VOGON SOUPSTERS: Gangsters of Poetry!
...Here, at The Restaurant at the End of the Universe,
Poetrysoup is on the menu!
And to save our sacred website, perhaps the world ...
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Categories:
exasperating, rude, sometimes, wisdom,
Form: Vogon Poetry
Oscar
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In the mountains, lived a special pup
He was gentle, kind and so amazing
His antics were true, never made up
My meals he was forever appraising
He often seemed to be star gazing...
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Categories:
exasperating, animal, appreciation, cat, dog,
Form: Quintain (English)
REALITY CHECK
...Aesthetic expectations, quomodocunquize,
An exasperating farrago of marketing lies,
Conning client desires,
While promising celestial skies.
In the "Selfie Era," so condescending,
Filters scul...
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Categories:
exasperating, age, beauty,
Form: Rhyme
divas
...amazingly brilliant clandestine divas
effectively foretold general hilarity
ignoring jealous kings
letting melodious nightingales
offer preconceived quality rhythms
soothing treacherous undercov...
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Categories:
exasperating, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Abecedarian
Expiring Experienced Excited Emus
...expiring experienced excited and enticed enthusiastic emus
extracted exact experimental explosives from exfoliated flues
exasperating exam-free extraterrestrial expedition views
extraordinary x-ra...
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Categories:
exasperating, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Alliteration
Holding Hands
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What is it about two people holding hands
That says so much about life
First of all it says love sweet love
But when you see couples in their golden years holding hands
We smile and say...
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Categories:
exasperating, love,
Form: Free verse
Unwritten Absence
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Like the autumn weaves warmth
With hope and grace,
Inspirations in temptations of laughing scarlet,
Blazing tangerine and glorious gold,
Soothing away the darkness as beautiful
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Categories:
exasperating, appreciation, autumn, beautiful, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Beautiful -
...I'm a flower
flourished and the butterfly
and Bee say I'm good
Provide I gracious nourishment
sweet am I for I am good
For the nectar in me
Oooh! Oh! soft warm ever
sweet th...
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Categories:
exasperating, addiction, appreciation, confidence, how
Form: Lyric
Life Without End
...Just beyond the silence, a secret
Blowing, breathless, through the spirit
Sweetening moments, preparing
Laughing kisses, reassurance
That forever lives, steadily coloring
Skies and seas in hues ...
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Categories:
exasperating, appreciation, friendship, friendship love,
Form: Free verse
The Scream
...I hear her
When, in stillness – peace,
She surrounds me with her promises,
Light, mist on the morning, hope
Lifting away all the doubt, the darkness
With a feeling, a soul stirring scream
I ...
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Categories:
exasperating, appreciation, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
There Are No Things
...There
Are no things..
Page 1:
This startling news
Flying in the face
Of what seems
Obvious..
Page 2:
The innumerable
Exasperating
Searches to find
No things......
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Categories:
exasperating, beauty, imagination, solitude, spiritual,
Form: Blank verse
Carnival of Thoughts
...My muse is like a carnival,
a celebration of kaleidoscope colors,
a dazzling display of light and sound.
Circling slowly until I feel dizzy.
Will I crumple and fall?
A house of mirrors
with ...
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Categories:
exasperating, feelings, fun, games, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Older Folks Holding Hands
...What is it about two elderly folks holding hands
That says so much about life
First of all it says love sweet love
But when you see couples in their golden years holding hands
We smile an...
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Categories:
exasperating, together,
Form: Rhyme
Are You Angry
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When I see injustice bribe
The heart with hope
The mind with confidence
The soul with enlightenment
Anger silences my dreams
Colors my voice, my speech
In hues of exasperating need
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Categories:
exasperating, anger, angst, blessing, fear,
Form: Free verse
Interstate Highway
...commuting
fast highway
teeming with traffic
morning and evening jams
exasperating
Written July 28, 2022...
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Categories:
exasperating, how i feel, perspective,
Form: Cinquain
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