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Lapsed contra dancer rediscovers his happy placeLapsed contra dancer rediscovers his happy place
I tip figurative hat to the late Cathy Robertson, longtime (lifetime) Thomas Paine Unitarian Church member, who unwittingly and quite casually made mention of contra dancing, which inopportunely, inextricably,...
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Categories:
body, 12th grade, addiction, adventure,
Form: Free verse
Uplifting
Categories:
body, cheer up, fun,
Form: Free verse
Division Of Neighbor
‘Hey stomach,’ says anus,
‘Would you cut the crap.’
“It’s not me,’ stomach says;
‘I won’t take the wrap.
It’s what they’re eating,
So blame teeth and mouth.
I’m innocent,’ says stomach,
‘For that filth down south.’
Brain has a good laugh
At organ...
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Categories:
analogy, betrayal, body,
Form: Rhyme
Uplifting
"My words may be fact or fiction, only the reader can decide!"
Quote by Poet
Uplifting
Unless you have been very well blessed
Perfect pert breasts often sag over time
Let me be totally honest with you all
I once...
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Categories:
body, humorous,
Form: Acrostic
Tattoos
Categories:
body,
Form: Monoku
Appearance
Categories:
body,
Form: Monoku
Change
Categories:
body,
Form: Senryu
Bye Bye Fat MeI can’t believe it’s really me
Waist to head, I’m a Christmas tree
From this fat, I’ll never be free
A healthy life I’ll never see
I gained a little here and there
And now the people seem to stare
This...
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Categories:
addiction, body, change, food,
Form: Sonnet
Coagulation Starter
Finally, my blood began to coagulate,
I really did not think this would eventuate.
But now there’s hope I will not exsanguinate,
because I feel my blood now hemagglutinate.
Remain in my blood vessels and just circulate
perfusing all my...
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Categories:
body,
Form: Monorhyme
Coagulation Starter
Finally, my blood began to coagulate,
I really did not think this would eventuate.
But now there’s hope I will not exsanguinate,
because I feel my blood now hemagglutinate.
Remain in my blood vessels and just circulate
perfusing all my...
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Categories:
body,
Form: Monorhyme
caringthe pain is a mothers warm kiss
but my mother never kissed me
kisses were replaced with hits
words of love were twisted into hateful stabs
my mother could never care for me
so i cared for myself
and i hit...
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Categories:
body, abuse, age, anger, angst,
Form: Free verse
The Age of WisdomI placed my head between my knees to have a good look at the trees beneath me; I held it there for some time and found that nature was divine.
I saw the seeds springing from...
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Categories:
body, age, america, analogy, best
Form: Narrative
Coagulation"Finally my blood began to coagulate,"
the second stage of hemostasis -- how great!
First I applied pressure to the bleeding spot,
the platelets circulate to stop it (a "clot.")
Coagulation forms a more solid wall,
in other words: a...
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Categories:
body, caregiving, health, humanity,
Form: Quatrain
The Global RhythmThere is a rhythm that is moving around the globe, and you have to catch on to it before you grow old, it is moving at a very fast pace and if you don’t catch...
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Categories:
body, age, america, animal, best
Form: Narrative
The snifflesWell now I really know I am getting "old"
putting myself to bed early with a cold :O
Come on orange juice, zinc, and water, do your trick
Praying here that with rest, I'll feel better --...
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Categories:
body, how i feel,
Form: Couplet
Specific Types of Body Poems
Definition | What is Body in Poetry?
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