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Traveler Tide
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M. L. Kiser
| Blank verse |
appreciation, earth, environment, imagery,
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Don't Yuck My Yum
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Political Verse |
color, earth, green, hate,
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What is a Gemstone
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M. L. Kiser
| Blank verse |
appreciation, beautiful, beauty, earth,
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Exterior Design Choices
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Political Verse |
destiny, earth, environment, green,
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BLACK ICE
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Edlynn Nau
| Rhyme |
absence, creation, earth,
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the pay inequality
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jan hansen
| Blank verse |
absence, autumn, earth day,
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Shell Find You
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M. L. Kiser
| Dodoitsu |
animal, cat, earth, environment,
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Patience
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JP Thomas
| Verse |
cheer up, earth, family,
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Quake
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M. L. Kiser
| Kimo |
earth, environment, natural disasters,
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Pyrite
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M. L. Kiser
| Haiku |
appreciation, earth, environment, nature,
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Bella The Squirrel
by M. L. Kiser
I read about a
Squirrel named Bella; saved by
A human; grateful
Bella comes back for treats and
Rewards with a squirrel kiss....
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Tanka |
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Categories:
animal, earth, environment, friend,
Sand Castles
by M. L. Kiser
Castles in the sand,
A king and queen do not make;
But lovely beach art they are.
I loved them as a
Child, those magical sculptures;
Still part of them...
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Choka |
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Categories:
art, beach, earth, environment,
Heading Out
by Gerald Dillenbeck
I said My son
you have your house
and sometimes food,
You have your phone
and sometimes fuel,
You have your girl
and sometimes friends
are also fools
But an uninspiring vacation
won't work...
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Political Verse |
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Categories:
care, earth, green, health,
SUPER MOON
by Ann Gilmour
Super Moon so mesmerizing
Extra-terrestrials
Aliens
Do they wonder who’s on Earth
Come greet Earth's Homo sapiens
Gazing skywards so enticing
Dreams of the unknown
Hypnotizing
Draws me in
Super Moon so...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
earth, longing, moon,
Ruined Fur Coat
by M. L. Kiser
Cassidy was a curious dog;
One day he walked into a bog,
Coming out, he looked about,
He couldn't see and began to pout;
Because he’s a sludge caked...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
animal, dog, earth, nature,
River Sages
by M. L. Kiser
Roaming rivers twist and turn for miles;
They are never bored but, anxious,
As they collect their treasures.
The rivers grow wise and
Become old sages,
Full of knowledge.
If...
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Nonet |
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Categories:
appreciation, earth, environment, nature,
Lamplight Moon
by M. L. Kiser
Lamplight moon sits watching me;
watching her,
through my telescope.
Sister Moon floats
in centrifugal dance,
never
becoming dizzy.
When she tires,
brother Sun will dance In her...
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Personification |
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Categories:
appreciation, earth, environment, moon,
Addiction to Prison
by Gerald Dillenbeck
A culture steeped in retribution
becomes blind to freedom's contributions
accessed best through healing restorations,
trust,
virtual stuff
for democracies most resilient.
A society resisting love's innovative brilliance
comic and jazzy improvising...
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Political Verse |
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Categories:
earth, fear, freedom, health,
The River
by Bette Bavington
The calm water of the river hitting the boat hull
Gives me the feeling of being rocked in the
Cradle gently to sleep.
Yet, when I am...
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Triolet |
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Categories:
adventure, appreciation, beauty, earth,
Poverty of Health
by Gerald Dillenbeck
Poverty:
Unusually limited access
to health,
nutritional poetry,
liturgical dance,
and positive-restorative energy resources--
The four WealthFaces of liberal love.
Poverty of Health derives from
and heads toward:
Win/Lose survival pressures,
crisis,
abscessed longing for...
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Political Verse |
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Categories:
earth, health, integrity, language,
Woodland Music
by M. L. Kiser
Silent woodlands hold
Many musical beings
Enjoy the concert....
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Haiku |
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Categories:
earth, environment, fairy, fantasy,
Fires Dance
by M. L. Kiser
Dancing fingers of flame
Sway in the glow of moonlight.
Climbing, leaping, pirouetting dancers
The music only fire hears has
Hypnotized the flames.
When fire dances,
Its joy is obvious to...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
earth, environment, fire, nature,
The Fall Shedding
by M. L. Kiser
Trees shed their leaves in the fall, like old skin.
All living things must shed and renew; leaves, fur, skin; nothing lasts forever.
In Spring, they’ll birth...
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Sijo |
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Categories:
autumn, earth, environment, nature,
Conspiracy Theories
by Kevin Shaw
Conspiracy Theories
Don’t be naïve do you really believe
That man could walk upon the Moon.
Just theatrical Cold War propaganda,
Do I look like your common buffoon?
Satellite pictures...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
earth, political, universe,
The Stars Have Roots
by Trevor McLeod
Imagine that the stars have roots
just below the surface.
That dangle down for nourishment
and crack the Earth of Purpose.
Then take the dawn to circle round
what others...
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Quatrain |
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Categories:
analogy, earth, nature,
Seeking Sanctuary
by Gerald Dillenbeck
Diaspora Dwellings
On my way into our sanctuary
this past Sunday morning
a woman I had met in choir
was strangely inclined
to share her family history.
Her dad came over...
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Prose Poetry |
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Categories:
earth, family, green, health,
A LOSS OF INSIGHT
by Adeniji Toluwalope Gideon
In the world, many a fool's theory
Listening to them, I look weary
Replying them, I feel dreary
With silence, I make merry
Their eyes they close at dawn...
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Lyric |
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Categories:
atheist, bird, creation, earth,
Hear me
by Leo Mbalamana
Criticized and mocked
All my doors were locked
I stood and knocked
realized my journey was blocked
So ironic I wasn’t shocked
not the first time I’ve...
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Personification |
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Categories:
conflict, courage, dream, earth,
Earth Marble
by elijah zmuda
The earth is beautiful at the end of the Milkyway;
The blue-green marble in space some would say.
A planet like no other known;
Full of a variety...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
earth, christian, columbus day, creation,
Caught Between Heaven and Earth
by Sanford Weir
Do you feel caught between heaven and earth?
Do you sometimes feel you have no worth?
What would it be like to set your mind so free?
And...
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Quatrain |
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Categories:
cheer up, earth, emotions,