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Premium Member Sin City-Las Vegas
On the streets of sin city, on the high roller's main drag,
Known as the Las Vegas Strip, a gentlemen phantom
Does stroll dressed in all black...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: las, adventure, america, evil, halloween,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member A Desperate Housewife - In Limerick Form
A desperate housewife I knew
had such mundane housework to do.
Being so tired of it,
she decided to quit.
Then off to Las Vegas she flew.

Having always been...

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Categories: las, adventure, wife,
Form: Limerick
Cantas En Mi Corazon - Sing In My Heart - a Collaboration With Michael P Clarke
Cantas en mi Corazon 
Una Colaboración con Michael P. Clarke

Spanish Version - Free Verse

Ven en mis brazos, tu templo tan cerca de mí,
Estoy perdido en...

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Categories: las, happiness, true love,
Form: Free verse
You Wont Steal My Joy
The Las Vegas shootings were Horrific. 
The people running as the rapid fire was 
sounding off in the background!
  The wild fires in California,...

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Categories: las, joy, love, sad, satire,
Form: Free verse
Verses of Love
What pleasant dream may soothe my eyes
When autumn's breath may grace our days
Wondrous a dream in the blazing sunrise
That charms my heart in autumn's grace.

I've...

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Categories: las,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member An Erin Adventure
It was an autumn day, fresh and crisp,
with a slight breeze blowing that made 
our cheeks rosy.  My Aunt Trix and I were
on the...

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Categories: las, adventure, autumn, ireland, travel,
Form: Haibun
The Meaning of Bread and Tortillas
"Mi primo" means my cousin in Spanish.
He calls me his "primita"- little cousin.
This is the story of how mi primo
Taught me about the meaning of...

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Categories: las, cousin, culture, friend, immigration,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mary's Shrift
Indigenous woman—rarely accompanied by their
white sisters—or their men enter 
through the side door
of St. Peter’s Church.

Here they are boxed in cool stucco,
and stained-glass. A flock...

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Categories: las, devotion, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
Oh Civilization
it’s wonderful,
amazing the world dwellers are
civilized they’re as well as I’m really!

with them-

my language is English
I’m civilized!
my language is Arabic, Mandarin, French, Bengali etc
I’m civilized!
I’m...

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Categories: las, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
America Sucks Less
This country’s sure got problems
Corruption, crime, and drugs.
And though we try to fix the world
The world just hates our guts.
But for all our woes and...

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© Joe Bob  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: las, america, satire, drug,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ashes and Thirst
Ashes and Thirst

Evil comes in all shapes, and all sizes. 
We have all heard this many times... before. 
But how truly large, or small can...

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: las, abortion, america, anxiety, funeral,
Form: Free verse
Der Pazifische Ozean / the Pacific Ocean / El Océano Pacífico
Zwischen dem Morgen und der Nacht 
fallen die Sterne in den Pazifischen Ozean.

Die ewige Sonne lässt die Wellen erklingen,
mit dem weichen Schaum leichten Schnees.

Die See...

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Categories: las, naturesea, me, ocean, sea,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Jukebox
The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Bread
Billy Joel and The Grateful Dead

Suzie Quatro, Wham! Kate Bush
Elton John, Yes, Kiss and Rush

Aerosmith, The Eagles, War
Dolly Parton, Sandie...

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Categories: las, appreciation, music,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dragon Day Celebration:Running of the Dragons
I cried: Dragon I beseech Thee… Not to tempt me with your crazy ways!
Yet here I am, always… again… caught in your vortex every, single...

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Categories: las, adventure, fantasy, fun, funny,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member The Birds and the Bees
T he birds have been around for centuries.
H ow sweetly singing, winging on their way,
E vanescent as a summer breeze. . . 

B ringing bliss...

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Categories: las, bird, love,
Form: Acrostic

Book: Shattered Sighs