Discontent
...They said, "you look cute"
I smiled and remained mute
But, Did that really make me smile?
Remarked they, saying, you are beautiful, adorable and kind
"You are someone who's hard to find"
Are ...
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Categories:
accommodated, anger, appreciation, character, courage,
Form: Free verse
contemporary adversaries
...contingent plans for evolving
without withdrawal . Steadfast
characters in play on all fronts
present and accommodated
by the resistance. Otherwise
thoughts lean through
one another's meaning....
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Categories:
accommodated, allegory, allusion, america, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Hospice
...He blinks in and out in a wingchair,
overhears what visitors say
when patients
can be talked about
as if not there.
People speak well of the dying,
even of dying strangers,
to him their word...
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Categories:
accommodated, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Unconscious Bias
...Ad Hoc Ad Litem: CHAPTER 1
Conscious/ness is a product of decisive reasoning; a sound mind, and based on scientific averages, a standard knowledge of what is right and, what is wrong.
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Categories:
accommodated, analogy,
Form: Free verse
I Couldn't Talk About It So I Wrote A Poem
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Dear uncle, what can I say at the twilight of my life
about the things you did to me
About a time of my youth when I could barely talk,
let alone write poetry
We were family so I was told...
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Categories:
accommodated, abuse, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Unconditionally conditioned to flourishing
...Unconditionally I speak for the verbs in my gladness in my praise and raised arms and hands I no longer in sadness I spit out the verbs that reach joy and gladness unconditionally I am he
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Unc...
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Categories:
accommodated, allusion, analogy, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Poetry Soup - A New World
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A hospitable host for the poets all over
Decorated with the festoons of poems
Disseminating the aroma of knowledge
With eye-feasting and insightful portraits
Serene and sweet music of...
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Categories:
accommodated, happy, world,
Form: Free verse
Burning Paper Houses
...Slowly creeping out of winter
Would it ever be the same
If I showed up at your door
Out of breath, out of line
With a million excuses behind my manic behavior?
A video diary full of verbal h...
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Categories:
accommodated, betrayal, extended metaphor, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Learning
...We’re worried about your son.
He’s missing too much school.
If his attendance drops below 90%,
It will break all our rules.
I can’t go to school today, Mum.
My stomach feels so sick.
People m...
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Categories:
accommodated, anxiety, mother son, stress,
Form: Rhyme
Honesty
...I am humble, He said
But what of being honest?, another asked.
I am gentle, He yet professed
No, what anent honesty,
That shapes one's integrity?
He was again questioned.
I am friendly, He p...
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Categories:
accommodated, 12th grade, passion, perspective,
Form: Narrative
Honesty
...I am humble, He said
But what of being honest?, another asked.
I am gentle, He yet professed
No, what anent honesty,
That shapes one's integrity?
He was again questioned.
I am friendly, He p...
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Categories:
accommodated, 12th grade, passion, perspective,
Form: Narrative
Chapter 70 --Damian Delilah Mallory: the Polly Conundrum
...Molly and Dolly were in their
New getaway room on the top
Floor listening to music.
While Damian spent time with
The kids in the backyard. He
Wanted to install a pool for the
Youngest childr...
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Categories:
accommodated, best friend, feelings, grandson,
Form: Alliteration
Say Cheese
...Everyone in the family was sent to the corner of the yard
Dressed in autumn colors like Millie told us to do.
She is the baby of three daughters, which makes her the boss.
The oldest two rolled th...
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Categories:
accommodated, humorous,
Form: Narrative
Whats Bugging One
...Past choices one has made, Couldn’t it been the opposite instead or was one simply following one’s heart and not using one’s head? Former relationships, jobs, finances Whats bugging one? Other’s peop...
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Categories:
accommodated, confidence, creation, encouraging, fate,
Form: Bio
Dreams of a Winter Wonderland
...My home is bleak this evening because of winter.
This outing was fun, yet I hunted faithful cover.
To deter us colds and to wear around the home.
Everybody precisely grasped the col...
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Categories:
accommodated, analogy, beauty, celebration, dream,
Form: Rhyme
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