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Unchartered territory

...I know my World,
Perhaps not your own.
Never will I assume we are in the same planet.
Though I know we are on Earth,
But, you may be a Queen of Mecury,
And I may be a little princess of Venus.
...

Categories: clifton, feelings, for her, for
Form: Free verse

THANKFUL FOR LUCILLE CLIFTON

...
Today I’m thankful for people…
in a country where freedom has never been as easy for everyone as it should be…
who are courageous enough to teach are country’s true history.

People like Lucill...

Categories: clifton, thanks,
Form: Rhyme

Rother Homme

...Rother Homme.
.
Hi chicks my name is Chuck
I’m one hell of a man
In my tight satin trousers
A rug on my chest
And a fake tan
.
Some men have got it
Someone of them don’t
And some a few of t...

Categories: clifton, men,
Form: Free verse

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The Next Frontier

...I didn’t know what taffy was
until you showed me.
I hadn’t been to Lake Mary
until you took me.
Last Christmas we went to Clifton Mill
to see the lights,
it was cold
and I in my thin British c...

Categories: clifton, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Letting Literary Expert Create

...L-ine
U-ses
C-reativity
I-n
L-etting
L-iterary
E-xpert

C-reate
L-ovely
I-dea
F-or
T-opic
O-f
N-ame

Topic: Birthday of Poetess Lucille Clifton (June 27)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

Categories: clifton, birthday, poetess,
Form: Acrostic

The Joys of Getting Older

...The Joys of Getting Older.

We may all be getting on a bit
But lets not forget for some more fortunate
 The joy of it

You don’t have to bounce up and down in bed no more
And when the Mrs says...

Categories: clifton, age,
Form: Verse

Trancended

...autumn wind 
sweep mountain slopes 
gently relieving summer hopes 
summer love on clifton beach 
now forgotten...winter's in reach 
flawless sight 
sun-kissed horizon 
in crimson glory 
when ...

Categories: clifton, appreciation, beach, beauty, blessing,
Form: Rhyme

Frank the American

...I remember the night you walked in the club,
You immediately noticed me in the dancing crowd,
Ever so slowly you started to walk closer towards me,
I remember you looked into my eyes and winked, 
...

Categories: clifton, boyfriend, first love, happiness,
Form: Free verse

Night Sky

...I came out of the supermarket to be greeted
by the most amazing sky so stunning I stopped
and just stared navy blue back ground lined
by startling sapphire streaks that were layered.

Isles of a...

Categories: clifton, night, sky,
Form: Monorhyme

3. "quien Es?" "who Is It?" Part 3

...Continued From:
2. "Quien es?" "Who is it?" Part 2
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Categories: clifton, cowboy-western, historyday, life,
Form: Rhyme

A Big Thank-You.

...if only certain areas could talk,
you'd get some war stories from old york,
i live surrounded by old air fields and bases,
thousands of ghost,so many faces.
hitler decided he'd try to rule all,
...

Categories: clifton, thank you, war, old,
Form: Verse