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Premium Member The Snowflake That Sank the Titanic
The Snowflake That Sank The Titanic

It all begins with a single snowflake
(Each one in itself is unique)
Brought about through evaporation,
And returned by the force of...

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Categories: lon, education, fate, history, remember,
Form: Verse



The Day Murphy Came To Town
One day in early summer Murphy the Irishman came to town,
He rode upon a matted mule , his face was burnt and brown,
The corks that...

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Categories: lon, humorous,
Form: Verse
The Real Monsters
double Chaney Lugosi and Karloff
those four are the most known monsters all time
and each monster they portrayed had spinoff
I grew up with those monsters on...

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Categories: lon, nostalgia, mother,
Form: Sonnet
Halloween Footle.
Full moon.
Lon swoons....

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Categories: lon, holiday
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Halloween Ball
There's a party going on upstairs,
your invited, to come and have a scare.
H.G. Wells, will meet you at the gate,
costumes required, hurry don't be late.

Vincent...

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Categories: lon, funnyhalloween,
Form: Rhyme



Faces In the Fire
On those cool summer evenings when coyotes haunt the night
And the campfire is dying—burning low, then flaring bright,
A cowboy plays harmonica while others sing and...

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© Glen Enloe  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lon, cowboy-western, death, introspection, loss,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
James Cagney
I was one of the best leading men in Hollywood.
Many people thought my acting was quite good!
As long as Jack L. Warner said it was...

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Categories: lon, dedication, tribute, me, film,
Form: Rhyme
The Long Tan Cross
Did you hear the Lon Tan Cross is home!
The 521 Australian fallen are honoured
From a Vietnam War so unpopular
Hail the men of the D Company...

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Categories: lon, remembrance day, war,
Form: Free verse
Pilgrim's Flight
Declared plainly by those that know not thee	                 ...

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© John Beam  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lon, faith, forgiveness, love, religion,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member A Simple Kiss
Day-211 “A Simple Kiss”

There’s a weed in my back yard
It’s tall and lanky
It’s black, mean and ugly 

I’ve chopped it down
three times today
each time I...

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Categories: lon, cheer up, emotions, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Birthday B
On this darling day, some sixty two years ago was born 
a golden girl with glory, glee & glow; christened Dane-
Ann, a nice & noble...

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Categories: lon, anniversary
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Winter's Wrath
Day-248 “Winter’s Wrath”
From out of the north
The cold winds blew
Hell’s inferno turned blistery cold
The Devil himself all 
Bundled in ice coated steel; 
His snarly, crackling...

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Categories: lon, cool, evil, mythology, weather,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lynching
“Lynching”

Black man floating in space
Knotted rope about his face
Crosses burning
White sheets chanting

Black man squirming     
Blue knee choking 
Buildings burning
Dark nights looming

A...

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Categories: lon, anger, black african american,
Form: Free verse
Rigid Code of Obsessions
wheel ding utmost pro lix: 
   scrum compulsions won 
despite feeling dog tired, (like a ton
of bricks weighed me down) 

  ...

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Categories: lon, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member Let's Ban War
“Let’s Ban War”

Have your ever thought
About banning war?
How much better we
All would be
If we just banned war?

So much more we could do.
We could buy food
And...

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Categories: lon, conflict, emotions, irony, political,
Form: Rhyme

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