Best Notably Poems
Tale of a Former Black Sheep...For years I wore
your shame as my own
and lived unknown
in terror of being seen
like a leper
self-quarantined
intrinsically unclean
Your neglect
became to me
my insignificance
undeserving......
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Categories:
notably, abuse, hope, how i
Form:
Free verse
Jammin - Spreading Positive Vibrations - Bob Marley Tribute...Sun is shining as I sing my redemption song.
Hey lady, no woman no cry, lets spread one love.
Jammin', spreading positive vibrations so strong,
like t......
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Categories:
notably, inspiration, inspirational,
Form:
Pantoum
No Free Lunch...A scientist pursuing research—
with disinterested curiosity,
Poets distancing themselves—
from personal emotions,
from ‘personality’ (in Eliot’s idiolect),
A sportsperson focusing on the event—
......
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Categories:
notably, irony, satire, society,
Form:
Free verse
Sonnet 26...With pen I write to thee, Elizabeth
Whose comments I have noticed notably
No words can describe inspirations width
That thou has given unto my poetry
When writers block crippled my mental thought
Yo......
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Categories:
notably, friendship,
Form:
Sonnet
Origin of Christianity...Origin of Christianity
(If you don't like religious writes don't read on)
It may surprise some that Jesus was born a Jew, his parents Joseph and Mary were Jewish, both from the tribe of Judah, ......
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Categories:
notably, bible, christian, faith, history,
Form:
Didactic
The Year 6555...We're now in the year 6555, and I am feeling happy and so alive,
Above, sunshine pours like honey, as along the oceanside I drive.
Wind whips my hair around, beneath skies a deep sparkling blue,
......
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Categories:
notably, fantasy, future, imagery, nature,
Form:
Couplet
Zapped - Ap...Agile
Black
Cats
Dart
Eerily
From
Gloomy
Hallways
Initiating
Jolts -
Killing
Lackadaisical
Moods
Notably
Of
People
Quintessentially
Ruffled -
Spooking
Them
Unduly -
Verifying
Wa......
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Categories:
notably, cat,
Form:
Abecedarian
Notably Quotably...Notably quotably
Poetry's potency
Metrical dictation
Meditation
Cozily, dozily
Wordably herbal tea
Personification
Medication
1/7/2021......
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Categories:
notably, addiction, fun, games, poetry,
Form:
Double Dactyl
Common Sense...I'm concerned with the lack of common sense;
it's notably missing when needed most.
And while its absence comes at our expense,
nothing else can match it, not even close.
It once would ......
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Categories:
notably, anger, angst, anxiety, emotions,
Form:
Quatrain
Developing Like a Distant Runner...Incredible in nature, diverse in settlement
a home to the big five beasts
and a constant retailer to glory takers
of distance running in the global games event.
The scrolls of its histo......
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Categories:
notably, africa, community, earth, nature,
Form:
Ode
A Tribute To Those Who Walked the Trail of Tears...My BROTHERS --the Cherokee ---you may refer to me as cross-breed-- or not.
As an ancestor ----if it’s your aspiration?
My Grandmother----half Cherokee- half Blackfoot----as the old tales were told.......
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Categories:
notably, forgivenessgrandmother,
Form:
Epic
The Battle of the Vitasta...While textualizing history
(now after nearly 24 centuries)
Of the Battle of the ‘Vitasta,’ or ‘Hydaspes’
Or the Jhelum (a name now common),
There’s bound to be some swerve,
Which is how (accordi......
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Categories:
notably, history,
Form:
Narrative
Translation of 'The Story' By Kama Nasser...The Story
by Kamal Nasser
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I will tell you a story ...
a story that lived in the dreams of my people,
a story that comes from the world of t......
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Categories:
notably, arabic, betrayal, christian, conflict,
Form:
Free verse
Joyless Joseph...Wordless worries wander wearily working wayward,
Towards thoughts transgressing truth’s textured tide.
As always acknowledging agnosticism’s appeal,
Essence easily evaporates, exeunt Emile.
......
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Categories:
notably, crazy, creation, imagination, ,
Form:
Alliteration
Free Cee In the Past 17 Months I Lost Both My Parents This Is Humbly Dedicated To Them...IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE PRIME OF MY PARENY’S LIFE WAS ALMOST
MY ENTIRE LIFE
Did you ever notice that the letters in the word “love” are sequestered inside t......
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Categories:
notably, angst, me, autumn, faith,
Form:
Dodoitsu