goosestepping is not far off
I would not dare
because free speech is no longer allowed
and I fear Trump's S.S.
we never were a democracy
the electoral college forced us to be a republic
now we are a monarchy; bow down to the king
he is following Hitler's pattern book
separating the country
The goosestepping is not far off
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Categories:
come off, political, usa,
Form: Free verse
Wish I could turn it off
I'm tired. Mostly of people being ugly to each other.
I'm tired. Of being disappointed with society.
I'm tired. Of individuals with no integrity.
I'm tired. Of greed and corruption.
I'm tired. Mostly of being tired.
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Categories:
come off, angst, change, conflict, corruption,
Form: Free verse
back off !
back off !
snail tells her suitor
to slow down
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
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Categories:
come off, animal, nature, romance,
Form: Haiku
Old age, a few years far off
Whene'er my old age is on blame,
A few years far off gets than I’m.
As learnt I’ve to push goal,
Thanks to hints from my soul,
My youth whilst sprouts a twig on stem.
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Limerick | 30.07.2025 | youth, old age,
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Categories:
come off, age, old, youth,
Form: Limerick
Turn Off Your Head Lights
That’s not the light you're seeking.
Words cannot live
with your brain all lit up like that.
Let those dark parts of your body,
those body-prayers mostly ignored,
gift to you a poem.
Most of your better images
are born in that low-grade radiance
of flesh and bone.
After the glow
you can fill in the gaps
but not too much
or you’ll cover up
what you should
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Categories:
come off, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Seymour Rides off on a Harley
Seymour was sad that everyone generalized his kind
They do not think I hear, but it hurts, I truly do mind
They say we are slow, because we are snails you see
He did not have to tell me, said his Grandma Vee
She knew that the world made fun of the way they moved
In her day she had
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Categories:
come off, animal,
Form: Rhyme
When You Leave, Don't Forget To Turn The Lights Off
When you leave, turn the lights off—
It matters not to me,
For I am the last subtraction
From the sum of humanity.
The stars have blinked their final light,
Planets turned to dust,
The galaxies collapsing inward—
Even silence starts to rust.
Religion is a dim memory,
A ghost caught in black holes,
A story written long ago
To comfort frightened souls.
There are no children
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Categories:
come off, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Off The Map
I took the road less traveled
to hear if a falling tree
with no one around
(aside from yours truly)
does make a sound
but lost my way
veered far astray
and for the life of me
couldn't see
the forest for the trees
but if I could
it would feel so good
not a bump on a log nor lump on a stump
as then I'd be
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Categories:
come off, fun, humor, silly, tree,
Form: Rhyme
we bought him off
He was a fop, a weirdy cat, a popinjay
foolish, ridiculous, cheeky and brash
we landed on a big secret one day
he can be bought off with a bit of cash
at family events, he annoys others
paid to leave us alone by me and my brothers.
Why isn’t you dad coming around? Asked our mother.
“I have no idea,” lied
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Categories:
come off, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Pulchritudinous virtual crime pulled off without a cocked hitch
Pulchritudinous virtual crime pulled off without a cocked hitch
delivered me back in the dark shadows
and the underbelly of the web,
where impossible mission
to differentiate the outer limits
cast by edge of night
essentially rendering a twilight zone
where obscured criminal activity
clear as day in retrospect,
versus earlier this month
when yours truly gung ho
obediently got a
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Categories:
come off, absence, america, anger, anniversary,
Form: Free verse
Fly Off the Pages
Why can’t we learn beforehand
life lessons we learn afterwards
Not grounded in experience
words fly off the pages like birds
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Categories:
come off, bird, flying, life, words,
Form: Epigram
Tear-Off My Windscreen Please
I’m racing round the NASCAR scene,
With bugs and grit upon my gleam.
The rubber flies, the dust goes wild,
Screen’s smeared, rip it off, I cried.
Tear it Off, Rip it Off!
Shatter My Veil,
to Crystal Clear, Please!
Got no time to wipe, stop or weep,
My tear-offs are stacked ten deep!
Snatch and rip my world to clear,
Let's end the pit-stop
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Categories:
come off, car, race,
Form: Lyric
WHEN THEY TURNED THE MUSIC OFF
We love to listen to the music of the mountains from our cabin…
The wind whistling through the trees…
The buzzing of the hummingbird wings…the birds’ songs floating on the breeze.
So when we took a picnic to our favorite spot on the Parkway
(where we’ve been picnicking for 37 years)
We were excited as we anticipated in this
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Categories:
come off, inspiration, silence,
Form: Rhyme
What's Offal and were to get it Allegretto
ZGlance Phattey
is a marvelous movie
it has enough equal parts
to balance even the most
religious or anti religious
person or people.
People often get tired of
the religious reasons for doing
or not doing things. I heard
"The Baronet and Knight were
in dispute due to her belief in
a non- sexual relationship
be fore
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Categories:
come off, america, culture, film, guitar,
Form: Ballade
Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, circa 1832
your love ~ my muse
your voice ~ my prose
s l i
p
s and sails in the sky ~
stroking the silhouette
of
snow-kissed mountains,
mirroring memories
of moon-flames
seized like picturesque
Polaroids of a spirit
that stands still &
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Categories:
come off, humanity, life, muse,
Form: Ekphrasis
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