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Premium Member Parallel Poetry
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Predictable, practical pose
as a simple sentence suggests,
accepting how the story goes,
while syllables shape silhouettes.

~ Simple scribbles serenade me ~

Paragraphs, hold poise and power
while illuminating...

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Categories: practical, poetry, senses, sensual, simple,
Form: Rhyme



Do Not Grieve Your Muse
(For My Younger Self)



You have forgotten your muse.
You neglected her, in the hustle and bustle
of city life, in trying to carve a niche,
driving yourself too...

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© Kp Nunez  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: practical, introspection, life, poetry, youth,
Form: Free verse
Under the Willow Trees
A path strewn thick with ruddy-faced leaves
led to nowhere and everywhere in fantasies, 
our near-death rescue from boredom 
      ...

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Categories: practical, childhood, death of a
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Friendly Goodbye
Poem 1: A Boy And His Painted Piano

he used lively greens
tender blues,
touches of plain mauve 
and rainbow trout splatters
to paint music
on the gas fumes 
that...

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Categories: practical, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Where Barren Branches Touch Newborn Leaves
Scurrying on my way home, a little leaf catches my eye, and I am compelled yet again to slow down.

a whirlwind of thoughts
compete with swaying...

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Categories: practical, absence, introspection, leaving, life,
Form: Haibun



Premium Member Galaxies Came Between
He'd be typing away on his desk
with blueprints for the next big thing,
While I'd be staring off into the azure sky
appreciating the "insignificant" things

You really...

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Categories: practical, brother, confusion, dedication,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Onoff the Cuff
I believe that poetry is and of is was were have has been of as one pretenses a 
poetic practical pompous, pro  (p) ransomedramatical...

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Categories: practical, august, confusion, culture, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
You
You are a girl with dreams.
 A girl with passion and ambition
. A girl who goes crazy over little things. But combats the worst situations...

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Categories: practical, 12th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Shades
To view the world though shades of blue
                 ...

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Categories: practical, earth, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Maintain Your Integrity
Written: January 15, 2024
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Fiction, factuality, and fetching flavors.
Tangible, practical, natural perspective.
Can a warm...

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: practical, analogy, bereavement, character, identity,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member - the Garden of Love -
Plant a seed of hope, courage,
     strength, patience and love
     Dig a big hole in the garden...

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Categories: practical, beauty, dream, flower, garden,
Form: Free verse
A Pencil's Point of View
We are a jelly jar full of pencils new in town.
From Europe we came heads up, points down.
No fancy names, we shared the same woodshed
and...

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Categories: practical, funny,
Form: Personification
The Excelling Value of Algebra
The Excelling Value of Algebra

By Elton Camp

Of everything that I’ve studied on earth,
Algebra proved to have the most worth.
From it don’t be led astray.
Later, you...

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© Elton Camp  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: practical, funny
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Walk Through the Trees
Birdwatching had become for me, such pleasurable summertime hobby,
So I was often among the trees, young ones or those old and knobby. 

I chased rose...

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Categories: practical, bird, fantasy, friend, green,
Form: Couplet
The Warp and the Weft
The Warp and The Weft

The warp and the weft are different but both thread
Choose any colour you like, through the blues to the red
The warp...

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Categories: practical, inspirational,
Form: Couplet

Book: Shattered Sighs