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Best Anecdote Poems

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My Favorite Anecdote From Urdu
This is my best story in 
my mother tongue urdu 
which I translated and 
tried my best to turn it 
into a poem in english...

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Categories: anecdote, urdu, wisdom,
Form: Narrative



There Are No Bounds To Where We Poets Go
Where on Earth or far beyond do we poets go, you ask. 
My thoughts willingly stretch my imagination with this task.
I would reply...in any direction...

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Categories: anecdote, perspective, poets,
Form: Rhyme
A Son of God
They say the One who loves me most
Is nothing but a hoax 
They say the God who gave me breath
Is just a wise old anecdote...

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Categories: anecdote, blessing, christian,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mute Masterpiece
To capture the true essence 
of what lies behind my eyes,
create a palette of black pastels
portraying the shadow
that follows like death - 
a constant visitor...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: anecdote, angst, life,
Form: Free verse
A Memorable Person
On a train going south on business
For what seemed an eternity,
I chanced upon a memorable man
Who changed the path of my destiny

He was itinerant to...

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Categories: anecdote, life, peoplelife, me, time,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Go Ask Alice
Ah, Divine influence, it has come to many, so they say,
as to their nameless or named God’s they do pray.
The light came to Carroll, he...

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Categories: anecdote, allegory, devotion, fantasy, introspectionmen,
Form: Quatrain
A Dream Walker
SHALL I ANTICIPATE APACE TO THEE A STORY,
THROUGH MY HEART TO MIND, FROM NIGHT TILL DAWN YOU WERE A GLORY,
THOUGH BEDRIDDEN, IN MY SENSES AND...

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Categories: anecdote, beautiful, beauty, fantasy, i
Form: Sonnet
Bukowski Contest
Several times, too many to count 
I was suffering or bored and pulled his books out. 
I'd open one up to a random page
Begin to...

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Categories: anecdote, crazy, emotions, heart, writing,
Form: Rhyme
A Lollipop In Page
The chirp of cloudy morning peal its wondrous beauty 
As it was a perfect moment to sip the taste of an old times
Pampered and drawn...

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Categories: anecdote, baby, happiness, inspiration, journey,
Form: Free verse
What Is Good Poetry
Good poetry is like an Old Master
Crafted with expert skill imbued with soul
No abstracted throwaway disaster
Or a bland undistinguished casserole
Of poor ingredients cooked up faster
And...

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Categories: anecdote, image, imagery, poems, poetry,
Form: Ottava rima
Divorce
Divorce
Let me start by giving you  a small  anecdote
About  a husband and wife at the divorce court
Ranting and Raving till the judge...

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Categories: anecdote, change, feelings, introspection, loss,
Form: Rhyme
What I Like
I like a peanut with a shell,
A cherry with a stem;
A church clock with a tolling bell,
A crown that's all a'gem.

I like my coffee steaming...

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Categories: anecdote, me,
Form: Rhyme
Unidentified Extraterrestrials Willingly Abducted Me
Unidentified extraterrestrial(s) willingly abducted me

As a divergence 
from the apocalyptical, dialectical, 
geomorphological, judgmatical, 
metaphorical, philosophical...,
I share an out of this 
(webbed wide) world,
light hearted anecdote...

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Categories: anecdote, absence, adventure, august, blessing,
Form: Free verse
TransplanT


     


   


   Aided by the wind, 
entities take flight like prismatic colors- 
talismanning chanced direction 
"of...

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Categories: anecdote, angel,
Form: Rhyme
Lost
L onely from the terror your mind created out of desperation
O bsessions of trying to hide too far for us to come and find you
S...

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© Lu Loo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: anecdote, lost, sister, suicide, mental
Form: Verse

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