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PillarA second ago.
Yes just a second,
she was beautiful
beyond comparison.
Not a wrinkle or a frown line.
Succulent lips,
glowing skin.
Gorgeous hair
cascading down her back.
Even her hands were elegant.
Men and women alike
looked upon her with...
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Categories:
city, angst, art, beauty, butterfly,
Form: Free verse
Alma MaterThough this will not be poetic
I'm opting to answer questions before they're asked
And as a courtesy to tradition
I will do so in poetic format
Chlorella is algae which grows just like a weed
Millions of pounds per...
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Categories:
beauty, city, desire, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Lift Me UpTake me to where the wildflowers grow and show me where to go, take me to where the wildflowers grow and wet my soul with the dew of the morning, wake up my spirit at...
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Categories:
city, america, appreciation, best friend,
Form: Narrative
Earthly Thoughts ShimmerJewel layer templates
gilded upstream sigh
winsome eyelet skimmed
scorning dawn orb
Delphic mustard sketch
on sapphire sequins
Appalachian awning
bearing flimsy nuggets
surreal slender straw’s
amber seam gore
lentil seed pod float
upon cashmere shrub
rainbird doleful cry
of damp...
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Categories:
celebration, city, creation, deep,
Form: Free verse
If your best work is produced while the moon is still awakeIf your best work is done at night,
Which is now no longer your right
With neighbors to to your right of you,
With neighbors to the left of you,
Neighbors on top of you
Who don't want to...
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Categories:
city, age, analogy, art, career,
Form: Burlesque
Confused I And Stressed In Londonis everyone from Barking Barking mad?
Does everyone In Lambeth do the Lambeth walk?
Is Leicester Square In Leicester?
Is The Elephant And Castle a place where they hide Elephants?
Is Oxford Street in Oxford?
And Paddington a bear?
Highgate...
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Categories:
city, confusion,
Form: Free verse
You Know WhoHe had a big schnozzola
and sang with bold hat and smile.
Heard on the old Victrola,
one of his tricks to beguile.
It was fo, lo, dee, oh, do,
in old New Orleans city.
But that was ages ago.
Then, a...
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Categories:
celebrity, city, fun, riddle,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
betrayal, city, friendship, words,
Form: Free verse
A Day in the CityCome with me down to Manhattan
There's an exhibit I want to go see
By an artist I'd not before heard of
'Til you introduced him to me
Now this show is just of his landscapes
Still it's...
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Categories:
city, i love you,
Form: Rhyme
The prideNew red-leaf candles glow in a green room
jungle cathedral; buttress-rooted forest-columns climb
to a sun-starred sky in jig-saw pieces;
wings stretch feathers over gravity;
voices whisper, ‘Beware. Lions prowl.’
Smooth granite-faced walls build shadow-spaces,
city-blocks; black-suited women, men...
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Categories:
city,
Form: Free verse
Eager Bard ImbuedLemon tinted phase
gilded skyline blown
by ethereal fused mist
eager bard imbued
opal dream flotilla
beyond tarnish while
flash point chariots
of gleam-well canvass
astir or astern perforce
taunt a hued vase
porcelain image fest
for stoic earthbound...
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Categories:
city, art, beautiful, birth, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Why those best suited to high office never get electedThey are,
Still in touch with reality
They Value logistics over statistics,
They ask the right questions.
They don't believe in a totally cashless society,
Their vision for the future includes a roadmap,
That leads to prosperity for more than...
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Categories:
care, character, city, community,
Form: Burlesque
Monday ReboundHe rushed in the office with his bag in one hand, and coffee in the other hand; steam is shooting from his coffee cup, and he has eaten more than a dozen doughnut.
What on...
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Categories:
city, absence, blessing, break up,
Form: Narrative
NO TIME TO WASTEMade up Broadway Show
Had to put you in the know
Marquee is set
Visual aid effect
The theory of Fast
The thought of how long
Rehearsals have been for weeks
You are in for a treat
Just don’t retreat
Clock ticking
Almost showtime
Wardrobe change
The...
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Categories:
adventure, anxiety, appreciation, city,
Form: Rhyme
A Hip-Hop for RiversOnce upon a time, in a world that was so cold,
There lived a little musician, just five years old.
With eyes like two bright flowing rivers,
His fair straight hair; light kissers.
Unaware of the magic within the...
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Categories:
city, absence, addiction, child, children,
Form: Lyric
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