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Hoo-ya, hoo-ya, ziss boom bah
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Jack Ellison
| Rhyme |
checks, happiness,
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Double, double, toil and trouble
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Jim Slaughter
| Light Verse |
checks, halloween, humor,
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Brother Ned's Most Unusual One-Man Band
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Jim Slaughter
| Light Verse |
checks, humor,
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Clive Gets Woke, Part II
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David Welch
| Narrative |
checks, anger, change, growth, political,
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past whispers
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shari thomas
| Lyric |
checks, heartbroken,
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The Dilettante Diaries: The Divine Feminine - A Tale of Seduction
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Leanne Lovejoy-Burton
| Romanticism |
checks, friendship, fun, happiness, journey,
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The Rain Taps Upon My Window
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Tim Smith
| Free verse |
checks, absence, emotions, sleep,
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DIARY NOTES: Another Day sets in Paris
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T Wignesan
| Dramatic Monologue |
checks, abuse, french, inspirational, judgement,
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Fiduciary Fiasco
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Freddie Robinson Jr.
| Burlesque |
checks, identity, money, mystery, words,
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Don't mess with exes in Texas
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Jim Slaughter
| Limerick |
checks, humor,
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Enthralled
by Wilson Waison
Enthralled
As crystalline, fluffy without weighing much
White perceived so resourceful, black seeded
Hand red scotched, blood stains... sweat drips
Off checks, sun heating and its rays amplified.
Picking...
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Ballade |
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Categories:
checks, anger,
The Haunted House
by Judy Valko
The Haunted House
‘Room to Let’ the signage read,
and though it looked run down,
I’d found no other place to stay
since I was new in town.
When...
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checks, halloween, house, humorous,
The Capsun Capsule
by Allan Terry
Surreal, often not right just abstract.
half of something done for something
else seen as away of needing, but
being wanted from the position, of thought.
This...
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Ballad |
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Categories:
checks, appreciation, character, clothes, creation,
Covertly Cashing Out
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
The rich fare so poorly
in completely divesting of the gold chains
Losing it all ... casting away
the luster of the pearly platinum
family portraits on the...
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Categories:
checks, money, slam, wisdom, word
My Clothes
by Caren Krutsinger
My clothes have prints, designs, cartoons, flowers, swirls and whirls.
I search in vain for a solid pair of slacks, throwing checks and plaid out of...
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checks, how i feel, humorous,
Trevor Jed Engelson Unwittingly
by matthew harris
Trevor Jed Engelson Unwittingly...
launched Meghan Markle into royalty
American divorcee
catapulted from “AA” to “Zed”
at break neck speed, and with...
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Epic |
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checks, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Best Day Of My Life
by Caren Krutsinger
The dainty white curtains were gently lifting and swinging when I reached her house in the country. I could smell marigolds and lilacs when I...
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checks, fantasy, farm,
Bluetooth fools the buffoon
by Robbie McClellan
So I had an appointment today to inspect a motorcycle in Stevenson. I pulled up to the house and walked to the front door then...
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Narrative |
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checks, anxiety, confusion, crazy, funny,
Theater of Utter Charm Part 20
by Walter Alter
any fool can be a philosopher
and it's not that big a deal
to be an Oracle either
we all notice more than we let on
so much is...
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Free verse |
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checks, how i feel,
LOVE YOUR PAIN: senryu series 20180713TheCrossWins
by Anil Deo
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Love to talk about pain -
to listen ... what I need too -
Because all know pain
II
God knows Father's pain
Wait!...
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Senryu |
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checks, abuse, africa, america, anger,
TOUCH
by Leon Enriquez
Gain grip
Time trip
Prize play
Wise way
Calm choice
Vet voice
Taste truth
Prompt proof
Change checks
Touch tracks
Glimpse grand
True trends
Cheer comes
Strange sums
Meet mind
Keep kind
Heed heart
Apt art
Sense soul
Work whole
Set smiles
Play piles
Greet gain
Peak plain
Leon...
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checks, allusion,
Far Better - Blues Poem 18
by Kurt Philip Behm
It’s better to let her…
keep those fancy shoes and bags
if she comes to bed each night
It’s better to let her…
...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
checks, love, love hurts,
Hoo-Ya, Hoo-Ya, Ziss Boom Bah
by Jack Ellison
Hoo-ya, hoo-ya, ziss boom bah!
My doctor has given me a thumbs up
I'm good to go for another year
Let's see, how should I celebrate?
Perhaps I'll try...
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I do not know? |
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checks, fun,
A starving voice
by Okunsebor Williams
Life once existed empty of light and blank.
Ugly, dull it all looked in the creator's eyes.
Nature was caged, choked by day's night
Till a voice...
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Quatrain |
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checks, appreciation, desire, how i
Embrace The Chaos, Part II
by David Welch
...There is no equilibrium
in which mankind can freely live,
it’s always been a push or pull,
some advance while others give.
It’s the only way we get the...
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checks, america, freedom, how i
A Plethora Of Stars
by Emile Pinet
If one asks, why are there stars,
they might as well ask...why is there life?
Life exists because stars exist...without stars
there would be nothing but space,
everything comes...
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checks, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Checks You Can't Cash
by Kurt Philip Behm
Do you live your whole life
in a partially filled space
Do you swear up and down
about reasons defaced
Do you sing in a...
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Categories:
checks, life,
Irony
by Kai Michael Neumann
Tongue in Bloody Cheek
Cheek on tongue he slithers on abundant wilful slime
Checks in with teeth of timeless throaty choking curse
...
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checks, irony,
doomed dolt, numbed nerd, trampled trumpery:2
by amarantus lauriere
During election and after, buzzwords loud and clear, brags loud and clear,
the motherfucker lumps all milestone feats into his merits sphere,
as if to the national...
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Categories:
checks, corruption, political, satire,
Happy Anniversary
by Jim Slaughter
The bouncing checks,
The flirty ex,
The made-up quarrels for the make-up sex,
And never knowing what would happen next,
One year anniversary.
The sleepless nights,
The senseless fights,
The deep depressions...
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Categories:
checks, anniversary, june, marriage, together,