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Twenty First Century Civilization Gone Askew
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matthew harris
| Free verse |
abstain, america, death, destiny, heaven,
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Cry, My Beloved Rebecca
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daniel Moscovitz
| Rhyme |
abstain, crush, cry, loneliness, love,
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IS There No Shame
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Michael Barber
| Rhyme |
abstain, absence, analogy, character, culture,
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Bliss and Peace Threads
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john sensele
| Free verse |
abstain, poems,
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COMPETENCE
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Greeshma Jagan
| Free verse |
abstain, confidence, conflict, courage,
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Short Ribs E: Beware Old Demon Rum
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Jim Slaughter
| Light Verse |
abstain, animal, humor,
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THE GREATEST SHAME
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Iger Rolyat
| Ballad |
abstain, break up, heartbroken, lonely,
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Distilled From Tears
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Emile Pinet
| Quatrain |
abstain, 12th grade, addiction, angst,
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IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : XXI and XXII
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T Wignesan
| Dramatic Monologue |
abstain, anger, anti bullying, care,
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BE JOVIAL
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Tatiana Nde
| Sonnet |
abstain, beauty, confidence, dream, feelings,
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My Abandonment
by Craig Hawkins
Me and myself
With no wealth
Struggling to live
Nothing left to give
Alone I sleep at night
In a doorway I might
Or under a bridge
Swarms of midge
An empty ruck...
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abstain, sad,
Some Time After Elementary
by Honestly J.T.
Dear Fame,
Have you called my name,
When the sun shines,
And when it rains?
When the blue sky,
Is painted gray,
Do my words,
Abstain your praise?...
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abstain, how i feel, inspiration,
Bid to forbid
by Tswarelo Mohohoma
When the gut says no; know that it’s forbidden
When heart repels the idea is forbidden
When mind think bad it is indeed forbidden!
When eyes look with...
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abstain, anti bullying, art, confidence,
Great Advice
by Jack Ellison
Abstain from wine, women, and song, mostly song
Ya gotta trust me, have I ever steered ya wrong
Okay one time back in '56
Said Elvis wouldn't be...
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abstain, fun,
God Has A Harbor
by James Horn
God Has A Harbor
In God's harbor safe, we have been.
And is always a way He allows us in;
Sturdy remain;
From sin abstain;
Even when we begin all...
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Limerick |
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abstain, allegory, analogy,
Ramadan Mubarak
by Yinka Pemisire pwencywealth
Here come the special month! You are always in our heart
We welcome you Ramadan month of holiness
We treasured you Ramadan ahlan was’sahlan
The pious and the...
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abstain, society,
Still-Billy Bubba
by Gregory R Barden
Bubba loved to tend the still
For otherwise the drip was swill
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abstain, analogy, grandfather, humorous,
Odder Than Odd Itself
by J.W. Earnings
Where did you go?
I want you to know
That I love you so,
But I got to get up and roam
Due to being far from home...
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abstain, angst, anxiety, beauty, crazy,
critical slam
by dwayne williams
When Your tanks on E that's critical.
when you speak blasphemy that's critical.
when you hate on me that's critical.
when you abstain from sex which is chastity...
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abstain, deep, me, poverty,
The River Has Receded
by Christine Phillips
Everything is just like yesterday
Same boat, same coat, same joke
The river is receding and deeds are reveling
This morning I got up with an uncomfortable feeling
I...
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abstain, angel, appreciation, character, courage,
ICE COLD RED HOT
by Kim Rodrigues
They walk on coals on tippy toes for years —
Ice cold, red hot, a ravished tongue of spurs.
With hope, they balance happiness and fears.
Over stove,...
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abstain, angst, marriage,
ABSTAIN
by Oluwasola Abiola
Wanted to get laid
But I cannot pay because we have not been paid
So…ran to get aid
Now I am afraid
Of contacting aid
Because if I should contact...
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abstain, sexy,
Doesn't Solitude Inflict Pain
by Andrew Crisci
Loners choose lonely corners,
unexplainable are their moods;
they are the introverts we misunderstand,
if loneliness increases so do their woes...
and sorting out their thoughts,
they accept their fate...
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abstain, destiny, feelings, life, loneliness,
The Last Soulmate
by John Newlin
The Last Soulmate
I turned to Love and asked her,
"At long last is this my best day?"
Love's fickle eyes swift averted
as she gave her...
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abstain, betrayal, break up,
Sicuti Est Naturae
by Titus LLewellyn
English Translation
BOOK 1
Proem
Nature, as one to another it seems bad omens,
envois, at entering at this stage of preliminary
dictates our way of thinking, worship saddens;
He, who...
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abstain, 3rd grade, absence,
Button Size of Both Brains
by James Horn
Button Size of Both Brains
A button is size of both of their brains,
And all they do is develop more disdain;
So stop activity;
Observe nativity;
From their thrones...
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abstain, 1st grade
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NAME
by Milton Robertson
What is my name? In many lives I reign, while many others try to refrain because countless lives I have drained, even though they try...
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abstain, allusion, confusion, corruption, death,
I'm thinking of becoming a veggie
by Elizabeth Kinch
My great grandfather was a butcher
And my grandad to,
My mum delivered the butchers meat
In a little van of blue.
My husband is a farmer's son
And we...
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abstain, animal, depression, farm, food,
MY FICTION WRITINGS
by Judy Emery
MY FICTION WRITINGS
I seen the hate in their eyes
while they walk on by
they act as if they prodict
what it is I feel inside
they...
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abstain, fantasy, voice, writing,
Raining Eyes
by John Collins
Eyes that kept awake together,
And had dreams at night;
Are now crying tears like river,
Risked to lose their sight.
Eyes that looked you beautiful:
An Angel from the...
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Categories:
abstain, break up,