Concedes Poems

Premium Memberprogression

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may concedes to june
when spring rebirth is complete
the time to mature -
grassy hills turn verdant green
blossoms explode with color

july soon refines
june's promise of fulfillment
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Categories: concedes, seasons,
Form: Tanka

Premium MemberIntrusive Thoughts

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Written: June 07, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh

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The Phantom Choir

In the quiescence of last Sunday,
Prophecy heralded the hour p...
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Categories: concedes, bereavement, hope,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberNormandy

...Normandy

For man to set alight his earthly pyre 
was destined from the capture of the spark.
T’was mere survival harnessing its fire
to lift his primal world out of the dark.
It seared ...
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Categories: concedes, appreciation,
Form: Sonnet

Premium MemberMy Afterthought's My Goal

...My afterthought is my goal--precedes me,
My health and healing is my main concern,
All else is fairly addressed--and not key,
My patience requires my good return.

Good hopes and goodwill--right...
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Categories: concedes, body, care, faith, health,
Form: Quatern

Premium MemberWaiting for Waiting’s End

...The chancy countdown clock of my mortality
is ticking toward some unknown preset alarm.
I’m aware of every taciturn tick tock
in unrecoverable moments spent waiting
for something to happen…
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Categories: concedes, courage, death, faith, mystery,
Form: Free verse


The Art Of Hating Him 101

...{"I detest you, I hate you with my all.
I despise, abhor, and loathe you for evolving me into a fatigue of desperation for you; the anguish, the hysteria to feel treasured by some other commodity, v...
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Categories: concedes, absence, abuse, addiction, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Holy Land

...The Holy Land neath hammer blows -
           is this what Jesus prophesied:
when sad-sack’s hanged like mistletoes
           the sightless see a suicide;
when thousands fall like dominoes
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Categories: concedes, conflict, death, humanity, war,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberWilliam Charles Lunalilo

...William Charles Lunalilo
First King, chose by the people
Grandnephew of the Great King, as the people vote, was unanimous
Next year, King Kamehameha the Sixth died of tuberculosis

Hawaiian ...
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Categories: concedes, appreciation,
Form: Clerihew

Premium MemberI couldn't talk about it, so I wrote a poem

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In flames, feelings bruised my spirit,
Maze of ethereal lights,
Delicate as the dew who whispers soundless poetry,
Pouring out gentle into the moments,
Soundless adventures, dancing
In rhyth...
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Categories: concedes, appreciation, christian, encouraging, god,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Lotus and the Bird

...In Chambers Grand, where silks and laughter played, 
A voice within, a question soft and low, 
"Tell me, dear Yashodhara, what ails your heart? 
Your eyes, once radiant, now seem weighted by sorro...
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Categories: concedes, absence, betrayal, conflict, spiritual,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberAscent

...As Bindu and third eye entwine,
we feel pristine presence align
with the pulse of the universe,
renouncing cravings that confine.

Dancing without need to rehearse,
vibrant heart composes a ver...
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Categories: concedes, spiritual,
Form: Rubaiyat

Premium MemberBarbarossa III

...A new command would counter their attack
to stay the storm that harkens at your door.
‘Twould be a feat that stunned the iron pack
for nothing dared defy the wolves before. 
And though his pack c...
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Categories: concedes, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets

Premium MemberFrance III

...As allies falter from his Blitzkrieg force,
the blood of British sons infuse the sand.
They pray their brothers front the Channel’s course
for they have failed to gain the upper hand.
And, so the...
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Categories: concedes, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets

Premium MemberBilocation

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Written: January 26, 2024
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Rumi Quote ("Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because, for those who love ...
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Categories: concedes, analogy, beauty, character, creation,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberPoland I

...Humanity is destined to dissolve
when fear consumes the minds of timid kings.
Such pandering lets lunacy evolve
and impotence is forced to face its sting.
An evil wind, with blustering conceit,
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Categories: concedes, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets

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