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Contrives Poems - Poems about Contrives

Ethos Arbitrage
...Emoted investment dividends high Buying then selling as spirit contrives Unlimited resource consciousness fares In debits and credits — whose riches ensnare (Dreamsleep: October, 2024) ......

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Categories: contrives, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member William 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: contrives, appreciation,
Form: Clerihew



Premium Member Perfect Wings
... When I think of all the things I’ve done, The pain I’ve caused, the fears that have won… I’m left in awe of the love He’s shown, He’s never left me lonely and my love for Him has grown. Whe......

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Categories: contrives, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Rhyme
The Treasure of Friendships
...Friendships are formed in many different ways, some are by mutual choice and others by chance. A sincere comradery will last forever and always while a few have turned into passionate ......

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Categories: contrives, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Some Fell Upon Stoney Ground
...Seeds were sown on fertile soil while SOME FELL upon STONEY GROUND (This is a poem about one of the latter) Oh affluent lady in smart design Scurrying to Tim’s bar to taste of wine But one ......

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Categories: contrives, abuse, destiny, sad,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Inextricably Untethered
...I've struck a snag after a long develops steps. To a recent attitude over alliance depth, I investigate this frightening atmosphere. On top, winning expresses me insecure. Becau......

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Categories: contrives, analogy, anxiety, appreciation, beauty,
Form: Rhyme
Sing Broken Beyond Mankind
...Sing Broken Beyond Mankind because I speak IN T oppressors tongue H language of E conqueror MY I......

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Categories: contrives, america, columbus day, earth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Battle In the Id
...In I'd slide, then slid, into the id. Inside, the thorny thicket ten feet high buried behind my mind, where it has hid arising around me, no way to get by. In the throes of the hedgerow, the eg......

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Categories: contrives, cry, growth, introspection, self,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Beware Tomorrow
...Be not soft upon the morrow For the maliciousness it contrives. The future beckons unending sorrow To gamely catch the vulture's eye. 'Tis the destiny of mice and men To be laid waste by natur......

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Categories: contrives, dark, humanity, judgement,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member In Praise of the Naked Truth
...I'm up to my eyeballs in tawdry disguises - let women wear auras or no clothes at all! Let men naked roam too! Dark skin, white, sans tattoo, and the light of day see just what's bought and what'......

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Categories: contrives, fun, poetry, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Meditations a Tribute
...waiting to retreat enduring then turning courage in a moment of change to bravery no longer deceived truth replaces remorse rooted & blessed by reason riding the......

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Categories: contrives, people, poetry,
Form: Ekphrasis
Wishes Still To Pray
...Are they waiting for me patient, as I’m caught up in the game Are they counting down the moments, till I breathe my last refrain Do they wonder why I dawdle, with an opening so wide ......

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Categories: contrives, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Rutilated Quartz
...She lies in slumber pending release, in Gaia’s womb. Case of needles; rutilated quartz, hair of angels contrives balance; administrating pleasure and pain, essence of yin and yang.......

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Categories: contrives, appreciation, beautiful, earth, environment,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Epitaph of a Wandering Soul
...Throughout eons she contrives to casting seeds and see what thrives as she has done for countless lives. Experimental. Traveling through time and space on cresting waves of light and grace to......

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Categories: contrives, death, eulogy, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Villanelle: Don'T Some Live Life the Way He Or She Wants It
...Villanelle : Don't some live Life the way he or she wants it Don't some live Life the way he or she wants it Look around and see who lives resounding lives If I were Life's Playwright won't I......

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Categories: contrives, conflict, judgement, life, philosophy,
Form: Villanelle

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