Ductile Grace
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Written: July 26, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann
Quote: "Be still, for the silence of God is the language of the soul." by Rumi
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Categories:
extemporize, appreciation, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
in-coming
...Something’s happening, let’s call it sunrise, for now,
and summer vacation in Geneva, in umm.. 10 hours.
My heart-beat is spiking, like a flag or kite flying.
I’m leaving an empty room - making on...
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Categories:
extemporize, boyfriend, school, student, summer,
Form: Rhyme
Severe Surge Regarding Thou Shalt Not Kill Violations
...Severe surge regarding thou shalt not kill violations
Fifth commandment breached regularly
epidemic of gun violence in America
bullets fly, scream and tear into flesh
senseless rampant mass kil...
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Categories:
extemporize, 12th grade, 1st grade,
Form: Rhyme
Pause Between Thinking and Speaking
...A slight pause is taken between a thought
and the words that I speak from my heart
for words often rendered in too much haste
are frowned upon with wary looks of distaste
I have to ...
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Categories:
extemporize, spoken word,
Form: Rhyme
An Obsolete Man
...Divorce robbed him of surprise,
left him disused,
parts of his brain tingled less,
he grew blasé, he had to improvise,
extemporize parts
that were less prone to rust and mold.
It seemed he was ...
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Categories:
extemporize, poetry,
Form: Free verse
An Embarrassing Moment
...It was a Sunday morning in June, how well I recall
I stood in the pulpit with my morning sermon in print
When all of a sudden I began to extemporize
A moment never to be forgotten--never at all!
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Categories:
extemporize, humorous, silence, spoken word,
Form: Rhyme
I Thoroughly Enjoy Dialogue With First Continuity
...And in a pinch reluctantly talk to yours truly,
a very reformed Jew rarely attends Synagogue,
(he who cannot be named) hails from Prague
offtimes provides a wonderful monologue,
whereby his eloqu...
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Categories:
extemporize, art, deep, freedom, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
Autumn In the Air Hooray
...Autumn In The Air - Hooray
Respite from punishing
heat wave - yay
which above line,
could "speak" volumes,
and be a stand alone poem
offering readers
a reprieve nsy...
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Categories:
extemporize, 12th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme