The Absolute Worst
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Small things become
large in a life at times,
appointments made
that hang like a sentence
over one's head,
incarcerating you in fear
for a week or more.
A pain that won't go away
growin...
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Categories:
graded, anxiety, fear,
Form: Free verse
Our Final Test
...Our final test will be graded
When our breath has dissipated
Life itself is our final test
Final grade when we’re laid to rest
Taking the test may make you snore
If you don’t care about the sc...
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Categories:
graded, death, heaven, life, spiritual,
Form: Sonnet
Makhorka
...Eyes drifting
In waiting,
Silently,
Gazing
In vain,
Despite it,
He enlarged them
Widely opened, as if
Searched for something interesting,
Very
Carefully,
...
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Categories:
graded, allegory, childhood, destiny, loss,
Form: Free verse
Feasting on failure
...I don’t mind failing
If it's only me graded
If my son is off the table
Failing my family
Nothing can be worse
Blame my weakness
Curses have limits on high
Depends on the vantage point
Failure...
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Categories:
graded, bereavement, depression, loneliness, lost,
Form: Free verse
Funny Teacher
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My teacher who thought sun-bathing made her well-red,
graded me average, she was mean to the power hundred.
She was once a banker, but after some time lost interest,
wanted to be a pilot, so...
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Categories:
graded, funny,
Form: Couplet
The Drunken Clown
...On the day of your party
Please be sure to invite
The Drunken Clown.
He offers steady humor
At a pace everyone can measure.
His drinks, give love and laughter ,
his expressions: love and em...
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Categories:
graded, anxiety, betrayal, crazy,
Form: Free verse
The Gallery, The Gala, Larry, Part 1
...There, mustardseed scatter’d on firm cement
Frank’s sense all but gone as architect-
ural borders take shape: the cloister sports
Blue-green algae tanks | engineer-BREW
guard’d by python & htm...
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Categories:
graded, allegory, allusion, art, boyfriend,
Form: Free verse
Mahabodhi Temple Protest
...buddha the light of asia
the beacon of peace
revered around the world
confined by some radicals
in his own enlighten abode
shackled in superstitious principals
he broke away from
preaching aga...
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Categories:
graded, emotions, forgiveness, grief, humanity,
Form: Ballad
The End of a Chapter
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The final bell had sounded. Happy kids
fled halls and classrooms, out those double doors.
I heard brief conversations: “Call me soon” . . .
“Hey, let’s go swimming” . . . “Catch ya later, Du...
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Categories:
graded, feelings, retirement,
Form: Blank verse
Stolen Van Life
...A fair pile of graded kindling and fresh limbs.
Wooden spring, deep brooding in each fiber, the damp air won't help.
White fire, a searing brain, a taxing task, omni-repetitive, still
remains at o...
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Categories:
graded, care, child, conflict, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Glider Rocker
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I sought you out almost thirty years ago,
not because I wanted a pretty piece of furniture~~
Oh, you were and still are quite attractive~~
but because I needed you.
After I had back surge...
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Categories:
graded, happy, home,
Form: Free verse
Choosing a Ballad for the Karaoke Contest
...I choose to sing
a gentle song
in a soft ballad
I find my time and place.
A gentle song
in peace and love
I find my time and place
on a makeshift stage.
In peace and love
in subtleties o...
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Categories:
graded, inspirational, music, song,
Form: Pantoum
The play divine
...As of choiceless choice
Employing free will
The one became two
Erased memory
To engage in play
In timeless time
Graded silence
Rekindled bliss
Transcendental
The mirror
Now broken
E...
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Categories:
graded, spiritual,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
Unknown Growth
...It seemed like mistakes took away my sails
I felt worthless, overlooked, and destined to fail
Life is what you make of it, a fortune cookie reads
Just another analogy overloo...
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Categories:
graded, confusion, for teens, freedom,
Form: Free verse
The Hearts Game - in the Style of Edward Lear's Jumblies
...I
Dave looks at his email. There he sees
An invitation from Clark.
It looks like today, we’ll all have a game,
And, hopefully, this week won’t be the same,
And to victory he’ll embark.
Wh...
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Categories:
graded, fun, games, humor,
Form: Rhyme
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