Mouldy Fear Fugue
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she drinks mouldy fear in morning
the morning needing vit C vit C
team Alice alliterates twig pieces to be
to be sprouting green leaves true blue
sweeping bits onto dustpan hu...
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Categories:
earthworms, allusion, character, community, extended
Form: Ballad
Eagle’s Challenge
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meet me on high in limpid luminescent sky
from whence you’ll catch my twigs perhaps
there I cloudless am guided to harlequin horizons
precision ...
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Categories:
earthworms, allegory, bird, change, character,
Form: Ballad
historic dream
...A new proud king of
forest had new dream-
dream of being in
history, till books
become history
He welcomed next day's
Sun with new vigor,
made rules in jiffy
ruling, ruled and rules
had to...
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Categories:
earthworms, fantasy,
Form: Verse
The Verge of April
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Green twigs drip late into the day,
birdsongs bloom from the windblown.
Soft are the veins that leach from new leaf.
Sweet the prodigal sap that seeps.
Earthworms salt and curl in the o...
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Categories:
earthworms, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Skinny Dipping In Spring
...Heart does butterfly flips
When he kisses Lilly lips
Breeze blows blues away
At ease spring lovers at play
A little nip at his neck
Tender makes soft and wet
Forehead with beads of sweat
To...
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Categories:
earthworms, appreciation, bird, blue, butterfly,
Form: Rhyme
Heaven and Earthworms
...I have given many a thought to what happens when we die, specifically, what happens to our bodies. You have the option to be classically buried, cremated, donated to science. I think I don't want to ...
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Categories:
earthworms, death, earth, freedom, growth,
Form: Free verse
A Fragile Dance
...As I walk down the road on a rainy day,
The skies weep, and the roads shine dull gray.
I weave through the traffic to find my way,
And spot an earthworm braving the fray.
Its fragile form, crushe...
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Categories:
earthworms, angst, anxiety, conflict, cry,
Form: Free verse
I'll Wait You Here, My Love
...Still sitting under the blue sky
Waiting for you, my love
Not minding the cold wind
Patiently I still wait you here
Holding my cellphone for your reply
Our neighbors already sleep
The singing e...
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Categories:
earthworms, character, desire, love, passion,
Form: Free verse
Regret Worming In
...Heading towards the tall trees in the distance
I start to have a feeling in the pit of my stomach
It’s a feeling I couldn't seem to ignore…hunger
So I headed to the ground to rectify this
I swo...
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Categories:
earthworms, childhood, dark, family, fear,
Form: Free verse
Monoku-ku
...A cold wind chilled rain
Dances with a warming sun
…April’s goose bumps
Mushy melting leaves
Replenish the earth
…As earthworms da...
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Categories:
earthworms, spring,
Form: Monoku
Going fishing
...I miss early mornings
the chill on my legs in the boat
as we glide easily across the lake
the smell of fish and earthworms
the sound of birds in a faraway tree
I miss hearing the water ripp...
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Categories:
earthworms, family, memory,
Form: Free verse
Winnowing Winds
...No winds are winnowing enough
To put a quill back in the hands of the dead poet
Or confidence back in the trachea of the strangled speaker
In me
Because no words are as vile
As no words at all
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Categories:
earthworms, lonely,
Form: Free verse
He Had Always
...savoured the roses in the garden
especially the climbing variety
because they had no bounds
and therefore represented
the wild passion of change
the juice of fresh blackberries
ran down as h...
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Categories:
earthworms, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Letter E Plays In My Sleep
...evil elise either emitted or emoted expansive everyday E’s
elroy elephant embodies extemporaneous entrails with ease
ellie eggplant embroideries endometriosis, exacting it to its knees
emma emissa...
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Categories:
earthworms, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Alliteration
Butterflies and Friends
...butterflies and friends
ragged winds depart
snow maid leaves a farewell kiss ~
robins lay blue eggs
wisteria blooms
calls to butterflies and bees ~
roly poly bugs
silky cocoons swa...
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Categories:
earthworms, butterfly, spring,
Form: Haiku
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