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Your Original Sin
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Kurt Philip Behm
| Rhyme |
escapes, life,
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Deaf As Sanctuary Dust
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Prose Poetry |
escapes, age, books, health, history,
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Brainstorm
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Charlie Smith
| Free verse |
escapes, depression, loneliness, metaphor,
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moonstruck
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P.S. AWTRY
| Haiku |
escapes, moon,
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Kill this pain
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Deshanta Hawkins
| Free verse |
escapes, bereavement,
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Addiction to Prison
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Political Verse |
escapes, earth, fear, freedom, health,
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Hope
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Charles Gragg
| Prose |
escapes, hope,
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No One Gets Out Alive
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matthew harris
| Free verse |
escapes, 7th grade, 9th grade,
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Red Musk Fragrance
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Paul Callus
| Enclosed Rhyme |
escapes, night, sensual,
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Enchanting Mother Fish
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Prose Poetry |
escapes, emotions, engagement, fish, health,
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There She Is
by Jack Eldridge
There she is, her pose complete
striking and defined, beckoning me.
Those sweeping lines enhance her
most excellent form and demeanor.
As though she reads my thoughts
she turns...
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Categories:
escapes, beauty, visionary,
The Sonnets Plight
by John lawless
Alas the Sonnet’s plight is love’s
unending supplication
beseeching it to beautify
its fleeting, heartfelt notion
Implore the reader to take sides
in passion’s conflagration
knowing well the end result
self centered...
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Categories:
escapes, confusion, writing,
The old knight and Firebreath Part One
by Mustafa Seker
A king with might and piety
He rules his land quietly
Silence always seeks sound
Peace ends when it's found
A wizard casts a spell
Damning the king to hell
Creating...
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Epic |
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escapes, age, conflict, death, god,
Alluring Autumn
by Caren Krutsinger
World delighted with autumn tans, peppered with black walnuts, plentiful, and fine.
Framed in burnished ambers, caramel colored, with gentled oranges and pops of red.
Pumpkin patches...
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Categories:
escapes, seasons,
HEARING A ROCKABYE
by nette onclaud
I wonder how the luster of evening,
could hush despair amidst its glow, but,
its touch upon this skin escapes me
as the light reflects...
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Categories:
escapes, loneliness, my child, voice,
NOISY LAUGHTER
by olusegun Arowolo
Noisy laughter escapes from my mouth,
As the muscles of my cheek over stretched ,
I open my mouth to shine my teeth
and expose my incisors and...
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escapes, emotions,
Link, Think But Don't Sink
by john sensele
Think, slink, clink, dink
At sunup, at sunshine and sunset
Wink, link, but don’t drink, stink or sink
If happiness escapes your purview. Don’t get upset
When your world...
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escapes, poems,
Desiring A Rainy Day
by Sara Kendrick
The rain pours through the roof and drips
Droplets land upon saddened cheeks
If only pain within wouldn't grip
Rain coat from her closet she seeks
Brand new colorful...
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escapes, art, depression,
the SCREAM
by Jesse Rowe
A sudden, deeply inhaled breath cools
the tender linings of the throat,
belying the violence to come.
A brief moment
s t r e t...
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escapes, anger, fear, stress,
The Beast
by Charlotte Myers
A gasp escapes from his startled lips
He runs but can’t escape the Beast’s hungry jaws
This hazy dream world of the Beast seems never to withdraw
A...
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Categories:
escapes, 7th grade, 8th grade,
The Great British seaside resort
by Kevin Shaw
The Great British seaside resort
The Great British seaside resort
Brash, bawdy, but unashamed
Odours of candy floss and chips,
Soundtrack of bingo and slots.
Buckets and spades on the...
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escapes, drink, holiday, sea, vacation,
Awakening darkness escapes into shadows
by liam mcdaid
Turning salt mixes within the desert sand
fired clay dipped inside a deeply moulded shell
from the blood flowing straight into feathers
A wing speaks from...
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Terza Rima |
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escapes, deep, emotions, fate, feelings,
A Breath Of Farewell
by Mike Gentile
A breath of farewell escapes with a sigh
A cloudless night,...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
escapes, adventure, farewell, goodbye, home,
A Little Bit Free
by Linda Milgate
Just a Little Bit Free
I feel that I need to get out
to walk by the oak and pine trees
breathe fresh air and....
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Categories:
escapes, longing,
A Killer Prom
by Tera Brown
The night that's perfect,
Isn't going to be,
Should be great music,
And all dressed beautifully,
A couple of men,
Picking up there dates,
A...
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ABC |
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escapes, adventure, analogy, best friend,
The Haunted House
by Andrea Dietrich
Beyond an overgrowth of weeds, I see
a house with faded paint. It beckons me.
Victorian, its windows are like eyes
that hypnotize, and soon I find myself
there...
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Categories:
escapes, scary,
Dawn
by Wieslaw Musialowski
Translated by Przemyslaw Musialowski
It's dawn, only cats
stray dogs in the street;
a hooker in stained skirt
don't want to go to sleep yet.
Town Hall clock
is ticking monotonously,
hand...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
escapes, morning, silence,
We Went to the Zoo to See all the Animals
by Marc Acrich
We Went to the Zoo to See all the Animals
We went to the zoo to see all of darn the animals that are so...
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escapes, animal,
Unlimited Sunrays
by Teresa Rivera
The length and lines that makes crevices
On your skin
I find beauty in the infinite things
Created to fulfill our curiosity
Are the empty spaces
Where...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
escapes, appreciation, beauty, happiness, heaven,
Famous Briton
by Subimal Sinha-Roy
There was once a great man named Newton
Apple fell on this famous Briton
Lest flash of gravity
Escapes brain’s cavity
To cover head he put his hat on.
August...
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Categories:
escapes, humorous,