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Manson the surgeonManson, the surgeon.
I know of a famous neuro-surgeon who retired at 65
to write a book that made him more famous
Now he is 72 and has cancer of the testicles, life
in the fast lane has...
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Categories:
best friend, courage, cute,
Form: Blank verse
therapyThe therapy
Once I drove from the south to the North of Portugal
with a sojourn into Spain, long enough to see how
different the two countries are made me anti-unipolar.
I was driving around before the creation of...
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Categories:
angst, appreciation, best friend,
Form: Blank verse
The Singer And The SongTo sing, or not to sing, the tongue is dry;
Yet still, lyrics written with some caution,
The words and music are pleasantly heard;
The song takes shape it is ready to sing,
And by singing it shall become...
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Categories:
feelings,
Form: Blank verse
Poets Do Not Make MistakesPoets do not make mistakes
When we throw the pen
It lands in ink, on purpose
Then on paper in lines
we hunt you till we find you
And haunt you with echoes
Poets get it right
when we walk...
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Categories:
allusion, poets,
Form: Blank verse
the man who wanted to be an emperorThe man who wanted to be Emperor
He was (is) a great president of his country, the two
presidents before him had nearly destroyed the country
one for being naïve, the other for a hopeless drunk.
The state...
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Categories:
anger, devotion, history,
Form: Blank verse
Time Well Spent
In my mind’s eye, I see it standing there,
the small brick siding house where I once lived.
No sign of it remains. Oh, how I wish
I had one small memento to embrace.
The trees we children climbed...
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Categories:
nostalgia,
Form: Blank verse
dysfunctional familyLife isnt fair
And it starts at home
When you're the responsible one
Even if you weren't there
You get exploited and used
Yet still it's not enough
Whatever the issue
It was because of you
If only you would get your act...
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Categories:
family,
Form: Blank verse
Winter RainsThe rain sprays the doors and windows
The grounds soften, the leaves flap in the winds
The beginning I hope, the start of the winter
Books and movies the mailman walks through the
Breeze. My mind...
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Categories:
blessing, rain, winter,
Form: Blank verse
when love is not enoughWhen love is not enough
The bird of love sits in a gilded cage, sometimes
it gets out and flies in search of mischief.
Anton, a young student from a middle-class family
sat in a crowded café drinking a...
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Categories:
anti bullying, break up,
Form: Blank verse
Bicycle Poem - 2A wobble waiting in the shed
A joke cracked by Victorian comedians
A test of youthful instability
A trial by tarmac
An unyielding seat with changing views
A wetter way of travelling through rain
A soundless nemesis for pensioners
A tin-tack gathering...
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Categories:
analogy, funny, hilarious, imagery,
Form: Blank verse
the highborn womanThe highborn woman and her sons.
An old woman has died she was famous for having no opinion
about anything; talking about “families” soft as flannel patting
a child’s stately bum.
One of her sons has taken her place...
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Categories:
abuse, birth, break up,
Form: Blank verse
cold winter of 1949the cold winter of 1949
The frost hung mercilessly over our town
the woman who had had her nose frozen off
in the winter of 1933, said this time it was worse.
It was bad, cats jumping from one...
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Categories:
birth, earth day, november,
Form: Blank verse
fire engineFire-engine
Now that it is autumn going towards winter
I often think about morbid things to avert this
I think of what I liked as a child.
The sound of the fire engine rushing through
the town; ran...
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Categories:
best friend, birthday, history,
Form: Blank verse
Present LivingGot to be in the moment. Live. Be present.
Forget the past. Don’t anticipate the future. Just live.
To presently live is to let go of anxious thoughts.
Let go of held stress baring weights.
Let go of...
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Categories:
faith, life, wisdom,
Form: Blank verse
How to be Wise and NiceIf we forget noble friends
And stay with no regrets
One day we will lose them
Due to our careless mind
If we shrewdly use time
And distribute it equitably
Our success is assured
We get in life victory
If we know to...
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Categories:
care, nice,
Form: Blank verse
Specific Types of Blank Verse Poems
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contemporary, iambic pentameter, life, love, nature, sonnet
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Definition | What is Blank Verse in Poetry?