a sonneta sonnet
a cockroach is climbing up
the outer wall of the building
aiming for my open kitchen
window
when reaching the window
sill, I pushed back down
it landed on a flower bed
I sensed its resolve, no doubt
it will try again
when I'm frying fish and
open the widow for the smell
it will make a move
...
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Categories:
adventure, allusion, angst,
Form: ABC
To the Moon and Backill drive down the highway at one eighty two
you'll say that'll we'll die but i know that can't be true
cause the strings and the signs of fate pulled us together
and they won't tear us apart for as long as i'll remember
the moon in the sky is so far away
in a big pit of darkness...
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Categories:
12th grade, allusion, light,
Form: Rhyme
The dance is over just look at the timeI have a dance
And so do you
So we could dance together
My heart a hole
For you to fall
Losing all your feathers
I can’t breathe the air of death
Without the tangle of our mess
Kisses of the black hole kind
Loving, hugging and making us blind
Make us hungry make us sad
Promise to make my world so glad
But when I...
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Categories:
allusion, love, love hurts,
Form: Free verse
Alexa echo rocks ages of generations!Alexa echo rocks ages of generations!
The species and genus
known as *****sapiens
predominated across the webbed wide world
for tens of thousands of years
until many brain children teamed together,
(though nevertheless select individuals
such as Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble
contributed, the initial vision
and much of the core technology
from Amazon's internal development efforts)
birthing Alexa Echo.
I got my hands on one
courtesy...
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Categories:
adventure, age, allusion, america,
Form: Free verse
DirectionsGoing up and down head spinning around and around
Scream from within but on the outside I make no sound
Going in and out and going around the bend
Having a heated conversation with my
Imaginary friend.
different directions going left then going right
I'm starting to lose my mind but I'm not...
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Categories:
allusion,
Form: Rhyme
More About This Poemin the form of the readymade, now occupies a place in the void, you look at the size of this dewdrop & remember Andy Warhol, who was the first to begin this session in Tate Britain...
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Categories:
12th grade, adventure, allusion,
Form: Prose Poetry
My Shyness Turned into social anxietyBe quiet so you won’t be heard anymore. You might have heard this phrase growing up. Why do people think it’s their job to silence others and stop them from speaking freely?
Every spoken word should be heard, like a loud ringtone from a cell phone that signals someone is calling. Everyone deserves to be heard.
My...
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Categories:
allusion, anger, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Blank verse
Categories:
allusion, perspective, silence,
Form: Carpe Diem
EnvyEnvy by Adejola Joseph
Envy
Sores of a leper
Injury of a bigot
Pollution of a fanatic
Sadness of a sadist
Sorrows of a misogynist
Conspiracy of a traitor
Envy
Envy is murderous
An envious person can destroy or damage anything good
Envy
Envy is a sword in the heart
Piercing the body and the soul
Envy
Never be...
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Categories:
allusion,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
allusion, 9th grade, abuse, addiction,
Form: Haiku
Welsh Winter : englynSponsor : Mark Toney
submitted: 12/7/25
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weathering Wales in bleak winter is hard
though starred sheep remain sleek
taverns roaring fires a feat
making Celtic maidens sweet
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Categories:
allusion, england, fire, how
Form: Englyn
WiltedThe end. Like the roses you got me, which wilted away. Even though I tried, and I stored them in a vase for my eyes to later be graced with their pretty petals and warm embrace. Then one night in the dark, in the passenger seat of your car, you said, "this is it", because...
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Categories:
allusion, feelings, for him,
Form: Rhyme
LITERATURE
To be literary
only if it is of matrix
of all colors
high writing
only if it is sculpted
iron and strength
...
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Categories:
allusion, analogy, poetry, work,
Form: Couplet
I AM
I am verb! Created by the divine breath,
coming from primitive events...
Essence of ethereal circumstances,
Plasma of thickening, voids
Of invisible cosmic mysteries,
juice of amalgamated conceptions!
Succinct metamorphosis of balance.
In my primitive molecule, the genesis
the core of physical-chemical reactions...
It is from the axis of me that magically spring,
The health of...
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Categories:
allusion, extended metaphor, fantasy,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Melancholy ColorThey say blue is the warmest color.
So I fell in love with you.
They say blue is the warmest color.
But it tore my heart in two.
Dangerously Blue.
The waves are crashing down again its true.
Dangerously Blue.
The pleasure and the pain it comes from you.
They say blue is the warmest color.
So I fell in love with...
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Categories:
abuse, addiction, allegory, allusion,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Allusion Poems
Definition | What is Allusion in Poetry?
Poems Related to Allusion
quotation, connotation, remark, inference, suggestion, innuendo, citation, insinuation, imputation, mention, charge, indication, statement, intimation, denotation, implication, figure of speech, play on words, casual remark, incidental mention,