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It's A Crying Shame
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curtis johnson
| Prose Poetry |
abridged, america, god, leadership, prayer,
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The Great Lakes
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matthew harris
| Epic |
abridged, 10th grade, 4th grade,
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Das Furer Trumpeting Totalitarian Triumph
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matthew harris
| Dramatic Verse |
abridged, 11th grade, 12th grade,
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Captivating Blue Eyes
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Michael Wegman
| Rhyme |
abridged, career, deep, emotions, father,
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asp
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Pixie Dust
| Free verse |
abridged, analogy,
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A Few Words From The Coroner
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Bernard Chan
| Free verse |
abridged, death, life, memory, men,
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Polar Bears
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Laura Loo
| Free verse |
abridged, animal,
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They came as birds
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Solomon Ochwo-Oburu
| Lyric |
abridged, jealousy, prejudice, pride, song,
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the Great Lakes - part one
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MATTHEW harris
| Free verse |
abridged, beauty, blue, heaven, imagery,
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cast my now fate to an ill wind
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Dave Collins
| Free verse |
abridged, angst, conflict, confusion, psychological,
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The Great Lakes - part one
by matthew harris
Pellucid pearls in northeastern North America since planetary birth
Comprise Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario dearth
Largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth
Straddle Canadian–United...
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Epic |
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abridged, creation, environment, joy, sea,
Ode to the Sages of Pure Land
by Brian Chung
The following poem is an slightly abridged and liberal translation of the poetic opening verses from Ch.31 of Upasaka Xia Lian Ju’s Infinite Life Sutra:
Wisdom...
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Ode |
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abridged, allusion, appreciation, blessing, religion,
August Alliteration
by Denis Barter
After July abdicates, august August arrives,
and the year advances, as annually agreed.
After assessing alternative alternatives and accords,
as anticipated, no other affirmative alternative is advanced....
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Alliteration |
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abridged, august,
Minced Words
by Carrie Richards
If not for her…
with calm design..
her clipped, cheery words
streamed over the lines
stretched between her life and mine
Sheared by years of motherly skills
and honed of...
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abridged, angst, appreciation, death, family,
Beings, not known to outsiders,,, Average life
by salamandra Gabija
*smiling slightly sad Colibri said: 'are you happy today, my dear? ' 'average… i am… just average'
answered her combustive Lizard...
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Alliteration |
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abridged, animal, emotions, introspection, together,
OUT COLD
by Kim van Breda
OUT COLD
out cold ground floor
afflicted by calm daze
above beating chants dance
ample basic canvas draped
out cold ground floor
abridged dreams cross doubts
across blinds careless drapes
arid brains carcass...
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ABC |
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abridged, eulogy,
Bharathidasan's Pulikku nAy enta mUlai, Translated by T Wignesan
by T Wignesan
Bharathidasan’s “Pulikku nay enta muulai” (To the Tiger, the Dog knows no safe dwelling!) translated by T. Wignesan
Bharathidasan (1891-1964) was a self-proclaimed disciple of...
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abridged, anti bullying, patriotic, political,
Beloved Face, Translation of Bharathiyar's poem Asai Mugam by T Wignesan
by T Wignesan
Translation of Mahakavi Bharathiyar’s poem: “Asai Mugam” or “Beloved Face”
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abridged, religion, spiritual,
Haiku
by Ramakrishna Chowdary Jasti
Haiku
such a higher tree
humbled and abridged itself;
the pretty bonsai!
© R K Chowdary
13July2014...
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Haiku |
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abridged, imagery,
Soul on fire
by Sarai Virden
Freedoms inferno ablaze in your eyes
reflections of a soul on fire
the composition of my existence
My seventh and final child
My work of art - in...
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abridged, growing up, love, son,
RED SUN 1
by S.Jagathsimhan Nair
RED SUN
( O BLESS US )
One who dispels misery,
Busts illusions, grants wishes,
Lifts away darkness, and is
Ever eternal ;
Sustainer of life, soft yet
Severe, tender yet tough,...
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abridged, sun,
A Man and a Flower
by arthur vaso
very short, abridged, edited, small version.
There was a cave, deep within the hills
Of St Francis
A seedling traveled by the black crow
And was dropped on the...
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Light Verse |
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abridged, love,
Periodical
by Stephen Parker
glossed cover binding
abridged fine print with fluff swells
periodical...
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Senryu |
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abridged, write
the abridged version
by andrew delapruch
s/he wants to get through this
quickly, s/he wants the horror to
be brief, s/he wants it to pass
like a fart in the wind, s/he doesn’t
want...
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abridged, life,
Bedouin: Desert Transient
by Stephen Parker
Freelance wanderer carefully navigating the vast expanse
Shadow warrior doth stealthily advance without
remonstrance
With bartered lance, pawned knife; abridged parlance
Shuffling in tantric harmony o'er unforgiving terrain;...
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Enclosed Rhyme |
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abridged, people
an abridged story of wine
by jan oskar hansen
An Abridged Story of Wine
The bottom of the nave used to be a lake’s bed, but one night,
when moon was white as search...
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abridged, funny, fish, red, wine,
Abridged life
by Chittaranjan Dey
All in this world are natural,
We the men making differences.
All we love the roses,
Is it only for her glamour ?
Someone love the loftiness,
Is it only...
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abridged, life, visionary, world, love,
Green Mountain
by Richard McClellan
Oh majestic peaks,
standing so tall,
the points never meager,
uplifting like the beautiful dowager.
~*~
The greenery covers,
like a flock of plovers,
and a blanket of fibrous wicker,
near the rocky...
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abridged, nature, green,
ATLANTIS
by Sidney Beck
ATLANTIS
When I set out for Atlantis of old
The dawn will be stormed and grey skies
Will show the way only indistinctly.
This way is a cold treacherous...
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Free verse |
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abridged, allegory,
Mile
by M. Hussain Effendi
Drenched all over and pupils soaked
Down, this season, a nostalgic walk
A storm, within, of emotions cloaked
Remnant of treason remains to stalk
Contemptuous breach of a covenant...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
abridged, brother, death, depression, funeral,