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Premium Member Hope Is Just a Preset To Faith-
Hope is never hope
Without a wonder?
Hope is a slender
A jest reminder
Hope is the preset of FAITH...

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Categories: preset, analogy, desire, faith, fate,
Form: Light Verse



Lather, Rinse, Repeat
liberty in verse
atypical on the Soup

born a free-spirited caballero
I’ll not dangle
from another poet’s noose

jigsaw puzzles presented
by contest sponsors
jump through hoops
win their accolades

who’s to say what...

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Categories: preset, on writing and words
Form: Free verse
Four Walls
Four walls.
Barricades.. built out of strong brick, but flimsy cement -
Strong force, but weak purpose.
It was ironic, she thought.
Society had set up four confining walls,
...

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© Sneha Rv  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: preset, change, discrimination, woman, women,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member And the Bs Goes On
The daily BS saga continues
        as censorship’s still on the go
      Poems culled,...

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Categories: preset, allusion, poems, slavery,
Form: Rhyme
Why There Are Stars
While there is a sun to light up the day
And a moon for sight at night,
I wonder why there are stars,
So numerous, that fills the...

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Categories: preset, creation, dream, good night,
Form: Free verse



Chaos In Laos
Looked up and down, right and left
Wondering why life suffers a theft
Subtracted beauty from my chin cleft
 
If I deserved and preserved the best
My love...

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Categories: preset, poems,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Tumid River of Acheron
The Tumid River of Acheron (the journey) Part 1

Dark the tumid, rushing waters flow
where man most wisely fears to go
Liquid blackness sings of epic pain
torture,...

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Categories: preset, art, dark, death, horror,
Form: Rhyme
Prisoner
I am a prisoner of my personality- locked behind bars of firm reality,
I am a prisoner of my society-dressed in stripes to stand me out...

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© Free Flow  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: preset, addiction, beauty, change, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Social Status Effect
Miscommunication, is fabrication of reality
When actually it’s a matter of perspective.
She was a standout, with a name similar to yours
With pure intentions, painful convictions but...

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Categories: preset, deep, high school, internet,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member The Tumid River of Acheron -The Journey Part One-Revised
The Tumid River of Acheron (the journey) Part One-Revised

Darkly,  the tumid rushing waters flow
where any man most wisely fears to go.
Liquid blackness singing in...

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Categories: preset, creation, dance, dark, death,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Tumid River of Acheron , the Journey, Final Revision
The Tumid River of Acheron (the journey) 
Part One- Final revision

Darkly,  the tumid rushing waters flow
where any man most wisely fears to go.
Liquid blackness...

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Categories: preset, art, creation, dark, death,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Enola Gay
Enola Gay

There on the ‘North Field’ tarmac of Tinian Island, Marianas;
Taxis the sleek designed ‘Boeing B-29 Superfortress’ to ready for take-off. 1
Glistening, polished aluminum under...

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Categories: preset, education, history, usa, war,
Form: Verse
The Cycle
If my words could be fashioned into a weapon,

I would write a poem for each of my brothers on the other side of the world...

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Categories: preset, america, discrimination, racism,
Form: Free verse
Procrastination
P 
   E 
      N 
         D 
  ...

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© Ryan Cc  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: preset, peace, time
Form: Shape
Dance Lives Life
Like a sweet child in ballet
 toe steps glide across the archway,
A graceful pirouette holding breath and heartbeat
 balanced then suddenly rising like modern athletes.

A...

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© Dm Babbit  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: preset, dance, life, , Lullaby,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs