Gotta Shake This Blighter Out!
...
Snakes are crawling behind my eyes,
My tongue is forked in twine lines.
A bleeding alien rues across my skin,
I feel possessed, it's deep within.
My fingers crack as bones revolt,
Crawling t...
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Categories:
dubbed, angst, body, halloween,
Form: Lyric
Marvin Gaye
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Dubbed "The Prince Motown." Late, great soul singer Marvin Gaye
Brought "Sexual Healing." His star shone as bright as a noon sunray.
In song asked "What's going on?": life cut short by...
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Categories:
dubbed, celebrity, tribute,
Form: Clerihew
A Confession
...
To soften his adolescent growing pains
he was encouraged (can’t recall by whom)
to take up painting – to make a name
for himself, they said. When that failed,
and miserably, he took up drin...
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Categories:
dubbed, dark, humor,
Form: Didactic
In Stars Above
...
What I see in stars above is extremely wearisome,
with useless inane details that I wish I never knew.
Light years, space-time, black holes, big bangs,
myriads of pricks 'n specks a billion mil...
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Categories:
dubbed, joy, stars,
Form: Free verse
Today’s Awakening Thought
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We live in the present,
reminisce our past,
and dream of a tomorrow
that never arrives.
First breath, starts Present time,
and constantly changes,
finding its way
to a read only f...
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Categories:
dubbed, how i feel, life,
Form: Free verse
The Quieter You Are
...ENOUGH!
I felt deaf from the ‘noise’ of information,
constantly butting, buzzing against my mantra of:
“The quieter you are… the more you… hear!”
At present, my lifestyle felt media manipulated...
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Categories:
dubbed, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
The Deepfake
...The deep fake is running wild in the street, messing with the people you meet, it has turned my voice into a money making machine and exposed my well thought out dreams. Some things that I did not w...
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Categories:
dubbed, america, betrayal, community, confidence,
Form: Narrative
Dreamer and the dreamed
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Written: February 19, 2025 For contest Sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker
Line of inquiry:
as an entity in the dream, we conjured
we know not we are both the dreamer and dreamed
...
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Categories:
dubbed, character, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Poet who exhibits panache
...Poet who exhibits panache - meant...
to tickle your fancy dear reader rabbit,
perchance European G-man double agent
regarding the following poem
with kick a$$, je ne sais quois
ingenious, humo...
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Categories:
dubbed, adventure, appreciation, celebration, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
Not so Non-Profit
...I was referred to your organization for shelter
what was offered was totally helter skelter
first week a birdie gave the scoop of the place
a dirty dark seedy operation without any grace
Your ...
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Categories:
dubbed, abuse, community, dark, prejudice,
Form: Rhyme
Rolling Out
...
These are the epitaphs of the sea
left exposed every night by the tide;
Pounding
pulsing
rolling in
rolling out..
A s...
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Categories:
dubbed, emotions, feelings, sea,
Form: Free verse
Modern Medi Miracle
...(To be sang to the tune of...
"Modern Major General" by Gilbert and Sullivan)
I am the very model of a modern medi miracle.
I've defied all odds against prognosis. It's hysterical!
I've so m...
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Categories:
dubbed, uplifting,
Form: Lyric
Never Give Up
...
Never Give Up
Miracle Man
11/20/2024
Each person is given
an allotted time from birth,
We use this time, dubbed life,
trying to prove our worth.
Many will become famous
accompli...
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Categories:
dubbed, how i feel, life,
Form: Quatrain
Starman
...*
Streaming dust specks of his aura left as evidence
A celestial being formed of stardust *
To adorn him any less of his scintillating charm,
his signature star walk, or shimmering trails, *
...
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Categories:
dubbed, earth, fantasy, moon, planet,
Form: Narrative
Skin to Skin
...I want that skin to skin
Hands wrapped around him
Under his shirt
Hug love making
Tongue and lips verb vibrating
I want someone who I can stare into their eyes
Get lost, become entranced by ...
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Categories:
dubbed, love, romance,
Form: Rhyme
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