Ministry of Joy
...In marble halls,
thick folders breathe vision for children,
policies unfurling like morning lotus,
each page a petal
promising sunshine in distant classrooms.
Fluorescent lights hum above c...
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Categories:
chase away, beautiful, books, children, education,
Form: Free verse
The Silent Kiss
...Contest: The Silent Kiss
Sponsor: Constance La France
Date written: 23rd August, 2025
Placement: Second
"In the silence of the night, a kiss remained s...
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Categories:
chase away, dream, kiss, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Your Beast
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Holding rage in a cage,
I engage in the battle,
It rattles my inner space.
Emotions chase away the peace,
The beast is released,
The energy is peeking.
I'm tweeking out,
All I can do...
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Categories:
chase away, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Gotcha !
...Tingly skies full of surprise oh how I love when with surmise,
the little rascal aims his dart as if it were, poetic art !
His countenance reeks of admiration, which speech can't disguise...
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Categories:
chase away, emotions, feelings, heart, i
Form: Rhyme
Hippocrit
...I LOVE The
Local Wildlife,
But Chase Away
Dirty Rats.
Poor Little Things,
Whose Fault
Is That?
Hippos'?
-Gray Squirrel
07-23-2025...
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Categories:
chase away, life,
Form: Free verse
Will You Let Me
...Place my head upon your shoulder
Wrap me in Your warm embrace
Chase away these premonitions
Grant me, Jesus, saving grace
Will you let me feel your presence?
Bring the peace of heaven near
I...
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Categories:
chase away, christian, inspirational, jesus, longing,
Form: Rhyme
Bitter Blues
...I often struggle to make peace
with nagging relapses that,
like endless tides, come
then I need to chase away.
Intrusive rekindlings of loss,
of wanting to resurrect the past,
each time needi...
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Categories:
chase away, angst, anxiety, blue, dark,
Form: Free verse
one day
...My mind is a raging storm
Of never ending thoughts
And constant 'what if's
That chase away dreams
And plague the mind.
Not a day goes by
That you are never there,
You've come to occupy the s...
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Categories:
chase away, absence, feelings, grief, loss,
Form: Free verse
Pieces Return
...I’ve seen the distance in my eyes, trapped in the moments I can’t disguise.
I’ve felt the tension in my voice, A trembling heart without a choice.
I know I judge as I’ve always done,
I build...
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Categories:
chase away, deep, feelings, god, growth,
Form: Rhyme
To NATO, in the Language of Power and Peace
...O Confederation of the West—
You were not born to conquer shadows,
But to outlive them.
Power is not noise,
It is silence understood by all.
You fear the bear in the east,
But he was your bro...
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Categories:
chase away, abuse, evil, fate, future,
Form: Free verse
trust, love, secure
...i met you when you were scared,
i promised i would be there,
to hold you tight n keep you safe,
to chase away the blues night and days,
holding you close and in my arms,
promising you i und...
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Categories:
chase away, anxiety, blessing, care, faith,
Form: Free verse
Stuck
...Stuck
I’m stuck inside my own mind’s prison,
Walls built high with doubt and fear,
A place where shadows crawl and whisper,
And hope feels distant, never near.
I fight to chase away the dark...
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Categories:
chase away, allusion, anger, anxiety, deep,
Form: Free verse
Unintended Innuendo
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Written: April 22, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker
Line of inquiry:
“as we passed her she did wilt
which caused in us sense of guilt
since our stance perhap...
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Categories:
chase away, analogy,
Form: Rhyme
In the depths of silence, I have never been able to offer you much, have I, solitary traveler
...In the depths of silence, I have never been able to offer you much, have I, solitary traveler,
I cannot brew healing potions for the wounds and scars gathered like memories on your skin,
I cannot f...
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Categories:
chase away, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Good Things
...Hold your head up high and put on a happy face.
Good things are coming your way.
Call it what you will be it karma, fate, or grace.
Good things are coming your way.
Don’t tell me that the futur...
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Categories:
chase away, fate, happiness, happy, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
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