Black Hole
...There was, and is, a dark black hole resides in her somewhere;
he was not sure if it was in her heart or in her soul
but he was gravitated to her captivating stare
attracted to the only Black Moor...
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Categories:
goldfish bowl, love,
Form: Rhyme
I Got In Trouble With The Maid
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I was seven, barefoot in the hallway,
nose pressed to the brass knob of the guest room—
she’d left the key out,
but I wanted to see through,
the way you want to see the belly of a piano,
strin...
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Categories:
goldfish bowl, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Interview With a Goldfish
...I'm the most unlikely one to interview a goldfish
but we've lived in the same house for a few years.
It's really hard to tell, but I think I've seen her tears.
I wonder what she'd want if she had ...
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Categories:
goldfish bowl, care, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
The Homeless Plight
...It breaks my heart to see the sight.
Whilst feeling for the homeless plight.
It's sad to see in every town.
With doorways full, whilst bedding down.
While vloggers vlogging have no soul.
A lif...
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Categories:
goldfish bowl, change, humanity, loneliness, lost,
Form: Rhyme
Jane-By-Pebble-Beach: -3-
...I think you would have found sociology agreeable.
The chapters jump right into the heart of the matter and do not cause you to stray wondering--spelled with an 'o' not an 'a'--as 'stray' w...
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Categories:
goldfish bowl, analogy,
Form: Free verse
recognizing sound of a car door
...I am feeling watched Goldie confided to Diamond Blue.
I don’t know about that, but the humans are long overdue.
The humans don’t worry me said Flash, the other goldfish.
I am worried about those f...
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Categories:
goldfish bowl, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Kitten Paws Pause
...Kitten pauses over fishbowl because,
it can't stand wetting its dry and clean paws.
So the goldfish are safe, free from the jaws.
And don't they know it, as they flap applause,
When they nonchal...
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Categories:
goldfish bowl, cat, fish, nature,
Form: Monorhyme
Satisfied Cat
...Satisfied cat can sleep at the drop of a hat.
She can squeeze herself into those, this and that.
We find her asleep this morning in a goldfish bowl.
She is snoring away, like a fisherman without a...
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Categories:
goldfish bowl, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
My Hearts Liken a Goldfish Bowl Housing Blue Neon Tetra-Cd
...My heart sore liken a goldfish bowl
an aquarium filled with neon tetra fishes so
you are skimming, swimming, through my heart
in due process
yet ever so smart
my love for you is...
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Categories:
goldfish bowl, analogy, appreciation, fish, i
Form: Rhyme
How To Give a Cat a Pill
...1) Pick up the cat and cradle it in the crook of your arm as if holding a baby. Position forefinger and thumb on either side of the cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill ...
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Categories:
goldfish bowl, cat,
Form: Free verse
Circles
...Try to imagine
a fish that’s all alone
I’m swimming in circles
In my tiny goldfish bowl
An aquarium
Is what I dream of
Eternally
And there’s a big square box
Beneath the tree
A...
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Categories:
goldfish bowl, christmas, fish, loneliness, uplifting,
Form: I do not know?
Freedom
...A fish swimming in a big pool
Thought to itself this is cool.
It makes a fish feel complete and whole
An improvement from a goldfish bowl.
As the fish swam away to join the school
He prayed for ...
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Categories:
goldfish bowl, 10th grade,
Form: Couplet
The Goldfish Bowl
...The Goldfish Bowl
Once injected with water, sorrow becomes colorless and tasteless
Inside the glass bowl, all lives
only live seven seconds
The same route, again and again --
The beginning...
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Categories:
goldfish bowl, anti bullying, arabic, aubade,
Form: Free verse
Trapped
...My life is so depressing
I feel trapped, in need of space
I need some fresh air to breathe
A gentle breeze touching my face
A taste of freedom to make me feel whole
Instead of suffocating in thi...
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Categories:
goldfish bowl, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme
On Pond Haiku
...pond haiku ponder
coping with isolation
as an oasis
pond still, mirroring
dark clouds in the sky above
foreboding forecast
ripples radiate
out to the edge of the pond
bounce reverberate
...
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Categories:
goldfish bowl, nature,
Form: Haiku
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