Ghazal No 1
...The rose, beholding your bright face, entranced has grown,
All eye and cheek and ear in worship lost and shown.
You stole my heart, O heedless one—I still recall,
Though you've forgotten me, I s...
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Categories:
contributes, cute love,
Form: Ghazal
If you knew
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If you knew...
That the one who tore you in two, and
Made you
One with the earth,
And
The one who glues you,
Unites you, petal by petal,
Contributes to your happiness...
If you knew...?...
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Categories:
contributes, life, longing, love,
Form: Free verse
Lubricant- MJF
...I feel it smoothly, gliding freely,
Liquid fluidity surging.
Not a fraction of too much friction,
An undulating path followed effortlessly.
Movement and balance allowing continuous flow.
A sense...
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Categories:
contributes, motivation,
Form: Ekphrasis
PEPPERMAN 06042025
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I OPENED A DOOR IN THE UNIVERSE,
ONLY TO FIND MYSELF FACE TO FACE
WITH A OCEANIC VIEW OF CURIOSITY.
ENDLESS WAVES OF QUESTIONS,
ANSWERS AND THEORIES LEADING TO ,
AND FROM THE BEGINNING OF...
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Categories:
contributes, imagination, inspirational, journey, mental
Form: Free verse
HOW FAR WILL ONE VOICE GO
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When it comes to spreading love throughout the world
I like to think I’ve made that choice…
but I often wonder if I’m succeeding
after all…I’m just one voice.
But then I remind myself how an ...
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Categories:
contributes, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
FAITH IN GOD WHO NEVER LIES
...February 21 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Numbers 23-25
Key Verse – Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, a...
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Categories:
contributes, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Quatrain
In the halls of learning
...In halls of learning, where young minds ignite,
A symphony of guidance, shining ever bright.
Not just the teacher with lessons planned,
But every soul contributes, with loving hand.
The janitor's...
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Categories:
contributes, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
William Herebert translations
...“What is he, this lordling, that cometh from the fight?”
by William Herebert, 14th century
translation by Michael R. Burch
Who is he, this lordling, who staggers from the fight,
with blood-red ...
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Categories:
contributes, bird, joy, love, song,
Form: Rhyme
Waymo's Service Is A Detriment To The Economy-Society
...Waymo's Service Is A Detriment To The Economy-Society
Waymo's self-driving taxi service, or ride share service, contributes very little to the economy and food chain. Whereas human drivers of taxi...
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Categories:
contributes, conflict, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
INVENTION
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the notion
of genius
contributes
to
success
with
the ambiguous
in
appropriate
metaphorical
interpretation
of
erstwhile
aesthetics
within
tumulutous
...
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Categories:
contributes, inspiration,
Form: Verse
911
...911
By Franklin Price
09/11/2024
Three and twenty years ago
Terror rang its awful bell
In the midst of New York City
The great and tall twin towers fell
Slammed by hijacked liners
Deviate...
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Categories:
contributes, america, anniversary, freedom, usa,
Form: Rhyme
A ghost is inside of you
...When events came by like marriages or events,
I let my family wait and hushed into the bath to take off my pants,
Cleaned my face with the cleanser pats,
Left even the the loose paper, soak in the...
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Categories:
contributes, 8th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Prayer
...Time of reflection - to cleanse ourselves of the negativity that life contributes...
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Categories:
contributes, prayer,
Form: Monoku
A Jocular Hint - My Soliloquy
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Written: May 6th 2024
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It's tough to revel in delight, but I grew!
Dreams rouse me, not in an aphonic view.
Nature provides her...
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Categories:
contributes, analogy, nature, war,
Form: Rhyme
Amor Vincit Omnia
...Her day is passed in sweet insouciance,
my own debilitated by this pain:
I lack all satisfaction: no disdain
is motivating her. No piercing glance,
no hurtful word, contemptuous, askance,
pertur...
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Categories:
contributes, love,
Form: Sonnet
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