THE PRISMATIC SELF
...Contest : The Prismatic Self
Sponsor : Daniel Henry Rodgers
Date submitted : 19/5/25
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“Contests around track, contests for followers,
for best tasting wine, most exquisite
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Categories:
cappuccinos, age, character, courage, destiny,
Form: Bio
new computers
...Our burdens are lifted—it’s spring break, after all.
Though ocean breezes, surf sounds, the smell of sunblock,
fresh tans and bottomless margaritas at the beach can be healing,
we decided to vac...
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Categories:
cappuccinos, boyfriend, computer, fun, holiday,
Form: Free verse
Walk The Tightrope
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We were visiting good old Niagara Falls, the most beautiful place on earth. With its waterfall cadences and fresh lit sun, who could ask for anything more. Hand in hand we strolled together we...
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Categories:
cappuccinos, appreciation, memory, missing you,
Form: Haibun
Coffee: The Greatest Of All Time
...The little humble bean
that found its way into a cup
made a splash upon the scene
after Kaldi’s goat had stirred it up
it travelled fast and well
from Ethiopia to Yemen
some called it the dri...
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Categories:
cappuccinos, animal, drink, history, journey,
Form: Rhyme
Terrace
...One of soft summer evenings is fading and passers go by
Cappuccino in hand and a cig, you relax in delight
Sick and happy you sit, and it must be your favorite style
Or at least that's the way I r...
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Categories:
cappuccinos, dedication, eulogy, feelings, lost
Form: Rhyme
Bloomed
...BLOOMED
I saw a vision in the early spring,
A haunting vision of pure loveliness.
Her silken hair cascading down her back,
She sat there, lost in thoughts of who knows what.
I...
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Categories:
cappuccinos, love,
Form: Blank verse
Critterature: Fabulous Faraway Places
...A beaver and a bandicoot,
After playing squash one day,
Were sipping cappuccinos
At a quaint outdoor café.
"Ah, thish ish sho like Parish",
Lisped the beaver with a sigh.
"And I," remarked the...
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Categories:
cappuccinos, animal, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Grandma
...Grandma, we miss you
You were loved by all the family
Each and every day
We had lots of fun together
Never to be forgotten
Grandma, we miss you
You loved cappuccinos
And heated dinne...
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Categories:
cappuccinos, emotions, family, grandmother, memorial,
Form: Epitaph
Study In White
...Acrid smoke in the scientist’s bell jar
Blankets of chenille-covered snow
Crystalline carbon diamond star
Drips forming stalactites grow
Effervescent waterfalls’ dreams
Frothy-topped cappuccinos...
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Categories:
cappuccinos, angel, beautiful, snow, water,
Form: Abecedarian
Gem's Lament
...broken strings
on your guitar
no longer get repaired
and rough songs
lay scattered
'cross your room
you're not here
where lattes
where cappuccinos
meshed with your tales
of soul, of...
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Categories:
cappuccinos, dream,
Form: Lyric
Do
...6/20/17
Aye
Okay
Here we go
My first and last initials are D.O
Paying haters little mind, and smacking 'em away like a mosquito
With the force of el Nino
Skills of Morpheus and Neo
Know...
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Categories:
cappuccinos, dark, devotion, meaningful, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Coffee Cup Calculations - Poet's Cut
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Based on BBC news article "Maths zeroes in on perfect cup of coffee"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37989169
Two billion cups a day we drink
To stay awake so we can t...
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Categories:
cappuccinos, drink, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Verse
Coffee Cup Calculations
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Based on BBC news article "Maths zeroes in on perfect cup of coffee"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37989169
Two billion cups a day we drink
To stay awake so we can t...
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Categories:
cappuccinos, drink, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Verse
We Wait
...No chatter patter, I'm alone in a lonely house as winter arrives
My thoughts fly to you as you travel afar in distant regions
You still write me letters, though with fewer lines
Yet, they are fill...
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Categories:
cappuccinos, children, house, husband, memory,
Form: Free verse
The Lesson
...lost my two front teeth
in a fall
this past fall
put two shiny new Washington quarters
under my pillow
to get replacements
Daddy told me
that his dental plan
will replace
only up to ...
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Categories:
cappuccinos, corruption, father, life, passion,
Form: Blank verse
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