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Premium Member Woman In Chains
Woman in Chains
(What Man Would Abide It?)

Women throughout centuries – the softer sex.
I picture them subservient since what feels like time primordial!

What man would abide
being...

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Categories: approved, freedom,
Form: Free verse



Soul Mates Solace
When my final shadows cling on desperately
Where I fight formidable battles
to merely hold the light
I send you loving vibrations
and soul sustenance
Deep from the cathedral
of one...

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Categories: approved, art, bereavement, body, care,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Captain Tom
You will have probably heard this story, it's often been told
About Captain Tom who's ninety nine years old
He's a Second World War veteran who's served...

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Categories: approved, tribute, western,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Ballad of Daphne and Jack, a Romance of the High Seas
Listen, my dears, and I'll tell you a tale
Of a princess, a pirate, and glory.
There's a shipwreck, a rescue,
A romance, a ransom,
And a handicapped whale...

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Categories: approved, adventure, humor, princess, romance,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member With My Dying Breath
* My take on the theme of my contest. Just for fun. 

A canopy of silvery stars speckle the ebon expanse above me, at once...

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© Tom Woody  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: approved, anxiety, fear,
Form: Prose Poetry



Premium Member Sonnet Chiweenie Boo
Your dad, a Dachshund once stuck in Chihuahua.
The best of both in you, with that expectant
Confusing carpets for the lawn enigma.
I know….the raining….getting wet….you can’t.

As...

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Categories: approved, animal, best friend, dog,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Bullying 101
Step 1: 
Inhale an envious mask upon your castrated 
skull, 
and prompt this necessary illusion to commence.
Bathe yourself in ego-filled waters till you feel superior
to...

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Categories: approved, allegory, anti bullying, bullying,
Form: Free verse
Ghetto Gospel
GHETTO GOSPEL

BY STREET CRIES

ABANDON BUILDINGS HOUSES WITH NO PARENTS ALL CHILDREN
READY AND WILLING TO BE PROGRAMED BY THE TELEVISION 
GUNS WITH PRECISE PRECISION 

PAIN PILL...

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Categories: approved, addiction, art, education, political,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member The Day I Had Tea With the Queen
I’ve got a secret to tell you, so gather round to hear
I had afternoon tea with the Queen in May this year

Her majesty was wearing...

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Categories: approved, fantasy, humorous, poetry,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member His Many Colored Coats
He didn't have a coat of many colors
he had many coats in different colors
each day he wore a different one
whatever struck his fancy, his mood
whatever...

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Categories: approved, analogy, dark,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Guardian Angel
As I was on an errand today
I had nothing on my mind
Until I saw the carcass of an unfortunate deer
And noticed the scavengers quite near

I...

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Categories: approved, faith, inspirational, love, god,
Form: Free verse
Everlasting Love
Sweetheart, have you ever thought about how beautiful our relationship is?

I wonder if it is possible for couples to be like us
So open to each...

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Categories: approved, 3rd grade, 5th grade,
Form: Free verse
Wish - Potd
No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
              ...

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Categories: approved, 12th grade, education, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Bible and Our Privileges
"It is known that the Bible, in its hundreds of different translations, is the most widely distributed book in human history. The bible has been...

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Categories: approved, bible, books, christian, creation,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Local Grave Digger Laments
(A true story)

Now i grow older, and beauteous memories turn to weeds,
this blood in my veins turn to water, like a river cold desolute
in the...

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Categories: approved, nostalgia,
Form: Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things