some days
...
the floorboard that gasps when stepped on
the blue bulb pulsing in an amber-lit room
the coffee stain colonizing your blue shirt—
some days, we’re nothing but
a tiny inconvenience
sharpen a ...
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Categories:
gargled, life,
Form: Free verse
Black Ice Snake
...
The morning was painted with a frigid brush
The car gargled up a February moon
I had the early A.M road all to myself
almost
A death wish was gaining ground in large chunks
together we entered...
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Categories:
gargled, anxiety, car, winter,
Form: Free verse
Shuffling Through
...
Inspired by the Onomatopoeia Contest (2024), sponsored by Emile Pinet.
Mid-day invaded my spirits with blah.
I sauntered the path to the coffee shop
and heard my friends blab...
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Categories:
gargled, drink, onomatopoeia, words,
Form: Quatrain
A Glimpse of Life’s Journey
...One weary dusk, after a day of teaching’s strain,
I pedaled my bike through the traffic’s refrain.
The smog of exhaust kissed my tired face,
As car horns screamed in their frantic race.
The gut...
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Categories:
gargled, 6th grade, christian, journey,
Form: Rhyme
Leave It Out Judge
...The judge told the man, “You’re accused
By all of those that you abused.
You’re too touchy feely,
You touch and feel freely
And all of them feel they’ve been used.”
The man cleared his throat,...
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Categories:
gargled, humorous, judgement,
Form: Limerick
Close Harmony
...CLOSE HARMONY
When young, I’d had an ambition
To join a close harmony group.
But, alas, as soon as I open my mouth,
I sound like an infant with croup
But I went for the audi...
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Categories:
gargled, music,
Form: Rhyme
Summer Hell In a Day
...like the feel of wood swooning to seas touch
the scrape of knife on plate
slow mo clouds on breeze unsure
hushing trees
gargled chuckles of seagull pass
acetically addictive
glass alps projecti...
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Categories:
gargled, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Black Diamonds and the Benefits of Ylang Ylang
...
"Black Diamonds and the Benefits of Ylang Ylang"
The prescription
was to write
black diamonds
against the pale
antidote
cutting glass
...
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Categories:
gargled, color, freedom, muse,
Form: Free verse
Footsteps
...FOOTSTEPS
From cradle to grave,
Such is life
Where we follow certain steps,
First refrain
Emitting from mouth,
A somewhat gargled sound
Of ‘Ga- Ga, Mum- Mum or is it Da-Da,’
After which
C...
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Categories:
gargled, growing up,
Form: Free verse
Bean and Queen
...I secured my car with Yale lock and key,
And merrily sauntered up the hotel lobby,
stuck my tongue out with a smile obscene,
I was rehearsing my role to play Mr. Bean!
The suit was perfec...
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Categories:
gargled, games, giggle, happiness, humor,
Form: Verse
Chaff
...Canine teeth that glimmer with the moonlights gaze
Open mouthed to taste unsalted tears of dripping clouds
Howls are gargled as they swallow the forlorn
Straw men sit and sift the spaces
that mak...
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Categories:
gargled, poetry,
Form: Free verse
I Have Gargled On a Rainbow
...I have gargled on a rainbow
Played hide and seek
with light
Used a day in one night
I have laughed at all the wrong times
cried when it is write
the way that i have choose
to pick at every loo...
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Categories:
gargled, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Villanelle: Everything Takes Time: Take Not Time By the Forelock
...Villanelle: Everything takes time: take not time by the forelock
Everything takes time: take not time by the forelock
Whether in deference to the past’s foiled efforts
The tingling ergot fir...
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Categories:
gargled, allegory, america, anger, angst,
Form: Villanelle
Dot Dot Highfalutin Dot Dash Indeed
...A phenomena misinformed is a mispronunciation of a garbled gargled juice. Only released once. Not twice. Nor three times. In fact the catchment period for enticing a cake is relative only to atmosphe...
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Categories:
gargled, anti bullying, anxiety, baby,
Form: I do not know?
Ever Again Get Sick
...Ever Again Get Sick
There are both experience and inspiration
That may be mixed with much perspiration
Sometimes have feelings of pure desperation
Packed bags and went on pleasurable vacation.
...
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Categories:
gargled, humorous,
Form: Couplet
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