As We Metamorphose
...As people, we have begun to change,
Incrementally, thoughts rearrange.
Are we still the person we once seemed?
Or, were our thoughts seduced as we dreamed?
Words bandied about of kindness, good...
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Categories:
bandied, angst, change, people,
Form: Rhyme
Trying to REM ember the waking stage of an emotionally tormenting dream
...The following account predicated on partial fact and a healthy dose of prevarication with an attendant overactive imagination.
Trying to REM ember the waking stage of an emotionally tormenting dre...
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Categories:
bandied, anger, angst, anxiety, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis - part i
...Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis, high bred poiet?s of mine
("Thus always I cause the death of tyrants.”)
the purported line Brutus uttered
after assassinating Julius Caesar.
Alte...
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Categories:
bandied, 10th grade, adventure, allah,
Form: Free verse
Don ta Ask Me Bout Exacerbation Of Trumpeted FAKE News
...Don (ta) Ask Me 'Bout Exacerbation Of Trumpeted "FAKE" News
written September 19th, 2018, and following words still ring (more true) today – exactly six years later.
The then forty fifth prez
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Categories:
bandied, absence, abuse, addiction, america,
Form: Rhyme
I Want To Make This Perfectly Clear: Contrast Contest
...Firstly, having realized that PS Soupers cross the International Line, aspects of politics should be addressed. Clarity of 'Crossing the Aisles'. An American phrase references Congress and seldom els...
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Categories:
bandied, analogy,
Form: Carpe Diem
Pipe Lines of Kaimu: Much Ado About Poi
...Welcome to a typical 'Luau' spread. The first thing that is best to learn is the Hawaiian word, 'ono', which means, delicious. It's a word bandied about before and after food goes in your mou...
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Categories:
bandied, allusion, analogy, appreciation, culture,
Form: Narrative
The Book of Changes
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"The Book of Changes"
Thoughts arrived before words,
1000s of years before
the crossing of curves
always seen to be
swimming upstream
against the current
thou...
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Categories:
bandied, muse, mystery, spiritual, symbolism,
Form: Narrative
Jet Lag
...I hear the term bandied about
azure seas, endless beach,
Thinking of the far off lands
That took days and days to reach.
Longing for the tropics,
Baffled by the length of flight,
To finally ...
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Categories:
bandied, flying, time, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Carnival of Carnivals
...I watch carnival of carnivals quickly unfold
intense barkers are yelling as if their large bears are gold
seeing ultimate thin man and fat lady never gets old
fortune tellers are so unique, they’v...
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Categories:
bandied, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Angel of Mercy Please Intercede
...Angel of mercy please intercede
Weakest most lame specimen
among human breed
control of my life I willingly concede
wordless son of a gun fires off
following capricious poetic deed
done dir...
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Categories:
bandied, 12th grade, adventure, angel,
Form: Rhyme
The Scent of Summer's Day
...Breezes on boardwalks
that carry its essence
Suntans are fragranced
by its very presence
Beach balls are bandied
within its cachet
Wh...
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Categories:
bandied, appreciation, beach, day, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Most Mind Boggling Mysterious Mortal
...Most mind boggling mysterious mortal
Mystification prevails stupefying yours truly
befuddled, he blindly stumbles along rocky
pathway illusory impediments strewn helter
skelter intangible obstr...
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Categories:
bandied, absence, angel, angst, atheist,
Form: Free verse
Bully Me You, I Exemplified Archetypal Scapegoat
...Bully me you, I exemplified archetypal scapegoat
Even as an old curmudgeon, aye pucker
and raspily suction, albeit toothless mouth
drawing reminiscent guffaws affecting
(think feeble attempt
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Categories:
bandied, anger, angst, anniversary, anti
Form: Rhyme
Amel Bent's Ton Nom, Translated By T Wignesan
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Ton nom - New English Translation of Amel Bent's song "Your Name" by T. Wignesan
Je me raccroche aux détails du passé
Details of our past I cannot unclasp
?Nos souvenirs le sourire aux l...
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Categories:
bandied, cute love, devotion, memory,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
The Words, I Can'T
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The Words, “I Can’t”
Miracle Man
3/14/2022
“I can’t” is a phrase
frequently bandied about.
Words that originate
in a mind cloaked in doubt.
We could just as easily say
“I think I ...
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Categories:
bandied, confidence, courage, dedication,
Form: Rhyme
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