At The Graveyard
...Tears of fears drip from all that gather
A mystery lyes ahead as the coffin lowers
Sleep smiles on show to see
Some can’t hind the pain though so it breaks through their smiley faces
After ...
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Categories:
capitulates, bereavement, dark, death, farewell,
Form: Elegy
A Hard Reset
...The ecosystem of cyberspace;
I am left wanting to latibulate
high atop this swaying tree;
Similar to a spider who’s web
holds on to a bug for dear life;
Knowing it eventually has to eat;
A...
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Categories:
capitulates, computer, emotions, humanity, nature,
Form: Free verse
In late dusks, smothered sighs of pain melt into tomorrow
...In late dusks, smothered sighs of pain melt into tomorrow,
When waltzing sounds lift and fall in veiled irrelevance.
Sacred moments are captured in the twilight’s golden yolk of creation,
While cr...
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Categories:
capitulates, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
France II
...Let hope rely upon your Maginot
for swift retort has choked your Gallic might.
It crushed your will beneath its undertow
as diligence receded in the fight.
Your flailing forces teeter on defeat
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Categories:
capitulates, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Poland III
...For soon the rains of destiny will fall
as innocence capitulates its soul.
Aggression sealed your fears within a wall
to let disease and hunger take their toll.
Your rank-and-file dissolved into ...
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Categories:
capitulates, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
When the Rich Wage War
...when the rich wage war, it is the poor who die
overflowing their bank accounts as they lie
hiding behind niceties as they make us slaves
wars made to control us, which they create and crave
w...
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Categories:
capitulates, corruption, philosophy, political,
Form: Couplet
Ruth Less
...Salivating to desecrate
Her bones
In state
Lacking
Brains, Heart, Courage
The wizard
Capitulates.
9/21/20
For 'Paint a Picture - 7 Lines' contest
Sponsor: Joseph May...
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Categories:
capitulates, anti bullying, betrayal, heartbroken,
Form: Verse
I Am Right Here
...I Am Right Here
Thy lent shadow tenders thee liberty,
In occasional fading of the sun,
Willed to oneness, stayed in captivity.
Rift recurs thy stained disability,
A jigsaw...
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Categories:
capitulates, anxiety, depression, life, solitude,
Form: Villanelle
Ruffled By the Moon
...Ebony inks the emptiness of space,
highlighting the stars that adorn the night.
And as Luna rises to take Her place
day's shifting shadows morph into twilight:
as the moon and sun attempt...
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Categories:
capitulates, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
Aloof Waft Ting Thru Spiritus Mundi
...While rummaging, mining,
and distilling me gray matter,
stoking mentality activates
oft time surprising me,
where unexpected novel
cognizance never abates,
I experienced becoming
linkedin wi...
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Categories:
capitulates, adventure, allusion, appreciation, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Lagos
...ISALE EKO (LAGOS)
A rooster of discrete tongues
Culture, tradition
Where,
Zillion specters resonate
Quantum croak.
Cock crow,
Erupts whirl, barge at Alaba
Descry of sea of soul cases
Kibb...
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Categories:
capitulates, africa,
Form: Blank verse
Cute Christmas Couplet
...A short, fat man with ruddy nose
Who dresses up in ruddy clothes
And sits behind a tiny herd
Of reindeer as they fly like birds
Across the sky delivering gifts
To boys and girls. He must be sw...
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Categories:
capitulates, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
A Tear For Kanade
...This happens all the time,
The water ripples far from my mind,
I know not, yet know yet again;
the water ripples, is this my sign?
If I walk away, will I sink?
If a wish comes, is it a thought...
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Categories:
capitulates, angel, cry, memory,
Form: Prose Poetry
When You Say My Name
...You wrap my name
In syllables of love
Passion tinged sound units
Caressed by the beauty of your voice
you leave me no choice
but to yield....
breathed into my ear
you release
letter sojourn...
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Categories:
capitulates,
Form: Free verse
The Longing Soul
...The Longing Soul
The moment has arrived
And the night has passed, yet the feelings remain
The sunshine and the clouds dance in the sky
As the wind calls to the longing soul…
Here is the pla...
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Categories:
capitulates, desire, hope, longing,
Form: Prose
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