A Trapped Butterfly
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I went to a catholic school,
was made to heed, conform and obey;
oh, those nuns could be so nasty and cruel.
they even forced us to make up sins...
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Categories:
contest.creative, how i feel, school,
Form: Rhyme
Creative Conformity
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Creativeness...conformity...a pair
that go together just like night and day,
as one supports the other to declare
a unity and balance, that must say
there's planning in a poem t...
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Categories:
contest.creative, art, music, poetry,
Form: Sonnet
Creative Conformity
...There comes a time
We ask ourselves
The why of what we do
What is the use of writing poetry
Do I write to express myself or to be read
If I have to conform to someone’s rules
Am I writing for...
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Categories:
contest.creative, creation, integrity, introspection, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Creative Conformity
...Creative Conformity, an oxymoron.
No other explanation for I cannot fathom this term in any other way
What has already been, cannot be construed as creative.
And conformity has been done
And done...
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Categories:
contest.creative, art,
Form: Free verse
Hopeful
...Hopeful
Whispers in the corridor heard louder and closer,
as security man asks relatives to leave,
In recovery room post operative patients wait...
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Categories:
contest.creative, cheer up, hope,
Form: Haibun
An Autumn Farewell
...Going out of his way, the obliging taxi driver drives to the top of the hill.
A young man gets out, walks a short distance to a vantage point
where his gaze falls upon the vil...
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Categories:
contest.creative, emotions,
Form: Haibun
Bitter Coffee
...Through tinted glass, I see cars have lined up outside, like a java-thirsty snake who waits to strike at the employee working the drive-through window.
I take a last dreg of coffee, then vacate the ...
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Categories:
contest.creative, friendship, people, sad,
Form: Haibun
Garden Diary
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The moment winter softens into spring and all is melting, the first flower is the
white snowdrop poking through the snow, quickly followed by johnny-jump ups.
They are so cute and delicate in...
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Categories:
contest.creative, cute, daffodils, flower, garden,
Form: Haibun
Categories:
contest.creative, emotions,
Form: Shape
Categories:
contest.creative, flower, house,
Form: Concrete
Poetic Love -Creative Layout
...We have never met across the oceans blue
I know that I am the one you write about
Your romantic words are sheer perfection
I drink in every syllable
My heart s k p s ...
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Categories:
contest.creative, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Cover Story
...Cover Story
Phone is ringing
She comes rushing
Just to pick the phone.
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Categories:
contest.creative, confusion, depression, how i
Form: Couplet
Categories:
contest.creative, poetry,
Form: Shape
Categories:
contest.creative, love,
Form: Shape
Categories:
contest.creative, emotions, life,
Form: Rhyme
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