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Premium Member At the Golden Dawn of Understanding Potd
It was late in gorgeous springtime, and I was teaching my class,
A lesson in African history, and the events of time's hourglass.

My fourth graders were...

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Categories: applying, africa, christian, education, history,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member Paul, Peter and the Tweeter
Paul, Peter and the Tweeter
Why not choose, 
a billionaire leader?
One who is not 
an eloquent speaker.
Trouble rises,
he robs Paul to pay Peter.
The bold rich need...

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Categories: applying, anxiety, celebrity, confusion, environment,
Form: Political Verse
Dark Skinned Vs Light Skinned
In our Asian-cum-Eastern land
No one prefers or admires
the dark-skinned or tanned

Gosh, as if the fair-skinned alone
belonged to the so-called fairer sex
And here, 'black is beauty'...

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Categories: applying, color, prejudice, race, ,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member God Became Man To Accomplish Our Redemption
This is the story of God's redemption
how He displays His love upon His own
in His masterplan of saving sinful man
His son Jesus Christ came our...

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Categories: applying, god, gospel, men,
Form: Rhyme
You Can Call Me Sir But I Guess You'Re Gonna Have To Call Me -
I just KNEW I was a woman
a woman inside a man’s body
therefore I went under the knife
(My surgeon said it went well)

But when I looked...

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Categories: applying, funny, girl,
Form: Light Verse



Premium Member Soup Safari
SOUP SAFARI
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here I...

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Categories: applying, happiness, holiday, people
Form: Couplet
Premium Member When a Hero Stumbles
Out of the ether once came a small child
who hoped to one day fly thru the air.
Diligently applying herself, learning a style,
performing higher leaps, tapping...

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© Ann Peck  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: applying, character, confidence, conflict, courage,
Form: Rhyme
The Bible Is the Inspired Word of God
The Bible Is The Inspired Word of God!

I heard someone say “the Bible was written by man.”
But there’s a truth I don’t think he understands.

God...

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Categories: applying, confusion, dedication, depression, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
Another Saturday Night, Alone
Sitting here in my room 
   Listening to Ella Fitzgerald 
(on what would have been her 90th birthday)
Not so bad to be alone
Health...

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Categories: applying, poetry, writing,
Form: Blank verse
Childhood Beach Outing
Dug deep down inside
and pulled out the memory file
about being a child
with my family for
a rare outing at Jones Beach,
we were all there with
my Moms...

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Categories: applying, beach, childhood,
Form: Light Verse
Mapping My Final Ride To the Other Side
Mapping my final ride to the other side
Oh how I want to feel like I have arrived
Seeing so many good reasons why I have survived
Like...

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Categories: applying, bible, devotion, god, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Dark Woods
Dark Woods  dj

Me bones will surely feed the hogs,
An maybe even Dingo dogs,
Me OP rum sucked on this log ,
Is fairly satisfying.

It’s pretty dark...

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Categories: applying, adventure, me, me,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Intense Multi Tasking
Hi there,
Please take your seats,
Welcome, I greet
You four young ladies
Applying for this
Wonderful post,
Call me Bill, I’m your 
Interviewer and host!
I hope all of you enjoy
Gym...

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Categories: applying, joy,
Form: Free verse
To Be a Man: Response To Kipling's - If
To be a man, was once worthy of applying,
     But lesser men have since sullied that name
And claimed hold of such...

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© Jesse Rowe  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: applying, son,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Six Relatives Have I
Six relatives have I, all much like me.
The ones most common are WHICH, THAT and WHO.
There’s also WHOM.  A formal dude is he.
WHOMEVER and...

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Categories: applying, writing,
Form: Rhyme

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