Now we can hold hands
I'll be back before it gets dark
after we get tired of playing king of the hill.
Sun sets so late in summer
against the willows..
sometimes I forget.
No, it just isn't so.
I don't always choose them over you,
'course I could never tell you that.
You're a girl, a special one.
But I can't tell you that
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Categories:
get hold, 6th grade, green, kid,
Form: Free verse
To Love and To Hold
The tingling sweet sensation
As he grabbed my hand
I dared betray my emotion
This path I chose to stand
Side by side in lovers strand
Woven tight by fate’s hand
His stare of phony devotion
How can I question?
The beautiful morning ray, I hoped he not stray
An empty echo as I turned, dared not say
Our journey, the dark lair still lay
Maidan
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Categories:
get hold, absence, abuse, africa, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
It’s Times Like These That I’m Confused and So I Hold Your Hand
It’s times like these the stars feel far,
And every lamp burns cold and thin—
The world is loud, the winds unkind,
And shadows press against my skin.
I do not know the road ahead,
Nor what the morning sky will show,
The songs I loved have lost their tune,
And even time forgets to flow.
But in the hush between two breaths,
Your
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Categories:
get hold, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
BE TOLD, STAY BOLD AND TAKE HOLD
Be Told
What worth a thousand
Can't be attained with hundreds
To know the degree
You must measure
To get to the top of a tree
You have to climb it.
Stay bold
If you're working on it
It will surely work out
When you give it your all
There must be an outcome
Even if not immediately but it's certain.
Take
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Categories:
get hold, africa, children, community, deep,
Form: Didactic
No one to tell -Double Swap Quatrain
Sponsor: Joseph May Contest Name: The Double Swap 7/7/25
You're not there, there's no one to tell.
Hurry home to tell you, tears swell.
Life's so lonely, miss you my dear.
There's no one to tell, you're not here.
My world was all you, you only.
Miss you my dear, life's so lonely.
Trying to cope, still feeling
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Categories:
get hold, death,
Form: Quatrain
I hold them hostage
I hold them hostage
Attempt to bend them to my will
Dull the abrasiveness of now
Cloak them in a past
Devoid of presence
Feelings
False scents of marred moments
Simmering memories
Bubbling to the surface
In a cauldron of chaos
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Categories:
get hold, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Hold hands together and pass
Life is beautiful but the journey is no less than a rollercoaster ride.
Let's hold hands together and pass each high tide.
Let's make it interesting and cherish it together.
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Categories:
get hold, blessing, care, family, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Who will hold her exhaustion when it gets too heavy
Exhaustion was a burden she would always have to carry
A lingering shadow that gave her no peace
Even haunting her in her sleep
Her most notable feature
Was her eye bags so heavy
They begged to be heard
Screamed to be released
Hoping someone will save her from the abyss
Of Exhaustion
Tired from a life of always running
Away
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Categories:
get hold, depression, discrimination, mental health,
Form: Free verse
Hold The Applause
Hold the applause, I’m not dead yet
she said, in deafening soft voice
you wish to sing, to dance, rejoice;
give me another cigarette.
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Categories:
get hold, endurance,
Form: Rhyme
Hold the Applause
Hold the Applause – Pick a Title Vol. 52, 6-8-25, Sponsor Edward Ibeh
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Hold the Applause
Hold the applause
As the last note holds it’s breath
Before the keynote
Exhales
Before the melody
Takes a solitary journey
Into a taciturn hush.
Nascent
Waits
Like an incognito coda,
A second ending,
Rejecting the downbeat of resolution.
A breathless
Motif
Expands
Into the glorious,
Unfolding
Into fresh synonyms,
Anointed arias,
Unfolding like auroras
In stanzas
Pregnant with commas.
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Categories:
get hold, life, song,
Form: Free verse
Hold the Applause
spotlight breathes
dances
fist of faces
flashing
in a dingy bar
where we all are
the world
corralled
managing
on a fiesta of pita chips
with everything hummus
plus pectin gummies
since brunch
these little guts
in dystopia
and it's not
the touch of hunger
inspiring ulcers
but their pink punchbowls of hate
better call an ark
when primal peers
learn
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Categories:
get hold, feelings, guitar, humor, music,
Form: Free verse
Hold the applause
creative thoughts we seem to think
vibrations borrowed from vast space
our muse that appears in a blink
what else is it but gift of grace
hold the applause, we’re not the cause
our consciousness is full of flaws
all eyes on us when we walk in
everything seems to go our way
we don’t need to work hard to win
the sun
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Categories:
get hold, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Hold The Applause
As a young child of five,
I found myself in dance school.
It was a fun place to make new friends,
as we learned about dancing.
After a year of training,
we were ready for our big dance recital.
The exciting night finally came,
we were dressed in hot pink outfits.
Now it was our turn with music playing,
we marched out onto
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Categories:
get hold, child, friend, fun, light,
Form: Free verse
I want to hold your hand
Inspired by The Beatles' song
"I want to hold your hand"
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A lot still in my mind to say,
For you to understand, I pray.
See! Close to you I firmly stand,
But first, "I want to hold your hand".
As I pour out what’s in my mind,
Please let our hearts become aligned.
Let words flow with joy and with glee.
Say it
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Categories:
get hold, desire, emotions, feelings, friendship,
Form: Lay
What Do I Hold?
I see the shadow in your eyes,
The quiet war you try to hide.
Still, I stay, still I wait--
Drawn to every twist of fate.
On a bed of thorns, I close my eyes,
And count the tears I can't disguise.
What do I hold, when your hands let go?
What do I keep, when I already know?
I can't breathe in,
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Categories:
get hold, longing, love, romance,
Form: Lyric
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