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Premium Member Retention Pond
...If displaced, found nowhere, but in water
     of the retention pond,
no longer in V-formation, nowhere
     in the bluest sky,
however, beneath and at the behest
     of angels, ruled b......

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Categories: qt, bird, dad,
Form: Free verse
AIRPORT
...They're selling off our Airport, does anybody care? 
The old Gazette's done nothing yet, no 'Save it' campaign there 
The Echo there in Darlo seems quite reluctant to 
Investigate the Peel Magnate......

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Categories: qt, anger, betrayal,
Form: Epitaph
Earthquake In a Tea Cup
...
"Earthquake in a Tea Cup"

the earthquake 
rocked through 
a pink haze 
soft and powdered
scent of lit smoke
flaming fires 
hot oven baked 
green apples 
ripe skin siz......

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Categories: qt, muse, satire, sensual,
Form: Narrative

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Skin Deep
...
“Skin Deep” 

skin deep 
in beauty

character snatched 
in the grip of plastic

strictly confidential
on the q.t., 

the breath inside
quiet and temporary

love bl......

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Categories: qt, dark, love, surreal,
Form: Narrative
Cardiac Dysrhythmia
...I am as sick as sinus syndrome
At times as lively as V-fib
Accelerated, polymorphic…
Another temporary blip

then Mobitz II attacks.. times slows
it creeps by like prolonged QT
complete heart ......

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Categories: qt, body, crazy, death, health,
Form:
Premium Member Our Qt Savior
...In the cold of the morn with a crisp cloudy day…
A flat tire assailed a young girl, as she went on her way.
Young and full of life but definitely overwhelmed…
She was late for work and her husband......

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Categories: qt, adventure, angst, art, caregiving,
Form: Rhyme



Putin Non Gmo Gluten Free Cheese On the Ritz
...Though a wimpy, tiny, and puny
(smaller than a breadbox) Ogre
whereat my portable minuscule
fingerhut size adobe abode ex
posed to Strunk and White raw
grammatical elements of style,

I counte......

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Categories: qt, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Top Secret From the Poetrysoup Undercover Agent: Re, Aliens
...Keep this under your hat, guys....I'm just back from an undercover investigation of 
what turned out to be a real hidden nest of Alien invaders....they foolishly made 
serious strategic mistakes, w......

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© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: qt, adventure, confusion, mystery, native
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Bitcoin Player In the Blockchain of Life
...As always when in the initial throes
of writing what I strive to concoct viz
pièce de ré·sis·tance, 
which grandiose whim fizz
hills with utter futility, nonetheless this
nondescript husband und......

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Categories: qt, age, analogy, death, fate,
Form: Bio
Tumbleweeds For Brains
...That Woody wanted to see me ASAP,
So we done met near downtown at the KFC.
He says he wants to tell me something FYI,
About some new TFB sorta cowboy guy.

“TFB?” I asks, “You talkin’ ‘bout an I......

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© Glen Enloe  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: qt, cowboy-western, funny, people, me,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Premium Member Alzheimer's Stole My Father
...March 2011
Alzheimer’s unit
A light-fingered kleptomaniac
Among the residents.

If you want to keep something,
Do not bring it with you; and hand
your car keys to the nurses at the front desk
......

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Categories: qt, age, daughter, father, father
Form: Narrative
Is It Or Is It Not a Mystery
...Grandma! Grandma! I am looking for something 
Extraordinary.
You may have seen one since you live by the sea
This thing is not imaginary
In fact it's legendary.
If I told you I think you would a......

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Categories: qt, 8th grade, adventure, beach,
Form: Villanelle
Even Bad Guys Do Good
...Pirates were known for their notorious acts of
This or that.
I learned while traveling the seas
That they were A mean frat
With an endless rum vat
Which got them in to all kinds of troubles on t......

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Categories: qt, adventure, betrayal, corruption, education,
Form: Villanelle
Do You See
...Do you see the dragon in the woods?
It's trying to hide between the trees.
It doesn't seem evil to me so it must 
Be good.
I am going to look. No! I don't think
You should.
We don't even know i......

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Categories: qt, adventure, appreciation, beauty, destiny,
Form: Villanelle
Eve's Drop
...A priest hears confessions Q.T.
And grants absolution for free
Just hearing a cop
In a doughnut shop
Scares the "Be-Jesus" out of me!......

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Categories: qt, religion,
Form: Limerick

Book: Reflection on the Important Things