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The Great Lakes Acronym Spells Homes

...The Great Lakes acronym spells homes

I chose titled topic by a fanciful whim,
nevertheless still consider my knowledge 
of aforementioned material slim.

Housing multivarious biomes
register ...
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Categories: caisson, adventure, america, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme

Cavorting Around While Fecund

...Peachy keen verboten maiden jailbait
USA plum ova ripe fruit
inevitably, inimitably, invariably,...
whets whistle pubescent magic flute
impossible mission to rein with absolute
zero sucks esse t...
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Categories: caisson, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Metrical Tale



The Great Lakes

...Pellucid pearls in northeastern 
   North America since planetary birth
comprise Lakes Superior, Michigan, 
     Huron, Erie, and Ontario 
   (HOMES acronym) dearth
largest group of freshwater l...
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Categories: caisson, 10th grade, 4th grade,
Form: Epic

Funeral At Arlington

...Those who went before were there,
assembled in their ordered columns.

I remember white and brilliant stones,
the rolling green of grass,
a clear blue sky no longer seen.

And I remember too t...
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Categories: caisson, funeral,
Form: Verse

Premium MemberThe Ultimate Sacrifice

...The Ultimate Sacrifice

Arlington’s air was thick with death’s pathos,
Grief and pain shared once more in war’s great loss,
The great sacrifice of our nation’s brave,
Fending off tyranny’s harsh...
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Categories: caisson, america, courage, death, grief,
Form: Rhyme



The Executioner As Scrambled Humorist

...within the under belly of
this hob bull ling Leviathan beast
induced roaring hungry soundcloud issued
within abdominal folds
finding they in creased

never diminishing, matter
whether I turn n...
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Categories: caisson, appreciation, baptism, dark, farewell,
Form: Rhyme

The Great Lakes - Part One

...Pellucid pearls in northeastern North America 
since planetary birth
Comprise Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, 
Erie, and Ontario dearth
Largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth 
Straddle Cana...
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Categories: caisson, beauty, blue, heaven, imagery,
Form: Free verse

Premium Member'mai' Limerick Logic

...Kimmy Mai has my 'heart' in her pocket, (1)
Does not need either ring or a locket,
Love like beer, always loan, (2)
Less fun drinking alone,
And a blast when you're riding a rocket!

Kimmy Mai ...
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Categories: caisson, love, philosophy, science,
Form: Limerick

The Great Lakes - Part One

...Pellucid pearls in northeastern North America since planetary birth
Comprise Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario dearth
Largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth 
Straddle Canadian...
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Categories: caisson, creation, environment, joy, sea,
Form: Epic

Premium MemberDeath's Bouquet

...Death’s Bouquet
            by Odin Roark

Graves give much,
Willing wafted memories ride
The raven’s wind.

Into other air
Where spirits claim dorsal view
Floating beside trumpets jazzed,
While bare...
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Categories: caisson, death,
Form: Free verse

The Funeral of a Hero

...The Funeral Of A Hero

A bugle blows in the distance
Seven gunshots echo
Bouncing off of a thousand trees
A caisson led by dark black horses 
Carrying a simple black box draped in a flag
There is no ...
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Categories: caisson, death, funeral, war,
Form: Free verse

I See Beyond

...I see beyond the crosses  
In the snow covered field
Like soldiers in formation
For whom our hearts aren't healed

I see beyond the sacrifice
Of those that gave their life
And with their fait...
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Categories: caisson, death, loss, war, loss,
Form: Rhyme

Canyon Train

...A silent stillness swaddles the night
A restless wind addled floor doth spite
From rim's spout vaporous cloak descends; prescience to slight
Above melancholy mist, hoot owl resounds with doleful deli...
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Categories: caisson, adventure,
Form: Rhyme

Night's Hypnotic Trance

...Day's end, sun's caisson doth wend
Residual rays a respite to append
Twilight's shroud dreary dividend
Swirls of gray into firmament blend

Vestements of light shed sacral veil
Luna's naked, pale orb...
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Categories: caisson, education, dark, dark,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberCemetery Sounds

...While strolling through a military cemetery about a week or so ago,
I became transfixed by the sounds wafting about that serene plateau.
An inviting bench beckoned me to sit and muse a while,
And ...
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Categories: caisson, sad
Form: Rhyme

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