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A Drop of Rain
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Frederic Parker
| Free verse |
collective, introspection,
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NO DOTS CONNECTED
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Vicki Acquah
| Free verse |
collective, confusion, political,
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The Collective Conscience of the World Apologizes to Jamal Kashoggi and His Fiancee, Hatice Cengiz
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William Masonis
| Free verse |
collective, anger, appreciation, corruption, evil,
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Growing Grace
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Political Verse |
collective, earth, gospel, green, health,
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Just Now, I Started To Feel
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matthew harris
| Free verse |
collective, 9th grade, adventure, encouraging,
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Battle of the Coaches
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Political Verse |
collective, beauty, caregiving, health, integrity,
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The Seductive Heckler
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Political Verse |
collective, earth, health, integrity, love,
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Earthy Empathy
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Political Verse |
collective, caregiving, gospel, health, humor,
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Behold Death
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Connie Marcum Wong
| Free verse |
collective, death, loss, love,
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Addiction to Prison
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Political Verse |
collective, earth, fear, freedom, health,
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Dancing Desire
by Eileen Manassian
Only a glance, and
her image seared my mind.
Promise stained lips in coy little smile...
voluptuous hips stretching her skirt
A hint of a cleavage drew my eyes
Beguiling,...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
collective, desire,
The Pilgrim's Ghost of a Thousand Heavenly Dreams
by Gary Bateman
The Pilgrim’s Ghost of a Thousand Heavenly Dreams
Looking through a magical dewdrop we now see an enchanted
Chandelier, liquid-sparkling pure, where a mystical quicksilver
Mirrors a...
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Terza Rima |
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Categories:
collective, allegory, creation, dream, fantasy,
Brainstorming
by harry horsman
(The modern way to take the credit for someone else’s ideas)
Innocent minds, virgin thoughts
all within a collective
breeding ground,
stage upon stage
the master’s philosophy to
be acted out....
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Free verse |
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Categories:
collective, anger, angst,
CHICKEN POOP
by STANLEY YARBERRY
everything came from the back door
a peace offering sandwich
something to be lost on the clothes line
and when the door slamed close
chickens scramed with their necks...
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Prose Poetry |
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Categories:
collective, addiction,
Fire Shouts
by M. L. Kiser
Voices of fire, booming,
crackling explosions cry out their sulphuric elation.
Another celebration, of every nation and
baby new year’s rattle rings out to the heavens;
transition...
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Prose |
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Categories:
collective, earth, fire, nature,
Esteemed Heart
by Michael Robinson
Esteemed Heart
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Acrostic |
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Categories:
collective, appreciation, poetry,
Dr Ford and Judge Hyde
by Gerald Dillenbeck
Why do we feel increasingly difficult conflicts
create strong-rooted energy?
And depressingly BusinessAsUsual
penetrated
exhumed
exhausted
extracted
distracted by runaway toxic chaos?
Yesterday,
on my way to a deep rooted tree and shrub...
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Political Verse |
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Categories:
collective, bullying, conflict, destiny, earth,
Thank you for your words
by Michael Robinson
Thank you for your words
K nitting and sowing a...
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Acrostic |
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Categories:
collective, appreciation, poetry,
Time And Tide Wait For No Man
by matthew harris
Or Woman, Or Child, Or...
The following elucidated
conjecture actually can
(reed best) be taken with a grain
of...
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Enclosed Rhyme |
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Categories:
collective, 11th grade, 7th grade,
I May Be Mistaken
by Franklin Price
I May Be Mistaken
By Franklin Price
9/19/2018
I may be mistaken but, in watching all the raves,
I believe our founding fathers are rolling over in their...
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Couplet |
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Categories:
collective, america, political,
Empire Emphatically Enforces Exercise
by matthew harris
Fitness guru (grew)
to an abrupt screeching halt,
i.e. did dramatically abate,
whence significant block of time,
...
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Dramatic Verse |
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Categories:
collective, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Dialect Tickle Matt Arial Hiz im 1st sentence
by matthew harris
Courtesy of Marx (albeit Zeppo,
Harpo, Groucho, and Chico), whose
acts (along Seuss iz Zacks Fifth
Avenue) brought generations of
laughter to Vaudeville, and then...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
collective, 11th grade, 8th grade,
Diamond Made
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
I’m carbon-based,
Resurrection cornerstone foundation
Diamond made
These obsidian eyes
sardius shine ...
agate Illuminating
my igneous bright coal face
With volcanic intensity,
my onyx lips glow
And the chest cavity
...
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Bio |
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Categories:
collective, identity, spiritual, truth, visionary,
Mine Nightmare With Social Anxiety
by matthew harris
Mine Nightmare With Social Anxiety,...
Now Mostly Purged
Decades removed when body electric
felt tortured reverberated, and quaked
with MegaDeath repercussions tattooing,
piercing, foisting, ensnaring, drubbing
drum beat indelibly...
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Dramatic Verse |
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Categories:
collective, 10th grade, 11th grade,
I'll Take You to the Leader
by Lu Loo
Who provides us with true adoration
with sincere mercy and a deep connection?
Honestly, He’s the goodness in our nation,
the One who bestows complete affection.
He is the...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
collective, creation, god,
IF YOU MUST
by Leon Enriquez
Yes if you must
Discern and trust
Not any fool
But wisdom cool
Write as you see
Warm wit to be
Story in gist
Fine notes splice list
If you insist
Float with your...
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Couplet |
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Categories:
collective, change,
Out and Safe
by ilene bauer
Miraculous is how it seemed
That they escaped alive,
Those 12 boys and their coach,
Who many thought would not survive.
For 18 days they languished
In a cave beneath...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
collective, anxiety, success,
Stars Hold A Magic Sway
by Emile Pinet
The reason there are stars is simple.
Stars are the glitter that makes eyes shine
that we place upon a pedestal
like porcelain dreams!
They are the essence of...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
collective, 10th grade, culture, emotions,
Your Collective Victory Race Run and Done
by john sensele
Life on the fringe of bliss, mere existence
Life in bloom, your preferred portion
Meant to reward persistence and perseverance
To set proportionate priorities in motion
Where chaff...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
collective, poems,
Here everybody drains the swamp
by Suburban Lovechild
Here everybody drains the swamp
The chunks of toxic glitter
And brazen meat
Intelligible only to the daunted fool
Who filled it so
Pour the acid wash
Of peace and indulgence
To...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
collective, adventure, paradise, psychological, spiritual,