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That Cute Little Smile
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Elizabeth Antwi
| Vogon |
checker, beautiful, blessing, cheer up,
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It's True, I Tell Ya
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PAT Adams
| Quatrain |
checker, fun, history,
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Summer Rain Storm
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Caren Krutsinger
| Rhyme |
checker, rain, storm,
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You WANT to and CAN write poetry
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Roy Pett
| Prose |
checker, age, devotion, imagination, me,
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Those L O N G Register Receipts
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Sandra Haight
| Limerick |
checker, angst, feelings, technology,
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In Quiet Tranquility
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millard lowe
| Prose Poetry |
checker, bird, imagery, metaphor, sky,
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Golden Oldies
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doug pederson
| Rhyme |
checker, music, remember, song,
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This Is All I Have To Say
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James Edward Lee Sr.
| Rhyme |
checker, adventure, allusion,
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So, I Gave Up
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Ronnautica Dixon
| Free verse |
checker, betrayal, conflict, emotions, pain,
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Cap2 71165
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orlando reyes
| ABC |
checker, absence, anniversary, courage,
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Brotherly love
by Marilyn Newman
Roses are red Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet and so are you.
Your intelligent wording is unique
I write with you as your Psyduck
I'm a nerd with...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
checker, dedication,
Differences
by Vivien Wade
DIFFERENCES
No 1
An old man sitting on a park bench
Reminiscing of days gone by,
Times he has travelled...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
checker, nostalgia,
the rule of law
by jan oskar hansen
The rule of law
There was a storm over Sahara; waves of sand flew up, up, up
– I wrote "up" thrice because my grammar...
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Blank verse |
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Categories:
checker, absence, abuse, anger,
Don't Use Special Characters
by Chris Green
Don't Use Special Characters
( “ ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ? : ; ” )
Take that Soup Title Checker!
You could at...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
checker, humor,
NYC noir in black and white
by Ronald Tirino
NYC nior in black and white
NYC nior in black and white
Dark landscapes 1957 NYC
of automats radio city and hotdog stands
memories of things...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
checker, imagery,
Still Tomorrow The Sun Will Rise
by Maurice Yvonne
a few missing pieces
ones we may never find
the beast stares down at us
just waiting to pounce
three bloodied blind eyes
can't see the pink butterflies
psychedelic lies...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
checker, introspection,
Taken
by DON JOHNSON
Taken
Taken by the Aliens in 1974,
White light in the trees,
for 50 miles or more,
Saucer crossed the road,
old motor car had died,
on the bloody Moonie,...
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Ballad |
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Categories:
checker, adventure,
The Babyboomers
by cheryl hoffman
We are the generation,
born between 1946-1964,
grew up watching shows
like Howdy Doody and
Captain Kangaroo,
Leave it to Beaver,
Hazel, Father Knows Best
and Gidget,
too many to mention but
I'm sure...
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Light Verse |
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Categories:
checker, culture, wisdom,
Nemesis Bastards
by Walter Alter
the heavens had fallen
woe coiled about the earth
excuse my very own tangent world of merriment
you never know what you're going to dream about
one foot...
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Categories:
checker, how i feel,
too little, too late
by Jayne Eggins
A white lily sunrise
brings the malaise,
humid dreams shimmer
off the blackening tar
Red dust girates an axis
dark matter is overcome,
lethargy drags...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
checker, earth, encouraging, environment, humanity,
ONE NIGHT STAND
by Adriana Thompson
ONE NIGHT STAND
juicy tomatoes
mashed potatoes
firm grilled shrimp – no garlic please –
soft bread aligned in a basket
steamed glasses
frozen margaritas –
unorthodox dinner
plastic cactus
on...
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Categories:
checker, lust,
Big Girls do Cry
by Richard Lamoureux
They expected her to be the jolly fun one.
The one w e a r i n g a smile on her...
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Categories:
checker, courage, freedom, growth, moving
One more day
by Richard Lamoureux
Checkered Past
I put out our checker board and pulled out your special chair
Imagined your delightful laughter, as if you were sitting there
That twinkle in your...
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Couplet |
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Categories:
checker, celebration, children, death, encouraging,
I lost my spelling and grandma checker
by arthur vaso
I lost my spelling and grandma checker
I am an idea roving iround inside on me heade
The lanquagees of today our so misread
why if y go...
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Light Verse |
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Categories:
checker, humanity, humorous, language,
JESUS AT THE WALMART
by Nola Perez
At the local Walmart (some of us shop there)
a young woman was standing at the self-checkout
with a huge cart of groceries, sobbing her eyes
out....
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Categories:
checker, jesus,
Learn to dance
by Viv Wigley
Got a party coming up
I need to learn some moves
so I listened to the all-time greats
for tips on how to groove.
These music legends from times...
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Light Verse |
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Categories:
checker, humor,
SEQUENCE
by JAN ALLISON
Malta
Sweet romance
Sizzling sunshine
Darling, I want to stay -
With you
Journey
Flying home
Suntan fading
Photographs… memories
Heartbreak
11~07~14
Contest: Cinqku Poem
Sponsor: Dr.Ram Mehta
Syllable checker used – ‘How...
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Cinqku |
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Categories:
checker, holiday, i miss you,
Why I Hate Shopping at Snarl-Mart
by Elton Camp
Why I Hate Shopping at Snarl-Mart
By Elton Camp
The parking lot’s hard to bear
For it must be a mile square
Any spot close to...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
checker, angst,
The Super
by ilene bauer
City dwellers would agree
To trace a building’s pedigree
You simply have to look around
And find out where the super’s found.
For he’s the one at the controls
While...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
checker, goodbye, urban,
Black and Blue
by Oliver Carris
Black and blue
As a stained checker board.
Pained
Like a stretched cord.
Enough
Stop pulling on me.
Let it go,
Leave it be.
The board...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
checker, absence, abuse, anger, angst,