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Journal Of Journey
...Dates and their import I was raised to revere them they are true benchmarks of a mineral rich load littered with capsules of time......
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Howard Kerr
Categories:
benchmarks,
art, character, deep, devotion,
Form:
Tanka
Spurning Mediocrity
...Competition ... what keeps us alive Sharpening our edges fueling our drive Setting new benchmarks pushing the bar Forever defining — just who we are (Dreamsleep: December, 2024) ......
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Kurt Philip Behm
Categories:
benchmarks,
confidence,
Form:
Rhyme
Too Close To The Edge
...While my head slumps low, on both crouching knees, my meek soul doesn't know, rhyme nor reason seize, on both crouching knees, while my head slumps low, rhyme nor reason seize, my meek......
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Hilo Poet
Categories:
benchmarks,
career, celebration, character, dedication,
Form:
Quatrain
Deep within our cosmic fabric hides
...Deep within our cosmic fabric hides The magical, mystical thought that carves the world into waves. The scarf of the evening pulls over the flight of winds, Like the celestial dawn that envelopes ......
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Dan Enache
Categories:
benchmarks,
fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Be Someone Else
...People can save the world by the way they think and by the way they behave and what they hold to be important. By Cyndi Lauper To utterly assume so......
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Sotto Poet
Categories:
benchmarks,
analogy, appreciation, character,
Form:
Rhyme
Milton Hankins
...Milton, your last word was “Bye’ With a request to your friends 'not to cry' Did you really mean it or was it an intuition? Mysterious are the workings of human mind! When your summ......
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Valsa George
Categories:
benchmarks,
bereavement, death,
Form:
Free verse
As Shadows Mend
...*Image of Between Doors by Hope. As Shadows Mend A lingering bravura form ... dawn midst twilight's brilliance, It sprung a length of an unscathed course -- accidentally, The mute......
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Hilo Poet
Categories:
benchmarks,
dream, imagery, meaningful,
Form:
Rhyme
Benchmarks
...On the days I seem less humble, Should I stumble into greatness Or I drown in human vomit By the light of critic’s benchmark. Let me give self-love a tumble, Never welcoming false witness, Thin......
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Roof Missing
Categories:
benchmarks,
faith, life, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Eclipse 2
...Mother's womb panged to be delivered. A rift awakened, once asleep in roost, but 4alarm crowing on steeples of burning roofs, the foundations gone missing, on sabbatical crowning of burning man ......
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Jude Herrick
Categories:
benchmarks,
absence, crazy,
Form:
Rhyme
Don'T Demean Meaning
...In my life, narrow margins matter Opening my eyes wide To better perspectives which don’t flatter Dispensable pride riding on the tide Where populism portrays norms To which I don’t subscribe......
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John Sensele
Categories:
benchmarks,
poems,
Form:
Free verse
On the Verge
...On the Verge Every hand is pocket bound, eyes lifted from the TV’s hallowed glow. Breath is released in a low sigh; worming, squirming, squat. Thrust out of bounds in tandem, nothing is d......
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Dennis Foss
Categories:
benchmarks,
angst, anxiety, conflict, culture,
Form:
Free verse
Random Thoughts
...Do random thoughts and scattered conversation deserve to be a poem? I think a lot of things like that as I drive from work to home. All day I've tried, and struggled to make sense of all I......
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Ahellas Alixopulos
Categories:
benchmarks,
allegory, allusion,
Form:
Free verse
Relationship
...Have you being in any relationship At the beginning of every relationship, our lovers goes like Baby, I love you Boo, you are a blessing Bae, you are my greatest assert Boo, never will I leave y......
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Crespo The Poet
Categories:
benchmarks,
spoken word,
Form:
Blank verse
Timely Fragments
...Old Jambu tree Still bearing fruits; Generous delights ~~~~~~~~~ NDP crowd Massive tapestry; Community celebration ~~~~~~~~~ Each passing year Affirms our country; Diversity in ......
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©
Leon Enriquez
Categories:
benchmarks,
blessing,
Form:
Haiku
Time's Birthday
...Time's Birthday by Odin Roark How daunting it must be Choosing a celebratory date Invention adrift Save the blue veined appendages Holding firm the drift of time Like a floating surreal i......
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Odin Roark
Categories:
benchmarks,
time, thanksgiving day,
Form:
Free verse
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