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I'M the Power Player
10
I sprint as I cry in pain
Coach yells, “ RUN, PASS, SCORE”
9
Blocking out all the screaming
And the chaotic noises
8
From the sidelines
I dash through five tough...

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© Sudha Rose  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: backbreaking, adventure, celebration, devotion, dream,
Form: Free verse



Why Kant You Tell Me the Time
Father time legendarily and Omni potently 
 existentially linkedin, binding cradle to grave 
since advent of *****sapiens, the whiffed bald credo 
 an employee...

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Categories: backbreaking, change, day, history, philosophy,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Summer Has Arrived
Summer is here - how I love this time of year!  My garden’s filled with sweet scented wallflowers and pretty pansies. Vibrant butterflies are...

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Categories: backbreaking, bird, butterfly, flower, garden,
Form: Haibun
Tale of An Ex-Detainee
We'd rather put up with the ordeal
Isn't exile a pride?
You cannot judge us,
But merely respect us.

However much we forgive,
We cannot find consolation
Every day, we relive...

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Categories: backbreaking, africa,
Form: Bio
I Absconded With Reader Rabbit Peter To Celebrate Saint Patrick's Day
I absconded with reader rabbit (Peter), to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day

Ah Sheik Hog - Ho!
One "FAKE" Wingman Flying
Via O'hare To Dublin y'know
Cuz, The Leprechaun within
me,...

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Categories: backbreaking, adventure, best friend, courage,
Form: Epic



Tough Pill To Swallow
11/1/21

Ever since a child
It's all been a vicious cycle
Through all the tribulations and trials
I was happy or I didn't smile
Stuck for awhile, or got by...

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Categories: backbreaking, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Diego Rivera's Flower Carrier
Diego Rivera’s Flower Carrier

My load to carry is backbreaking.
But this I must do to feed my family.
On the ground, on all fours, praying;
For fairness in...

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Categories: backbreaking, art, endurance, faith, family,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Outside Fun
Let's have some fun outside
I'll plant some new flowers
spruce up the tired summer beds
so out I wandered into the garden

Hunt high and low for my...

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Categories: backbreaking, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
The Slave (Part 1)
Caucasion-Americans Please Don't Get Offended...This Is Purely Fictional

Doin backbreaking labor in the scorching sun
Stopping only to glance at my wife and son
I need to get...

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Categories: backbreaking, black-african amerme, people, wife,
Form: Rhyme
I Absconded With Reader Rabbit Peter, To Celebrate Saint Patrick's Day
I absconded with reader rabbit (Peter), to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day

Ah Sheik Hog - Ho!
One "FAKE" Wingman 
think Monty Python's
Flying Circus skittering
on thin ice -...

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Categories: backbreaking, adventure, america, anniversary, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Why
When will the answers arrive
Heaven sent instead of after
Years of echoing work and backbreaking doubts?...

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Categories: backbreaking, on writing and words
Form: Acrostic
I Absconded With Reader Rabbit Peter To Celebrate Saint Patricks Day
I absconded with reader rabbit (Peter), to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day

Ah Sheik Hog - Ho!
One "FAKE" Wingman 
think Monty Python's
Flying Circus skittering
on thin ice -...

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Categories: backbreaking, 12th grade, confusion, courage,
Form: Rhyme
By the Numbers (Round Three)
Arched over the six, the nine then merges
With the opening, just below the bend.
A temporary pleasure meant to lend
Instant relief, as my stress it purges.
Inside...

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Categories: backbreaking, passion
Form: Italian Sonnet
Truth Is My Reward

Truth is a treasure
hid in the sand
I’m always gonna keep
digging and digging
Flashing my searchlight,
looking and looking
I’m forever on the treasure hunt
Being a truth prospector is...

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Categories: backbreaking, allusion, spiritual, truth, wisdom,
Form: Bio
Fame and Fortune
FAME & FORTUNE
It`s apparent that fame & fortune,
have no boundaries or limits.
Both young & seasoned,
are lured to embrace this game.
We are all human,
indeed without a...

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© Ian Munywe  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: backbreaking, life,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things