Attracting Flies
In America
we don’t know how
to take out the trash
The mess piling up
around us
a national rash
Our country deeply
infested
with rats and ptomaine
And from Eden
to a landfill
— our legacy chained
(The New Room: January, 2024)
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Categories:
attracting, america,
Form: Rhyme
Attracting Attention
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts.” William Shakespeare
high fashion climbs the ladder of
artifice, advertising, allure
unrestrained composition by
designer, model, photographer
create an image with power
to
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Categories:
attracting, 11th grade, business, desire,
Form: Free verse
Attracting Opposites
Attracting Opposites
Drowning death in summers night
Saddened sorrows of sheer delight
Toxic tears of cascading falls
Abandoned Angels in satin shawls
Disenchanted dreams in the waking morn
Hurting hearts of Love's first born
Crucified cries of joyful tears
Decadent decisions of youthful years
Manic madness of a beautiful brain
Barytic blood of the sweet sugarcane
Schizoid shadows against the white washed walls
Angered appetites in the
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Categories:
attracting, analogy, conflict, philosophy,
Form: Quatrain
Attracting Chemistry
more than attraction,
more than chemistry.
more than force of action,
beyond ecstasy;
pullin even opposites,
first look that attracts.
a more meaningful togetherness,
a genuine bonding:
a new age for interthuaning,
more than physical,
totally more than emotional.
there we are,
enrossed in our affair.
creating sparks,
uniting hearts.
totally spontaneous,
lost in the embodiment of your charming attention.
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Categories:
attracting, inspirational, love, romance,
Form: Rhyme
Stump Attracting Me First and More Than Flowers
Flowers, grass, bushes, trees, attracted me in garden
In centre, a tree stump seemed to have complain
Stump was sobbing, none was caring
Moved by tears, I moved closer to stump
Stump bit in solace, narrated nostalgia bit by bit
“ Was once gardens fame tree, grew lovers favorite flowers,
Lovers plucked flowers, friends wish came true for sure
On Valentine
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Categories:
attracting, imaginationtree, child, love, me,
Form: Personification