Confronting Shadows
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On a whisper-still afternoon, with a feeling of deep calm.
The last thing I thought of was being in any harm.
From the seaside village, I had headed out to the ocean,
A day for enjoying...
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Categories:
accentuates, ocean,
Form: Rhyme
Cacoethes
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Written: December 30, 2024 for Contest Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh
Fearful individuals may find claustrophobic environments enticing. He battled his formidable opponent Cacoethes for t...
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Categories:
accentuates, conflict, health,
Form: Rhyme
THANKFUL, REFRESHED, AND GOLDEN
...leaves are still falling
out of my bed i am crawling
if a smile was a dictionary,
it would have a scent of mahogany and amber
peacefully i admire the blessing of a view
that i thought i would ne...
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Categories:
accentuates, beautiful, blessing, day, how
Form: Rhyme
FORMULA
...Strong exercise of your brain take,
The stronger money you can make,
Weak exercise cause money to shake.
Proper physical exercise increase your health,
Proper mental exercise increase your weal...
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Categories:
accentuates, 10th grade, business, change,
Form: Rhyme
Seductive Shadows
...Midnight's mystery, she wears with grace
A black dress that hugs her curves in place
That makes my heart race,
Even by a lock, in her gaze...
Silky fabric, smooth as her skin
Invites my eyes t...
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Categories:
accentuates, appreciation, beauty, black love,
Form: Free verse
On the peaks of destiny where the clouds of promises are torn apart
...On the peaks of destiny where the clouds of promises are torn apart,
I offered you my heart as an atlas of fabulous worlds.
The fervor of our love, a shooting star, dazzling and then, just a pale m...
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Categories:
accentuates, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Pretty One Rue'
...She is dark she is pretty
She has an easy grace
When she smiles sky's open
As she walk beauty accentuates
If me alliterates she's beauty me beholds
In her hugs me befoulded as am beffuddles
The...
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Categories:
accentuates, allegory, allusion, best friend,
Form: Blank verse
Finger Bowls and Heaven
..."When Heaven gets overcrowded, place another setting at The Last Supper table," ... by the Poet.
She would have been quite physical
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Categories:
accentuates, bible, destiny, faith, food,
Form: Free verse
Song of The Agrias Butterfly No 10: ABAB
...The whole world down, to our floaters of love,
be the Agrias Butterfly, from South
and Central America. In awe of
their mystique hues and mid-sized, word-of-mouth
spreads 'neath tropical forest c...
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Categories:
accentuates, allusion, analogy, beautiful, butterfly,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Song of The White Willow No 6: AABB
...Venture advances, the future ... occurs,
the White Willow trees, best found by rivers
edge. Salix alba, and 'Tristis' means sad,
hence, 'Weeping', yet the essence seems to add
a picturesque of a ...
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Categories:
accentuates, allusion, analogy, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Chaotic Shades Trimeric
...Time’s brush paints the canvas
of a year untold with precision;
Fine details and soft strokes
take on an emotional outburst;
Of a year untold with precision
the clock accentuates highlights ...
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Categories:
accentuates, emotions, feelings, introspection,
Form: Other
Winter In My Back
...The cold wind is riding in on the horses back and the air is slowly creeping up my new frock, I got it for a pre-Christmas gift and I have to try it on to see if it fits, I like the button line in m...
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Categories:
accentuates, adventure, america, beauty, blessing,
Form: Narrative
Dyed-In-The-Wool
...Beguiled risks sensitive alterations
that redesigned unknots and cutup trice
as the fresh teases through the looking glass
exposing timepiece resemblance glossed spilled.
Bemused forgives...
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Categories:
accentuates, allusion, appreciation, blue, change,
Form: Personification
Serious Sibling Subluxation
...Serious sibling subluxation...
rapprochement somewhat salvaged dislocation
Truth be told about following poem
mostly written quite some years ago,
and revisions made to recreate
and revise ...
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Categories:
accentuates, absence, age, angel, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Zen Mode
...intent accentuates
vibrancy of our heart
in agendaless exuberance
pulsating thus in the vast void
this intent is innate aliveness
of pristine consciousness
that’s aglow at all times
screen...
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Categories:
accentuates, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
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