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Naive
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TS Lewis
| Prose Poetry |
abrasive, 9th grade, emotions, fantasy,
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Origin
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Vaughan Wesley
| Free verse |
abrasive, boy, divorce, family,
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Villanelle: On listening to Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucia - June 12, 1980
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T Wignesan
| Villanelle |
abrasive, appreciation, art, eulogy, inspirational,
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What Is Detroit
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Daniel Miltz
| Free verse |
abrasive, city,
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Being Right
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Ian Love
| Verse |
abrasive, art, philosophy, religion, science,
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Cold Shoulder
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James Daddario
| Terza Rima |
abrasive, absence, anxiety, dark, heartbreak,
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My Health
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Stewart Watkins
| Verse |
abrasive, beauty, blessing, encouraging, happiness,
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The widow
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Sandison Jumbo
| Quatrain |
abrasive, love, mother, poverty,
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Winds of change
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Subimal Sinha-Roy
| Rhyme |
abrasive, change, family, history, relationship,
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Sandpaper Words
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Freddie Robinson Jr.
| Bio |
abrasive, spiritual, truth, wisdom,
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The Write to Fight
by Jaquay Atkins
We write the wrongs of society
We sing the song of the bird with no voice
Praying the prayer of the preacher with no pullpit
We...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
abrasive, america, appreciation, day, dream,
Runaway
by Sam Allen
Unaided and unassisted, you are solo, facing strenuous challenges, dealing with your crude, lonely emotions. As a vagrant beggar, your dressed in commoner's clothing, with...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
abrasive, life,
Element
by T.I.R.O. JY
Soothing immersive warming
Cold abrasive scolding
Calm serene majestic
Rough mean frenetic
Falling flowing bubbling
Pouring groaning crashing
The worlds most important element
Can be what it wants to be...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
abrasive, beautiful, creation, life, water,
Oh, I've Been There, I've Been There
by Donna Roberts
When you softly brushed the trestle of my hair
and gently stroked my face
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Lyric |
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Categories:
abrasive, emotions, lost love,
Digressive Death
by Winged Warrior
Digressive Death
Deflected by summer’s breeze
Find me fallen upon my knees
Now it’s time for a pensive prayer
To let go thoughts thru abrasive air
Digressive death, I will...
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Quatrain |
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Categories:
abrasive, betrayal, dark, longing,
A Midsummer Night's Beach
by Carolyn Fish
When I was a girl, still on the island
I’d sit in the sand
and brood
and revel
in what I thought was utter enlightenment
a teenage rebel
with dime-store refinement
We...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
abrasive, beauty, color, creation, sea,
DARK OF THE MOON
by Edlynn Nau
DARK OF THE MOON
I wake late in sudden darkness of the moon.
I arise because it's too dark to stay asleep.
The stillness and the quiet is...
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Free verse |
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abrasive, introspection, moon, mystery, solitude,
Infinite Expanses
by Paloma P
I cherish you betwixt
the spaces of darkness
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Romanticism |
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abrasive, desire, devotion, joy, light,
Nothing Good to Say
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
People who never
have anything good to say,
their mean, abrasive voices
rub me the wrong way
Everything they say
sounds twisted and ugly
If they hear a kind word,
they...
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Rhyme royal |
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Categories:
abrasive, evil, judgement, spiritual, wisdom,
Everywhere Street
by Darlene Smith
Everywhere Street
Aren't you someone that I should recognize;
He said as he approached her with stride.
His familiarity caught her with surprise;
And she disliked what his eagerness...
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Rhyme |
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abrasive, abuse, bullying, discrimination, hate,
Anxiety is the color Pink
by Vien Joel
A towel that is white is useful
and can clean and be cleaned.
A towel is most functional
in this form.
And suddenly a sock,...
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I do not know? |
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abrasive, analogy, anxiety, metaphor,
Garbage
by Laura Loo
Garbage Contest
Sponsor: Anthony Slausen
Life is so darn demanding day in and day out,
All the days of wanting to leave and scream and shout,
The vile garbage...
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Couplet |
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Categories:
abrasive, abuse, fear,
No Stone Unturned
by Winged Warrior
When Love explodes with flexuous faces
No stone unturned as it defiantly displaces
Sanctimonious skies fill the abrasive air
As Love rambunctiously roams trying to pair
Sweet little lies...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
abrasive, abuse, hurt, love hurts,
Monumental rock vocal of rock and roll
by Lewis Raynes
Listening to songs, through the ages of rock,
Some bands owned a gold timbred vocal stamp.
Like the new noise in ‘68, Led Zep’s power frontman,...
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Quatrain |
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abrasive, music, power,
We've come to an impass
by Lisa Brannon
Rip my beating heart out
Put it in my hands
Bloody valves and all
That would be less abrasive
Than this winding road we're on
I have loved you many...
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Dramatic Verse |
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abrasive, best friend, change, dedication,
miller fabled
by Taoi Chanan
Abrasive pillars. A millers grin. 1700 loaves of bread. In a straight line though please. Now thankyou that will do nicely. It is often incredible...
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I do not know? |
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abrasive, beautiful,
To My Mourner
by Parray Shahid
Turn not deaf to the stern clamor,
Frozen upon my mourner’s lip;
Whose cry has weakened the desire in me,
Desire to rest in the arms of slumber;
Greeting...
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Dramatic Verse |
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abrasive, beautiful,
Dear Us
by Aaliyah Tamara Guma
How are we?
Is it just me or this atmosphere is heavily punctuated with confusing conditions
Lightning and thunder yesterday
A beautiful rainbow today
Violent abrasive winds tomorrow
You take...
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I do not know? |
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Categories:
abrasive, absence, universe,
Bright Red
by Rhoda Monihan
Bright red is a nice colour to me,
Reminds me of life and vitality;
It is an active, liberating cree,
Which says you can pen your...
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Heroic Couplets |
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abrasive, appreciation, cheer up, color,
What Life Means to Me
by Rhoda Monihan
Life means I can talk to my friends and others,
When the untravelled sea fills with brothers,
Pleasure rushes the uninhabited areas we just don't sail,
And...
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Heroic Couplets |
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Categories:
abrasive, books, computer, friendship, people,