AUTHENTICITY of POETRY
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When people comment
on the style or way
I write and the words
I use to express and convey
my thoughts and views.
I tend to stop and ponder
my road less traveled .
Acknowledging, ...
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Categories:
contributor, tribute,
Form: Free verse
The Finish Line
...Betrothed to your hollow headlines written in the speech bubbles on my phone screen
Enough is enough when I discover that I want a hologram of you, laying next to me
The build up breaks me down lik...
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Categories:
contributor, life,
Form: Free verse
The Termite and the Cow
...I watched the peaceful cattle stroll
around the pleasant field.
We gain from them both food and milk,
such benefits they yield.
However, when they eat the grass,
they digest all that stuff.
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Categories:
contributor, environment, funny, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Oppression
...Dull shackles
An accessory to a crime
Worn out from repeated abuse
Of oppression for profit, for personal gain
The cracking of a whip
A contributor to paralysis
The inability to move
Petrifi...
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Categories:
contributor, abuse, discrimination, hurt, people,
Form: Free verse
Our Father's Wife
...She welcomes us into her husband's home,
Serves us with best dishes,
And refers to us as her beloved children
When daddy wants to get us new clothes,
He asks her to escort him to the great shop...
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Categories:
contributor, child abuse, family,
Form: Ballad
Found Hound 14
...The black dog stood out in contrast to the snow drift Arlis found her half buried in.Emaciated she was a light load as he hoisted her onto his shoulder.She appeared to be a Irish wolf hound
with the...
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Categories:
contributor, family, good morning, good
Form: Narrative
Happy Tears
...Written By: D. Collins 7/31/22
I am in awe of what you turned out to be.
And how God, let such a person come from me?
With that, I have no problem...
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Categories:
contributor, appreciation,
Form: Sonnet
Alliteration Apr 5
...CHRISTIAN
Concern,compassion,comfort
CHARITY !
Commitment,consensus,concord
COMMUNITY !
Comunion,converse,counsel
CONNECTIONS !
Constant,candid,confession
CREED !
Conviction,contentment,comp...
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Categories:
contributor, christian, poetry,
Form: Alliteration
Communique From Gethsemene
...The pretext of my residency here seems to have exhausted itself. I now find myself in need of offering an explanation for the immediacy of my departure. No doubt certain obvious reasons will come unp...
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Categories:
contributor, allegory, dark, solitude,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Latent Black Payback
...Losses not consolidated leave contributor raw
Arrears rip pages of rational compassionate law
Turblent thoughts toss turn to channel retaliation
Embittered brain rubs static into smooth radio sta...
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Categories:
contributor, absence, betrayal, evil, fear,
Form: Acrostic
The Silent Pandemic
...THE SILENT PANDEMIC
The silent pandemic, a global problem ignored is mental illness.
Mental disorders, like depression, substance abuse are worldwide.
Nearly one billion people around the world...
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Categories:
contributor, mental illness,
Form: Villanelle
Always Alliterative
...CHRISTIAN
Concern,compassion,comfort
CHARITY !
Commitment,consensus,concord
COMMUNITY !
Comunion,converse,counsel
CONNECTIONS !
Constant,candid,confession
CREED !
Conviction,contentment,comp...
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Categories:
contributor, christian, word play,
Form: Alliteration
Matrescence-
...Biological matrescence;
Matrescence;
Biological genetic;
Contributor adoptive;
Volunteer surrogate;
Endearing caring maternal Terms of Endearment;
Mom,
Mama
Mommy, mom, mum,
Mu...
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Categories:
contributor, appreciation, mother,
Form: Free verse
Acorn's Farewell Address
...Optimizing my essence-verity
being a contributor to ecology’s beauty
since for such I was created* by the Almighty…
allow me now to advertise my blessed bounty
as the lone surviving speci...
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Categories:
contributor, appreciation, creation, environment, god,
Form: Personification
Fractured Nursery Rhymes
...Baa Baa Black Sheep
Corruption was pretty heavy
The wool market well controlled
Black sheep was a union contributor
That's the story, or so I am told
One bale was sent to the secretary
One ...
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Categories:
contributor, corruption, fairy, fantasy, funny,
Form: Light Verse
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