An Altruist Unsung
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She lived beside the old temple that has stood
For years on the rocky bank of the silent river
Flowing all through the lining greenery cover ,
The woods and the arable land rich and goo...
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Categories:
arable, life,
Form: Narrative
The Furrows of Life
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The weary ploughman shuffles
along the deserted bridle path,
his day-long work completed,
furrows wound around his piece of land,
just arable enough to provide his daily bread.
His dreary sh...
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Categories:
arable, life,
Form: Free verse
I AM
...Written 20 February 2024
I AM Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Unseeking Seeker
I Am
I am a toy tied to ...
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Categories:
arable, extended metaphor, god, i
Form: Rhyme
Hail Farmer Deity
...Fantasy ...
Farmer chills
even on heap of chillies
After all, chilles are his babies
he nursed, made it ready for dishes
Harvest joy, no less than a winner
Time to voyage in blissful orbi...
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Categories:
arable, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Flourish
...Flourish,
Flourishing as the sun shining you daily
Rejoicing as abundant rain watering your fields
and creating some dams
for farming fish and feeding your animals.
You are burgeoning in...
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Categories:
arable, courage, encouraging, growth, motivation,
Form: Free verse
African Anthem , Proposed To Be the National Anthem of the African Union
...Africa the Holy garden
protected by Angels
Africa the Holy garden
blessed by God,
Africa of pure waters
And more natural resources,
Africa of more plants
and arable soil,
Africa o...
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Categories:
arable, 12th grade, africa, black
Form: Free verse
The Year of Infinity
...The year of infinity
1938 will be the year of dust storms
Arable land will pale and blow away
The ocean will turn into blocks of salt
Forests will fall, and echo in stillness
Millions of bird...
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Categories:
arable, corruption, emotions, evil,
Form: Free verse
Still Tears In Our Eyes For Our Dear Homeland
...Still tears in our eyes for our Brave Haiti
Still tears in our eyes for our incredible Country
Still tears in our eyes for our mortified, martyred
Bludgeoned, tricked, tortured, vilified and murde...
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Categories:
arable, black african american, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Sun Kissed Heaven Blessed
...Sun Kissed Heaven Blessed.
.
Shards of illuminating sun kissed light
Solar rays warm and intensely bright
Filter through bough and leafy tendril branches high
From a vivid azure blue unblemishe...
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Categories:
arable, appreciation, creation, nature, summer,
Form: Couplet
Fair Game
...So many times you’ve shuffled the deck,
I don’t know which card will turn up next
So many times you’ve poisoned the well,
I don’t what lies you’re going to tell
It’s not fair --
Your keepin’ u...
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Categories:
arable, america, anger, betrayal, bible,
Form: Political Verse
Future Grandchildren
...The planet isn't dying, but it is responding to all of us.
We are all for the most part plundering this planet in the name of profits.
Soon temperatures will rise during the day to 120 degrees plus...
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Categories:
arable, earth, environment,
Form: Rhyme
Wake To Frequent Reality I Lack Pride and Joy
...Alternately titled inferiority
complex since little boy
oft times ponder what
afterlife like beyond far horizon ahoy...
No matter scarce giddiness wave
did carry and buoy yours truly aloft
an...
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Categories:
arable, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Inside a Farm House
...It all happened in an isolated farm house
Naughty rats milking cows with their eyes closed
Gluttonous dogs are sent on errands to butchery
Irritating foxes keep guard on fowl houses
Dairy cows pl...
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Categories:
arable, power, satire,
Form: Imagism
grateful gardener -
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three flowers ...
of extraordinary bloom
seeds and earth, spun together in chaos
soil of arable value, some more or less ... firm,
but challenge not the care...
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Categories:
arable, analogy, appreciation, children, flower,
Form: Free verse
Inferno
...INFERNO
As I watched from far away,
Under the sun sending down its rays,
Not willing to stare any longer,
And about to find my way out,
I noticed the earth trembling,
Followed by a cacophony...
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Categories:
arable, abuse, black african american,
Form: Didactic
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