Coins On The Tray
...They laid their gold
on a tray the color of midnight,
fingers ringed in stones
that caught the candlelight like captive suns.
Outside,
a boy with a patched sleeve
watched frost stitch lace
a...
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Categories:
combed, grave,
Form: Free verse
The Jungle Untamed
..."Lost, in a fight for survival, a man refuses to succumb to a harsh wilderness." - quote by poet.
A great aerial adventure comes to
A harrowing end for one man.
His hot air balloon mal...
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Categories:
combed, adventure, horror, imagery, nature,
Form: Free verse
Mystic 2025
...Mystic 2025
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire.
The day before on the night..
We packed for Mystic July 2025
We told each another on the phone..
Of what we going to do.
We going to brouhaha and hoopla h...
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Categories:
combed, america, best friend, cry,
Form: Free verse
When Little Boys Fall in Love
...A Meditation on Growing Up
[Age 5] — The Sand Kiss
You hated when someone kissed your nose,
I buried you deep where the warm sand grows.
Then stole a kiss beneath the sky,
The waves clapped ...
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Categories:
combed, boy, girlfriend,
Form: Quatrain
Sailing on the Bay, a Living Poem
...
On the bay the wind is scurrying
along its flock of waves,
with white crests honey combed,
to flip over their edges,
on blue foreheads.
The bow of the yacht slices
through the waves drive...
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Categories:
combed, ocean,
Form: Free verse
WOOLLY MAMMOTH SAGED
...[ For Contest : Ghost of Frankenstein
Sponsor : Tom Woody
submitted: 9/5/25 ]
Many starry nights I lay
in my wooden cabin next to your
sanctuary waiting for whisperings
fr...
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Categories:
combed, africa, age, betrayal, change,
Form: Narrative
THE DEVIL NAMED DEMENTIA
...
I'm in a pickle
Soured sometimes I cry
Because there's not much time here
For I will soon leave memories behind
There is no time for regrets
No time for bitterness
Nothing needs to be undone...
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Categories:
combed, care, confusion, family, health,
Form: Free verse
Remember the times, remember the days when beauty was an untouched gift
...Remember the times, remember the days when beauty was an untouched gift,
before combs straightened and broke, before curls were burned and hidden,
under artificial wigs, when we were beautiful, oh,...
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Categories:
combed, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
their lifeless fifteen year old daughter
...She has not bathed for a week or two
Those pajamas have been on her at least six days
She complains of aches and pains
Moaning she has no friends
Listless, lifeless, and lethargic
Her parents ar...
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Categories:
combed, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Mined Minds
...I've met lots of people in my life
Most have just passed through
But not one person who I've met
Was anything like you
We haven't even combed the mine
Of what you and I could do
If us together...
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Categories:
combed, i love you, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
No Sign of Wigs
...
The siblings in our family consisted of 4 brothers and 8 sisters.
The boys were right at home in keeping our hair washed and combed.
On the other hand, the 8 girls wore pony tails, braids, and ...
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Categories:
combed, family, hair,
Form: Narrative
Tsk Tsk, Task Nearly Thwarted
...Mary Lou Sims was young and enterprising, like stars routing dark;
Or mauve dawn on the verge of discovery, awaiting time's remarks.
Mary Lou's best friend was Cora Mann, ever since sweet...
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Categories:
combed, dream, fantasy, friend, lost,
Form: Couplet
Aliens! I shouted above the roar of the blaze
..."Aliens!" I shouted above the roar of the blaze.
Please rescue us from this godforsaken place
veritable hellscape, where angels fear ingress.
Just then an unexpected pleasant distraction
woke...
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Categories:
combed, 12th grade, america, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
What's the capitol of South Dakota
...Made a cuppa coffee this morning
Forgot about it
I think I ate breakfast
Can’t remember what
I combed my hair
Singular
Musta brushed my teeth
They’re back in my mouth
I wear a shirt that read...
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Categories:
combed, age, funny, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
My Cousin Jer has a Story to Share
...My cousin Jer had a story to share
Said first, let me sit in my favorite chair
He combed his almost non-existent hair
On his bald head I saw a shiny glare
I sat down with my chocolate éclair
A...
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Categories:
combed, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
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