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daddy died alone in his home
...daddy died alone in his home ashtrays with cigarette butts completely hoarded his deathbed the smell of smoke almost immediately made my eyes turn red i regret the 15 years since i last saw him h......

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Categories: curveball, dad, death, growth, how
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Life With Pets
...JUDY… Judy was a German Shepherd from my newborn days I’ve seen some pictures, black and white; she had a friendly gaze I wish I could remember her as I sit here and write Alas I just have photog......

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Categories: curveball, cat, dog, pets,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Mr Curveball
...Mr Curveball was a drifter visiting from left field Mr Curveball only stayed long enough to be a fleeting thought, a brain sneeze, his presence often indicated by frowns, robotic owls looking a......

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Categories: curveball, confusion, deep, depression, mental
Form: Free verse
Dear Comrade
...Thank you for celebrating the warrior in me And for being my shield in times of need Offering those shoulders to nurse in chivalry My battle-wearied heart when it doth bleed Thank you for cele......

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Categories: curveball, appreciation, dedication, emotions, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
To the End
...“Speak from the heart” What a load of crap Cut straight to the point did this all even matter? From the start, the middle to that bitter-sweet end A strange affair A compilation of half-assed......

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Categories: curveball, drug, feelings, good night,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member We Got a Crowd That's In a Frenzy Bob
...The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Chapter L.A. I like to think of [the habit] as a bonfire or a lighthouse, so that light can shine out into places where there are no resources and there isn......

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Categories: curveball, anger, baseball, community, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Twist of Faith
...In life, we may think we have it all Figured out, planned, untouched by a fall But then a twist of fate, a curveball thrown Our faith may shake, we feel alone A dream may crumble, a hop......

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Categories: curveball, destiny, faith,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Dear Friends
...Dear Friends, Condidants, Associates and Amigos, Homeboys, Homegirls Continue to emanate positivity In all things despite setbacks what life sometimes throws a curveball. ......

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Categories: curveball, 12th grade, best friend,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sweeping Snow
...angels sweeping out flakes lackadaisically successive shift: fast and furious angels on break storehouse still to be emptied funniest sight? a full-size snowman drops from the clouds ......

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Categories: curveball, angel, snow,
Form: Free verse
One Month Into Summer 2022 Elapsed Here
...One month into summer 2022 elapsed here... Within Perkiomen Valley, Pennsylvania, thus far marginal rainfall for season nevertheless...the hazy, hot and humid dog days meanwhile (gad) Zeus t......

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Categories: curveball, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Don'T Be
...It can be frightening It can be gallant It can be humbling It can be triumphant When a curveball is thrown, be ready and take your best swing When the microphone is passed, stand tall and s......

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Categories: curveball, appreciation, beautiful, encouraging, growth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Life's Curveballs
...LIFE’S CURVEBALLS A past time of getting hit by a curveball, would send me off my trolley Now I see it, catch it, as return it to sender, with one all mighty volley Indiana Shaw . . . ; )......

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Categories: curveball, baseball, life, metaphor, tribute,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Book of Ruth - With Apologies To the Notorious RBG
...Came from Baltimore by Pigtown Where they like to lay the law down. He rebelled against the ground rule. Had to grow up in reform school. Got acquainted with a curveball Dealing pepper by the ch......

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Categories: curveball, allegory, baseball,
Form: Bio
Science
...Science is knowledge, magnificence pansophism! Extreme erudition of unmatched intellect, in all its compelling branches; The beautiful and dynamic achievement of flight. A kite flying with ......

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Categories: curveball, science,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Curveball With Mustard On It
...O, rats. I've been assigned to write a serious poem As if a boy can snap his fingers and grow 'em What's worse, I hear it has to be a sonnet I'll just throw 'Teach' a curveball with a dollop ......

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Categories: curveball, nostalgia, poetry, school, silly,
Form: Sonnet

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