Dabbled Poems

Premium MemberWhen feelings war

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By evening light of crimson 
Moonlight dabbled through the trees.
Formed shapes of dark and shadow climbed and crawled and followed me. 

Weary eyes did gaze on distance. 
Though views faded a...
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Categories: dabbled, absence, death, leaving, light,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMy Imagination Of John Denver Came To Life

...John Denver Poetry Contest
Anthony Biaanco


Gathered around a campfire
Folks sing, clap, and dance
Take me home on country roads
Rocky Mountain high
High above an eagle circles
A passing de...
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Categories: dabbled, celebrity, music, nature, song,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberThe Ebbtide

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And now the ebb tide flows,
The end of all intentions,
Hopes and energies
Exhausted in submission to a greater power.
Terms are struck
And life relinquished
To subside in age
And reminiscenc...
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Categories: dabbled, age, feelings, future, hope,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberA life less lived eulogy

...Born in Glasgow
And he almost spoke the King's English.
He became a man of letters
Some of them even spelled korrectly
A teacher to trade. What did he teach?
Probably very little.
He was known ...
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Categories: dabbled, humorous,
Form: Bio

What God?

...So many people on social media and in my life continuely tell me Jesus and God God and Jesus,  they'll always love you if u just praise them and keep praying. You keep Talking about how he is coming ...
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Categories: dabbled, angel, anger, anxiety, atheist,
Form: Free verse


Though a Democrat, I play the devil's advocate

...Though a Democrat, I play the devil's advocate...

after reading the article
(published in the July + August 2024
issue of Mother Jones)
titled Raging bull - Donald Trump's
pugilistic spokesman...
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Categories: dabbled, america, boxing day , celebrity,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberSorry, I Can't Write a Poem

...I wrote an email to a friend.  She challenged me to an exchange of poetry (we both dabbled in writing).  I was petrified, having only written a few limericks as a child, and a few poems in my adult l...
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Categories: dabbled, humor, humorous, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberHumour Wins Hands Down

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Tried writing stuff of a serious nature
Just knew it wasn't for me
Dabbled a bit but I just couldn't hack it
A humorist is all I'll be

It's not exclusive, still write about love
So...
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Categories: dabbled, humor,
Form: Rhyme

Don Diddy's Deeds

...DON DIDDY'S DEEDS
 
Diddy, the daring, dashing dude,
Dabbled in dalliances, oh so crude.
Darting through dreams, dollars, and deucing.
Dangling diamonds & jewels, with his schuffel dancing.4

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Categories: dabbled, 1st grade,
Form: Alliteration

Premium Memberanswers

...Every once in a while, especially on holidays, I find myself wandering through my memory museum - rattling doors and fishing through those virtual hallways. That’s where I found ‘Father Lucas,’ last ...
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Categories: dabbled, childhood, humor, memory, religion,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberSink or Swim

...A tropical vacation that I never shall forget
The clearest cleanest ocean that I’ve ever seen as yet
I dabbled in a rock pool with a bamboo handled net
I told my wife, “It’s just for fun, to see w...
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Categories: dabbled, vacation,
Form: Monorhyme

The Drug

...A notable writer in the literary Norwegian firmament was Jens Bjornebo who was the leading radical star 
outspoken and a perfect spokesman for modern times in
the sixties and seventies.
Jens, let'...
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Categories: dabbled, anti bullying, anxiety, corruption,
Form: Blank verse

Premium MemberMoonlit Reverie - Part One

...Written: September 10, 2023
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Mounts daydreams in the azure bay.
An eerie sway casts halos in the night sky.
As a sparkl...
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Categories: dabbled, analogy, appreciation, confidence, light,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberZydeco House Party

...The bayou sky flies a catfish moon over swamp gators 
And cottonmouth vipers. Accordions, fiddles, and rub board vests 
Make their ramble through the undergrowth hot on the trail
Of a sultry midsu...
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Categories: dabbled, allegory, america, celebration,
Form: Blank verse

Premium MemberI Love You

...I  Love  You


     Unique yearning wobbled, dabbled,
      trembled in throbbing heart
       throttled the throat.
    
        Ardent ardour rested on
          folded petals of blooming b...
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Categories: dabbled, longing, love,
Form: Free verse

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