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Metamorphosis
...What is a man, Who can tell, A master plan, An empty shell, A force of good, A source of bad, A thought he should, A wish he had, A volunteer, To help us out, Should we appear, To be i......
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Bryan Norton
Categories:
also ran,
appreciation, men,
Form:
Rhyme
Big Red
...Where fire’s rage no flame unfanned The cinch retightened no also ran As horns go silent the gate is dropped On victory’s path his legend cropped Unbridled passion distraction flees A......
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Kurt Philip Behm
Categories:
also ran,
horse,
Form:
Rhyme
IF ONLY YOU KNEW
... Your sultry sensual look I still embrace As I think of those mesmerizing violet eyes, My heart then quickens and starts to race, If only you knew what you still do to me. Whose fault was it t......
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Jennifer Proxenos
Categories:
also ran,
love,
Form:
Free verse
To Which Image Should We Cling
... I am but one now, and not another prior Never before have I trodden this path Never before have I lived this hour I need not do the history or the math If my history consisted of endless da......
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Curtis Johnson
Categories:
also ran,
christian, god,
Form:
Rhyme
Winter
...Am I but the stirring of a seasoned stew The madness of a game that summer threw Hard edge of a canyon wall at dawn Towering above a trembling, speckled fawn Must I be a raging lion or timid ......
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John Lawless
Categories:
also ran,
seasons,
Form:
List
A Poor, Wayfaring Man of Grief, Part 4
...A poor, wayfaring man of grief, has shared his truth with me, For he has walked the winding road of life's great mystery, Behold, the man, the truth at last, is ready to be shared, His message is ......
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Bryan Norton
Categories:
also ran,
christian, happiness, inspirational, joy,
Form:
Rhyme
Life's Untorn Page
...I moved to San Francisco from across the bay in early 1977. At 19 years old, dad got me a two-bedroom house in the San Francisco suburb known as the Ocean District. It was the type of home that adjoi......
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Hilo Poet
Categories:
also ran,
america, analogy, bereavement, children,
Form:
Other
And First Place Goes To --
...The body houses the soul that is its primary role But with all of the body's demands the poor soul is an also-ran......
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Gershon Wolf
Categories:
also ran,
body, caregiving, irony,
Form:
Couplet
Oh This Frisson, Thrill of Lies
...Hair gets grey, withers he but seldom wise To know why nothing thrills him more than lies, Why man’s pen portrays obscure truths in grey, Why his mind’s chisel carves out misty clout So grote......
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Aniruddha Pathak
Categories:
also ran,
truth,
Form:
Ode
God Like, Not So Different
... “God like, not so different” She wrote, “where do you go to my lovely?” my response, “I sink into the screen like a scream queen goddess, I am Lilith most of the t......
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Lady Labyrinth
Categories:
also ran,
muse,
Form:
Narrative
Head and Heart
...The measure of a man? Does his heart expand? Is he a man who can, Or simply, 'An also ran?' Is he able to understand? Is his head above the sand?......
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Curtis Johnson
Categories:
also ran,
men,
Form:
Rhyme
Dena's Life's Story the Early Years
...We also liked to play on the monkey bars during recess. One day Dena's skirt fell off and she was so embarrassed that every body laughed at her. Dena pulled up her skirt and ran for class. She w......
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Roxanne Dubarry
Categories:
also ran,
1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form:
Narrative
Whispers of Mortality
...The earth remembers every September The dawn of Time fateful, sublime Six days of Creation singular innovations Last is Man land's also-ran Lips part, mortality ......
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Gershon Wolf
Categories:
also ran,
creation, death, earth, humanity,
Form:
Couplet
Grand Priorities
...What fills your goals, son? I told you! Need to get my car rolling [life rolling, love rolling] yesterday, if not today... If I may interrupt to process mindful resilience for a bit... ......
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©
Gerald Dillenbeck
Categories:
also ran,
black african american, earth,
Form:
Political Verse
Almost
...I have always been an Almost Almost handsome almost ugly almost a genius almost a fool almost very good almost very bad almost successful almost a failure often an ‘also ran’ I guess most of us......
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©
Eric Ashford
Categories:
also ran,
poetry,
Form:
Free verse
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