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Literary Circle
I feel a sense of déjà vu as I listen
to the cacophony of voices:
dilettantes discussing poetry 
under baroque chandeliers. Masquerading 
as avant-garde writers or bona...

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Categories: literary, literature, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Poetry Soup
Poetry Soup, a forum international, a celebration
Of intellectual curiosity and creative exploration,
Embellishing soul’s heartfelt musings, amplifying 
Themes, resonating elegantly in forms and diction;
Rhythmic and meaningful...

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Categories: literary, inspiration, philosophy, poetry,
Form: Name
Premium Member Ten Years Had Raced Into Oblivion's Cup Second Poets Tribute Series, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Ten Years Had Raced Into Oblivion's Cup
Second Poets Tribute Series, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  
Chained am I, to desolation's huge anchor
on its long black ship,...

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Categories: literary, anger, art, dedication, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bookish Menagerie: A Time Traveler's Library
Toddlers' Exploration: 

Cardboard drum, a thunderous beast,
Playful roars in tiny fists and feasts.
Fleeting wings glide, dreams just out of reach,
Soaring through tales of barnyard Waddles...

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Categories: literary, adventure, books, childhood, imagination,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Young Brilliant Poet That Left Us Far, Far Too Soon Second Poet In Dedication Series
Note:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley,  Born 4 August 1792
Horsham, Sussex, England[1]
Died , 8 July 1822 (aged 29)
Gulf of La Spezia, Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy)
Occupation	Poet, dramatist,...

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Categories: literary, appreciation, art, assonance, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Child of the King
I wondered how that I could be a child of the King.
A long lost soul, I had no goal, but to maybe act and sing.
I...

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Categories: literary, blessing, christian, depression, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Herstory from Battlefields to Laboratories
Herstory from Battlefields to Laboratories
-	Daniel Henry Rodgers

Beneath stardust's scattered gleam, 
Her-story, a comet’s tail, blazing across time.

Through seasons it molds
...Once hushed now bold
We rise, a...

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Categories: literary, freedom, girl, history, literature,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Poetry's Pride
Elysian ellipses of poetry's pride...
     a literary litany that draws from
sunlit and moonlit 
     eloquent emanations ensuing...

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Categories: literary, poetry,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Dear Budding Poet
Dear Budding Poet,

Modern poetry is a mix of new and old with modern styles created by bending or even breaking the rules of old forms...

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Categories: literary, encouraging, poetry,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Poets In Denial
Sing ye poets of stunning birds and butterflies wings.
Kiss ye, your own,Muse pen, on divine parchment, scribblings!

Ride in gentle winds upon your colorful, faux unicorn
Your...

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Categories: literary, humanity, poetry,
Form: Couplet
Slamming the Super-Duper-Soupers
you want to know a secret
when I write a poem and it's perfect
i dont share it
i bury it 
deep inside of me 
where no one...

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© Nathan D.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: literary, humor, slam, perspective,
Form: Rubaiyat
Premium Member Great Contest Expectations, the Folly of Man
Place parsed pennies, purposely upon pretty porcelain palms.
The wanderer, restrained her raised ranting wrists!
She fell to her Humpty Dumpty position,
unable to ever be put back...

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Categories: literary, angst, dark, death, desire,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Heinrich Heine Revisited
I can clearly sense your utter despair of Der Matratzengruft*
As you valiantly carried on your poetic works to the very end.
This did not change your...

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Categories: literary, history, international, philosophy, poems,
Form: Narrative
Spelling Test
SPELLING TEST (there are over 30 words contained within this poem that are often 
misspelt by the common man)

We all do on occasion temporarily misspell.
Amateur...

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Categories: literary, educationwords,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Doctor Ram: the Soup's Golden Voice
our beloved brother from India
Dr. Ram’s words are better than gold

board his magic carpet
woven with wit, intellect and insight

soar through sagas steeped in mythology
captivating revelations...

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Categories: literary, dedication, peoplewords, work, work,
Form: Free verse

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