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Premium Member Discord Ruins Harmony
Squabbling with words; spats in opposition
can bring about discord and suspicion
Christians should be able to live in harmony 
or their accord and union will atrophy

What...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: opposition, introspection,
Form: Rhyme



Bloodless - Tale of a Hero and the People He Died For
You knew you were going to die. 1
And yet you came, thinking no matter how insane,
the man on the seat of power would never want...

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© Kp Nunez  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: opposition, change, corruption, hero, history,
Form: Epic
Premium Member The Vietnam War
The pro-Hanoi Vietcong many years ago
In the 1950's Diem's government they'd overthrow
All opposition was crushed killed or jailed
These elected ones to their people they failed

This...

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Categories: opposition, death, history, hope, life,
Form: Quatrain
Bullying 101
Step 1: 
Inhale an envious mask upon your castrated 
skull, 
and prompt this necessary illusion to commence.
Bathe yourself in ego-filled waters till you feel superior
to...

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Categories: opposition, allegory, anti bullying, bullying,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member For the Love of Lexicon
My Mother taught me
how to see through language, 
paper was rare, iron ink wasn't free
so she sold some jewelry for porcelain lettering, 
and we clapped...

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Categories: opposition, dedication, history, passion,
Form: Epic



Premium Member Here's a Toast To You America
Here's a toast to you America on this glorious Fourth of July!
May the grand old flag, the emblem of our nation, ever wave on high!
As...

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Categories: opposition, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme
The Spirit of Humanity
Lift me up
As I rise on shaky knees

Give me strength
To rise from this bottom of rocks
Willed in my determination
To climb back to this mountain top

Call...

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Categories: opposition, hope, inspirational, me, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Those Who Are Now Elderly Sit and Reminisce
Those who are now elderly sit and reminisce
of sweet idyllic days which often they miss.
Sitting as families in beaming abodes
whilst a flickering fire dances and...

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Categories: opposition, childhood, family, life, loss,
Form: I do not know?
Time For 'Enough'
Are we not tired yet?
When will we feel it is time?
Time to put our feet firmly on the ground
Call ‘enough’ boldly by its name
See -...

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Categories: opposition, community, leadership, political,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member To God Be the Glory - Great Things He Has Done
To God be the glory - great things he has done.



‘I am Eddie Rowlands, I became a Christian in 1985, at that time I also...

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Categories: opposition, god,
Form: Narrative
What Is Life
What is life?
Life is just eating, sleeping and making sex
to show your identity
that, you  have strength enough
to produce kid, to earn your bread and...

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Categories: opposition, feelings, humanity, meaningful, political,
Form: Free verse
My Tribute To the Silent One
I will never quite grasp the depth of your love and care,
For those around you, and for the world and its constant suffering
You understand more...

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Categories: opposition, beauty, blessing, dedication, friendship,
Form: Ode
Premium Member A Thousand Dark Secrets
Carrying with me a
halfhearted smile for the
braver men than I.
The men holding tightly
to past perceptions,
live or die.
Suppose I whispered to 'em
what I've heard through
the metaphorical...

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Categories: opposition, anger, angst, bereavement, political,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Need
"How Do I Love Thee" 

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul...

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© Lu Loo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: opposition, beautiful, love,
Form: Verse
Premium Member The Power Flower
Flower power

“If you’re going to
San Francisco be sure to
wear a flower 
in your hair”
long and shaggy
shagged longing wild

And to Berlin or
Paris for that 
matter to...

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Categories: opposition, love,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs