Smitten by Kitten Disinterest
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never loved cat ways
their tail-flicking arrogance
their unasked-for gaze
my family longed for one —
I yielded, keeping distance
stray kitten arrived
they all fawned gushed over it
but the...
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Categories:
flicking, cat,
Form: Tanka
RECIPE FOR POETRY SOUP
...*RECIPE FOR POETRY SOUP
Would like to come face to face with Gordon Ramsey.
Being on his reality cooking show quite suits my fancy.
Would like to create poetry so...
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Categories:
flicking, 12th grade, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Chorus In peril
...The island once was a sweet emerald blessing
with chorus of sugar and spice atop salty sea breeze.
A stowaway soon arrived on the scene...
A brown snake with a smile of poisonous sheen.
At f...
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Categories:
flicking, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Confronting Shadows
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Within the dark shadows,
of an old church sanctuary;
I confront life and choices I have made,
face-to-face with God I kneel in prayer.
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Categories:
flicking, introspection,
Form: Verse
Reptile by Birth
...Into the abyss
I look in to see
Peeking over, to discern
Her looking up at me.
Reptile cold and slithe,
I slither through the dewy blades,
And writhley race across the glade.
A lumping cr...
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Categories:
flicking, animal, psychological,
Form: Free verse
The scars they left us
...He reflected on the life he had lived
Staring out the window watching his kids with his grandkids
They were his greatest gifts
He also felt this quiet melancholy of putting them in a position
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Categories:
flicking, discrimination, granddaughter, grandfather, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
Spider Dance
...I feel a slight touch on my arm and look down
and………….it’s a spider
Despite the heavy circumstances in my life and a
migraine weighing me down
I fly to my feet and spin around trying to dislodge
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Categories:
flicking, life,
Form: Free verse
Nine Times to Die
...Like a cat,
I've nine times to die —
and love has taken seven.
Once,
when you said my name like it was a question.
Twice,
when you answered it with silence.
Thrice,
when you loved someone e...
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Categories:
flicking, cat,
Form: Free verse
Mrs Moore
...O!
Same place, same time
morning chill and cracks of sun
curled in dark doorway
her shape, her pulse same line
Same doorway she calls her home
‘tween supplements west and bath bombs east
c...
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Categories:
flicking, allegory, forgiveness, home, obituary,
Form: Blank verse
Fireflies
...A graceful g l o w~
a belly-flicking thrill,
g the night blanket~
n
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Categories:
flicking, insect, light, metaphor, nature,
Form: Verse
Death in the Desert
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Listen for the rustling sound
of the beady-eyed belly crawlers
deceitful serpents slithering on the ground,
flicking a two-forked tongue and hissing.
They should be heeded as a dire w...
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Categories:
flicking, death, environment,
Form: Free verse
HALLS OF AMENTI 2
...HALLS OF AMENTI 2
Doom dark in the
Halls of Amenti
whole families are
dropped down drains
covers shut tight
no pink flamingos
not a single orange
tree in sight
They grope along hol...
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Categories:
flicking, 12th grade, change, deep,
Form: Rhyme
Juggernaut
...A war has been on going in my mind,
Of sinful thoughts and bad habits.
So I had to delete the source,
Get back on the right course.
I gave the gram power over my life,
Fiercely driving and con...
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Categories:
flicking, change, conflict, faith, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
The Inspiring Splendor
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The cascading stream murmurs mystically
as it flows across the pulsating plateau,
and through the swathing sprawling forest,
fostering emerald opulence to the ultimate,
that splashes silve...
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Categories:
flicking, beauty, inspiration, nature,
Form: Free verse
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 ...
We must entertain and enter vague conspicuous contests ...
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Categories:
flicking, rude, sometimes, wisdom,
Form: Vogon Poetry
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