Silence and Happiness
...It snowed lightly last night.
I venture into the woods,
hear the silence reigning supreme.
Mutely a light breeze weaved its way
amongst the moss-covered trunks,
the high branches swinging seren...
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Categories:
griped, peace, silence,
Form: Free verse
Chapter 147--DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: the day continues-Heavenly Hawaiian Destination
...Date: March 2051
Warm nearly spring afternoon
Some Hakims were assembled
On the vast front lawn with their
Luggage. Sidney Saderi Dolly Molly
Spoke with mother Daughtry about
The children...
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Categories:
griped, allusion, child,
Form: Prose
What Have You Done For Others
...Grumpy Gray was not afraid of judgement day
He groused and griped and sullenly made his way
He had been a church goer, had missed no Sunday
What have you done for others? Peter asked Mr Gray
I ...
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Categories:
griped, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
I Just Want One Drop
...I just want one drop of ale the gnome told his brother.
I can try to turn on the spigot if you want, said the other.
But the two of them together could not get the faucet to open.
They laid around...
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Categories:
griped, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Pull-Out Couches
...Our apartment has one bedroom
And 900 feet of space,
But that is where our festive meal,
This year, was taking place.
As we cleaned and cooked, preparing
For the dinner and before,
We knew th...
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Categories:
griped, family, happy, home,
Form: Rhyme
Mind Bruises
...I will tell you a sorrowful tale of an ancient time
when the turning years carved grooves into vinyl,
a time that changed everything and nothing.
He was a lad, a stripling, knobble kneed and roug...
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Categories:
griped, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Back To School
...For twelve long years it was back to school
To make sure I didn’t grow up a fool
Learning how to read a book, do a cipher
At times I felt like a prisoner … a lifer!
I griped and groan...
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Categories:
griped, appreciation, education, school, success,
Form: Rhyme
Griping Telling My Woes
...I was prancing toward the bottom of the weirdest ugliest well of life
Demons had their arms out; I threw them my stepdaughter and my wife.
Lucifer took a bite out of my wife’s leg and threw her bac...
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Categories:
griped, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Constance Bee
...She grouched, grumbled, griped and groaned.
We complained about her complaining.
She was a pain
Still we lugged her around to all family reunions
She could clear a good story off a picnic table...
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Categories:
griped, 10th grade, 4th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry
Lineage of Warriors
...A deep pink color tinged with orange like that of a flamingo
walking with our feet in shallow water
As I gazed upon the sunlight, dazed and bewildered
Squeezing the life out of us we believed t...
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Categories:
griped, anger, death, dedication, freedom,
Form: Concrete
Song of the Women
...Loret, our lovely lithe flutist called the rest of us to the woods
with her charming tune.
Melody called 'Song of the Women',
it was uplifting and cheery; a break from our daily work.
Where are...
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Categories:
griped, woman, women,
Form: Lyric
Megan's Quest Part 4of7
...The Company was set and all were prepared
for a journey that was true cause for alarm.
But their spirits were high and as much as they dared
still hoped to rescue the poor Tailor from harm...
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Categories:
griped, adventure, courage, loss,
Form: Rhyme
Witch Hunt
...There was an old lady, a frumpy old bag
who people called horrid, a witch and a hag
And 'though she was ugly and danced 'mid moonbeams
all was not quite as it might've then seemed
Old-fashioned...
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Categories:
griped, community, humor, humorous, people,
Form: Rhyme
A Legacy Worth Bearing
...I was named ...
For my father, but not quite as you might think ...
His first name is my middle name, Richard,
And his middle name, Thomas, was my brother's first name,
(Though my brother swi...
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Categories:
griped, appreciation, family, father, father
Form: Free verse
Better Off a Cowboy, Part I
...My son’s name is Dylan, was country raised
in the hills of Wyoming where cattle graze,
helped on the ranch, but never felt fulfilled,
hated his hometown as teens often will.
But he ‘did his tim...
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Categories:
griped, change, growing up, growth,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
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