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Beowulf translation by Michael R Burch
...Beowulf Excerpts anonymous Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem, circa 8th-10th century AD loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch LO, praise the prowess of the Spear-Danes whose clan-than......

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Categories: handpicked, courage, dream, heart, heaven,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Huge Pie in the Sky
...Huge pie in the sky, visiting her grandparents. A lofty and crusty bake from ages ago. The chill cellar held jars. Fruits were homegrown, handpicked, canned. Humongous, it was not an aver......

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Categories: handpicked, america, family, food, fruit,
Form: Free verse



Ballad of a Scandal
...Now let's begin This tale I'll spin Took it on the chin Never thought I'd win Honeysuckle Boot belt buckle Scraped up knuckle Raspy chuckle Kicked my ass Soft green grass Still I sas......

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Categories: handpicked, betrayal, passion, western,
Form: I do not know?
The Great Indian Kitchen
...In my kitchen's grasp, where spices hop free, Whispers of our memories, in each recipe. Khichdi's humble grace, a bow to our roots, In grains and lentils, tradition assent. Herbal notes linger,......

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Categories: handpicked, culture, family, grandmother, hindi,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Treasures of the Deep
...pink basket, diving for eggs this plastic okay as long as they are all recovered and don’t lay like a wreck in the sea pink basket, frog kick, acrobatics and bubbles amidst the handpicked E......

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Categories: handpicked, easter, sea,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Chicks
...Handpicked, like coffee seeds or strawberries, ten eggs I kept Like a tensed insomniac, for a long time I'd not slept I found a change in the bloom of the dermis as days passed There came out surp......

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Categories: handpicked, bird, nature,
Form: Rhyme
My shadow
...My shadow wears a pink frilly dress a sun hat with handpicked flowers shoes that compliment everything Her hair is like a noisy ocean down to her waist beautiful and blonde My shadow is a flowe......

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Categories: handpicked, 10th grade, beauty, hate,
Form: Personification
Scrumping
...Late summer and the barefoot boys are scrumping. They have scrunched-up themselves into the green sap of leaf and branch, as trees to be climbed, branches to fall from. In the village shop an......

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Categories: handpicked, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member God's Elect
...God’s elect are chosen few, Handpicked by the divine, Their path is set straight and true, By the Lord’s holy sign. Bathed in love and righteousness, They shine like stars above, Their hearts......

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Categories: handpicked, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Bio
Premium Member My New Name Is-
...My name is Son of the most High God Also known as a Chosen one I was handpicked by God Also Forgiven I am redeemed and accepted My name also Love, I ......

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Categories: handpicked, analogy, appreciation, confidence, engagement,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Sibling Soft Spot
...Elder sister initiated the process always, I could see her, like a finch or sparrow, restless for days; Hay she collected; prepared pretty painted paper rocks, To cover up the cattle shed made bri......

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Categories: handpicked, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Broken Arts
...Subtle shapes of imaginations that craved on the fierce, Merged colors of hopes that brushed on the dreams, Hidden words that uttered on the sheets, Melodies of nightingales and dances of peacocks......

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Categories: handpicked, art, creation, imagination, passion,
Form: Other
Hand In Your Hand
...Dearly beloved, On that day, my love We will be one forever A connection no god can sever Deep down, I know There is one for all And so of course for me You breathe the same air I breath......

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Categories: handpicked, birthday, fate, happy, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
Mirrors Defined
...The reflection of what you see To me, it deflects the purities that my spectral lenses catch Matching with every insecurity of Impurities overflowing as water through a gutter Cluttering me from ......

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Categories: handpicked, analogy, identity, inspirational, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Sweet Memories
...Long after the joys are gone The bitter sweet memories remain Of our unforgettable companions And the exotic, exciting locales The few precious moments of real joy We savored in freedom and ab......

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Categories: handpicked, memory, nostalgia, poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse

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