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About to Lose my Wits

...
     I think that I have never seen 
       a thing as vexing as a computer screen

     Page after page I type and type
       then one wrong click, out they’re all wiped  

     System won’...

Categories: file cabinet, anger, technology,
Form: Couplet

We never know

...We never know

All the memories we seem to keep
Come out at night as we sleep
Everyone seems so very near
Pictures that are crystal clear 
Many we had hoped to forget
Yet in the file cabinet t...

Categories: file cabinet, appreciation, culture,
Form: Free verse

Treasure trove

...Jewelry box goodies 
attic holds years of clothing 
file cabinet nightmare...

Categories: file cabinet, life,
Form: Senryu

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Forget About Audrey

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William, you may be too young to realize
that Audrey is a "Plane Jane", and certainly no prize.
Anyone saying she loves you would be feeding you lies.
There are many maidens more attract...

Categories: file cabinet, literature, love hurts,
Form: Rhyme

The Candlemaker's Office

...The Candlemaker’s Office 
     was sparsely filled. 

The worn brass door knob —
     a patina 
     countless hands
          slipping over its surface,
     polished and discolored
        ...

Categories: file cabinet, boy, childhood, family, father,
Form: Free verse

Shoulder Bagging

...(TO: One of my favorite appendages)

                    My shoulder bag is important to me
                   It bumps against the side of my knee
                    When I wear it there is no ...

Categories: file cabinet, appreciation, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

Together Will Be For Eternity

...*Clack tap clack*
The teacher paces around the room
She whispers to the air
I’ve done it ….
Oh my gosh!!
This is entirely wrong…
Tsk…..
I’m a murderer
I’m insane 
aren’t I…!!!
She sits down...

Categories: file cabinet, body, death, emotions, imagery,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Silence Rules the Night

...silence rules the night 
 shadows move about 

 rain falls like tears 
 weeping wind bows to 
 no one 

 yesterday has been packed away 
 tiny boxes and envelopes 

 stored in the unsuspect...

Categories: file cabinet, metaphor,
Form: Free verse

Scribbled Words Hastily Written

...Scribbled words hastily written are hard to decipher
were found in a folder attached to an important document,
it wouldn't ever been brought to light and know flair...   
hadn't I not searched for an...

Categories: file cabinet, memory, words,
Form: Quintain (English)

My Desk Gives Life

...Written by Paula Swanson


Here at my desk I sit,
with silence all around.
Just the hum of the frig, 
a clock in the background.

An old brass lamp with green shade,
sits back, off to the ri...

Categories: file cabinet, on writing and wordsinspirational,
Form: Lay

I Almost Lost It!

...I looked in the file cabinet but I could not find it there.
It obviously had not been filed; I began to look elsewhere.  
I looked on the lamp table beside the green armchair.
Only to find my poem...

Categories: file cabinet, on writing and wordsheart,
Form: Monorhyme

Feel the Past

...An eyesore in the community as progress takes its toll.
Windows broken, rust on the old metal frames
Vacant, dust filled, old broken file cabinet in the corner
Taking a walk through it, I could fe...

Categories: file cabinet, nostalgia, placesold, old,
Form: Narrative

I Can Relate To the Struggle

...I have been where you are now, I know how life gets
depressed by your situation empty pockets
and every thought you entertain contains illegal means to get green
for this American dream

I can r...

Categories: file cabinet, black african american, life,
Form: Rhyme