War
...Before the guns and bombs were made
the clubs and fists were swung
names for numbers now we trade
the senseless turned all numb
crumbled blocks broken down
create, destroy, rebuild
a three ri...
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Categories:
encasement, conflict, peace, war,
Form: Rhyme
Anger in All
...By: Katie Davis Written on 6/29/22 Revised on 10/28/24
Anger, burning hot enough to melt a calm mind.
Anger, boiling, steaming like a volcano shaking the earth ready to erupt the pain out of a blis...
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Categories:
encasement, anger, emotions, endurance, poems,
Form: Free verse
Absent All About Autos Amid Awry Auto
...As it is the way with me, I have the car prepped by individuals whose love of the industry has acquired a rather peculiar name, "Grease Monkey."
I have no understanding of vehicles or the...
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Categories:
encasement, analogy,
Form: Free verse
THEIR NOT DEAD ENTERED IN OUR FATHER'S EMBRACEMENT-
...Fleshly vessel, lay incasket
Upon their death, though
Instantly, they are with the Lord they“soar”
Our God’s embracement ;
Their newencasement ;
Renewed...
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Categories:
encasement, analogy, appreciation, bereavement, blessing,
Form: Epitaph
FRUITS MATTERS -
...Oranges encased in Orange
Grape clusters gather together
Minions purple encasement raisins
dancing in the sunlight dried out
from lack of rain
Red apples sweating crying tears in ...
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Categories:
encasement, analogy, feelings, how i
Form: Free verse
Palatable Conversations at Night
...We,
with the geometry and evening
balance of our midcentury hands—gently
lower the cloche over the day between us. It is a
nightly ritual, gravity-driven, habit built over time, the g...
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Categories:
encasement, extended metaphor,
Form: Concrete
Orange Devil Seeks Out Clown
...orange devil went down to reserve a clown
he promptly found confusion in stereo sound
first time in the dreaded basement of hell fire’s encasement
clown in entertaining mode flashed devil a warnin...
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Categories:
encasement, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
The Door
...Poetry words a moment
Contemplation unwords everything.
Contemplation seeks the light
seeping under the crack of door,
Where the door is our real
and light is the...
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Categories:
encasement, faith, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Baneful Brickbats Begat Grievous Barrier
...Baneful brickbats begat grievous barrier
Tell tale indelible woe y'all
privy to learn yours truly harbors
traces of the masterful
impregnable prepubescent wall
still extant scads of decades si...
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Categories:
encasement, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
My Neighborhood
...At around a quarter passed 6AM from the 2nd floor window,
I inhaled a most lovely view. So, I had to exhale and share with you.
My eyes beheld the canopy of blue so clear, pristine, and free of all...
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Categories:
encasement, blue, green,
Form: Verse
The First Anniversary Since Being Pelted
...The first anniversary since being pelted...
with pistachio shells April 3rd, 2021
sitting in the exact same chair
yours truly sat three hundred
and sixty five days ago.
Watermelons, grapef...
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Categories:
encasement, abuse, adventure, anger, april,
Form: Free verse
Flicker
...I cut open my chest and laid it bare
for all to see.
A blanket of darkness
resting within
caught most of the attention
followed by a lump of acidic regret
underneath it.
Then a smell of sub...
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Categories:
encasement, emotions, endurance, fire, hope,
Form: Free verse
My Last Thoughts
...my moment of peace, completely at ease,
the maths is done, my journey has begun,
the value of money, was there any?
house I paid for, and my luxury car,
results of my toils like serpentine coils,...
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Categories:
encasement, blessing, death,
Form: Rhyme
Greatness
...I have been pondering for quite some time,
Is there a permanence to the meaning of the word ‘greatness’?
Whatever does it mean ‘to be great’ or ‘to feel great’?
You see, from ever since, I’ve a...
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Categories:
encasement, appreciation, celebration, confidence, happiness,
Form: Free verse
Pelted With Pistachio Shells April 3rd 2021
...Pelted with pistachio shells April 3rd, 2021
Watermelons, grapefruits, oranges...
lobbed at yours truly ruled out,
hence the missus dreamt up bright idea
to enfilade me courtesy pistachio shell...
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Categories:
encasement, 12th grade, abuse, adventure,
Form: Free verse
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