DR PHIL
...DR. PHIL*
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There once was a furry psychologist named Phil,
A doctor whose wit and wisdom gave many a thrill.
Peering over his glasses, he ...
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Categories:
doctorate, 12th grade, age, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Shall I peer into my looking glass, my darling?
...I stare at the girl through my looking glass.
In her smile, self-deprecation sighs.
Voices in her head whisper chaos,
as she screams internally for attention,
begging any deity above to save her....
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Categories:
doctorate, introspection, mental health, psychological,
Form: Free verse
A German gentleman'
...Here's to Reiner our 'Hero in chains' a true International.'
Who deserves stromg acclaim.' After fourty five hearings
Where the judges must be; 'mud' blind? And even deaf, perhaps?
It must be a 'r...
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Categories:
doctorate, appreciation, community, destiny, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
The Devil's Bouquet
...I see demons
I see ghosts
Staring at me from the bedposts
Gargoyles of grotesquery
Statues of misanthropy
The Prince of darkness has come for me
There's evil in this room
I can smell t...
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Categories:
doctorate, 12th grade, eve, evil,
Form: Rhyme
Diagnosed with NON contagious, yet incurable case of logorrhea
...Diagnosed with NON contagious, yet incurable case of logorrhea...,
yielded following resultant fiction,
which arbitrarily selected thread
first popped into my head
considered one among many pos...
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Categories:
doctorate, absence, america, confusion, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Where were you
...Where were you when the wind starts to blow? Where you when you I created the show, where were you when my hands were stiff, where were you when I got stuck in the ditch?
I have been crying for he...
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Categories:
doctorate, career, community, confidence, desire,
Form: Narrative
The Hidden Village By Sea
...I have heard about a village by the sea where everyone has a master and doctorate degree, the population is about ten thousand and they all have unique qualities that you can use when you don’t know ...
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Categories:
doctorate, adventure, beach, birth, change,
Form: Prose
I've met Scarecrows with more Spine than you!
...I'm not addicted, so this will be easy
It's a hard truth to hear so I just tune it out
and I’m arguing with walls
but I end up letting them fall on me
“But it can only be as violent as your im...
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Categories:
doctorate, addiction, conflict, desire, growth,
Form: Free verse
The Greater the High, the Harder the Crash
...So good at hiding yourself for nothing
When you were singing that song you listen to,
On and on
Even though your eyes were closed,
It looked as though you were singing to someone in particular
B...
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Categories:
doctorate, angst, conflict, fear, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Untitled
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He was an ancient warrior from times of old
back in the days when the sun was new
and the stars at night were brilliant blue
like the Canopus star he once knew
Often, he was found ru...
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Categories:
doctorate, analogy, sad,
Form: Rhyme
My man
...I want my man
not to be perfect and good looking
I want him to kiss on my forehead
Whispering I will love you always
I want him to hold my hand
to reach my goal gate
I want him to guide ...
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Categories:
doctorate, 8th grade, absence, angst,
Form: Free verse
Wingless Bird
...Wingless Bird
I wasn’t taught
Reach for the stars
I never knew
It’s not too far
I knew to stop
Look both ways
And never touch
A burning flame
Encouragement
Was never heard
I left the...
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Categories:
doctorate, appreciation, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Journal
...Looking at a paper journal , good news for the nations , hard for the blinds to see, easy for the mute and deaf people to read silently.
Quote by poet.
In a televised Kenyan journal,
the sto...
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Categories:
doctorate, africa, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Human Limitation V Imagination
...Sailboats horses and carts and canal transport
Whale oil lighting and candles, salt to preserve
Meat, limited sanitation and available running
Water, all are part of a formerly more static society...
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Categories:
doctorate, education, endurance, environment, for
Form: Narrative
Ed-U-K-Shun
...Got my doctorate
In sandbox
With a double major in
Nose picking
Graduated “magna-cum lousy”
From the “driveway art course”
Served an apprenticeship in
“It’s your dog pick up after it”
Ros...
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Categories:
doctorate, fun, growing up, humor,
Form: Free verse
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