COUNTERINTUITIVE
...COUNTERINTUITIVE
One would think that news was real
At least it was, mostly, as in the past
Yet with A.I images on social media
And even a misquoted encyclopedia
The scale of deception is quit...
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Categories:
emoticons, betrayal, myth, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Beyond The Veil
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Nothing refreshes me more
than standing beneath the misty veil of a waterfall.
Like avatar of baby's breath
and droplet of anti-death.
Phoenix burst of peppermint- spurt,
soft chew s...
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Categories:
emoticons, art, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Easy
...Meeting people is so easy now,
A simple hi, hello makes a relationship somehow,
Some emoticons are our emotions now,
A birthday post is better than an appreciation toast now,
The letter to loved ...
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Categories:
emoticons, age, love, poems, social,
Form: Free verse
Emoticomic
...Date of submission: 8/20/22
I see auctions of emotions in this world.
Not every emotion is respected;
So, ignorance prevails to cut both good and bad deeds.
Life is a comic of emotions
Whi...
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Categories:
emoticons, confidence, emotions, encouraging, future,
Form: Rhyme
Zombie Land
...their bodies were present but
their eyes were scanning a screen,
their faces devouring the blue light,
of the small machines in their hands-
they were nothing less than walking zombies.
they t...
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Categories:
emoticons, analogy, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Technology
...I don't need little emoticons I need sunshine in my face
I don't need face book likes I need you over by my place
I don't need messenger chat I need a friend with skin on
I don't need cel b...
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Categories:
emoticons, appreciation, silence,
Form: Couplet
Dismissive About the Missive
...I've been going through old love letters of how we used to be.
The silly, inconsequential things you used to write to me
about nothing in particular, the mundane, the everyday, the norm.
But that ...
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Categories:
emoticons, eulogy, introspection, longing, remember,
Form: Free verse
Truths
...As another wench fails to tie tiger’s tail, the bear is let loose again.
Honey was shared, but hearts weren’t paired, so the shark resumes his top fin.
It’s hard to regret Ethiopian whets, and ...
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Categories:
emoticons, absence, abuse, animal, beautiful,
Form: Limerick
The Beautiful People
...For the Haven’s advancement,
the Elite may extend a courteous backhand,
or a fist wrapped with opinion
that some may mistake for abuse.
Dante’s girl fell from her steeple
head first into a cau...
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Categories:
emoticons, abuse, bullying, culture, death,
Form: Narrative
Cel Phone Addiction
...Touch And See
We are a society of folded ears. We opt for our apps
through touch tone effect instead of real conversation.
We are a generation of visual selects that forgo the hearing
onl...
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Categories:
emoticons, addiction,
Form: Narrative
The Edge
...Those eyes trapped between thick lines of kohl, frigidly stare
But yet glued to the screen.
Those eyes tire with the glare
But are possessed by a power unseen.
A hundred emoticons fast ...
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Categories:
emoticons, courage, dream, longing, love,
Form: Ballad
Storm
...A road to nowhere led by a twisted maze
A fog of light
With a blinding haze
A lite drizzle quickly turning into hail
Attempting to catch my breath
Forgetting to inhale
The storm washes aw...
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Categories:
emoticons, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Thought For Saint Valentine's Day
...A Thought For Saint Valentine’s Day
There is something I have to say to you,
A thought I would like to convey.
Just a simple point of view,
As we come to St. Valentine’s Day...
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Categories:
emoticons, humor, valentines day,
Form: Light Verse
The Curse of Technology
...The curse of technology,
It has taken over me.
Fear and panic soon ensue
If I'm low on battery.
If I get no signal,
And my emails go unchecked
I fret about what's in there,
Emotionally I'm w...
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Categories:
emoticons, humorous, stress, technology,
Form: Rhyme
This Feeling
...I don't know if you've ever had this feeling...
This feeling that I lack words, actions and even emoticons that can explain,
This feeling that has made my world so rigid that it's no longer rotati...
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Categories:
emoticons, love hurts, romance,
Form: ABC
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