Is Ashwin the Indian Don of Spin
...Where do you begin with Ravichandran Ashwin...intellectual impresario
Red ball romeo... conceptual maestro..the Kingpin of spin..leather lothario
Perpetual taunting...teasing..bubbling cerebral...
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Categories:
fermenting, sports,
Form: Rhyme
I Am
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A hunter of expressive words, am I
especially those which I came to know
inspire, uplift, or honor God, then try
directing how they flow to tell and show.
From a young age, words were a magic...
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Categories:
fermenting, appreciation, god, inspiration, tribute,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
The Gas Station Paradox
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A woman at the gas station
is unremarkable besides
her name tag reading Clarity
and her teeth, saying never mind.
She asks if I need a receipt.
I say no, like I'm not collecting
evidence...
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Categories:
fermenting, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Dill Pickle Hated Blue Cheese
...Dill pickle hated him so
Because he stank badly
Dill pickle screamed just go
Blue cheese wept thus sadly
When I leave the fridg, bro
I'll stink ever much mo
Dill pickle grew older
Fermenting l...
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Categories:
fermenting, funny,
Form: Quintain (English)
Consequenced
...It was after the times of mules
Irish slave contracts
Inside of the states of minds
Of those who fled from effort
Abandoning life in infancy
Creating devastation
And fermenting grew, cresting a...
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Categories:
fermenting, august, bible,
Form: Free verse
A MEMO TO SPRING HARVESTING OF HUED GRAPS OF WRATH
...The winter of our discontent is over,
the Merciful God of the oppressed
has seen to the de-icing of our hued souls;
and the blossoming essence of our liberation.
The grapes of spring are plenti...
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Categories:
fermenting, allegory, black african american,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Lie
...The Lie
I am an insect waiting to be squashed!
I stare hard at the ground
as if fascinated, enthralled by it
while, above, eyes of cold-cobalt
wait to gouge and burrow out
any self-belie...
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Categories:
fermenting, anger, anxiety, father, father
Form: Free verse
BREWING dedicated VERSE FOR SHASTA SIMMS ANTHOLOGY 2
...You’re ever captivating;
Somber so stimulating;
Liken a hot cup of caffeine;
Such joy you’re phenomenal being;
Production such a darling;
Top notch gentleman so charming;
Grooving N mov...
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Categories:
fermenting, addiction, appreciation, encouraging, engagement,
Form: Lyric
The Beastly System
...Life shattered by the state
merciless and heavy handed...
It may seem as if a fate
threw you here to be stranded.
All alone with your sorrow,
with the grief stamped on your soul
for today and...
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Categories:
fermenting, abuse, care, heartbroken, jesus,
Form: Rhyme
The toddy tapper
...At dawn , I met a sturdy toddy tapper, He was a strong,sure-footed man and flexible, Who well-suited to do the risky job rather, ...
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Categories:
fermenting, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Autumnal
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"Every leaf speaks bliss to me,
fluttering from the autumn tree."
Quote by _ Emily Bronte
Autumn brings enchanting dapples and hues,
with each trem...
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Categories:
fermenting, autumn, imagery,
Form: Sonnet
Blissful Sky Kiss
...Solar Eclipse Kiss
Moon tumbles into the tunnel of mad tribulation.
Only in her dreams, her higher desires exalt into an empire from her orb of opulent observations.
For their relationship of sp...
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Categories:
fermenting, adventure, appreciation, bird, emotions,
Form: Alliteration
Goose Goose Goose Duck
...Goose, goose, goose... duck!
They say they love and are not full of hate.
But listen to their speeches, with all their beseeches,
and judgemental and condemning ruminate.
And what of their fr...
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Categories:
fermenting, abortion, america, analogy, anger,
Form: Rhyme
I See the Green of the Desert
...I see the green of the desert
That overcomes the brown –
Clinging to ground and water –
And with gentle affection –
It might reveal some color
Like a yellow persuasion.
I feel the fermentin...
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Categories:
fermenting, green, mountains, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Red Sky Dawning Forewarning
...Brilliant start will depart
with storm, tempest fermenting.
Red at dusk fomenting,
brewing, red sky delight!
Cheers folks! Let's party!...
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Categories:
fermenting, day, weather,
Form: Verse
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