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Premium Member Old Tom
Old Tom was wrinkled
His face full of care
A military blazer 
He'd always wear

Tom was a fighter
He'd boxed in the ring
He had gone to war
He'd fought...

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Categories: lay down the law, absence, age, death, goodbye,
Form: Lyric



Nature of the Beast: : the Black Panther Speaks
As the only large cat with a voice I roar from within my solitude
 Prowling with swagga and a side of attitude
 My voice is...

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Categories: lay down the law, voice, voice,
Form: Epic
Premium Member The F-Bomb Has Been Replaced
The F-Bomb has been replaced

As the naughtiest word in the english language

By this new extremely naughty four letter word

Yup! You guessed it... SNOW!!!

The notorious S-Bomb!

Parents...

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Categories: lay down the law, humorous,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Good Eggs
I feel like I’m blessed in this life by good eggs
But, of course, on occasion one’s rotten,
A good egg compares to a wine that has...

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Categories: lay down the law, journey, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Twentieth Century Oz - For the Wiz
Mr Wiz, Munchkin Land
Be so kind to lend a hand...

Cartwheeling cottage? how daft is that
Landed quite safely, all level and flat
Some midget fellow said, who...

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Categories: lay down the law, dream, fantasy, film,
Form: Rhyme



Crimes of the Future
(Authors Note: Be advised; this poem contains some non-delicate language but
it does have fewer calories than other similar generic poems)

 
Crimes of the future wait...

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Categories: lay down the law, angst, conflict, corruption, dark,
Form: Verse
Cliches Away
Three sheets in the wind
And rubbed the wrong way
By a fair weather friend
You must seize the day

Let your hair down 
And lay down the law
Be...

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© Pat Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lay down the law, america, character, life, love,
Form: Rhyme
My Time, His Place
With what seems like lightening speed, time flies by,
The world as you knew it is gone, in a flash, in a sigh.

And all you really...

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Categories: lay down the law, freedom, god, heaven, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme Royal
Tarturus's Rapture
Radiance, shining, illuminating translucency
sky's vast, expansive blue richoting and rivaling ocean views
loose limbs and bashful expression lay scattered across the placid sky
divinity fixed in a...

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Categories: lay down the law, angel, conflict, heaven, paradise,
Form: Free verse
Queen For a Day
Queen for a day what will I say to my subjects who are far away
Queen for a day people are waiting your majesty is saying...

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Categories: lay down the law, write,
Form: Rhyme
Top of the Tree
There’s a charming woodland creature
reputed to be wise
With a knack for spotting problems
with their eager, clever eyes

Keen and daring to be different
Turning heads through all...

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Categories: lay down the law, bird,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Pontification
pontification
plus narcissism ~whoa mule....
self-forgetfulness   



pontification
[-'kaSH?n]
DEFINITION
noun form of pontificate
pontificate
[pontificate]
VERB
express one's opinions in a way considered annoyingly pompous and dogmatic.
"he was pontificating about art and...

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Categories: lay down the law, conflict,
Form: Senryu
Taboo
In life so much is such a taboo,
too many things you ought not to do.
Do them anyway, just for the thrill,
right from the heart,
your soul,
your...

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Categories: lay down the law, society,
Form: I do not know?
Sense
"It would be so nice if something made sense for a change",
Alice shouted for all to hear!
She hoped her words echoed in every land
crystal clear.
In...

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Categories: lay down the law, nostalgialove,
Form: Rhyme
Authority
Authority
Authority is a privilege
It is power mixed with rule
It’s control and domination
Oftentimes misused as tool
And when orders are not followed
When instruction is ignored
Then the charge...

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Categories: lay down the law, conflict,
Form: Ballad

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