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Black Powder, Paradise
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Gregory R Barden
| Free verse |
charcoal, analogy, death, fire, horror,
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Lookouts Gone Down
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Jim Holcomb
| Alliteration |
charcoal, lost,
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BLACK POWDER
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Anisha Dutta
| Tanka |
charcoal, black love, heartbroken,
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ME THE HOST WIZ
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Anisha Dutta
| Rhyme |
charcoal, 8th grade, fantasy, halloween,
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Black Powder Contest
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Michael Robinson
| Rhyme |
charcoal, analogy,
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Kohl
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taai tekai
| Kyrielle |
charcoal, angst,
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Black Powder Recipe
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Caren Krutsinger
| Rhyme |
charcoal, humor,
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Black Powder
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Maureen McGreavy
| Senryu |
charcoal, art,
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Killer Frost
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Maurice Rigoler
| Light Verse |
charcoal, weather,
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HALLOWEEN NIGHT
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Anisha Dutta
| Rhyme |
charcoal, halloween, horror, night,
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Harvest Inferno
by Justin Bordner
Take me to the tombstone
let me touch the gray stone that stands
where life could not
I will put my face to that touchstone of deaf...
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Epic |
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Categories:
charcoal, birthday, creation,
Burned Down
by Casarah Nance
flames breath detroit smog
graveyard houses
once upon a time thriving
vanishing in black smoke
hundred year old oak
releasing charcoal leaves
perish and purge
the past is ash
the future is born...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
charcoal, dark, fire, image,
The Parable of the Talents
by charlotte watkins
A noble man, full of grace,
Left home to seek his kingdom.
Giving three servants treasure,
According to their wisdom.
On his return, two men ran,
Joy vivid on their...
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Categories:
charcoal, bible, devotion, gospel, integrity,
The Murmuration
by Charlotte Boyle
The Starlings gather in flight,
A sight for longing eyes, the quartz cluster
grazes the changing skies,
Charcoal moss upon a cloudy wall,
They sweep the air as they...
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Categories:
charcoal, bird, longing, love,
The Chimney
by Adejumoke Adewuyi
Red hot charcoal,
Cut dried ’ loggy’woods,
Up with flaming grey smoke,
From the mouth of a round stove,
Creep through the nose
Of a warm muddy Kitchenette.
“What a great...
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Categories:
charcoal, mother,
CARAVAN OF LIFE
by nette onclaud
I will always be a gypsy- woman filled with curiosity
Running wild beneath a moonglow grasping fireflies;
Then to quickly scribble impressions on leaves, my...
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charcoal, adventure, life, me,
Her Eyes were like Fireflies
by Joseph May
My thoughts grow dark this starless night
My spirit subdued in silence,
The one who used to lift my spirit
Is as distant...
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Categories:
charcoal, dream, night, star, stars,
tattoo
by Carissa Marie
a needle
charcoal-slathered and
dripping dreams into a river of broken skin
Cameron holds my hand
loosely
says I can squeeze
but the violence is addicting
the pigments
bleed into...
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Categories:
charcoal, addiction, art, pain, sensual,
Calm Before The Storm
by Robertina B.
Soft gentle breeze..
Warmth of the sun..
Golden rays of sunlight
Glows..
Seagulls flying high upon the deep blue sky..
Singing a magical tune..
As they soar and glide through the...
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Categories:
charcoal, change, environment, sky, universe,
September 11th
by Melissa Tracy
Through charcoal ash covered sands of time in history September 11th, 2001 we'll never forget
Brave men and women quick to help without thoughts of regret
So...
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Categories:
charcoal, tribute,
When You're Five
by Emile Pinet
The wind howls, masking barks of a stray dog
roaring like a lion, in growling gusts.
And a child cowers in a dark corner
with his teddy bear,...
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Sonnet |
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charcoal, 10th grade, age, anxiety,
And Justice For None
by Maurice Yvonne
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD (THE REWRITE)
Children hidden against a darkened sky
A cup of river foaming at the mouth
Poles where heated days continue to rise
Pigmentation dictates...
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Categories:
charcoal, angst,
Naked And Raw
by Maurice Yvonne
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
Shadows of leaves against migrants stripped of bark
Children hidden against a darkened sky
A cup of river foaming at the mouth
Suited men and...
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Categories:
charcoal, political,
The Art Museum
by Bette Bavington
The first thing we learned is beauty is in
The eye of the beholder.
Paintings or pictures can be done in
Oils, watercolors, pen,
Charcoal, pencil, marker,
Crayons, and chalk.
The...
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Categories:
charcoal, adventure, appreciation, art, beautiful,
The Big Blues and Baptismal Alice
by Leanne Lovejoy-Burton
“The Big Blues and Baptismal Alice”
In the land of the dirty politician
Steely resolve was borne bidding
farewell to thinly veiled conceit and division
that particular brand of...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
charcoal, courage, freedom, imagery, journey,
A Blemish
by Edward Ibeh
After considerable scrubbing, my attempt is in vain
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Acrostic |
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Categories:
charcoal, fate, memory, relationship,
PHOTO FUN
by Line Gauthier
Were I given the choice
No matter the season
Heed the call every morn
Beguiling and playful
Come out and discover
Charge up the camera
Tote spare memory card
And head off...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
charcoal, art, beauty, creation, fun,
Haiku SBI
by Subimal Sinha-Roy
sky is charcoal black
birds return from cloud to nest
I sing life’s rain song
August 8, 2018
Syllable count : 5-7-5
(Checked on howmanysyllables.com)
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Haiku |
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Categories:
charcoal, life, rain, song,
Artha
by Christopher Vincent Aquino
ARTHA
Her tongue is made of sulfur
Mud drowns the fields
Fine sand billows over deserts
Soil sprinkled over graves
Blood and sweat for charcoal
Swallowed tears for potter's clay
Niter, mortar,...
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Categories:
charcoal, poems, poetry,
EBONY BUTTERFLY---
by James Edward Lee Sr.
EBONY BUTTERFLY
We all can fly
With powdered colored wings
Different you and I
But we're of the same being
BUTTERFLY
Look at me
At my mastery
See the beauty within
And surrounding, ever...
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Dramatic Verse |
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Categories:
charcoal, analogy, appreciation, black love,