A Minor Act of Weather
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Now and then, quietly without notice,
Time adjusts its spectacles—
Peers through a fogged pane of recall
Where particulars, once urgent, dissolve.
If now and then you find rain in your hear...
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Categories:
disliked, introspection, memory, old, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Social Media
...Social media has transformed how people communicate and interact globally, fostering connectivity and collaboration~ Why is it we can’t honor, respect, or be kind without cruelty in the mix?—Poet...
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Categories:
disliked, anxiety, bullying, social,
Form: Senryu
Alfred in the wilderness
...Alfred and the wilderness
Alfred, who with the greatest of ease tells, he is not my father
and I went for a walk across a chlorophyll-filled field.
Alfred, who is a musician and never ventures o...
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Categories:
disliked, abuse, age, angst, animal,
Form: ABC
A Decrepit I Am
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I am a decrepit, I'll tell you why
Even though telling you will make me cry
My world has been turned around, upside down
And I've developed an eternal frown.
I've tried to be helpful ...
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Categories:
disliked, angst, depression, hurt,
Form: Rhyme
The war of sound
...Recently, there was a subtled battle,
Between the sound from a shop and the piano.
At first, it was just a small issue,
Eventually it grew bigger and uglier.
For exactly eleven months,
I have ...
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Categories:
disliked, fun, june, music, sound,
Form: Free verse
Twitter X et al
...I don’t tell you what I think
What drives me mad and to the brink:
Annoying people, noise and trash
And total strangers who are brash
Gold-digging women, joke that’s bad
And lack of money, lat...
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Categories:
disliked, life,
Form: Rhyme
Now I'm a Big Poetry Guy
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I once disliked poetry worse than math
going back further – than taking a bath
Shelley was for sissies and so was Blake
reading their verse was a king-size headach...
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Categories:
disliked, death, math, me, poetry,
Form: Couplet
That little girl
...I remember that little girl who never doubted what others said
I remember that little girl who believed that everyone was her friend
I remember her
I admire her
She was so innocent and had such ...
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Categories:
disliked, love,
Form: Free verse
The Bets Final Gossip
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Well this will be my last Alphabet gossip poem
As l was summoned to Alphabet H.Q’s this morning
Told in no uncertain terms there will be ‘no more Alphabet gossip’
And given my final warning
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Categories:
disliked, fun, humor, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme
I Have Some Gossip About U
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I want to talk to you about something
Well, l actually have a little gossip l know to be true
About certain letters in the alphabet
Please don’t share with another….its just between me and you!
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Categories:
disliked, fun, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Leeland Townsend
...He had Aspergers
Low functioning socially
Did age make him odd
Spoke in monotone
Constant annoying babble
This was nothing new
Disliked by many
Starting in kindergarten
Age did not change...
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Categories:
disliked, tribute,
Form: Senryu
Control Freak Whisks Pollyanna Away
...He hid his Draconian side from her
She was a Pollyanna, her heart pure
Her family disliked him immediately
His serpent-like qualities most of them could see
He whisked her away, out of town and...
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Categories:
disliked, abuse,
Form: Rhyme
PRAY
...PRAY
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire
MY LORD
MY LORD ..
GOD loves you non stop
By day .. By night
In sleep or wake
By walk or carriage
In defence or peace
By stay or wander
In broad daylight
O...
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Categories:
disliked, angst, bible, care, courage,
Form: Free verse
dystopian
...Dystopian
When I see in modern homes, blank walls
not disturbed by art, the center of peace
an outside sofa for a whole family to sit
until a dad is arrested for child abuse
In the building...
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Categories:
disliked, abortion, absence, abuse,
Form: Blank verse
Ds having fun
...Desiree Dissention disliked dishonest disorderly Denise
Discontented Destiny discounted Desiree’s dislike of Denise
Diabolical Denise displayed despotic disapproval of Desi
Desiree and Destiny’s d...
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Categories:
disliked, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Alliteration
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