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The former Double Life Of Matthew Scott Harris
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matthew harris
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finch, grief, hurt, meaningful, memory,
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haiga - haiku
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Mick Talbot
| Haiku |
finch, nature, spring,
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Spring Death
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Greg Gaul
| Haiku |
finch, bird, death, home, life,
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Eastern Wind
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Cherrie Palmer
| Prose |
finch, nature, winter,
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Bridging Heaven and Earth
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Gershon Wolf
| Rhyme |
finch, bird, flying, jealousy,
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Haiku Series
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Mick Talbot
| Haiku |
finch, nature,
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Farewell To Pearl Of Pitiable Living
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Kunda Chamatete
| Free verse |
finch, break up, endurance, farewell,
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The Letter
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Leanne Lovejoy-Burton
| Free verse |
finch, daughter, imagery, life, love,
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Like A Girl
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Iris Blade
| Dramatic monologue |
finch, girl, high school, inspirational,
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Spring's Preview
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Catie Lindsey
| Haiku |
finch, nature, seasons,
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Gimp and Limp
by James Horn
Gimp and Limp
In Trump style should put a crimp;
We should love those who will limp;
With words fumble;
Forgot about humble;
Trump's body looks like a big blimp.
Jim...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
finch, 1st grade, allegory, analogy,
Birds of a feather
by I.Spit.Ink SaruhRosen
The twisting reach of my arm
stuck in the sleeve
shaking like a finch flustering in the marble basin
as if in slow motion
startled the place...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
finch, analogy, winter,
The House Finch
by Jenna Friend
Awaiting my presence,
You knew I was there.
Black beads gaze into mine,
Why would they want to leave?
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Free verse |
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Categories:
finch, addiction, animal, beautiful, emotions,
Gravestones, poems that paint a picture 2
by Jack Webster
The Old Stones and the Finch
Gravestones are made of granite;
I guess to hide the dirt,
so people don't have to come as much
to clean them....
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Free verse |
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Categories:
finch, absence, death, death of
Dawbreak With A Noble King
by Elisa Christensen
Since you left us,
Each morning I awake precisely
At dawn.
Snatched from my troubled attempts at sleep,
I'm suddenly, acutely lucid and aware.
This in itself is odd, given,
Dawn...
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Prose |
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Categories:
finch, absence, appreciation, art, beauty,
Rare Bird
by Vivien Wade
RARE BIRD
Sitting outside my window
A Black throated finch is there
This little bird is on show
Seldom seen, could become...
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Pantoum |
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Categories:
finch, bird,
Red Is Her Color
by Carol Connell
She thought it a statement of fashion.
“Your red cheeks, they glow with such passion!”
Her mistake, it was huge.
For I do not wear rouge.
I am colored...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
finch, change, humor, women,
Easter bird
by old man emu
The Sinai Rose finch, oblivious to the commotion in the nearby city, busily gathered dry grass and floral fodder to repair her nest, disturbed by...
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Prose |
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finch, bird, easter, nature,
Bluebird's Gone
by Anil Deo
Springtime put a spring in my step
Bluebird brought bright bars of music next
I saw her sip at the faithful fountain; sing soulfully
As I prayed:...
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Categories:
finch, absence, best friend, bible,
The Sojourn of Spring
by Brendan J. Simons
Feel the feathers of photons flying across the bluest of skies,
Whose sapphire fires ignite the horizon with hydrogen oxidized.
Its refracted scatter of cerulean molecules...
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Couplet |
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finch, bird, flower, nature, spring,
Mistaken steps of lost array
by Chris Green
Mistaken steps of lost array
Of broken branch and multi-colored stone façade
the pathway steals my outward glance
Winding through the cottage hills
like kite string freed by...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
finch, loneliness, love,
Precious Finch
by Abdullah Alhemaidy
the winter and spring
on the Pinus Colere finch
on both tail and head
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Senryu |
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Categories:
finch, adventure, beauty, bird, nature,
Autumns Finch
by Dah Helmer
Morning’s clarinet of feathers
over blunt autumn cold
Singing finch
scurry branch to branch
Southeastern’s feeble flame
burns November’s thin wick
In the air
blue ice whistles
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from my 6th book-length manuscript
©dah /...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
finch, autumn, bird, earth, flying,
Unconditional Love
by andy thomson
(Unconditional* Love)
I will love you forever
Because I’ve said it
Makes it so
There is nothing
That can change this
If spacetime doesn’t flow
It feels like a reality
But might be
In...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
finch, betrayal, bird, heart, love,
Ball Card Heroes
by Kevin Taylor
With bat and ball and gloves in hand and on our way
we'd pass by old man Finch where when he'd sit and watch the world
one...
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Sonnet |
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Categories:
finch, baseball, childhood, games, journey,
Kansas
by David Robb
Kansas I stand before you open hearted, ready to receive you after a spring rain. I have always held such deep nostalgia for your beauty...
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Prose Poetry |
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Categories:
finch, appreciation, beauty, happiness, heart,
Monotonous Delight
by David Brooks
With each passing day
There comes a monotony.
Arriving as the same old, same old.
The oneness of time and occurrence.
The sun rises in the distance,
Its color always...
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Prose Poetry |
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Categories:
finch, earth, feelings, good morning,
But Her Bruises Were Green
by Roy Jerden
There was once a hot cutie named Finch
Who was quite a flirtatious young minx
On St Pat's she shunned green
And dressed quite...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
finch, humorous,
Tai Wan Rose Finch
by Abdullah Alhemaidy
Rose collector bird
shades of pink blossom bulbuls
Lovely crimson set
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYtZO94K_Lk)
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Senryu |
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Categories:
finch, adventure, bird, nature,
The Lake
by Dah Helmer
Dawn, asleep at this hour
Chilled air is a gift
in the grip of summer
Landscape’s fresh silence
Moon, half blind
The traveling breeze
is a caravan
‘Come, naked and shivering,
says...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
finch, earth,