The Road
...I started toddling at seven months,
Walking the roads as from twelve
Shaping my feet from sands and mud upon bumps
Frequenting the paths to hell and into which I delve
From the spittle of the s...
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Categories:
frighteningly, life,
Form: Rhyme
Shadows of Lost Love
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Written: April 27, 2025, for contest by Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Quote: "Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have bu...
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Categories:
frighteningly, appreciation, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
surviving a shipwreck
...initially I saw no humanoid qualities in the beast
he was a throwback, not orangutan, but not man either
his eyes were frighteningly dark with glowing suns in the center
how could I communicate wi...
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Categories:
frighteningly, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
A Physician's Analysis
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Paralysis of the esophagus
when occasioned by asparagus
Can be frighteningly perilous
and even worse, embarrass us
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Categories:
frighteningly, food, giggle, health, hyperbole,
Form: Light Verse
Sincerely so
...I've known my love for what now seems to be a long time
And yet I'd forced myself not to acknowledge it
Not to let my heart intrude upon the determination of my mind
I'm dying for your love
I w...
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Categories:
frighteningly, addiction, love,
Form: Free verse
Chapter 128 -- Damian Delilah Mallory Holly: One Day At a Time
...Date: August 2049
DJ celebrates his 23rd birthday
Sashi DJs wife became 22 in
May. Amadeus made 20,
Damian turns 48, Molly and
Dolly are 45. Carter Hakim will be
74. Lucinda turns 71. Car...
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Categories:
frighteningly, allusion, deep, devotion,
Form: Prose
Weird Wood
...Some people don’t hike through the wood,
especially on All Hallows Eve.
Ghosts of boys and girls of good
float at the campfire, if you believe.
Elves and pixies dance through the trees,
with ...
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Categories:
frighteningly, celebration, childhood, children, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Life Is Pointless
...Life
Is pointless..
A point would
Stake out a
World of separation..
Which would
Display the drama
Appearing in
The life
As is known..
Which is
Beautifully
Frighten...
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Categories:
frighteningly, appreciation, education, inspirational love,
Form: Light Verse
Wave of Fantasy
...An ocean of people pulled by the moon
Frighteningly stand on foundations of sand.
A word deemed unkind will cause them to swoon
And so, by their hand, all dissent is banned.
Teetered precarious...
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Categories:
frighteningly, fantasy,
Form: Sonnet
Party Crasher
...My Halloween party was in full swing. I had gone all out this year and rented an old crumbling, reputed-to-be haunted mansion for the evening's Dionysian festivities, and all the invited guests were ...
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Categories:
frighteningly, halloween,
Form: Narrative
Amusan's Tears
...Amusan's Tears
Amusan's tears says something,
That thing is very far from nothing.
First, it was an infectious smile,
Later, it became tears from a mile.
This tears goes beyond the victory...
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Categories:
frighteningly, africa, america, change, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Travails
...I saw a need
For a time of repose
Where I'd gather my
Chicks in a crate
Fretting for anything out of
My power
Has made me feel less
Not so great
So I rest and I pray
Call it a day
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Categories:
frighteningly, anxiety, appreciation, bird,
Form: Rhyme
From Afar
...from afar
contemplating
row after row
after row
of windows
frighteningly similar
from afar...
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Categories:
frighteningly, fear, perspective,
Form: Imagism
No More Vulgar Than Is Putin
...The Russian bear frighteningly growls
~ Will his paws rip out Ukraine's bowels...
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Categories:
frighteningly, analogy, animal, bullying,
Form: Monoku
Blue Haired Witch
...The blue haired witch came into the valley with a blue moon.
The wind changed directions when it sensed her arrival.
Shadows grew bashful as her natural beauty materialized.
Reverent wonder follow...
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Categories:
frighteningly, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Verse
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