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Premium Member In Search of 50 Names -Edited For Judge
In Search of 50 Names(couplets alphabetized for ease of footnoting the names)

A) A tom cat sits in heather nearby a willow tree.
Rose and jasmine fill...

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Categories: 50, words, , cute,
Form: Couplet



50 Shades of Gold
Take me beat me and mold me
I am yours to do with what you wish
No matter what you do with me
I am still considered quite...

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Categories: 50, education, me,
Form: Quatrain
Lottery Winner Helps Homeless
As I walked into the banquet hall of the 
 Goodman’s Inn, the first thing that stood
 out to me were the eyes of the...

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Categories: 50, care, celebration, christmas, giving,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Jewelry Notebook
"MARRY ME" -- The Sweethearts Valentine Candy

I write with passion in every line,
A poet bleeding words, in black and white

Elegant, like a fine glass of...

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Categories: 50, happiness, heart, me, sweet,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Generous Bard
(The Merry Adventures of Robin Good)

Sherwood's Forest legendary, leading man 
up, down, tricking eggs between branches
slender, slander, his voice is growing thinner
twisting, turning heads 50...

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Categories: 50, abuse, character, community, corruption,
Form: Alliteration



Premium Member One Good Thing
In the late 1970s, I was going home on a Friday evening,
and needed a little more fuel in my truck, 
enough to get back to...

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Categories: 50, life, memory, poverty, work,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Dust and Vapor
In the grand scheme of things
	what are we but tiny
	specks of dust in the wind?
	
	In God's plan what is life?
	A brief sojourn like a
	quickly vanishing...

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Categories: 50, blessing, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My New Year's Resolutions: Humor
I have tracked my New Year's Resolutions 
over the years these are my fantastic results.

Resolution One

2011: I will try to be more attentive to Lauren.
2012:...

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Categories: 50, fun, funny, giggle, humor,
Form: List
Milkyway
I am the MILKY WAY.

I am Mechanically Meticulous,
Maneuvering my way through life with
Malleability,
not showing the true Masterpiece of my Mind
(complex like the Milky Way).

I am...

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Categories: 50, space,
Form: Alliteration
Rude, Drunken Pen
Bloody rude drunken pen has enjoyed a nib of ink or two, reminiscing on a few 
Bad and ugly times, we both admit at times...

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Categories: 50, imagination, me,
Form: Free verse
I Am Bored With Poetrysoup
I am bored with Poetrysoup

Premier Poetry website rekindled my poetic talent 
Veterans loved my work and inspired to showcase talent
But soon got entangled in Members...

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Categories: 50, introspectionpoems,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member You'Re My Inspiration - Dedicated To My Amazing Mum
How do I begin to describe you
Such an incredible person 
Yet even now you doubt your abilities
You lost your own mum when you were eight...

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Categories: 50, mother, mum, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Heartbroken
FICTIONAL EMOTIVE WRITE

Since I was a tiny baby I was brought up by my grandparents and had a very happy childhood. I knew that they...

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Categories: 50, death, grave, grief, heartbreak,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Blind Date - Now a Collaboration
My bestie blind dated big Humpty
His hairstyle resembled Don Trumpty
He was constantly rude
Foul mouthed and so crude
No wonder she soon ditched the numpty!

10/15/18


Your bestie's blind...

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Categories: 50, best friend, humorous, relationship,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Black and White
Black and White


Black and
white keys,
graced by
skilled hands,
deep heart
and soul,
bring joy
and peace
to ears
that hear.
Hands are
the gift
that dance
on stark
black and
white keys,
to share
those tunes
which fill 
our minds
with bright
tones,...

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Categories: 50, music,
Form: Verse

Book: Shattered Sighs