OH AUGUST
...OH AUGUST!
"The best of summer is gone, and the new fall not yet born--the odd, uneven time of year." Sylvia Plath
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time dr...
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Categories:
flourished, 12th grade, summer,
Form: Free verse
Passion Flowers
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They bloomed together
within the same state of mind
though separated
by zones of time.
Sultry words sprouted
sprig-like inklings flourished
as they bound each other
to a burgeoning e...
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Categories:
flourished, poetry,
Form: Free verse
my overgrown lilac tree
...my lilac tree did not know she was a bush
within ten years she flourished with a swoosh
she outgrew every tree except the oak giant
lilac tree is a hundred foot tall, shade very reliant....
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Categories:
flourished, tree,
Form: Rhyme
The Color of Alone
...A couple thousand years ago
he drifted off into the deepest woods
they sent out a search party of the millennium
the years went by the trail had overgrown
even the blood hound packed it in
as t...
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Categories:
flourished, life,
Form: Free verse
Palace visit
...A pretty big gate it was...
Overseeing the strict soldiers at the entrance.
Firmly, they stood with heavy weapons.
Stepped inside the picturesque place,
Gentle girls welcomed with gr...
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Categories:
flourished, dream, extended metaphor, fairy,
Form: Free verse
Fulcrum of a Rose
...Underneath the earth, she starts
A budding, not yet known
A seed planted, unfinished, unloved
Roses grow best with bright sun and regular water
All of which she’s been denied
The fulcrum of a ...
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Categories:
flourished, adventure,
Form: Free verse
My Suitcase - repost
...Every morning, when I walk under my cherry trees,
There is soothing breeze which awakens my senses,
The flash back of life events roll before my eyes,
I am sent in soul searching and search for th...
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Categories:
flourished, life,
Form: Free verse
AFRICA IS MORE THAN WHAT THEY SAY
...Unlike the headlines in their tabloids
This land was not a den of thieves
Not orphans begging at their gates
Nor lazy minds with rolled-up sleeves
It’s home to those with skin like night
But h...
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Categories:
flourished, 12th grade, africa, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
Abandon All Hope, Folks!
...Does anybody think the same as me?
All hope has vanished. Law means nothing now.
Not since George Washington first took the vow
to put the nation, independent, free,
exceptional, above the (here’...
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Categories:
flourished, america,
Form: Sonnet
In Time
...In Time
Where do we stand when you live so far away?
When I think of you, you are the sun by the bay.
A beautiful sunset will be in many colors.
Maybe one day at the crossroads, there will be...
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Categories:
flourished, relationship,
Form: Rhyme
Flower
...flowers that have flourished in winter
made beautiful in the frost,
from the same chilling breeze they have grown lost.
one flower stands out in its sunny meadow,
the other still frozen in a fie...
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Categories:
flourished, deep, flower, lost, love
Form: Free verse
Ego
..."I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself."
Ego.
It is this that makes or breaks a man.
Ego, much like the "dagger of the mind", pushes man to do things, it though...
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Categories:
flourished, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Wine Tastes Better Aged
...Flourished and nourished,
hair locks resembling branches,
I gaze as it dances —
when blowing, he looks glowing.
Twenty years had passed,
but still, I last.
I may have ripened,
but I'm st...
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Categories:
flourished, age, confidence, desire, emotions,
Form: Free verse
21 Year Anniversary
...Two decades and one, we've shared this ride,
Through laughter, tears, with love as our guide.
The years have flown, but still we stand,
Hand in hand, heart to heart, our love so grand.
We've bu...
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Categories:
flourished, anniversary, i love you,
Form: Free verse
Nature
...Nature
As I sit by the window
So early in the morning
I hear the birds chirping
Having their own conversation
A gentle breeze
The leaves ?? swiftly move
Its not hot yet
Its calm and ...
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Categories:
flourished, nature,
Form: Free verse
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