A Friendly Reminder For Our Nation
...Mr. President, Mr. Vice President, Americans, and the world:
In the crucible of revolution, our forefathers etched their pledge—
a bold testament inscribed not solely in ink,
but in the quiet, r...
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Categories:
foraged, america, remember, slam, society,
Form: Spoken Word
Country Pubs
...Bubbling babbling burbling banter from the bar..
Sup hush….memory lane trip...Proustian rush..pleasingly tickled.
Plushly ebbed…spidery beer swirls webbed…lace whirls..grace dimpled dappled ja...
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Categories:
foraged, culture,
Form: Free verse
An Affair Espinela
...Felt it from the initial line,
the joy of the writing process.
Poetry wins when it’s a mess,
old words crumble into fine wine.
Four stanzas and a form align,
every word foraged plays a part.
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Categories:
foraged, emotions, feelings, poetry, writing,
Form: Other
ALCOHOL IS IN OUR GENES
...It would seem that our early ancestors
Foraged afar to find the freshest fruit
But sometimes they would have to eat windfalls
That were covered with that white fungal fur
Which made the wi...
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Categories:
foraged, addiction, food, fruit,
Form: Blank verse
The Finest Arts
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Makeshift art
patches of cloth
second-hand music
on textbook drums
Cuisine foraged
from lawns untended
literature culled
torn pages blended
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Categories:
foraged, art, creation, imagination, literature,
Form: Rhyme
A Dime in His Pocket
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A dime in his pocket
hope in his heart
Just his clothes on his back
but he’d make a new start
Constricted at home
he took to the road
Foraged for food
yet u...
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Categories:
foraged, adventure, home, hope, parents,
Form: Rhyme
My Tropical Island Adventure
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"Life is about moments: Grasp
them when they drift your way."
Quote by _ Constance
I was attending a party on a sleek yacht one eve...
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Categories:
foraged, adventure, love,
Form: Haibun
The Four Seasons of Man
...Spring arrived, ‘Twas the dawn of man
Consciousness exploded with a Big Bang
We foraged inquisitively for berries and nuts
Soon building settlements and primitive huts
A subtle spark conjured o...
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Categories:
foraged, earth, farewell, humanity, journey,
Form: Rhyme
K-9
...Once, I can't remember when,
A dog named K-9 came to mind
K-9 was a massive dog
And he was of a particular kind
He did not spend his time in play
He sniffed and foraged everyday
He was an under...
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Categories:
foraged, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Hypocritical Goat
...Not to be taken lightly, I burnt all my clothes
Cut the tattoos off my back, tore pins from my nose
Foraged for food particles, where wild beasts reposed
Lapped water vapour off thorns, when the...
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Categories:
foraged, abuse, corruption, how i
Form: Rhyme
The Cake Fiasco
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'Twas the night before Christmas and I
Totally forgot to bake a cake,
If my children came to know, oh my!
What a noisy ruckus they would make!
So I went to the kitchen and found
Sugar...
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Categories:
foraged, christmas, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Text Minus X
...Anxiously anticipating annual activity
Blissfully bound by bravado
Consuming cold contagious concoction
Dizzily developed devilish desire
Eagerly expecting ego's enlightenment
Feverish...
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Categories:
foraged, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Treasures
...TREASURES
mesmerising
asides
reside
to
display
the
extraordinary
&
delicate
blooms
a choice
narrative
survives
gently
resides
in
patterned
fragments
swirling
in the
spec...
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Categories:
foraged, poetry,
Form: Other
What a Mess
...Greedy goats were invited to the Wednesday feast;
They foraged their dinners ahead of the sly wildebeest.
Quenching their thirst with quail juice alamode.
A gallimaufry of raindrops stirred within...
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Categories:
foraged, 4th grade, 5th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Its the Best
...he was pouring at the happening and usually there is a fair amount of disdain for the enthusiasts
who like to sidle up to sample the snacks, libations and what have you goodies.
he was a wisp of...
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Categories:
foraged, innocence,
Form: Narrative
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