Call it a Family
...Life grew bland, banal, other B words
she said I need to gather a troupe
of like-minded sufferers
set up some auditions, form
a select band
we'll workshop the basics
characters, costumes
And...
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Categories:
dramas, character, family,
Form: Free verse
MEDITATION OF A LOCKED HEART
...I preach love
to hearts sterilized by hatred.
No joy,
only trauma in these grieving souls.
My dignity has never worn chains.
I appreciate my life
by watching all its dramas unfold.
To be a fre...
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Categories:
dramas, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
KINETICISM
...
phenomena
light
vibrant
frozen
frills
of
layered
energy
exhilerating
diintegrating
dramas
pervasive
impulsive
spheres
scrawled
quasars
consc...
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Categories:
dramas, appreciation,
Form: Ekphrasis
In the quiet
...She gets up each morning, her limbs heavy, her body reluctant to follow the commands of her mind. She moves through the motions because that’s what she’s supposed to do. Get up, eat, go through the...
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Categories:
dramas, 10th grade, betrayal, sick,
Form: Free verse
Self Love is a Choice
...For years I'd written myself notes
with names of some I can't remember.
Those I've cheered; stood and applauded.
Protagonists who played Romeo
to my Juliet. Shakespeare would've lauded.
Scribble...
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Categories:
dramas, love, self,
Form: Free verse
END TIMES : TWO
...END TIMES : TWO
End time dramas continue
to unfold as foretold
tribes of Judah and
Gad united in ether
descending conspiring
to pull Matrix strings
across rooms boom
death Will hidden ...
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Categories:
dramas, allegory, change, courage, death,
Form: Rhyme
Dreamer and the Dreamed
...
Line of inquiry:
as an entity in the dream we conjured
we know not we are both the dreamer and dreamed
how then may we wake up when we are in trance
in bondage to illusions we ourselves...
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Categories:
dramas, appreciation, blessing, dream, hope,
Form: Free verse
Set For Life
...Set for life are the memories family times can engrave.
I hoped for functional behaviors our heart’s could sustain.
Racing, zoom-zoom, noises broadcast from my husband's cave
Where motorcycl...
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Categories:
dramas, family, fun, giggle, humor,
Form: Rhyme
When things fall apart
...When things fall apart
They say two heads together are better than one
But I say two heads apart
Is worst than none
When the minds of the elite
Is far from their people
Is better to have n...
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Categories:
dramas, africa, corruption, deep, evil,
Form: Epic
New Year's Goal Caged
...ONE Only New Years Goal for 2025 Poetry Contest
Constance La France
As we springboard into another year, I want to dive in, make a big splash, and come to the surface with a big smile on my fac...
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Categories:
dramas, change, new year, strength,
Form: Haibun
Rage Forged in Disrespect
...There’s a rage that ignites when someone damages you
An uncompromising, bewildering storm within.
Your brain churns with thoughts of vengeance,
A thousandfold wrath ready to erupt.
But do you c...
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Categories:
dramas, anger, conflict, deep,
Form: Blank verse
Streets of Solitude
...
Love came down, without a sound, assuring us of the presence, the grace, the peace that comes to those who simply believe God is always near and wherever we are, we have love so sincere – b...
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Categories:
dramas, loneliness, lonely, music, poetry,
Form: Free verse
What is Love?
...What Is Love?
In my dramas it’s so sweet and always seems to have me on the edge of my seat but… that’s not quite what I see. I grew up in a shattered household. Parents separated before I could rea...
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Categories:
dramas, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
prime time tv
...street fights and car wrecks
fires tornadoes and police actions
westerns and witches
tv dramas
lots of orphans
death and despair
murders and attacks
not so much happiness
on prime time TV...
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Categories:
dramas, technology,
Form: Free verse
In the shattered mirror of hollow empathy, I see fragments of myself drifting
...In the shattered mirror of hollow empathy, I see fragments of myself drifting,
Like ash butterflies dancing in the cold wind of unspoken truth,
And their words—"I can't empathize"—are silver arrows...
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Categories:
dramas, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
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