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Premium Member Eternal Recurrence
ETERNAL RECURRENCE*


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“I am certain that I have been here as I am now a thousand times before and
 I hope to return a thousand...

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Categories: witless, future, life, , atheist,
Form: Epic



Thoughts On Mgk Eminem Diss, It's Just What I Noticed
Beard looks weird,
that's a lyrical genius to be feared,
you wrote a 6 year song and got the facts wrong,
fired with the hair and safety still...

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© Nick Trim  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: witless, hip hop, humorous, rap,
Form: Rhyme
When Caught In the Wreck of Her Gaze
II

And did his rash actions give this prince
Cause, in moments of troubling quietude,            ...

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Categories: witless, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Cull
I have no pearls of wisdom for you,
you wouldn’t listen in any event,
I’ll give you no advice,
no beatings will be any good either,
it’s not the...

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Categories: witless, introspection, metaphor, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Bloodless - Tale of a Hero and the People He Died For
You knew you were going to die. 1
And yet you came, thinking no matter how insane,
the man on the seat of power would never want...

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© Kp Nunez  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: witless, change, corruption, hero, history,
Form: Epic



Love Song
Here’s what I’m thinking now 
at the end of the world: 

There are no atheists in foxholes— 
no theists in politics. 
If knowledge is power,...

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Categories: witless, angst, confusion, death, depression,
Form: Blank verse
A Classic Summer In Greece For Fantasy Contest
A CLASSIC SUMMER IN GREECE

               Viciousness and mystery erupt on arid...

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Categories: witless, life, lost love, love,
Form: Couplet
His Piffle of Drivel
An ogre is seldom awakened by poetic lines
but he shakes his fists trying to slander others.
I laugh at his desperate attempts at writing.
Delighting in his...

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Categories: witless, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
Out of Sorts, the Heathen
A wandering heathen
compelled to wander and wonder,
clinging to the subjective notions
and half-baked personal philosophies
that evolve with each new day
and whisper with each pale night.
Away from...

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Categories: witless, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Remarks and Barks
Soft as quicksand is the ground beneath the feet
   of those whose words attempt to rile and defeat

Thrown stones cause few ripples before...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: witless, analogy,
Form: Couplet
Unjust
In the world UNCERTAIN
Where people hardly withstand
One another
Walk around, crowns high
And carrying bird-brains
In their hands, whereas 
SOME,
Trying to fathom 
And go deep into the ocean...

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Categories: witless, conflict, confusion, world,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sirens
Several sirens singing on the shore
Called Calypso’s crew for them to adore.
Willing witless wanderers;
Oblivious obeyers, 
Which waves washed through a rocky tidal bore.

Svelte sisters sieved...

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Categories: witless, betrayal, dark, evil, men,
Form: Limerick
Artificial Intelligence - Bah
AI is worthy - but is it a pity?
Nothing's been done on synthetic stupidity
Smart may be good, but dumb gullibility
Will grow without limit and tend...

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Categories: witless, computer, funny, satire, science
Form: Verse
Pocket Watch
Technological age.
Advancement of advancement,
Digital acceleration unlimited.

Gifted and pocketed,
This watch,
Dull dark silver,
True and tested mechanic,
Short and sturdy chain,
Analogue accuracy.

It fits comfortably in my jeans pocket,
Ages alongside...

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Categories: witless, loss, love, time, me,
Form: Free verse
The Passing Storm
Somewhere on this pretty planet,
	There is a heart made of granite,
Indignation its pulse would take,
	The soul’s machine fear'd trust too fake.

On righteous wings glory’s noose,
	Hangs...

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Categories: witless, allegory, allusion, conflict, creation,
Form: Ballad

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