Mystery Poems
Definition | What is Mystery in Poetry?
Poems Related to Mystery
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