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Riley
A fireball
burning from within.
Destined to destroy
and you know it.
But don’t stand too close.
You’ll get lost in
her fiery eyes.

She’s an enchantress
but she doesn’t know it.
So captivating
you’re...

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© Kacie Ray  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: riley, appreciation, beautiful, strength,
Form: Narrative



Riley Ann Sawyer
Riley Ann Sawyer

A little Angel she was. She came to Earth one day
her stay here was short. instead of heaven - she 
found Hell. It...

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Categories: riley, murder,
Form: Bio
Premium Member Riley and Anthony
A female coyote pup was rescued 
by the Arizona Game and Fish Commission,
whom afterward, came to be known as Riley.
A sickly lion cub that was...

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Categories: riley, animal,
Form: Rhyme
You Know
Yes, my dear, you know,
You are my source of joy, rejuvenation, hope
I need your emotion spread onto my life,
I need your heart to sing among...

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Categories: riley, emotions, friendship, happiness, joy,
Form: Ode
Premium Member My Old Black and White
What I’d give to wake in the morning and hear those church bells ring
To turn on my old black and white and hear Gene Autry...

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Categories: riley, nostalgiaold, friend, old,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member You might be Irish
This was written a few years ago for St. Patty's Day and posted:
If your favorite color is green and of the Emerald Isles you dream,
you...

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Categories: riley, holiday,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Growing Young
Another year older
Yet I feel just the same
Except my hair's turned greyer
and my knees are getting lame

I once had buns of steel
My mind was like...

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Categories: riley, allusion, child, growing up,
Form: Quatrain
Letters From Vietnam
LETTERS FROM VIETNAM.........Volume One......

November and December...1967/68.......

I drove by your house...several times...In hopes of seeing you......but then I had to go 
away....

Dearest Sharon,

I missed your Prom....I...

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Categories: riley, adventure
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Finger Gossip
The grandfather clock just struck twelve, that magic hour of night,
And there he sits drumming our fingers musing about something to write!
He's been biting our...

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Categories: riley, funnyold, old,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Everything and Nothing
Everything and Nothing
A life of riley one would say. I bet you have everything and nothing to want. You have it made, you’re so lucky,...

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Categories: riley, life, people, life, house,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Punxsutawney Phil Speaks
Punxsutawney Phil Speaks

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: riley, celebration, weather,
Form: Rhyme
Ronald Rump
repugnant racist republican reviled - rickettsia re:itch ruler. 
rapaciously ravaged revered reverential rubric. 
radical ruthless renegade rapidly riotously rips rigged ramparts. 
refrains retaining remnant redolent...

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Categories: riley, allusion, analogy, confusion, crazy,
Form: Alliteration
Through a Cats Eyes
I live the “life of Riley” can’t you see
I’m crafty and cunning and independently free
I warm my owner up with a rub and a purr
A...

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Categories: riley, animals, funnyhouse, house, may,
Form: Light Verse
Scattered All Around
"Fragments and crumbs of life, all the little pieces" 

               ...

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Categories: riley, allegory, life, loss, sad,
Form: Free verse
Abc Love
A- Is For The Angels That Brought You Here
B- Is For The Battle I Had To Fight To Get You
C- Is For The Times You...

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© Katie Volz  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: riley, love, love, me,
Form: ABC

Book: Shattered Sighs