Droned Poems

Premium MemberTHE WAY THINGS ARE GOING AND SHOULD NOT BE

...Things going the way they are going, is really not good;
For today, things are not going the way they really should:-

Politics is, and will always be, about power and political control;
And toda...
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Categories: droned, america, analogy, conflict, discrimination,
Form: Rhyme

The Room of the Unrequited

...The Room of the Unrequited
By Roger White
    That evening, stillness permeated the lavender-scented room.  Dusk crept through the windows
smudged by oily fingers, The day’s twilight left a dull u...
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Categories: droned, 12th grade, destiny, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse


Ignited By Deception

...The yellow neon sign casted a glow upon his chiselled cheekbones as the bustling sounds of a city that never slept droned on. 

He carried his troubles with him, like a worn out cloak, weighing him...
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Categories: droned, dark, death, imagery, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Trade Winds

...Last call for alcohol, embargo 
              on the cargo headed for Fargo? 
                      Bootlegging articles of? 
                          "ConfederationNow", 
Boot logger, droned Ov...
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Categories: droned, america,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberChapter 111 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Worries Orchestrations Population Disintegration

...Molly sat on the backyard porch 
Watching the kids play when Dolly 
Emerged from the doorway and 
Sat with her. "Hey sis how's it going 
Girl! Dolly seemed jovial. Molly 
Replied, "I guess it's ...
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Categories: droned, color, daffodils, family, good
Form: Alliteration


Premium MemberFragrant Families

...I was a skillful, amiable nursery worker, cultivating blooms in a greenhouse,
Like feverish and fragrant blooms, often grown in redbird's green treehouse.

Hours were spent sowing seeds, adjusting...
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Categories: droned, beauty, dream, fantasy, flower,
Form: Couplet

Premium MemberChapter 52 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Family Seventeen Iii

...The children called Damian into
The foyer to inspect their
Achievement. Damian came
Down the staircase and looked
Around. Pleased with the
Organization skills of his
Offspring, he Loosened his ...
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Categories: droned, birth, father son, wife,
Form: Alliteration

The First Tv

...The first TV was small, red, and Russian.
The first TV was a brown coffin with a small eye.
The first TV was institutionalized
it lived behind bars, it was white and black
and always mad about it...
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Categories: droned, poetry,
Form: Free verse

I'Ll Take the Sheep

...I heard a relaxation tape
That’s meant to help you sleep,
Its soothing tones enticing you
To slumber, sans the sheep.

A female voice suggested
That you focus on your day,
Especially on upbeat...
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Categories: droned, sleep,
Form: Rhyme

The Red Goo

...As I kneel down to this great monolith a black rectangle tablet has droned in through boundless space. My eyes rose with tears precipitating. A blinking of coup d'œil of a great being calling as an a...
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Categories: droned, art,
Form: Free verse

Lament For Ukraine

...They suddenly barged in their tanks and trucks
Covered in various armaments of war.
Their vehicles droned, piercing the silence,
Cutting deep wounds in that fertile land,
And desecrating the once...
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Categories: droned, 10th grade, death, grief,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberRaindrops Spitting Fumes

...the daily news droned on and on
    as hope gave way to gloom
  every ray of sunshine doused
    by raindrops spitting fumes

  war and murder everywhere
    no part of earth untouched
  I pul...
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Categories: droned, rain, sunshine, world,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberMy Number

...Never have i ever seen a day with 
Much  more gloom
If I gave  a damn i would say that
I am a perfect  imperfection anyone
Could know.  born of unpleasant 
Circumstances 

Growing up i liked t...
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Categories: droned, age, angst, death, destiny,
Form: Prose

Eaten By Ants - Part 1

...no one saw it coming they never do
the phone poles were giving off sparks
dogs began to howl birds flocked to the sky
A Plymouth hubcap of immense proportions
quivered and droned in the air over ...
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Categories: droned, how i feel,
Form: Free verse

Somnambulant Schlemiel Schleps and Says Shalom

...Somnambulant schlemiel schleps...and says Shalom...

to anonymous readers March 22nd, 2022
(blustery and chilly Tuesday)
reminiscing about mein kampf,
when precious irretrievable youth
frittere...
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Categories: droned, absence, adventure, america, angst,
Form: Free verse

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