let go
...i want to be back there,
i want to sit on the edge.
to feel myself let go just little enough to stay,
for my parents, friends, pets, for them i will stay
i know i am loved but it’s hard to feel t...
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at my fingertips, deep, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
ARTIST OR CURATOR AI Panacea or Pain Contest
...ARTIST OR CURATOR?
This poem is written as 'food for thought' for “AI: Panacea or Pain? Poetry Contest,” Simon Rogerson, sponsor, August 10, 2025.
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at my fingertips, 12th grade, poems, poetess,
Form: Free verse
Cinderella
...For years I had an idea in my head
You came along and brought it to life
I watched my thoughts and words take form of a human
Dreams of romance and adoration truly breathed
I was in awe
Somethin...
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at my fingertips, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Sea Of Roses
...The ashes of your ghost still roam within a sea of roses.
Breathing you in, I try to reach through the veils,
yet to no avail.
The bitter emptiness is all I can feel.
The Fates keep taunting, t...
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at my fingertips, dark, gothic, imagery, poetess,
Form: Free verse
ALWAYS THE POET, I don’t want to be a poem
...I have power at my fingertips,
Hands that scratch lyrics on paper.
A story I once knew -
Now it’s just art.
Rhythms. Twists.
Stanzas, words -
Cut and placed with care.
The poet is me - sim...
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at my fingertips, courage, integrity, poems, poetess,
Form: Free verse
Burn
...The stretch of death and decay blows in from the north,
As centuries turn to dust.
Darkness engulfs barren carcasses of what was,
forlorn rain drips from the weeping sky,
coating every strand of ...
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at my fingertips, death, horror, image, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Brain Shrinkage
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My phone is my connection to the world
All my friends text me
Every single day
Influencers tell me what to think, do, and say
Everyone I admire is here with one click
Movi...
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at my fingertips, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Nature Sonnet
...Hath the wind that carries the leaves tire from the sweeping movement
Wilt the season soon come to an end?
What hath the sun shining its warmth on a white pedal decide when to stop
Whither the sof...
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at my fingertips, nature,
Form: Free verse
Nature Sonnet
...Hath the wind that carries the leaves tire from the sweeping movement
Wilt the season soon co.e to an end?
What hath the sun shining its warmth on a white pedal decide when to stop
Whither the sof...
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Categories:
at my fingertips, nature,
Form: Free verse
Paper, Pencil, and No Distraction
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I consider myself a technologically savvy old geezer. With a simple utterance of “Hey Google, show me cute puppy videos” my world is filled with hours of mindless entertainment. I can do Facebook, ...
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at my fingertips, poetry,
Form: Haibun
The Purest Joy
...I inhaled,
and the breeze flourished upon my skin,
I exhaled,
and the grass prickled at my fingertips,
I loved,
and the world exploded with its wonders,
I cried,
and I got sucked into th...
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at my fingertips, 10th grade, happiness, love,
Form: Romanticism
Call Me Marionette
...Call Me Marionette:
Today I exist. I exist for no one, for nothing; I exist. I am not held to or defined by a devotion of any. My allegiances, however strong, have no contract to bear me. I dream...
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at my fingertips, confidence, conflict, courage, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
First Lift Through Life
...Trying to understand at such a young age,
She will have to know at some stage,
Transformed, changed, different identity,
Pleasing and pleading, needing to flee,
Good friends, more than friend...
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Categories:
at my fingertips, growing up, growth, life,
Form: Lyric
Search In Life
...Searching, but never found
Chained and bound
Held back
looking for what life lacks
At my fingertips grasp
But alas my life has lapsed
9-15-23...
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at my fingertips, life,
Form: Rhyme
Timing Restrictions
...The mockery of time
has never been in my favor.
The stars weigh me down.
They fell from the sky.
I am beyond the boundaries.
of time and space
But now I grasp things clearly.
As fo...
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Categories:
at my fingertips, appreciation, beauty, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
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