At the Casino
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lizardly he slithers in
nursing his sloe glass of gin
lightning flashing from his eyes
functioning to disguise
who and what he really is
rolling p...
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Categories:
air(a), drink, fear, mystery,
Form: Couplet
Days alone
...Days Alone
Here I stayed
when the silence broke—
the air, a breath
that barely woke me.
Your name lit up my phone,
but the meaning felt long gone.
I cried alone
to feel the sorrow,
a nig...
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Categories:
air(a), break up, desire, farewell,
Form: Free verse
COFFEE AND CROISSANTS
...COFFEE AND CROISSANTS
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Coffee's rich scent, a drink at morning’s first light,
its aroma wafting through the air, a sweet delight.
The delic...
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Categories:
air(a), 12th grade, morning,
Form: Rhyme
Father Drinan
...Father Drinan took his class to Coney Island Beach,
He thought the sand and ocean could also teach.
They ran to Nathan's hot dogs, then sunk in deck chairs,
Until a hungry seagull took them unawar...
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Categories:
air(a), christian, humor, humorous, nature,
Form: Lyric
A DOG'S LIFE
...A DOG'S LIFE
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I reign as king in a sovereignty supreme.
I sit by your side gazing, the world whizzing by.
From a rolled down window, a kaleidosco...
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Categories:
air(a), 12th grade, dog,
Form: Personification
Maroochydawn
...A year has passed but not July’s shiver,
the bed is warm and in the air a chill
yet it’s not the cold that makes me quiver
but the eros of our winter idyll.
She is up and rising at the co...
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Categories:
air(a), morning, romantic love,
Form: Sonnet
My heart of Pearl
...A burdened mind strolls an empty street
A pendulum in vacuum forever swings.
A soulless me finds solace in suffering,
A bankrupt balance my life ledger brings.
Discovering depths from a wishing...
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Categories:
air(a), appreciation, courage, happiness, life,
Form: Rhyme
Whisper of the elements
...Whisper of the Elements
In the stillness of the twilight hour,
A witch’s breath, a whispered power.
Elements old, in circle bound,
Their ancient secrets swirl around.
Earth, the roots and bo...
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Categories:
air(a), creation, environment, nature, universe,
Form: Other
In the whirlwind of my thoughts, every question spins like an unwavering storm
...In the whirlwind of my thoughts, every question spins like an unwavering storm,
a slippery enigma that escapes every attempt to grasp it in my palms,
a million whispers dance in my mind, day and ni...
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Categories:
air(a), fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Out of the mist of silence, strangers emerge, slowly fading into the midday light
...Out of the mist of silence, strangers emerge, slowly fading into the midday light
their steps rustle petals, and the flower-filled street stirs like an old dream.
I let my thoughts drift, white, li...
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Categories:
air(a), fantasy,
Form: Free verse
A frozen heart
...The night was as cold as her heart, a December chill that seeped into every corner of the room. She stood there, her breath misting in the frigid air, a flicker of hope in her eyes. She had gathered ...
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Categories:
air(a), feelings, heartbreak, heartbroken, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Secrets
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On a quiet moment, as the sea touched the shore
with gentle colors of hope, promises
intent to offer the sun who seeks to end heart’s grief
on a silent thought, as the scent of p...
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Categories:
air(a), appreciation, christian, faith, fear,
Form: Free verse
A Glove’s Embrace
...We climbed the hills, the sky so wide,
With every step, our hearts did glide.
The morning light kissed mountain streams,
As we sipped our coffee, chasing dreams.
Then water flooded, unexp...
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Categories:
air(a), dedication, girlfriend, love, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Here's to My Man
...As I sit in the audience, my heart swells with pride, Watching my man up on stage, his dreams coming alive. His words float through the air, a melody so sweet A rap god in the making, his talent no o...
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Categories:
air(a), celebration, creation, destiny, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Afro Beats pulse
...Afro Beats pulse through my veins/
Deep House vibrations as Dj Vertigo X manipulates the house vinyl/
The booth is alive/High-end sequences intertwine, complex melodies wrapping around me/
Jazz H...
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Categories:
air(a), spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word
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