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Premium Member Microshot
When looking for a quack with spiked rates
Some try the Windowed Office of Bill Gates
Coz right on the spot
He’ll give you a shot
But be prepared...

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Categories: rates, angst, corruption,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member Pointing To the Problems
POINTING TO THE PROBLEMS 
  {Bivouacs}

Beat down with legal fees
Tied up with taxes;
Tripped up with mortgages;
Ripped off with student loans
Insulted with insurance
Telephone updates.

Out of...

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Categories: rates, earth day, emotions, fish,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Book of Books
A book comprised of sixty-six,
with content of a unique mix.
Though found in almost every home,
It’s very much an unread tome.

The authors were a motley crew,
Into...

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Categories: rates, allusion, bible, christian, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
He's Just a Dog
He’s just a dog, a mongrel pup that fitted in me hand,
short haired, tan and white, with needs of high demand,
he’s whingy and he’s whiny,...

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Categories: rates, animal, dog, trust, mum,
Form: Rhyme
Procrastination
Skimming through paragraphs,
I seem to stretch time and shrink my attention 
Underlining words I can't grasp
With my limited span of concentration,
Creating art I can't explain...

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Categories: rates, anxiety,
Form: Free verse



The Color of Our Blood
In my innocence I went out into the world
Eager to learn all the lessons I can hold
The things I’d learn I’d love to share
Alas, people...

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© Kp Nunez  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rates, black african american, discrimination,
Form: Rubaiyat
Premium Member Back To Traffic School
Before yellow changes to red,
there’s only one thing in my head.
It’s to get through that light
for my time is so tight.
On the pedal my foot...

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Categories: rates, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Old Covered Bridges
Ah, the rustic charm of our old uncovered bridges
built in a century not quite on the verge of major industrialization -
back in a time when...

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Categories: rates, nostalgia, world,
Form: Free verse
Poetry In An Urdu Nutshell
Garage       
stacked high
scribbled stenos of
an automatic act
of little understanding or thought-------------
{tuhituhi}

visceral finality       
zero...

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Categories: rates, poems, poetry, poets, self,
Form: Nazm
Premium Member The Hill
On a bright sunlit morning, washed brilliant with clover,
the day was alive with complacency, as color.
The day had no reason to quiver off course.
A cat...

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Categories: rates, angst, earth, natural disasters,
Form: Free verse
Sparkling Kisses
Trying my best to concentrate on what is being said
For thoughts of him kissing me are swirling in my head
An electric current connecting us refuses...

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Categories: rates, love, passion, romance, leaving,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Southern Secret
Down south, Magnolia trees are everywhere
Broad shiny leaves adorn this evergreen
Each spring sweet blossoms permeate the air
Their smell and beauty add to any scene

Their flowers...

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Categories: rates, love, tree,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Hot Spot
~I don't need, In case you haven't heard~

I don't need to strip for no crown, unless you desire large breast
Casarah, there's no need to be...

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Categories: rates, crazy, creation, dedication, desire,
Form: Alliteration
This Is Why I Need You Lord
So much negativity surrounds us today
People living their lives in fear
Homeless seeking shelter somewhere safe
Please Lord show me that you care
Unemployment is rising people are...

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Categories: rates, god, poverty, religious,
Form: Rhyme
Ain'T That Some ****
6/27/17

No longer dreaming
Just proceeding
Without cheating
I am achieving
More than I ever was believing
Every single evening
Now my impressions are leaving
Even more meaning
To other human beings
While I am...

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Categories: rates, dark, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things