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OVERLOOKED BEAUTY MY PRETTY MAGGOTS
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James Edward Lee Sr.
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centipede, analogy, confusion, cool, creation,
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A Sting From Hell
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KENG CHUAN SENG
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centipede, community, education, environment,
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Synthetic Sack of Sorrows
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Freddie Robinson Jr.
| Dramatic Monologue |
centipede, allusion, character, emotions, perspective,
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The Bug Jar Part 1
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Carol Connell
| Narrative |
centipede, family, love, memory, poverty,
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Where Beauty Lies
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Daniel Turner
| Sonnet |
centipede, imagination, simple,
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Considering the Centipede
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Jim Slaughter
| Limerick |
centipede, animal, humor,
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Soul's Battle
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Jessica Amanda Salmonson
| Rhyme |
centipede, death, faith, hope, myth,
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Sam the Centipede
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Paul Warren
| Ballad |
centipede, children, nature,
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ELSA THE SWEDE
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Line Gauthier
| Monorhyme |
centipede, animal, character, confidence, friend,
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Mushroom Stew
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Jessica Amanda Salmonson
| Rhyme |
centipede, evil, fantasy, food, horror,
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HAIKU MOMENTS 33
by Leon Enriquez
Plumeria florals
Crimson and yellow;
Hot weather styles
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Floral flair fair
Note dusty air;
Teary eyes stare
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Rooftop terrace
Centipede curves;
Geomancer's counter
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Windy whispers
Hint of wet rain;
Storm clouds cluster
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Ugly faces
Politics pouts;
Dangerous liaisons
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Roadside...
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Categories:
centipede, change,
In Belladonna Berries Love Was Paid
by Susan Ashley
With lies you tried to hide your furtive eyes~
but breadcrumbs left impressions you betrayed,
and finding out the truth behind your guise
did shatter loving life that...
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centipede, betrayal, heartbroken, lost love,
Centipede
by Thabang Ngoma
My mind's a snail's trail winding down my throat
Glittering triumphantly over the mountain peaks of each day
A fragmenting centipede of dead ideas several years long
Constantly...
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centipede, how i feel, nature,
Heart of a Centipede
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
You got a hundred lovers,
including me
Every one of us
give you something that you need
But you really only need us after that,
when your fire starts...
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centipede, love hurts, metaphor, sad
The man in the waistcoat
by Kenny Gwena
West coast, east coast
This question is for you in the waist coat
What about us in the mid-west?
People like to boast
Pork and beans and...
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centipede, addiction, allusion, chicago, feelings,
Something's Bugging Me
by Jo Daniel
Looking at a tiny ant, I thought,
"Shall I kill thee or shall I not?"
When a mosquito my hand did bite,
I hit out at it in...
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centipede, fun, insect,
DON'T BUG ME
by JAN ALLISON
Tom went to the ugly bug ball
Strange insects invaded the hall
Folks dressed up as fleas,
Cockroaches and bees
The smile on his face said it all
Tom...
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Limerick |
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centipede, dance, humorous, insect, romance,
An Unwanted Guest
by cheryl hoffman
One night as I was trying to fall asleep,
getting all comfy underneath the cotton sheets,
all's I could hear was the ticking of my clock,
everyone asleep...
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centipede, insect,
Exponential Decay Function
by Robert Ronnow
Spring is in its prime again
each leaf beautiful
much is edible
birds and peepers are musical at dawn.
The days walk slowly
toward Utah and Italy.
My left nut hurts.
Joy...
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centipede, beautiful, bird, day, death,
CHIT chat
by Taoi Chanan
chit chat but no chewing
Nothing could be as safe as a two pronged apple cart rotating on a journey. Such sturdiness. If a single voyage...
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I do not know? |
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centipede, analogy, bird, christmas,
NEWS
by Taoi Chanan
An antelope chats to a bean burger on the destination for the butter beans on the train. But trainers were not allowed in a hallowed...
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centipede, abuse, allah, angel, anger,
hollowed out but holding heavens
by Taoi Chanan
Stone set unblemished unworked faces create hardship floors on which to sip out of rock puddles. Such luxury. In a fine art landscape one must...
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centipede, beach,
First Spring
by David De la Croes
little hands clap
at first sighting
of a butterfly
little face smiles
at first sighting
of a sunflower
little fingers wriggle
at first sighting
of a centipede
little arms flap
at first sighting
of an eagle
little...
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centipede, baby, butterfly, grandchild, granddaughter,
Here comes the underground steamboat
by William Greco
in dogmatic stillness, since uncle died
he's been traversing the phantom dimensions
from endless skyscrapers to artic edges
through the hailstorms of indignation
but then he met the pondering...
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centipede, dream, imagery, surreal,
poor portly pig
by Taoi Chanan
Pivotal not to pivot a pickled pig. Playing in a plait. No no plastic garments. Ha said a garden ornament. Release of structure. Sky dance....
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I do not know? |
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centipede, arabic, beautiful,
Holi-dazed poetic musings
by John lawless
Poetic musings in the post holi-daze
Living downstairs from the centipede
one dreads the hours of waiting
for the “other” shoe to drop.
the bottom half of the moon...
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centipede, humor, muse, silly,
RIDDLE
by Flowers 4 Algernon
If a giraffe
with a sore throat
is worst
than a centipede
with a sore feet
What is worst
than a homeless
spider ?...
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centipede, philosophy, psychological,
Walk
by Jimmi Canada
A bulging extremity
A feminist integrity
A swaggering centipede
The cops arresting me
My dick the right size
The bang coming out of your eye's
The sensitivity upon demise,
the dew and...
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Imagism |
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centipede, growing up, humor, mentor,
Dr Suess and his Shoe Store
by Barbara Gorelick
"I LIKE NONSENSE, IT WAKES UP...
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centipede, children, silly,
THEY SAID BY THIS TIME WE WOULD ALL HAVE CHIPS IN OUR HANDS
by Joel Thornton
THEY SAID BY THIS TIME WE WOULD
ALL HAVE CHIPS IN OUR HANDS
Sharp- tack like. Smart- in the way of the whip.
Not just another pretty...
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centipede, angst, people, science, science