Dare at the Fair
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"I can stand any ride at the fair,"
said my brother, so he took my dare.
He rode on the Comet,
and then he hurled vomit
stuck disgustingly in his date's hair.
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Categories:
disgustingly, boy,
Form: Limerick
Cure for Me
...I remember when
The stars weren't my own
I remember when
Sad stories of a real soul
I remember when
We used to play pretend
My future, my escape
Dream of another time or place
What shall ...
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Categories:
disgustingly, 11th grade, allah, allegory,
Form: Free verse
Picking At Scabs
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Written April 11, 2025, for Contest Sponsored by Edward Ibeh
Quote: 1/ “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ? Rumi
2/ "Many times we pick at the bitt...
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Categories:
disgustingly, appreciation, bereavement,
Form: Rhyme
Unwanted Thoughts
...The voices.
The loud,
screaming,
noises.
The images,
The disgustingly comforting images.
I hate this.
This numbing,
suffering feeling,
I get from these thoughts.
I want it to stop.
I need ...
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Categories:
disgustingly, anxiety, depression, pain,
Form: Free verse
How Does It Feel To Be A Man?
...How does it feel to be a man? Let me resonate the ways.
I can't hide myself from the depression and anxiety
Not needing time where I knew nobody and their barking words
And the pain of a man goes ...
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Categories:
disgustingly, depression, god, men, sad,
Form: Sonnet
Her Hearts Unheard
...With a dagger to my throat,
with what he uses to silence me,
my words don’t speak.
But my heart does.
It blows up and out—splat on the floor.
I can’t muster words,
for I have not been silence...
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Categories:
disgustingly, 8th grade, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Butterflies
...Butterflies are a magical magentic wonder of our world's skies
In many ways they are not dissimilar to us coming in all different colours categories configurations and size.
Butterflies can't see t...
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Categories:
disgustingly, butterfly, insect, nature, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
Eurydice and Her Moonbeamed Tresses
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Why in his presence, did her soft heart, always like sweet
cotton candy melt?
Orchestral songs engendered the tenderest feelings, to her
heart, so aquamarine velvet.
Such starlit, subtle, ...
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Categories:
disgustingly, beautiful, imagery, love, moon,
Form: Rhyme
A Late Blooming Truth
...In the middle of a Thai hot summer, we ventured
into the high hills of North Thailand.
We were medics, a small out-reach team
serving the scattered rural villages
of that remote area.
Klauss, ...
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Categories:
disgustingly, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Under the Firmament
...Under the firmament
Vying to escape the dome of purgatory
A trap which seems permanent
Filled with negative energy and pain
Stuck on a plain
That plays tricks on the brain
Driving souls ...
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Categories:
disgustingly, art, international, poems, spoken
Form: Epic
Lost Pieces
...Flinging open the passenger door - I retreat
Deep behind my sinuses - I feel the sensation to weep
On and off all day and night - PTSD - I wanna cry
'Cause after 7.5 incredibly long and difficult ...
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Categories:
disgustingly, boyfriend, break up, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
Maude and Me
...he might have been a felon, a freak, a frizzle wiper or a fraud.
we did not know him actually said speaker, young judgmental Maude.
he had a look about him that made me clutch my purse.
she assess...
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Categories:
disgustingly, women,
Form: Rhyme
Malice In Underland
...I'm scared to sleep, 'cause I'll slowly creep
Deeper & deeper into a frightening world
Where Alice is Malice & Wonderland is Underland
Where your nightmares come disgustingly alive
They'll claw y...
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Categories:
disgustingly, universe,
Form: Rhyme
Refurbished Nursery Rhymes: Little Jackie's Christmas Surprise
...Little Jack Horner was sent to the corner
For sticking his thumb in the Christmas plum pie.
The guests were also not pleased when he sneezed on the peas,
Or sang nursery rhyme ballads while fondli...
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Categories:
disgustingly, christmas, humor,
Form: Light Verse
The Two We Knew
...Young disgustingly handsome
hooked-up with youthful adorably ugly,
both happily mixed and matched
the years away.
Sadly, disgustingly handsome
turned out
to be genetically disposed
to gro...
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Categories:
disgustingly, poetry,
Form: Free verse
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