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Attachments to Lost Causes
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Brian Johnston
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check, journey, life,
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Money's Up
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Rich Rogers
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check, dedication, devotion, future, money,
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Hallows Spooky Night
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Gregory R Barden
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check, adventure, halloween, horror, moon,
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Flannel, Made of Awesome
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David Welch
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check, appreciation, autumn, cool, fun,
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The Death of Desire
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J. I. Thomas F.
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check, desire,
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Clive Gets Woke, Part I
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David Welch
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check, anger, change, growth, political,
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The Virtue of Movement
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Roof Missing
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check, journey, life,
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past whispers
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shari thomas
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check, heartbroken,
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Morning Drive
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Jordan Foster
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check, anxiety, car, color, dream,
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Communications
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Lisa Ricci
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check, love, romance,
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Nuke Grand Master Flash
by BB Christopher
moon tanned
inside the dorm room
pockets & fridge:
empty box—check
sick w/ Budweiser regret
nuke grand master flash
no ding
wet wipe cleans bowl
Ramen breaks off
snap
crackle
pop
like last night's
fitted sheet
flipped
to...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
check, food, fun, life,
Chess Expert
by Maurice Rigoler
My wife’s an expert at chess;
she wins at an astonishing rate!
When I come home friday nights,
she shouts “Check, mate!”
I am no better than a pawn,
my...
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Light Verse |
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Categories:
check, humor,
Can't wait to finish
by Michael Robinson
Trees of green, fresh flowing stream
Walls of such high rough edge rocks
A waterfall pouring over the face
As if to be lost in the Amazon
Birds of...
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Categories:
check, analogy, appreciation, devotion, dream,
JUST TOO LATE
by Sidney Beck
JUST TOO LATE
Five past five
Sign across the glass door states “Closed”.
At the adjacent store I had just left,
There...
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Narrative |
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Categories:
check, life, old, seasons,
Why Do I Self Express
by Caren Krutsinger
My written words have a soul of their own.
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Categories:
check, endurance, self, write,
The Dilettante Diaries: The Divine Feminine - A Tale of Seduction
by Leanne Lovejoy-Burton
“But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet;Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”
–“He Wishes for...
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Romanticism |
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check, friendship, fun, happiness, journey,
Go Back to Sleep
by Jesse Rowe
Quiet, shush… did you not hear
that silent, lurking, shadowed fear?
It creeps through rooms in dark of night
and under doors when locked up tight.
It raises hairs...
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Categories:
check, scary,
Have you ever dated an electric eel
by Timothy McGuire
Have you ever dated an electric eel?
You'll never forget the way it feels,
If you roll with an eel in the sack,
Brace yourself for that electric...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
check, fish, love,
Color Bright
by Michael Robinson
Color bright
Clear the air
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
check, environment,
IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : LXIV and LXV
by T Wignesan
IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : LXIV - LXV
NOTE (facts to bear in mind while reading) : Under the French Penal Code, harm done...
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Dramatic Monologue |
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Categories:
check, allegory, anti bullying, corruption,
Poker Love
by Geoffrey Savage
She always knew how I had felt.
Though I wasn't sure what would be dealt.
I was a tell, my cards reflected in ones' own specs.
But she...
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Categories:
check, anxiety, appreciation, desire, feelings,
Who Stole the Strawberries
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
Trust is such a deliciously sweet thing
Who
stole
the
strawberries?
Make the...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
check, imagery, mystery, symbolism, trust,
Life worthy
by Jeff Kantor
Life worthy
06/09/2018
Life’s too short so have a blast
Stop living in the bloody past
Get out there and live some life
Marry yourself a beautiful wife
Take some risks...
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check, courage, desire, growth, inspirational,
Remembering
by Caren Krutsinger
I remember the first time I heard the word college, a word unheard most of my young life,
Asked my daddy what it meant, you do...
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check, nostalgia, perspective, school,
Bed Time
by K. T. Pearson
One more drink of water
One more story
One more check under the bed
One more blanket
One more song
One more stuffed animal
One more hug
One more I love you
One...
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Categories:
check, child, childhood, cry, sleep,
good gang versus bad
by robin davis
theres two types of gangs to join
you dont have to flip a coin
to know which one that you need
once gets you in...
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Categories:
check, for teens, life, school,
A Good Father, Part I
by David Welch
Harper Lukowski paced down the sidewalk,
the day was done, he was on his way home.
His fried Jaquan, twenty years his junior,
chattered with him as the...
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Narrative |
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Categories:
check, growth, motivation, parents, prayer,
Sculpting Relationships
by Roof Missing
We all are artists in a way and sculpt relationships
That daily join our fledgling lives, like passengers on ships,
The beggar you don't give a dime,...
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check, art, friendship, love,
Show Your Card
by Lindsay Laurie
I was working for Jack Daymond, a farmer,
who farmed livestock, potatoes and vines.
I s’pose he had over two hundred cattle.
The spuds and the grapes grew...
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Categories:
check, humor,
He Lives, He Learns
by Marcus Lattimore
Dysfunction is normal, equate it to a civil war
Maternal figure playing both; providing all she can
Subconsciously searching for some type of mentor ...
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Sonnet |
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Categories:
check, abuse, addiction, black african