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Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
card from the deck	JOHNSON, DON	Ballad	adventure, funny love,
A Million Miles of Faithful	Sheffield, Nakym	Free verse	love, romance, sensual,
Dragon Finds A Patron Saint	Eastman, Carol	Light Poetry	fantasy, fun, funny, giggle,
119 words	Thornton, Joel	Romanticism	absence, break up, feelings,
Greeting Tomorrow	Avalon, Ria April	Rhyme	emotions, future, grief, growing
Dying Little Cat	REMILI , HAMID	Dramatic Verse	grief,
Her Kindness - Rondine	Petersen Potter, Dorian	Rhyme	angel, beautiful, beauty, celebrity,
Two Souls, One Body	Nguyen, Ngoc	I do not know?	desire, heartbreak, longing, love,
enjamblious	Thornton, Joel	Free verse	farewell, self,
Love's Magic	Halliday, Mark J.	Quatrain	life, love, magic, philosophy,
You Will Be the Last	Breidenthal, Laura	Free verse	anxiety, character, dedication, deep,
Unrequited Love	Pinet, Emile	Rhyme	angst, heart, heartbreak, love,
Love	Udashkobi, Ahmad sajeed	Haiku	bangla, beauty, love,
The Raft Of Medusa by Gericault	Strauss, Lei	Ekphrasis	art, romantic,
Magic Beans	Ryerson, Tim	Footle	food,
Tragic Loss By Evil Thoughts	Raj, Sam	Free verse	dark, death,
Swimming the dark sea	Brown, David	Quatrain	cry, dark, depression, funny,
Goodbye Mister Baer	johnson, randy	Rhyme	death, dedication, nostalgia,
Time	Beesley, Anthony	Blank verse	today,
THE ALTERNATIVE 'SUPERMAN'	Allison, Jan	Rhyme	abuse, heartbreak,
God of the Western Wind	Richards, Carrie	Free verse	history, mythology, wind,
START AGAIN	Enriquez, Leon	Haiku	change,
SEESPEAKNORHEAR	Thornton, Joel	Romanticism	angel, faith, flower, rain,
A Woman's Voice	Schumacker, Earl	Quatrain	adventure, celebration, creation, music,
''If I won't sleep and skip my med's tonight--''	Nguyen, Ngoc	Sonnet	psychological, self, sick,
Homo not-so-Sapiens	Ngoma, Thabang	Free verse	humorous, men, science,
A Tall Tragic Tale	Mehta, Dr.Ram	Free verse	bereavement, sad,
Thoughts of myself - Section 1	Billy, Trent	Narrative	bio, character, happiness, heartbreak,
SLOW HEROES	Arribas, John	Rhyme	age, beautiful, culture, dedication,
milk crate	junor, mark	Free verse	beautiful, beauty,
Daughter of July	Thornton, Joel	Free verse	child, children, daughter, father
CLOWN	Enriquez, Leon	Couplet	change,
EASY APLOMB	Enriquez, Leon	Couplet	change,
Heinrich Heine Revisited	Bateman, Gary	Narrative	history, international, lyric, philosophy,
Bittersweet Memories	Johnson-Saunders, Rhonda	Cinquain	grief, longing, nostalgia,
ARSON TO ASH	Thornton, Joel	Free verse	dedication, drink, words,
Magic Or Tragic	Ellison, Jack	Narrative	hate, love,
Illimitable Boundary	Thornton, Joel	Verse	allegory, future, goodbye, lost,
What He Said	Flannery, Vincent	Rhyme	death, sin,
Depression	Darcy, Vicki	Verse	depression,
Burn With Me	Capobianco, Guy	Rhyme	courage, emo, emotions, evil,
Stacy - Part II	johnson, randy	Rhyme	death, death of a
PLAYTIME	Enriquez, Leon	Alliteration	blessing,
Deep Soft Trickles	mcdaid, liam	Couplet	beauty, emotions, feelings, heartbroken,
Deep Soft Trickles - A Collaboration	clarke, michael	Couplet	emotions, feelings,
Full Circle	Rose, Britt	Free verse	age, birth, life,
The Star	Biden, Rob	Verse	science fiction,
What Would You Think	Knight, Tyshawn	Rhyme	black african american, pride,
Coming Home	Carmichael , Faith	Rhyme	absence, desire, happiness, love,
TRENCH CURSE 1918	Arribas, John	Rhyme	angst, pain, soldier, war,
THE CALLING AT CULLODEN	Anderson-Throop, Victoria	Dramatic Verse	history, life, love, soldier,
Hate	Bateman, Gary	Tanka	allegory, anger, betrayal, change,
Life In Transition	Battle, Laura Dee	Rhyme	butterfly, change, epic, future,
Embrace Not the Blues of Yesterday - Chapter 1	Earnings, J. W. M.	Lyric	appreciation, beauty, deep, depression,
Columbine	bowen, evan	Sestina	death, school, teenage,
The Onyx Bird	Smith, Rochelle-Mari	I do not know?	animal, bird, body, death,
Roses For Momma	Cruz, Jasmine	Rhyme	blessing, christmas,
death via unicorn	singe, jezabella	Rhyme	magic,
The Berlin wall today	Wouterse, Elly D. A.	Rhyme	black african american, history,
Earthquake	Datu, Leon	Diamante	confusion, natural disasters,
Summers morn	Duggan, Peter	Quatrain	beauty, feelings, love, truth,
Overture, curtains, lights	Brown, David	Free verse	break up, dark,
Illegal Downloading Kills Poetry	Spangles, Suki	Light Poetry	funny, humor, humorous, internet,
Silent War	Procunier, Theresa	Free verse	absence, anger, conflict, depression,
The Tale of the Opium Tears	Weeden, Andrew	Quatrain	abuse, addiction, death, family,
Well of Souls	Shaw, Kimberly	I do not know?	culture, discrimination, imagery, inspiration,
Mocking Reminders	Flach, Joe	Rhyme	sad,
Call	Battle, Laura Dee	Rhyme	addiction, anger, gender, girl,
For The Fallen in War	Timperley, Dave	Dramatic Verse	remember, soldier, war,
It Is	Struthers, Olivia	Free verse	depression, suicide,
This Is The Life These Eyes Have Seen	Simmons, Don	Couplet	absence, abuse, addiction, childhood,
Autumn Magic	rachael, windie	Rhyme	halloween,
The Cat Man of Aleppo	Haight, Sandra	Blank verse	cat, devotion, international,
The sunset over Manhattan	The ugly drunken poet, Feo	Verse	i miss you,
Love is	Brown, David	Verse	love, metaphor,
Schedule of an Angel - Available 24x7	DeBole, Gail	List	god, humor, religious, uplifting,
A Battle Within	Binford, Amber	Free verse	identity, journey, lonely, mirror,
The Nocturnal Delight of Mephistopheles - Part One	Bateman, Gary	Narrative	allegory, dark, evil, fantasy,
Dear Nana	Ober, Heather	Sonnet	grief, hope,
mudd	johnson, bob	I do not know?	gender, men, women,
will of men	johnson, bob	I do not know?	gender, men, women,
Captive Needs A Release	Lindley, Robert	Rhyme	creation, dark, evil, imagination,
Nihilist	Drake, Raven	Rhyme	parody, philosophy, symbolism,
You are the Good: I am the Evil	Tiller, Katie	Ballad	beautiful, dark, deep, evil,
Inception: Sprinkle Salt and Pepper upon my Distasteful Flavor - Collab with Mikey part 1	Earnings, J. W. M.	Free verse	courage, depression, dream, emotions,
More than a minute	Graf-Burnham, Bambi	Rhyme	black african american, conflict,
We MUST Change Our Ways	Ellison, Jack	Narrative	change, dedication,
The Visitor of Nickel Mines	Blubaugh, James	Narrative	community, forgiveness,
Stark Raven	Schumacker, Earl	Rhyme	abuse, addiction, bird, dark,
THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON	dunn, cherl	Free verse	adventure, animal, dark, epic,
MARATHON DROPS	Guillermo, Olive Eloisa	Choka	earth, natural disasters, nature,
On A Dark, Dark Halloween Night	Eastman, Carol	Light Poetry	absence, angst, anniversary, bereavement,
in memory of sandy hook elementary one year later	stoy, nancy	Rhyme	anniversary, children, december, deep,
december day	stoy, nancy	Rhyme	children, death, december, farewell,
FIELDS	Enriquez, Leon	Free verse	blessing,
Williams	Odiete, Philip	Elegy	africa, brother, death, depression,
Tragic Irony	johnson, randy	Rhyme	death, dedication, irony, mom,
Sentinel	Smith, Christian	Ballad	beach, bereavement, brother, loss,
PRAISE	Enriquez, Leon	Couplet	change,
Oh Mama	Loveless, Jay	Free verse	feelings, love, mother, mother

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