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Premium Member Plato and Socrates
Dramatic prose for the pompous asses
I throw my Platos at you
If you come any closer
I will Socrates you right in the nose
Demands, demands!!!! The clowns...

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Categories: plato, appreciation, beauty, humorous, ireland,
Form: Ekphrasis



Premium Member Humanity Keeps Bleeding
“Only the dead have seen the end of war.”
Plato

Politicians keep lying
Hate keeps breeding
Jets keep firing
Babies keep dying
Mothers keep crying
Homes keep tumbling
Hope keeps crumbling
Time keeps ticking
Injustice...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: plato, humanity, introspection, war,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Democracy
Oh, Democracy,* 
You, the most desirable bride among  
Political systems,
Your suitors many have been throughout 
History  
In every part of the world, you...

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Categories: plato, people, philosophy, political,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Hello and Goodbye Coco
HELLO AND GOODBYE COCO	

I wanted a brown Labrador, blonde and black ,
I love them all
But I had made up my mind, anxiously I sat waiting...

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Categories: plato, death, dog, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Abc World's Famous Scientists In History
A  is for Anton van Leeuwenhoek- in his simple  microscope made him well-known,
B is for Benjamin Franklin who invented  the electricity ...

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© Len Gasun  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: plato, cancer, inspirational, me,
Form: Abecedarian



Premium Member A World of Peace and Love V
Tell me, 
My dear friend, 
My beloved brother, 
My trusted ally,

Till when are we going to let 
The autocrats
The dictators
The despots, and 
The tyrants govern...

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Categories: plato, love, peace, world,
Form: Free verse
The Call of the Alpha Male
Robin Hood, man in tights
Julius Caesar, might makes right
Alexander, called "the Great"
Sitting Bull, righteous hate
Robert the Bruce, Attila the Hun
Charlemagne, Napoleon

Hear the call of the...

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Categories: plato, funny, hero, humorous, men,
Form: Light Verse
Days of Our Lives
First day of our life
The mother is ecstatic
Finally her pains and burdens are over
Ululations and congratulations are on
Could even be the next president
But father is...

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Categories: plato, age, dark, funny, giggle,
Form: Verse
Insomniac Attack
A Hindenburg-Esque explosion
Say goodbye to rationality 
While all the daily trespassers Scream!
"OH THE INSANITY!!!!"
I sleep with sinners
Weep with the saints 
I'm twice the fossil
Three times...

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© Nathan D.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: plato, bible, faith, hilarious,
Form: Blitz
Poetry Is Poetry
I thought poetry is
-name of Mesopotamia which was the first civilization to emerge in human history
-ancient cave peoples surviving life struggle 

I thought poetry is
-an...

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Categories: plato, feelings, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Search, a Quest For a Lost Paradise - a Collaboration With Robert Lindley
I will take flight, into another zone
how far off to wander 'tis now not known
no regret, as dear point is to be free
beyond sadness, into...

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Categories: plato, appreciation, beauty, freedom, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
Riddle : Who Is My Poet
Tell me the poet
Who comes from Malta,
Whose name is apostolic,
Who authored "The Composer",
And the "Unspoken Words".

Tell me the poet
Who is not callous,
Who is not Carl...

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Categories: plato, friend, poets,
Form: Verse
Premium Member A Search, a Quest For a Lost Paradise - a Collaboration With Susan Ashley
A Search, A Quest For A Lost Paradise - 
a collaboration with Susan Ashley


I will take flight, into another zone
how far off to wander 'tis...

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Categories: plato, art, beauty, color, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Turning To Cicero
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and...

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Categories: plato, history, social,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Democracy Ii
Oh, Democracy,* 
You, the most desirable bride among  
Political systems,
Your suitors many have been throughout 
History  
In every part of the world, you...

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Categories: plato, philosophy, political, society,
Form: Free verse

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