Poetic Cauldron
...Listen—
There’s a cauldron bubbling in the basement of my soul,
black as midnight, black like my melanin blacker than coal.
where syllables melt into molten gold.
into this cauldron I thro...
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Categories:
boiled down, imagery, inspirational, introspection, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Effervescence
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Boiled down to its simplest element
our vitality is our power
it's the inner source of enthusiasm
that gives our life the effervescence
that makes it all worthwhile ~...
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Categories:
boiled down, joy, life, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Memorial Day And Joe D 2025
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Today my thoughts are on Master Sergeant Joe D.
my brother who was four years younger than me.
Growing up Brother Joe was always the battler,
he took no one’s “stuff” and was never a p...
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Categories:
boiled down, brother, memorial day, military,
Form: Couplet
My Single Resolution for the New Year
...“There are enormous possibilities for one to improve in life, as world is a great university and we are taught through text books of life’s experiences with sagacious sages and savants as...
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Categories:
boiled down, engagement, future, identity,
Form: Rhyme
Happy Birthday, Sister Mine
...Everything your heart desires,
All that for you life requires,
Can be boiled down to one thing,
That in this gift resides.
Want you not the treasured things,
That others crave - like diamond r...
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Categories:
boiled down, birthday, fun, funny, humor,
Form: Rhyme
A Witchy Bait and Switch
...When a woman I yearned for would not return my emotion,
I consulted a witch for a magic love potion.
She said there was an elixir that would suit my request,
Time-consuming to make, but was by far...
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Categories:
boiled down, halloween, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Life Unbound
...Waiting for life to come to me,
the clock ticked down to one
With barely but a second left,
my tendency to run
With nothing left but one last tick,
all motion seemed to stop
Perspective c...
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Categories:
boiled down, life,
Form: Rhyme
But I Still Believe
...Faith.
I know faith.
I’ve read faith
Lived faith
Breathed faith.
Bled faith.
I know faith.
I’ve believed in a god who never came
I’ve screamed to a god who said I only need whisper a ...
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Categories:
boiled down, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Shoes
...I was walking the streets
Of magnificent city with elegant
Skyscraper buildings and sidewalks
Enveloped in the veil of colorful
Blooming summer flowers all over
I was window shopping for unusu...
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Categories:
boiled down, allegory, allusion, analogy, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Recess 1
...Recess 1
Third grade
Ms. Greene
Handed me tightly wrapped Chinese candy
And Starburst occasionally
A little girl
Fresh out of Haiti
Bullied
Teased, punched and kicked
Scared and scarr...
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Categories:
boiled down, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Narrative
This Is a Pencil
...This is a pencil
This was his challenge to
a different understanding..
A proper challenge..I might add..
which can be boiled down to
a choice of perception..
We appear to live in a world
of ...
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Categories:
boiled down, celebration, imagery,
Form: Blank verse
Take Back Nothing
...“Take it back!”
I shouted in protest, in earnest
to defend my honesty, personal integrity
Truth be told I don't know why
what she spoke was true
I'm a fool, I'm no good
at least that's what I b...
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Categories:
boiled down, nonsense,
Form: Free verse
What Do You Miss From It All
...What is it you miss from it all
The familiar faces and places you recall
The laughter and fun always
The times that went by in a haze
Or is it just being there
That you want to have no care
F...
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Categories:
boiled down, loneliness, remember,
Form: Ballad
Back Then, Dandelion Greens Were Segregated Too
...Martin, a very senior citizen, wants to get a bucket and knife and go hunt up some greens in a field in Alabama. But in spite of his yearnings for a big bowl of greens, he knows his wife, Martha, won...
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Categories:
boiled down, race,
Form: Prose
The Sun's a Liar-Children's Story Short Contest-
...The Sun Is a Liar
It’s been quite some time since I've awoke early enough to meet the sun coming over the horizon. As I gazed out the window from my bedroom window seat, the sky was cloud free...
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Categories:
boiled down, childhood,
Form: Prose
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