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Life
Categories:
allusion, analogy, death, image,
Form: Acrostic
SongbirdIt is early morning, and it is quiet, too quiet.
The rambunctious bird won't even utter a chirp.
Once resoundingly loud, her voice like a siren,
Now you're lucky to find her softly humming at all.
Once seeking passion,...
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Categories:
absence, allegory, allusion, animal,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
allusion, imagination, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
May
New month opens the door,
We are already in.
May has other story to live,
another line to step on,
fresh flowers to smell
new nests to take care of.
May plays music for deaf ears,
only indigo souls
listen to the...
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Categories:
allusion, blessing, color, emotions,
Form: Verse
Love~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Tanked temps pools inky smears ere striking lights,
nightstand shelved as bed post warming invites,
facade postpones ceiling beams gold strike streaks,
soleless soul flits swarming countenance cheeks,
dance preps off-Broadway show and a bit more,
mirror laughs hushed, smiles aloud, assured score.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Hogwarts...
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Categories:
allusion, analogy, angst, anxiety,
Form: Sonnet
A wolfs embraceThere is nothing like falling for a wolf.
To which you would do anything for.
After once wounding the wolf,
there is not a length you will go to repay the wolf.
For allowing his fangs in your neck
means...
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Categories:
abuse, addiction, allusion, animal,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
allusion,
Form: Free verse
MANEUVERABLE MANURE-"Running through a mile of wasted compiled vile
I find myself conflicted sitting in a position
groaning I'm foul planting a seed of tan and brown
the snake comes out of me and it flees...
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Categories:
allusion, analogy, anxiety, caregiving,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
I FELL IN LOVEI fell in love with words. This verb
That URGE! was all of the most powerful
Emotion of everything I knew. I FELL
HARD! Such a CHARGE!
I knew a GOOD GROOVE NOW!
The knowing and WISDOM of...
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Categories:
allusion, angst, beach, best
Form: Free verse
Categories:
allusion, metaphor, moving on,
Form: Free verse
WHEN IN LOVE
The woman is a master...
and she shows herself in sensuality...
...
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Categories:
allegory, allusion, emotions, games,
Form: Free verse
SUDDEN LOVE AFFAIR - poetrix
Ecstatic Hello at the meeting
apathetic looking at the disagreement
...
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Categories:
allusion, happy, love,
Form: Free verse
Think Of Nothing But MeThink of nothing but me,
hold no arms, only mine;
see what love has done:
put these distant hearts together
when they refused to surrender:
who was the clever one?
Think of nothing but me,
see what they can't see;
another man would...
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Categories:
allusion, fear, longing, love,
Form: Lyric
Psalm 23 The Lord is my teacherThe Lord is my teacher;
I shall not fail.
He opens a world of possibility;
He quenches my thirst and curiosity.
He banishes my doubts;
He leads me in paths of discovery
For learning’s sake.
Though I walk amidst...
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Categories:
allusion, education, teacher, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
allusion, metaphor, rain,
Form: Haiku
Specific Types of Allusion Poems
Definition | What is Allusion in Poetry?
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