soirees
...The last three weeks have been a seemingly endless series of welcome parties, get-togethers, receptions, meet-and-greets and cocktail parties - every kind of cheesy or ostentatious soirée my Grandmèr...
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Categories:
displeased, family, fun, grandmother, humor,
Form: Free verse
Aboriginal Moon Cycle Revealed
...Inspired by Aboriginal Story: Phases of the Moon - Ngalindi, the moon starts as a lean, young man. He overindulges (waxes) and becomes lazy. He grows fat, becoming the full Moon. His wives, displ...
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Categories:
displeased, moon, myth, romantic,
Form: Tanka
Darkest day
...A Story of Santosh that was entangled in grief
It was just another day, he thought
He stepped out of the house with his family to return
Unaware of the danger awaiting at the accident spot
He an...
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Categories:
displeased, anger, birth, books, break
Form: Free verse
When Did I Stop Trying to Please Everyone
...I am unsure when I stopped trying to please everyone else
at my own expense
When I was young I had a need to be liked by everyone
I did whatever I could to get them go beyond mere approval
Wa...
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Categories:
displeased, me,
Form: Free verse
O The 1st Commandment of Eternal God
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The 1st Commandment of Eternal God is I am the Divine Lord your Eternal God
You will not have strange gods before Me
By the 1st Commandment we are commanded to offer God alone the supreme wor...
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Categories:
displeased, christian, community, devotion, god,
Form: Free verse
Clouds
...Clouds spiral down and curl around to touch me
—not those western drizzle shrouds
baring a soul of misery mizzle
...though I adore a good wallow in sorrow —no
these clouds come from yonder blue...
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Categories:
displeased, beauty, growth, happy, longing,
Form: Free verse
The State of Dis Union
...Welcome to The State of Dis Union.
Here are some “dis” words to describe The State of Dis Union.
Dismantle, disruptive, disagree, disrespectful, distract,
Disappointing, disable, discredit, disre...
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Categories:
displeased, america, betrayal, corruption, how
Form: Narrative
Shayna Punim You came a long way baby
...Shayna Punim - You came a long way baby!
Though negligible communication
now transpires between us
twenty seven years ago
come February fourth,
two thousand and twenty five,
our lives (affect...
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Categories:
displeased, adventure, age, anniversary, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
SEVEN GRANDFATHER TEACHINGS
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It’s ironic isn't it…how even though we tried to destroy indigenous cultures
and replace them with our own.
how even though we no longer want this history to be known…
How in spite of all t...
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Categories:
displeased, native american,
Form: Rhyme
TREE PHILOSOPHY
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On a walk in a park near our house the other day…just as the sun was beginning to shine
we noticed…under the forest hammock…An orange tree growing among the pines.
“How did you get here?” We as...
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Categories:
displeased, tree,
Form: Rhyme
Questioning
...The Lord asks, “Where are you, O Man?”
“Come into my bosom, hold onto my right hand.”
Yet our hearts so cloaked in unbelief
We see and hear, but don't perceive
Instead, we look around for an ...
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Categories:
displeased, bible, introspection, sin, spiritual,
Form: Couplet
Her Name Is Ocean
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Mother Natures child ….her name is Ocean
Independent , abundant with emotion
When her body of water is clean
Her mood is calm and serene
Countless days she is displeased with mankind
With ...
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Categories:
displeased, care, change, humanity, nature,
Form: Rhyme
POSITIONED PAST RESIDUE SURVICAL-
...Been incarcerated in a house;
Displeased in surrounding clout;
Walls sadden painted windows covered in 50's paint;
Ridiculed and stagnated
Accustomed to be alienated
I walk outside...
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Categories:
displeased, addiction, analogy, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
the world of more
...The world of more
On this planet that we live on
Which supplies our every need
Why are surrounded by
This overwhelming greed.
More money
More needs
More land
More greed
More war...
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Categories:
displeased, culture,
Form: Rhyme
The Raven: A Date with Death
...The Raven: A Date with Death
I danced a date
a date with Death.
He sat me down for tea.
In the darkness sat the swirl
of infinity.
The ringlets 'round his brow
did stain the spirits ev...
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Categories:
displeased, absence, allegory, beautiful, death,
Form: Rhyme
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