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Periodic Table of Elements
Periodic table of elements





Periodic table of elements,
the true heart of chemistry,
Law of periodicity clements,
Mendeleev is not a history !

Bonding between two hearts,
ignoring all the negatives,
When...

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Categories: periodic, imagery,
Form: Rhyme



Periodic Table
Helium Lithium, Beryllium
They all rhyme,
which is the only way I can remember them.
Au is gold,
O is oxygen,
I’m not trying to be bold,
but life sucks without...

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Categories: periodic, education,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Elemental Designs
ELEMENTAL DESIGN

Hydrogen to Helium
A fusion formed by gravity
A carbon-based delirium
Molecularly infinite energy

An ancient discipline known as alchemy
We’re consciousness - the explosion - amorous 
We dream...

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Categories: periodic, heaven, moon, science, science
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Teacher's So Cool
"I love my teacher."
"I have a great teacher." 
"My teacher is super."
"My teacher's so cool."

These words are music to a teacher's ears,
Exactly what parents and...

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Categories: periodic, cool, education, school, teacher,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Absentee Student Takes His Test
He’s never heard one lesson of this class,
but has to get a grade in history.
So he’s shown up at last, sure he will pass
the test...

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Categories: periodic, school,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri Mendeleev of Russian descent
Designed a table for each element
Periodic symbols he inserted for flavour
Was his a chemical or human behaviour?


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Contest: Periodic Table of Elements
Sponsor:...

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Categories: periodic, symbolism,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Stagecoach
I took my periodic stroll through the local antique store today.
There were the usual horse collars, clocks and various sundries on display.
Havin' no need fer...

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Categories: periodic, cowboy-western, old, horse, old,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Purest Gold
When elements are melted down, it is something to behold
A careful blend, a touch, a spark, can form the purest gold

Mixed to blend by careful...

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Categories: periodic, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ma's Little Imp
Tussled hair, bruised knees, toothless, lop-sided grin;
Ma is so thankful her dear little imp wasn't born a twin!
She likes things running smoothly, like a finely-tuned...

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Categories: periodic, childhood, little sister,
Form: Rhyme
Lower Yoga
All of
                       ...

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Categories: periodic, satire,
Form: Concrete
Water Dance
Dance with me darling
like the periodic waves
and end with passion....

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Categories: periodic, love, music, wedding, wife
Form: Haiku
Alliteration For the Literate
Alliteration For The Literate



    Periodic poetry pantomimed in pain
        Resistance being reasonable like runaway rain
...

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Categories: periodic, fun, poetry, poets,
Form: Alliteration
Shredded Life
Your silence only 
ampliphies the lies
And keeps problems and 
doubts well fed
Comfort and trust
quickly sicken and die
What's left is a shell of a 
memory
a life...

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© Zaida Ruiz  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: periodic, husband, sad,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Searching For the Sun
Raindrops fell in a periodic, solemn way
On this gloomy, foggy, gray stricken day
I searched for the sun, all day long
Just to find a melody for...

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Categories: periodic, anxiety, rain, sun, weather,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Forgiveness Wasnt Forgetting
Forgiveness wasn’t Forgetting
Written: by Miracle Man
12-2-2019

At seventeen I saw something,
that I’ve always regretted seeing.
Causing me to leave home early,
some wondering why I was fleeing.

 Both...

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© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: periodic, emotions, forgiveness,
Form: Lyric

Book: Shattered Sighs