Perfume Bottles
...A perfume bottle’s shape and size may dictate what you buy.
So pretty and so colourful all pleasing to our eye.
But then again it will depend on contents, and its smell.
A little sniff that we al...
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Categories:
ensuring, senses,
Form: Rhyme
Ascendancy in Diffusion
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Within the tight corsets
and high collars we remain faucets
that the portraits display
at the exhibition for today
though young men among us
cross home plate t...
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Categories:
ensuring, adventure, allegory, allusion, anger,
Form: Lyric
Life is depth, no length
...Something for long is signalling thee to slow down
O man. And be in touch with peace of thy within,
Reclaim thy real face, not what looks like a frown,
Try step aside a while to drown all needl...
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Categories:
ensuring, life, philosophy, silence,
Form: Alexandrine
Another Beckoning Contest Deserving Effort
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Fascinated, Gainfully Harnessed, Impishly Joyful
Again, a contest I can't deny.
There's someone though, who makes me grateful
While I sit and ponder, knowing my.
Kind, Loyal, Muse, Nicely Ob...
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Categories:
ensuring, inspiration, muse, words,
Form: Rhyme
Let’s Play The Game of Falling out of Love
...Let’s Play The Game of Falling out of Love
Throw a card, show the deck with ace of heart
Open the journey with a good memories from the start
Then get the deck full of ace of spade
For the ...
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Categories:
ensuring, appreciation, care, giving, lost
Form: Rhyme
My Lineman Dad
...My Lineman Dad
Dad, I see you scale those towering poles,
Braving stormy skies and bitter cold.
Your hands, worn strong, hold steadfast tight,
Repairing the lines to bring us light.
Through sl...
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Categories:
ensuring, family, father, love,
Form: Free verse
Nature of Nature
...Plants, probing growth
Trees, tall and widespread
Shrubs, simply surprising
Herbs, healing wounds
Land, multiple in variety
Hill, high with rare plants
Mountain, with its ranges
Valley, vary...
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Categories:
ensuring, appreciation, nature,
Form: Free verse
Nightingale’s Lamp
...Demanding schedule,
Shadows lengthen in the quiet hours.
Everyone pushing pens, crumpled papers in bins,
Mistakes made, restarts with no end.
Demands unmet, demands that are too much,
Yet the he...
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Categories:
ensuring, culture,
Form: Free verse
Jester
...I ascend to the stage,
I make sure not to stumble or trip.
They cheer and they boast and they cackle.
They like this new persona.
A beautifully doctored facade.
Would they like the girl behi...
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Categories:
ensuring, how i feel, judgement,
Form: Free verse
Teacher as a Chemist
...Sarah's need for order
Marcus's wild imagination
Aisha's emotional intelligence
Thomas's critical thinking
Bonding occurs
through shared purpose:
"We sink or swim together"
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Categories:
ensuring, children, class, inspiration, teacher,
Form: Free verse
Blood ,Sweat and Tears
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Blood, sweat and tears
All in the name of eliminating my fears
Blood, sweat and tears
Just to find myself inside a Mercedes, getting an ego boost when I shift gears
Blood, sweat and tears
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Categories:
ensuring, dedication, desire, destiny, devotion,
Form: Free verse
More I try, more I cry
...In just a day,
I lost my father, my mum,
and my only two siblings,
I became the only member of my family:
my own father,
my own mother,
my own siblings.
I was left to s~w~i~m the oc...
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Categories:
ensuring, depression, extended metaphor, grief,
Form: Free verse
IN THE AWARENESS OF WOMEN OF THE WORLD
...IN AWARENESS OF THE WOMEN OF THE WORLD
God’s human-like doves,
Are colored and colorless:
His gift of women:
With Mary, mother of Jesus,
God sanctified womanhood,
Glor...
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Categories:
ensuring, allegory, appreciation, devotion, introspection,
Form: Prose
Saturday morning Routines
...Saturday Morning Routines**
The familiar smell of wood smoke slowly filled my bedroom, wrapping around me like a comforting blanket. Through my window, I caught sight of the warm, flickering light...
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Categories:
ensuring, allusion, care, missing you,
Form: Narrative
Angel Warrior
...Inspired by... Warrior Nun - Ava is resurrected.
Being alive is a gift. Being able to move is a gift.
"Psalm 46:5 reads, "God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help he...
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Categories:
ensuring, angel, blessing, god, hope,
Form: Rhyme
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