Cupid's Stand-in Does His Darndest
...My dearest Mrs., Ms., Mystic, or Miss,
this morning Venus had a special "ask".
She said to make you fall in loving bliss,
for Cupid's ill and not up to the task.
I'm nervous as I'm kind of new ...
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Categories:
darndest, humor, love,
Form: Ottava rima
Sonnet No1
...How do I compare to thee?
Your intransience knows no bounds
Id gesticulate more often than not
Your red Mantra dress knows no warmth
Your like a mermaid uncaught
You're darndest to kno...
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Categories:
darndest, anxiety,
Form: Sonnet
Little Town in the Desert
...
We settled down in a little town
Nigh on thirty years ago
The stars shown bright
...
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Categories:
darndest, lost, paradise,
Form: Lyric
Umpteenth heat wave since onset of summer sizzles Delaware Valley today July 16th, 2024
...Umpteenth heat wave since onset of summer
sizzles Delaware Valley today July 16th, 2024
Said geographical area composed of counties
located in Southeastern Pennsylvania,
South Jersey, Delaware,...
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Categories:
darndest, america, earth, grave, humanity,
Form: Free verse
I wanna trade in my stubby spindleshanks
...I wanna trade in my stubby spindleshanks...,
(a poor excuse for legs),
and get me the latest
sophisticated prosthetics advancements,
whereat integration of cultured stem cells
into custom made...
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Categories:
darndest, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Future time traveler looks back one century ago
...Future time traveler looks back one century ago
I exhibit health and virility at one hundred and
64 years astride planet earth, whereby spouse,
(who remained married to yours truly for about
o...
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Categories:
darndest, absence, adventure, anniversary, birth,
Form: Free verse
Freedom
...Freedom is the green grass where the antelope roam
It’s the darndest yarn of cotton
It’s the bottom feed for human basics
Freedom is the buttress of the Moths wing
It’s the smile you give me
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Categories:
darndest, allegory,
Form: Free verse
Struggle To Write
...Struggle to write
Witnessed courtesy the following poetic sight
especially when dark shadows foretell edge of night
twilight zone expanding
into outer limits of width and height
obscuring webb...
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Categories:
darndest, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Sonnet No 1
...How do I compare to thee
Your intransience knows no bounds
Id gesticulate more often than not
Your red pattern dress
Your Yes is a No
You're darndest to know
You're like a Newfoundland
leechi...
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Categories:
darndest, anxiety,
Form: Sonnet
Similar If Not Identical To Last Year
...Similar if not identical to last year...
umpteenth heat wave since onset of summer...
sizzles Delaware Valley today August 26th, 2022
Said geographical area composed of counties
located in S...
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Categories:
darndest, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Captain Sails Atop the Storm
...Like sitting upon a sail at the storm’s peak,
riding its mastery, and black and blue artistry.
Underneath the vessel’s feet, it’s troubled us
to flip us end to end, to break its back. Pale
is the...
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Categories:
darndest, adventure, storm,
Form: Narrative
Future Time Traveler Looks Back One Century Ago
...Future time traveler looks back one century ago
The following poem tweaked
courtesy original author who crafted
literary endeavor some couple years ago.
Now circa August 20th, 2122,
or 193...
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Categories:
darndest, adventure, anniversary, appreciation, august,
Form: Rhyme
A Poem In the Defense of the Poetry
...Would you love to read the joy in poetry?
Would you pass poetry to the pit?
Or would you grant me the grace to write in defense of poetry?
If you picked “yes” on the second and fourth lines
Th...
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Categories:
darndest, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Circa February 12th, 2122 10:30 Pm
...Circa February 12th, 2122 ~ 10:30 PM
Equals twenty one thirty 22:30 military time
future time traveler looks back one century ago,
oceanic waterways overladen with green slime,
yours truly atte...
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Categories:
darndest, absence, age, celebration, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Bring Me Home
...What I'd like to give you is an ounce of my cologne.
It promises not to turn heads, but to keep level heads.
Trust me when I say, "I've been around the bin a few times".
Word to the wise, "If it...
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Categories:
darndest, people, wife,
Form: Couplet
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