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Premium Member sway of the summer moon -
the summer moon was swollen, blue
    a flaw that girl knew thru-and-thru
      and taking that light's charm...

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Categories: usurped, beach, lust, moon, ocean,
Form: Rhyme



An Eternity I
Stood upright, between two roads,
On a thin metal rail,
A solitary, brown coloured bottle 
Of beer,          ...

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Categories: usurped, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Fall of the Winter King
The Fall of The Winter King    

He had risen to power
fueled by a vicious and ruthless determination
to reclaim a lost throne.

His tactics...

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Categories: usurped, flower, nature, seasons, spring,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Martians Land In the Us and Regret Saying 'Take Me To Your Leader'
When Martians landed from outer space
They requested to meet a world leader
So Donald arrived with a smirk on his face
But soon turned green with an...

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Categories: usurped, america, humorous, silly, space,
Form: Rhyme
A Reflection On Truth
Why?
Love?
Friends leave!
Where is truth?
Where is love in life?
Truth is but an idle construct!
Friendship nothing but a barren fair weather desert!
The world manifests itself through hollow...

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Categories: usurped, love, trust, truth,
Form: Fibonacci



Well Burnt Poetry
"Poetry is just the ash"

voices clearly purged though

 boldness of inky ash laden passages,

         echoing that which...

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© Paloma P   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: usurped, allegory, passion, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Jozi
I run uphill for some way,
mostly on an easy pavement,
and partially on a jarring dirt track,
I resentfully enjoy a route
against which I am free to...

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Categories: usurped, urban,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Silly Lines
~ Silly Lines~

My main line muse ran away on this sunny this day –
 My confuser got confused - rhythms upside down -
My pen went...

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Categories: usurped, fun, poetry, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Atrophy
She'd had her round in Life's blighting furnace,
Where stealthy wear and age blurred her face.
Dents shot where dreamy dimples had grown,
Lightning smiles usurped by involuntary...

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Categories: usurped, age, allegory, beautiful,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Vagabond
“Wandering through empty and crowded streets with no destination in sight and sleeping under the sky with the fire burning inside was my life, the...

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Categories: usurped, betrayal, dream, home, moving
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Ordinary Care of Providence
Madison's defense of the establishment clause to the Virginia legislature:
"Religion both existed and flourished, not only without the support of human laws, but in spite...

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Categories: usurped, angel, body, light, miracle,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Identity Is Self-Worth
I should embrace the thought of Karma,
that positive aspect that could change me,
instead I rely on my irresistible Charisma
which sparks the friendlessness in me.

I'm more...

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Categories: usurped, anger, character, courage, cry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Mother's Crossroad
     "A Mother's Crossroad"



staring at the tiny white casket
tears cascading as raindrops fell
sorrow surrounds my heart holding blue basket
with his favorite...

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Categories: usurped, death, heart, heart, life,
Form: Rhyme
Rekindled Flame
Regrets
                        ...

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© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: usurped, relationship,
Form: Rictameter
Premium Member Positive Political Psychology
I question my own interplay of psychology and political science.
Does this too facilely root analogy within ecology of climate health v pathology?

Intersections of sociology and...

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Categories: usurped, culture, health, political, psychological,
Form: Prose Poetry

Book: Reflection on the Important Things