Gotta Shake This Blighter Out!
Snakes are crawling behind my eyes,
My tongue is forked in twine lines.
A bleeding alien rues across my skin,
I feel possessed, it's deep within.
My fingers crack as bones revolt,
Crawling through ashes in leaden vault.
The raging heart within me, is not my own.
It's a fake, an intruder, made of stone.
I woke one day with a freezing chest,
Cold
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Categories:
gotta, angst, body, halloween,
Form: Lyric
Categories:
gotta, cute, love, summer,
Form: Senryu
The Lyre and The Flute
Epirus saw the needs of it's people
through the eyes of there need.
While on Mimaki the mounds of architecture
were unveiled to a world wishing for
modern sification .
Turisotto meddled enough to evoke a sense
of being a villaist, often due to the themes
of control, power, and defiance to sway her feelings
one might wish to be
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Categories:
gotta, analogy, conflict, extended metaphor,
Form: Ballad
Categories:
gotta, angst,
Form: Light Verse
Looking for Keys At Gotta-Go Time
gosh, look at the time!
he's gotta go
immediately!
wherever he's headed
punctuality is a must,
he can't just go yet...
his mind
in utter disarray,
repeatedly screaming...
"where's my damn keys?!"
as he goes on a tear
for his misplaced keys,
he implores time to slow
to a c r a w l
but she gives him the kiss off.
she's laced up her running
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Categories:
gotta, time,
Form: Narrative
Gotta love - reversible poem-POTD
Love’s journey, joy and tears,
Guided by grace through all the years.
Gotta love, in every guise,
Each chapter cherished, beneath the skies.
True love with God, tranquil and pure,
Promises eternal, pristine and sure.
Divine devotion, a destined delight,
Faithful forever, in the Father's light.
Memories murmur, melancholy in pairs.
Gone is the glow, a grievous gap glares,
Whispered words weep, wounds within deep.
Separation's
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Categories:
gotta, love,
Form: Alliteration
Daisy a Day - Gotta Love
" Definitions:
Delineating Means: Depicting or describing.
Deify Means: Adoration or exaltation for a beloved." - Oxford Dictionary -
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Darling, desire dominates dearest dreams.
Daydreams discover deepest devotion.
Despite demonstrative dauntless dedication.
Decades didn’t dampen delicate delights.
Daylight dawned, dazzled by a daisy a day.
Doting directly drives desire to
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Categories:
gotta, devotion,
Form: Alliteration
Gotta Go
Books to the library
photos to family.
Paint cans and lumber
from renovations years ago.
Most of the furniture
including the piano.
Fastest way to do this
is rent a dumpster.
On the internet
nothing’s permanent.
I like that.
Photosynthesis, evaporation
as if your spirit disappears
when the sun appears.
It’s a burden lifted
not to have to persevere.
Edits
for clarity
and brevity.
One owes the reader
a respite from
the tonnage of
fructifying English.
To drown
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Categories:
gotta, bible, books, computer, family,
Form: Free verse
Gotta Go, Gotta Go Right Now
I think no stimulus could be
as potent as the one to pee.
A feeling frequent and innate
is this - the urge to urinate.
It comes each day to everyone
at work, at play, or on the run.
It comes sometimes as home you drive,
and soon you're hoping to survive
the bursting of your inner dam
while sitting in a traffic jam.
Then
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Categories:
gotta, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Gotta Have It
When she’s sure her tired hubby’s asleep,
Susie sneaks from the bedroom to keep
a much-loved rendezvous.
Rocky Road she will woo.
Her addiction to ice cream runs deep.
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Categories:
gotta, addiction, sweet,
Form: Limerick
Rat Cheezy's Take
the Gandy Dancers Sougan and Swanson Pulaski bested Bobcat Titan Taquito
and Lighting Fecon Taquito in Off the Grid Thunderbox match.
Were both team members had to be thrown in the Thunderbox to receive the Contract to face the tag Champions. Feint Schmoz was referree.
"Big Fluffy" Poebelle Mouette and his Gal "Mean Hussy"
ffaced Consceince "The
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Categories:
gotta, business, music, song, sound,
Form: Ballade
What's Love Gotta Do With It
T -The movie-life with Ike Turner exposed
I - I, like most humans - had to notice her
N -Notoriety for hits true to life; loved fans
who return the favor
A - A prayer she joins celestial chorus
worshipping Jesus (I heard her sing
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Categories:
gotta, 12th grade, america, history,
Form: Name
A Girl's Gotta Eat
Gotta jump through hoops to renew CalFresh
...but-- it is worth it-- to nourish my flesh! :D
May 8, 2023
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Couplet Poetry Contest sponsored by: Sotto Poet
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Categories:
gotta, appreciation, community, food, health,
Form: Couplet
Gotta Get Fit
The calendar says, 'Not a moment too soon'
I've got to fit in my swimsuit by the fifteenth of June
I suppose I could ask doc for a quick tummy tuck
But I'd rather the knife boiled chicken feathers pluck
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Categories:
gotta, beach, health, june,
Form: Couplet
I Gotta Shet
Stomach in knots
Knots of doubt
Knots cursing at my anxiety
Sweating into panic mode
Thoughts racings
Praying no one knows
Is it obvious I gotta shet?!
I’m mad my stomach bubbling
I’m mad I can’t hold this shet any longer
I gotta shet away this pain
Pain of not good enough
I’m not worthy
Why I’m so chubby
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Categories:
gotta, anger, confidence, corruption, courage,
Form: Free verse
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