While Oboes Played Strings were Strummed
...Welo and Shewa
and the Opals of the Region
Darkwin Clouds damped the outdoor festivities leading
the onlookers to go indoors. There these to beautiful women
stood modeling there wears there beau...
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Categories:
centerpiece, engagement, film, hip hop,
Form: Ballade
Performing our Friendship
...What makes a person likeable?
How they look,
how they dress,
or maybe who they’re friends with?
I think it’s about how kind they are,
their willingness to be your friend.
“I guess w...
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Categories:
centerpiece, 10th grade, anger, best
Form: Free verse
My overrated Facade
...These scars on my wrists that you just don’t see
This noose around my neck means nothing to me
It’s just the way my life is entrapped by your charm
Your centerpiece of loveliness, you see no harm
...
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Categories:
centerpiece, abuse, angst, confusion, dark,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Nuclear Winter: Holiday Dinner Reimagined
...
We sat in the fallout
of last year’s gift exchange—
smashed angel centerpiece
taped back together
as good as a rogue bomb
if someone mentioned it.
Our voices dragged
like anchors throu...
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Categories:
centerpiece, christmas,
Form: Free verse
Flower of Christmas
...mint green Christmas and
star shaped poinsettias point
at the golden hour
red plant revelry
and hoot owl's quiet in snow
mauve sun is setting
pretty centerpiece
where loved ones ga...
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Categories:
centerpiece, christmas, flower, jesus, joy,
Form: Haiku
A Faded Photo - for contest
...
A faded photo of his father
all that’s left of the man
A centerpiece in his son’s home
on the mantle it stands
The creases in the photo
match those on his f...
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Categories:
centerpiece, father son, nostalgia, work,
Form: Rhyme
ROBERT SHERRIFF Leonardo's Art
...ROBERT SHERRIFF 08/07/1954 - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER
Leonardo's Art
Leonardo da Vinci, a visionary of his time, was often likened to a gra...
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Categories:
centerpiece, age, art, heart, women,
Form: Spoken Word
Pizza Pleasures
...
Since, I was only a braided, wee bit of a thing….
Pizza, was even better than owning a diamond ring.
It was a taste of Italia and great camaraderie also….
We were joyful ano no time ...
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Categories:
centerpiece, joy,
Form: Rhyme
Information Overload
...Fraught is not dauntless as The Honor is frighting
AS my kids sleep one day they'll wake up
Ziplines tragedies uptown is where the rich sleep
Lucky is being true to your Maker
AS no Master has ye...
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Categories:
centerpiece, addiction, allah,
Form: Free verse
Ode be to The Beast
...I knowest there'd be rime aplenty,
forthwith I see frozed sea of many
unlearned sorts who'd unread apiece
of Dante's acclaimed centerpiece
for had they'd all, with certainty ... read,...
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Categories:
centerpiece, fate, fire, horror, imagery,
Form: Ode
Forever and Ever
...This one's for you:
This is for my cat who passed away recently. He was approaching 22 years old in June.
Your hugs held me every day
Your voice, our conversations
Your howling, when you claime...
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Categories:
centerpiece, cat, children, loss, love,
Form: Free verse
He has something to tell Us
...They looked to find him
to discuss his shirt.
on the front of
the large sized, great
quality cotton t-shirt
were the letters
I.-S.-D.
perfectly centered in
royal blue letters with...
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Categories:
centerpiece, chocolate, culture, dance, film,
Form: Ballade
Dried Flowers
...fresh flower bouquet
turned upside down and sun-dried
makes great centerpiece...
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Categories:
centerpiece, beauty, flower,
Form: Haiku
Would You Love Me If I Weren't a Poet? - Spelling Edit
...I tried to read a favorite poem of mine for you.
Your eyes glazed over.
You could have been a lizard on a rock
sunning yourself, entirely unaware
that I felt as though I were there in front of yo...
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Categories:
centerpiece, poetry,
Form: Free verse
A Delicious Bowl of Soup
...Written: August 23, 2023
Soup Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Robert James Liguori
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In t...
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Categories:
centerpiece, analogy, appreciation, uplifting,
Form: Rhyme
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