THE WITCHES BALL
...The witches ball,
Halloween is drawing near
As the leaves begin to fall,
They`re flying in from everywhere
For the annual witches ball.
Toothless hags from north to south
And crones from we...
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Categories:
franticly, celebration, dark, evil, gothic,
Form: Rhyme
Family RESERVATION?-
...Windows open, but the doors closed;
Shut up are the cabinet doors;
Running water from the faucet flows, pours;
Down the counter top;
Painted white ceilings but yet there’re dingy yel...
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Categories:
franticly, adventure, analogy, angst, anxiety,
Form: Dramatic Verse
The Catch
...Hook, reel in, gaff and bludgeon;
no need to hurry it’s only a fish,
but I wonder
does that little brain
in that big head, think?
Does it know this gagging sky
as its gills
franticly suck in a...
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Categories:
franticly, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Benoit B Mandelbrot
...Boggledy Mindalot
Benoit B. Mandelbrot
Perfect recursion sought
Infinitely!
Franticly, fractally
Near-mathemagickly
Spiraling endlessly
Exquisitely!
Bratwurst and sausages
Mandelbrot hos...
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Categories:
franticly, silly,
Form: Double Dactyl
Dandling Up and Down Upon the Lap of the Wind Part Number Three Rescued
...Yes, love is no more or less reliable the more you check on this. Just like the frigid days of winter make their way for the pleasures that lay in awe of Spring I'm finding.
Yes from when turning...
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Categories:
franticly, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Bio
The Depth and the Difference
...Faith offered in the advance of ourselves, in our Creator, in all life is the best leverage for the (H)onest, (O)pen and ever-(W)illful heart. Letting go of this for another is the gracious welcome a...
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Categories:
franticly, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Alone
...I am in that darkest place of deep despair
where the demons of the night play on my greatest fears
franticly I search for loving arms to keep me safe
but they are gone
at times I see a glimmer of...
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Categories:
franticly, betrayal, hope, hurt,
Form: Free verse
Free At Last
...A rush of force hits my face
As bare skin touches bare skin
And all feeling escapes from my now raw cheek
The stinging subsides but now my heart is pounding hard and loud
He will hear it, he wo...
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Categories:
franticly, 12th grade, abuse, child
Form: Free verse
The Injury of Fury
...~~**This poem is super long, but it took me hours to write. I hope you all enjoy reading this as I have enjoyed writing it wholeheartedly.**~~
Awful anger expressed in verses
Didn’t give me bless...
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Categories:
franticly, anxiety, courage, deep, depression,
Form: Free verse
Through Their Eyes
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Pressed firmly a shoulder against brick wall
Arms that are folded and feeling quite tall
A hurly burly of a lazy man
Only works if he has to or can
Frustrated waiting for the big chec...
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Categories:
franticly, confusion, crazy, fear, horror,
Form: Rhyme
The Sinking of the Cargo Ship El Faro
...The Sinking of the Cargo Ship, El Faro
The Bible, itself, speaks of the men of the world that go down to the sea in ships
because notably, they see the Hand of God move more than we all,
For ...
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Categories:
franticly, storm, tribute,
Form: Free verse
The Violins Trills
...He still hears the screams
The violins shrills
The repetition every morning
every night
all day….
He begins to rock his body back and forth
He then stops and breathes
He then whispers
Why is...
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Categories:
franticly, crazy, deep, evil,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Mince Meat Pie No Lie
...Mince Meat Pie No Lie
Oh great! Found that some guy forgot to stipulate
How he knows people hate to wait or set a date
Important enough and already been accentuated
And, would you believe, dest...
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Categories:
franticly, allegory, analogy,
Form: Couplet
The Tale of the Unexpected Prince
...The Tale of the Unexpected Prince
I sat in my lonely castle room looking out of the window. The village below was a flurry of activity with peasants going about their busy day. I sighed. I am so lo...
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Categories:
franticly, family, holiday,
Form: Free verse
The Last Goodbye
...When fire breathes it's last goodbye
Extinguishing the Suns lidded eye
The shade brings life as dark surrounds
And unexpected screams abound
Blood slithers down a rusty blade
Sheathed in fl...
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Categories:
franticly, death, gothic,
Form: I do not know?
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