Best Versifiers Poems

I was cursed with ink 
intoxicating blank canvases 
with toxic scribbles,
releasing twisted tales 
of suppressed troubles.
I was a forsaken  ebony rose 
in satan's grasp,
kneeling on ungodly needs
in a gothic fortress 
of woeful odes,
surrounded by black knights
and colorless blossoms,
searching for legitimate sestinas
and versatile villanelles
to ignite...

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A world community like no other, this troupe
Of writers and lovers of insightful poetry
Gathered under the imprimatur of Poetry Soup --
Delightful, inspirational, sometimes contrary 
With verses ranging from wildflowers to poop.

Something for everyone in these lofty environs
Even historical forays and pedantic endeavor
From sonnets to limericks,...

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I DREW A BLANK CONTEST
Sponsor: John Lawless


I sat and began a journal entry.
Songs of doves with white wings
flying into the night came to my
mind. Do doves fly at night? Unknown 
to me, I sat under the stars asking the 
universe. I saw the reflection of...

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Now, ol’ Twister Tom he was quite a cowboy find—
A real rock hard cowpoke, though the question begged—
Some say that he was a legend in his own mind,
He’d a been six foot six if he weren’t so bow-legged!

But standin’ five foot two he was a...

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Wars will end 
    when 
the combatants decide 
   to 
stop fighting 
   and attend poetry READINGS
The brave fighters of 
   this world 
are sometimes into verse(Patton was)
The power to win hearts 
  lies in...

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They are still fighting in the Mideast 
Jews killing Arabs and Arabs killing Jews 
Civil wars in Yemen and Syria 
lead  to the death of children
Will out poems change people's hearts? 
Let us pray they do 
A litle optimism 
is what is needed 
by...

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May I state with all humility,
‘Tis not for the faint-hearted
Poetizing requires ability,
Entering a territory uncharted
Sometimes hard to get started.

What calls itself a poem, I say,
Often differs from a poet’s idea
For versifiers often play,
Like mixing a new sangria,
While readers sigh, mama mia!

Written August 18, 2022...

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Avid versifiers
        commingle on this site
        rising to the challenge
        of contests day and night
        seeking an...

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Long I left this room of rhymes
Where verses bought my pens
A Price-tool that seems priceless
But full of ink-prices-dress

Where a lord, a noble and a king
Read of the rhymes I bring;
Where the table is set of a writer’s ten
A fat pen plumping a poet’s pen'

The rebirth...

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Though unlived ages defter poets shall bring,
And blur all rhymes woven in my barren span;
May young pupil-scribes with like relish savor
These yellowing tropes as sworn zealots can. 

Despite the flurrying crop of many sharper wits,
Let new apprentices of fine art read these lines;
And gratefully gain...

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I am surrounded by 
tens of thousands of 
volumes of verse here
Chinese, Japanese ,Jewish and 
just about every ethnic group is represented here 
Spoke with the librarian 
She said she is too busy to find the 
time to write 
Well, I have some time so...

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When I go out to speak,
I mean to be heard,
giving voice to the spoken word.
I am one of many,
one of the chosen few,
of a distinguished crew.
Poets who answered the call,
Wordsmiths, Storytellers
Versifiers, master mighty mouth
Manipulators and speakers of the truth.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Young and old alike.
Tonight, those...

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F A M E
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My health is precarious 
But I have a pen and pen by my side
So, once more I make the effort at verse
I have been published  even reviewed
So I send out greeings
to all you versifiers out there 
Keep up your verse!
It is something 
which will...

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People pass by and moonlight causes shadows to 
appear in the metropolis
Where are they all going?
I surmise that some are going to see family
while others are going to see lovers
A full moon shines down - paying special attention to 
the lovers
In the late evening one...

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