Best Recitation Poems

My cousin and I were dismayed
By the kids who were in her third grade
They had no answers to tell
Though they spoke very well
And knew how...

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A nocturnal phenomenon
When the sun falls from the heavens
And we begin the recitation of the constellations
And chart your wisdom in the fourth dimension

To a constant...

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As I sit upon these old porch steps, that I have always known
A weathered stoop, with gray floorboards, that shake with every wind
These creaks and...

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As words escaped constricted passage
of time from eons of layered myths,
legends of demi-gods thus linked,
in glowing rendition, with whisk on hand
the Orator with staff, sang...

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Please read very slow...............She said.....

I don't need your poetry
With words that rhyme.....
Just hold hands with me
From time to time

You don't need a reservation....
To keep in...

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I’d extend an invitation
to all in the congregation
through this speech of inspiration
which is quite a compilation
yet I expect no adulation
and no gest of adoration
for in...

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Recitation Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Team PoetrySoup

I dreamed a dream and I mourned you once again,
I woke up in tears as I turned and saw your picture,
I...

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Reciting prayers,
Body splayed across the floor,
Reaching for heaven.

Knees gnarled and bent,
Mouth calloused from oration,
Hands clasped tightly shut.

Passionless faith is,
Just ceaseless recitation,
Magic doomed to fade....

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CROSS

belief

religion



around my fingers

a string of crystal beads

recitation of prayers 



“ a memory of  Christian faith “

6/28/2016

 Contest: CLARITY IN A TREASURE BOX
Sponsored By: Nette...

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Memory verse-recitation 
enriched our phone conversation, 
concluded with, “Mommy loves you, 
but God loves you the most!”  
Gaining consciousness after his accident, 
“Mommy” was...

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puzzling with all the words in the order
and changing them - around, and 'round again
effecting or affected by affective disorder
to sound around some pleasing refrain

what's...

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My keyboard is an extension
of my soul; every key I punch
reveals muted intimacy
by contriving words and phrases
given voice through  recitation.
An intimacy in peril
especially in...

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The reading of Villon poems at West Berlin’s Free University, Winter Semester 1957-58
            ...

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A vexatious question posed by kids of every generation,
One that sets parents to gnashing their teeth with irritation,
And tends to spread a pall over a...

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Transparently robust private/public healers,
servants,
ego/ecotherapists,
investigate, with appreciation,
cooperative health insurance
for people,
healthy homes,
resilient transportation,
and cooperative tree and plant and children and elderly nursing
preserved through winter kitchens
and solar-fueled composting...

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