The Pied Piperess
...Orchestrated they succumb onto her board scene ~ As success thrills the ordained Queen of mean—poet
Once upon a time, there was a Queen with a magic flute in her throat
Beknownst to all...
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Categories:
catapults, evil, parody,
Form: Prose
Deprived of your love
...Like a raging river barreling toward an arid basin,
sediment collects inside a hardening heart.
Weighing heavy, eyelids flutter over drowning maculas;
all that can be seen are murky ript...
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Categories:
catapults, angst, dark, poetry, solitude,
Form: Free verse
Flickers of Paranoia
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Written: February 14, 2025 for Brian Strand Contest
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In twilight, specks become stars,
bridges locked in gold,
Engraved whispers on walls
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Categories:
catapults, angst, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Thrust of Dusk
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Pulp wrung out of sunset squeeze
Chinese dragon clouds
make mandarin marquees
Purple curtain shrouds
Folks without homes nobody sees
Electrified skies spark dust to fl...
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Categories:
catapults, absence, allusion, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Humble B Bumble - 35 - Could this bee the end of Bee Bee?
...Could this bee the end of Bee Bee?
Humble came flying through the trees,
After the evil Blues-Bee,
And Humble could see Bee Bee up ahead,
Beeing chased by their enemy.
Humble was trying ...
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Categories:
catapults, adventure, fear, insect, love,
Form: Rhyme
My Favourite Teacher
...March into her reformative room of wisdom
Where knowledge catapults to the threshold of your mind
Where Shakespeare and short stories in spoken English
Gives vibrant vocabulary over volumes o...
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Categories:
catapults, education, student,
Form: Rhyme
time for black magic
...From cult leader wafts a weird smell
What adult can conjure a spell
With words from occult
Which bring the result
That catapults Trump back to hell?...
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Categories:
catapults, humor, magic, mental illness,
Form: Limerick
I Will Sing
...The wind is blowing from all directions and the cloud is falling beneath the earth, the hills are standing tall and strong, and my heart is singing a merry song. I long for the days to come back agai...
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Categories:
catapults, body, business, character, confidence,
Form: Narrative
Never-Ending Street
...I am still trying to process this thing, where on earth have you been? I am still trying to process this thing; you have paid double for your sins. You have gotten all the clues on how to fit a brand...
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Categories:
catapults, 12th grade, betrayal, community,
Form: Narrative
Just In Time
...You have caught the withered section of my soul just in time before it grows old, you have caught the beauty of my heart just before it begins to get dark.
You have been chasing after your dreams...
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Categories:
catapults, business, community, deep, endurance,
Form: Narrative
Every Day Is a New Adventure -
...Every day is a new adventure -
A new iota, a new gnosis –
Search not by the easy standard
But see through the eyes of genesis.
The more I learn, the more I love
What man before me has...
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Categories:
catapults, adventure, life, school, world,
Form: Rhyme
Adult Spare Insults
...A long stare at one is plain insult:
I’ve never done that to an adult,
Even one in his dying Renault,
Badly harassing him with some fault,
Wanting to end up in their own vault
Or owner dispatch ...
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Categories:
catapults, absence, child, language, words,
Form: Rhyme
Peace Means a Lot
...Smiling faces all around. Back-pats and words of appreciation come my way. It feels so good to be acknowledged and not taken for granted. The positivity and feel-good factor does wonders to our well-...
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Categories:
catapults, peace,
Form: Haibun
Lightwaves
...Strong waves cycle round and round
Soft waves circle mound and mound.
Azure breeze catapults waves
Sunlight falls, excites lightwaves....
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Categories:
catapults, art, power,
Form: Jueju
On-Off Old Glance Flashing Its Hint
...I gat no ing job
All I do is place a daring bet
Sometimes I hit the big stone with my toe
While if luck gat my back, it catapults me like a jet
Madness permits corncob
Yet remain hopeful to h...
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Categories:
catapults, art, class, creation, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
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