Counterparts Poems | Examples

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Premium Member TRIPTYCH EXPERIENCES

TRIPTYCH EXPERIENCES
portrayed 
    surrounded 
now
repotoire
recited 
recalls 
    questioning 
      the formulae
to
 stimulate 
     subjectivity 
delicious 
  luminous
dialogue 
in
        bizarre 
graduated
contrasts  
   with unbridled 
shades 
predominantly 
  prevailing
afresh 
in sensitive 
      hesitant
 scenarios
 passionate
     unreachable 
role-play 
   studies
of
 facial 
  splendour 
in
lavish  
   concept 
a 
   formulated
 process
to
  conveys
a 
    quiet relaxed 
series
carefully
fronted  
    emphasis
balanced 
precise 
    awareness 
with
vital
  counterparts
in
  closely 
     occasioned 
devices

Premium Member ORNAMENTAL EMBODIMENTS

ORNAMENTAL EMBODIMENTS
extremely
 precise
    endow
elegance
   with
     deliberate
awareness
&
  consciousness 
in
 spatial
    attractive
depth
      with
extrapositional
linear 
  dimensions 
as
  emeshed
   counterparts

Premium Member WHOLE-HEARTED MURALS-:-

WHOLE-HEARTED MURALS-:-
serial
 contrasting
counterparts 

without
mannered
WHOLESOME SENSUALITY
hopeful
 didactical
style

with SIGNIFICANT REPERCUSSION
inaugurate
  disident
resembling

high
mindedness


The divine collapse

Once there was a debate in the lost paradise,
All the heavenly bodies are sitting in disguise.

The muscle flexing was seemed to be the only priorities,
The stars tried to take over the show as they were in majorities.

The Sun was smiling at these herds and their counterparts,
The moon looked at the firing Sun sitting in cold altar.

The moon was furious on the other hands to disregard their presence,
The Sun hesitate to enter into this fight of crown with diligence.

The moon asked the Sun to protest against these twinkling stars,
The Sun smiled and said
"We are neither near nor they so far."

WOMEN VETERAN

Please tell me it’s not true
In supporting the Red white and blue 
That not a lot of women are Honorable 
And barely any women are notable
 So to the far few and in between
I hope your life will shine and glean
Where we may not be many, but just a few
Who go combat hatred people spew
For being fearless in the service we gave
We deserve to be saved
Let us stand out among most women that we see
Filling our hearts with hope and Glee
Let our male counterparts be are equal
Allowing more women to serve in our sequel
Let no woman be full of fear
Where danger lurks and may be near
As our flags colors are tightly woven
Let us recognize the service member who is a woman

Premium Member S and MAGA

having a ball gag
muzzling of the scientists ~
ignorance is bliss

***
2025/02/18

Today on the news: Canadian scientists 
not being allowed to communicate 
with their American counterparts.


Little Girls

Little girls still living in their little worlds are told to sit pretty, smile wide, and don’t talk back. They are taught to grow up before they should because these little girls go through grow-up things. Little girls in their little worlds are called names for being “too provocative”, but then called names for being “too conservative”. Little girls in their little worlds can’t walk out of the house without being looked at by the male species because they have to change for the men who run this world. Little girls are told to aim high, but not too high because the “chances are low” in a male-dominated world. Little girls are shot down from their dreams before they can even start because who would listen to a docile woman over a dominant man? Little girls get praised when they survive in a male-dominated field but still get paid less than their male counterparts for better performance. Women will never compare to their male counterparts because those same little girls who are told to aim high get shot out of the sky by society’s wicked eye. But, still, we try to survive in this world of unachievable expectations, because, in reality, we want to be seen and appreciated.

Love on the Run

A touch too close and a gaze too sincere,
Was the Jenga player about to pull an upset loss? 
Faulty by design, promise and execution 

Does a good love need time to catch its breath? 
Or does it weave long exhales into conversational counterparts?

Premium Member CONFLUENCE

Counterparts,we
two becoming one

Male & female,equivalents


Communing,now 
two becoming one

Male & female,complemented 

Christian Marriage
                             two becoming one

Feeding the Cat

It took three weeks to get the
wife’s cat to eat ‘whatever’
I put in front of it.
No longer it terrorizes us when
time comes to feed it. 

It took three week to change its status
back to family pet,
last one in the pecking order.
An animal that should be grateful 
we let it live with us provide shelter
from storms  its counterparts
must endure outside.

Three weeks it took of not folding
& opening new cans of food cause
it wouldn’t eat the first can given it.
Cause maybe it had gravy or maybe it didn’t,
or the meat wasn’t chopped or chopped way too much,
or whatever excuse the old lady came up with for it!

Three weeks of letting it mope around cry
in front of its bowl as if it was in heat.

Three weeks till it got the message.
A new sheriff was in town, and
he doesn’t give a damn,
if you starve to death!

Tiger Claws

I own the personality of a human extrovert 
you can call me Majesty for I have steadiness of paw 
when it comes to hunting I can be quite overt 
as vocal as a crow's caw caw 

I am tiger, hear me growl and roar 
as the largest feline in the world, I always stand proud 
solitary by nature I take care of my cubs with adore 
but don't stand in my way or you'll hear me nice and loud 

I am a sentient being at the brink of extinction 
due to the fact they want me for my pelt, meat and body parts 
when they take spear in hand and come into my jurisdiction 
it is then that I flair my nostrils and eat my counterparts   

unless you threaten to kill me, I wont pull out my tiger claws 
when I am observing I often strike a tall majestic pose  
but if you can smell my musky scent, then your standing too close 
the fact is you need to keep distance, its as plain as the tip of your nose.

We Are What We Wear

"All a man really wants, is a girl who looks good in a bikini." - Jack Freestone

New Jersey feminists burnt bras to send swimsuit pageants up in smoke,
Iranian women drove along mountaintops, daring the wind to loosen their hair.
Colleagues in Canada removed high heels but still towered over counterparts,
tennis players trimmed dresses so they could run, fought to change white to red.

Felicity cut her hair, #nomakeup became self-care,
a mourning Queen wore black, AOC ‘taxed the rich’ on her back.
Geishas sang and danced, more than mere servants to men;
through Coventry rode Lady Godiva naked, bravery rarely seen before then.

Women have always worn their battles, embroidered their history into lace.
So, when to save lives, we all covered our supposed selling point - our face -
surely, we can do better than want only a bikini for over half the human race.

No Verse

I’m dry; the muse has packed her bags,
unfriended me and left.
No rhymes have come to mind at all.
Of words I am bereft.

In need of verse, my followers
await the poet's best.
And so a letter to the muse.
was written and addressed.

“Dear musie, readers want their due.
They pine for it, forsooth.
So why did you abandon me?
Are muses so uncouth?

There was a time of frequent calls.
You kept me in your chat.
I saw your posts; you sent me lols
and pictures of your cat.

I thought our friendship was for good.
I thought you meant your hearts.
On Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram
we were two counterparts.

You cannot say you were ignored.
I took and used your gifts.
Alas! I see — your love is like
the desert sand that shifts.

And yet, I have not lost all hope.
Re-friend me! I implore.
For now, I'm not amused, my muse.
That's all. I've got no more."

Premium Member 'march Madness' Vs Nba Playoffs

Those college kids sure get excited when they win
    while their professional counterparts barely grin
      ~ although they do get rich as sin

Premium Member Choices

Three score and five and I am still alive
It's been a rocky road from there to here
For years my only goal was to survive
When each tomorrow was a new frontier

Of friends and foes that came into my sphere
The beauties and the beasts, my counterparts
Some saw me stumble, others saw me cheer
Those who were with me from the very start

And though I can not name them all by heart
Nor deeds nor misdeeds, that which came to be
The choices that I made, they had no part
If one should point a finger, point at me

Responsibility is mine alone 
Someday it will be I, who must atone.


     Daniel Turner
   Spenserian sonnet
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