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WHORES AND DIVINE CHICKENS
...Until we came to live in Madrid We lived with my parents in Vallelado from Segovia Where my parents had a henhouse On the outskirts of town On the left bank of the Arroyo del Horcajo Sheltered b......

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Categories: adapted, adventure,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member MY FORMS 1 of 5 FULTON 2008
... TEXT-IMAGE POETRY ART This visual poetic form (inspired by the work of the conceptual artist Hamish Fulton's (b 1946) landscape 'text-and-image' work 'a seven day walk in the mountains Switzerla......

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Categories: adapted, art, poetry, word play,
Form: Shape



Premium Member Real Family Life
...After years of grad school, I decided to get married, My parents found a beautiful girl a few years younger than me, After the arranged wedding, our love life began, She came to USA from India ......

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Categories: adapted, family,
Form: Free verse
This Village
...Though life's worries pull us apart, Through summer’s heat and winter’s heart, A drop of my blood once fell here, And I can’t pass this village, dear. At first, we came with hesitation,......

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Categories: adapted, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
To Say I Love You
...[W h a t i s l o v e w i t h o u t h e a r t b r e a k ?] ... I love you. “I love you” is a weird phrase; what perplexes me most about humans is the effect words have on us. Th......

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Categories: adapted, america, anxiety, appreciation, confidence,
Form: Dramatic Monologue



Premium Member The Madness of the Crowd and Other Popular Delusions
...(Dzachuka Tibet, summer of 2017) The Madness of the Crowd and Other Popular Delusions The crowd is always prone to madness Since reaction as a herd in danger Demands conformity without......

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Categories: adapted, life, perspective, spiritual,
Form: Narrative
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
...KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! I am here! Knock! Knock! Knock! Are you there? I am the Shepherd of heaven's flock, The door of your heart, please unlock. I am here! At the door of your heart, I kn......

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Categories: adapted, christian, faith, religious, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A HAIGA EKPHRASIS
... a tribute to Mondrian in an OPEN(organic) captalised FORM of adapted haiga VERSE using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limit......

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Categories: adapted, art, poetry, word play,
Form: Ekphrasis
THE CHEWA PEOPLE
...The rich, deep tone of the skins of the Chewa people of Malawi reflects an image of a race that has seen the passage of time. They have adapted with resilience and strength to the challenges posed by......

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Categories: adapted, 12th grade, africa,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Gem in Black
...THE GEM IN BLACK Give me black, I'll write on your heart To the smile, cherished; found in her Sleep no more, come up Let me hold thy hand up While you smile, gazing up In thee, no troubl......

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Categories: adapted, africa, beautiful, dark, faith,
Form: Free verse
My Lord Jesus, You mean Everything to me from Sea to Shining
...O My beloved Lord Jesus, You mean everything to me From sea to shining sea, To my beloved homeland, that waves the Star spangled Banner, our American flag, Sometimes it's called 'Old Glory!' ......

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Categories: adapted, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Lyric
we who loved America part 4
...We, who loved America Part 4 When I came back to where I belonged  the country had changed; no one bought  arrow shirts anymore and jeans were made in China The streets of New York were viole......

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Categories: adapted, anti bullying, art, books,
Form: Blank verse
A Step Back to Egypt
...I wasn't a native in the land, but I blended in wasn't a place I called home, but I dwelt it simply a misfit trying to fit in a victim of circumstance a weakened soul that knew no resistance ad......

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Categories: adapted, emotions, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Paper Heart Mirror
..."The beauty you see in me --is a reflection of you" :-) I want you to cut out a paper heart, of any hue Doesn't matter if you're a kid, or went to NYU This experiment doesn't use marker......

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Categories: adapted, analogy, heart, imagery, inspirational,
Form: Monorhyme
Not Sure What This Title Should Be
...Scattered though my peices of time So many tears I cried Now I am so alone I cry so much more now When these places are no longer filmiar I have adapted to all this change Yes we seem so much m......

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Categories: adapted, confusion, courage,
Form: Free verse

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