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Captain 'Effing' Flint
My parrots name was Captain Flint,
Boy that bird could swear.
I never invited visitors,
So blue was the air.

He'd squawk "pretty effing polly"
Or "give us a cracker...

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© Gary Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: flint, bird, humorous, language, pets,
Form: Rhyme



You Know
Yes, my dear, you know,
You are my source of joy, rejuvenation, hope
I need your emotion spread onto my life,
I need your heart to sing among...

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Categories: flint, emotions, friendship, happiness, joy,
Form: Ode
Premium Member Who Knows If Magic Exists
Who knows if magic exists,
if dreams come true
and whether miracles take place
(all of these things we thought we knew)

... buried in our haste
to dig childhood's...

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Categories: flint, appreciation, beauty, family, friendship,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Curious George
I remember Christopher Robin
When helping Pooh find honey
Was my biggest problem
I remember the blustery days
We trusted each other in every way

I remember When we helped...

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Categories: flint, adventure, child abuse, childhood,
Form: Free verse
Support Your Local Poet
“Support your local poet please”
Said the man with hand out and down on one knee
I’m down on my luck
And for only a buck
My humble verses...

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© Chris Hagy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: flint, character, perspective, poets, poverty,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Soul Haiku Revisited - Zodiac Style
Aries Soul

Mischievous flint spark 
razes lethargy’s prison 
igniting joy’s fuse.

Leo Soul

Rich roaring campfire 
radiant warmth draws attention 
confidence blazing.

Sagittarius Soul

Long-tended embers 
spawn dazzling wisdom flashes
endlessly...

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Categories: flint, imagination, introspection, life, sensual,
Form: Haiku
And Still I Drive - Part One
Stars fall under failing skies...stars fall...stars fall...
And sadly...i start to drive.
Through the unremarkable village with its tall 
Georgian Bay window panes, lightless,
devoid of visages; outwardly...

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Categories: flint, heartbreak, places,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Death Undignified, Fort Laramie 1860
High noon in Fort Laramie, the summer sun is oppressive.
A whalebone corset digs into my body’s tender parts.
Peering from the shop, my hand touching the...

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Categories: flint, memory,
Form: Sestina
Premium Member When Winter Enters the Heart
When winter enters the heart,
snowflakes gather in rosy chambers.
Like ghosts of crows-every breath throbbing. 
Sluggish songs of longing and loneliness.
Over time the crows pile on,
my-my...

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Categories: flint, age, youth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member An Imagist Monostich
an image is the resonant heart-
                   ...

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Categories: flint, image, poetry,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Death Undignified, Fort Laramie 1860
The summer sun was high. The heat was oppressive.
The whalebone corset dug into the body's tender parts.
Peering from the shop, my hand touching the pane
of...

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Categories: flint, baby, children, horse, me,
Form: Sestina
Premium Member Factory Heart
A divine blacksmith didn't forge winged hearts of gold,
to soothe the burn of others.
Nor mold my body into a scratching post chant.
Where others can shed...

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Categories: flint, adventure, fantasy, heart,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Longbow Archer
“Laws of the land enslave our people”

                  ...

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Categories: flint, political,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Final Amen
I ransack my mind…the blurred tale that cries 
On hollow tracks  scarcely finding life's way 
The bleakest moans, the clearest views reprise--
A pounding shrill...

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Categories: flint, confusion, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Lost In Britain and Lost In The USA
LOST IN BRITAIN

Poling, Patching, Nether Wallop, 
Matching Tye and Droop

Plumpton, Lickfold, Puddletown, 
Westward Ho! and Throop.

Hole of Horcum, New Invention,
Boghead, Frome, Cat's Ash

North Piddle, Staines...

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Categories: flint, america, england, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs