Best Ready(A) Poems
T'Was the Night Before Christmas
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'Twas the night before Christmas, all children were in bed
Elves were loading the sleigh, for Santa's big night ahead
A heavy fall of fresh snow had now covered the ground
The whole world ......
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Categories:
ready(a), christmas, humor,
Form:
Narrative
Animus In Prelude
...Coffeeblood castings surface
Earthworms rip through trenches
Tangleweeds tug at my limbs
Twisting ferns rake through my hair
As spikes of foxglove ready a violet strangle
The sun itself is fixin......
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Categories:
ready(a), nature
Form:
Free verse
Anywhere But Here
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Written: November 27, 2024, For Contest Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh
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Whimsical whispers of wind
are my wondrous wicket
restive ......
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Categories:
ready(a), analogy, character, identity,
Form:
Free verse
Wear That Hat
...Wear that Hat and wear it well,
If it drags you, we all can tell.
If you'll fake, real, or true
Whatever you are it will come through.
Wear that Hat and shut the church down
Make everyone turn......
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Categories:
ready(a), beauty, bereavement, blessing, christmas,
Form:
Light Verse
Teenage Years
...In a long ago day no term such as teenager
was inferred
Upon reaching pubescence adulthood was
conferred
No separate entity were teenage years
thought to be
Anymore than 20 or 30 even 93
Th......
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Categories:
ready(a), funny, growing up, humor,
Form:
Couplet
A Tormented Soul
...What’s this heavy weight? If I could see it,
I would launch it from my chest.
Do I not deserve a reason for cradling such a thing?
Do my shallow breaths not catch your attention?
When my arms begin ......
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Categories:
ready(a), depression, me, me,
Form:
The Fusillading of a Freedom Fighter
...Such an ironic plight in blinding light of day,
his appreciation, the cruel blindfold o’er eyes,
after his dark time served in dank cell of dismay,
taken out at dawn, a bright morn for his demise.......
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Categories:
ready(a), death, dream, freedom, military,
Form:
Rhyme
Shadow
...Shadows on walls, enjoyment of shapes
Rabbits, Dogs all made to enthrall
The feeling of late, drowned in sound
Time for a walk, shadow beckons
Lost the energy that once abounded
Standing enjoyin......
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Categories:
ready(a), confusion, self,
Form:
Free verse
Love As It Relates To Baseball
...I stand on the plate with the sun in my eyes
the pitcher is ready, a fastball he flies
I swing just as hard as I possibly can
love says "strike one" as I try it again
I choke up on the bat, pul......
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Categories:
ready(a), imagination, introspection
Form:
Couplet
How Great Is a Mother's Love
...By Poet "A mother's love is made in heaven."
A special gift given from above
only one person can feel.
How great is a mother's love.
She always has ready a delicious m......
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Categories:
ready(a), child, flower, food, home,
Form:
Terzanelle
For Domestics
...My cat, she plays so, with her prey.
It is what nature tells them to do.
We cannot shame the feline’s way
For they believe they’ve brought us food.
The dog will always be our fri......
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Categories:
ready(a), animal, cat, nature, pets,
Form:
Sonnet
How To Make a Chocolate Kettle
...Light the oven with a spark
Wearing paper gloves in the dark
Add water: a litre
From a distance of a metre
Add a rampant stinging nettle
Then its ready: a chocolate kettle......
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Categories:
ready(a), children,
Form:
Couplet
Unto Us A Child Was Born
...Unto Us A Child Was Born
The first birth from the divine mother
Promised by the LIVING God
A new star shining a way to find the new king in darkness
That would become the morning star
To shine......
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Categories:
ready(a), faith,
Form:
Free verse
Ode To the Muse
...You come to me in the still of the night,
I’m awakened by your presence beside,
You come and bring inspiration and light,
These you give to me and make them reside,
They come in an amiable serene......
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Categories:
ready(a), art, imagery, muse,
Form:
Ode
The Dreadful Day
...See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their pare......
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Categories:
ready(a), fate,
Form:
Free verse