DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY
...DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY
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In days of yore, when youthful vigor shone,
I danced with abandon and never did I moan.
Twirl, shimmy, shake, I d...
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Categories:
henceforth, 12th grade, dance, humorous,
Form: Couplet
Tarnished Gold
...Shayura:
“I dreamt my body was dull gold and rotted, fickle grace abandoned me, yet scattered, I reforged my essence through brilliance and incandescence, allotting my time – I dared to dream again....
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Categories:
henceforth, beautiful, imagery, inspirational love,
Form: Prose Poetry
Alice's Adventure Down The Wormhole
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Early one morn, Alice spied a strange spaceship,
Rocketing towards her, with a rabbit cracking a whip.
In the blink of an eye, it landed beside her.
Out popped the rabbit, yelling in a frenzied...
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Categories:
henceforth, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
TANABATA by the Milky Way
...blessed maiden by the stream
weaving raiments from the stars
apple of her father's eye
full of charm and grace
there lived one across the bank
across where the princess weaved
steering oxen t...
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Categories:
henceforth, fantasy, longing, lost love,
Form: Dodoitsu
Talk and Walk
...Talk and Walk
“In the forest. You love ancient life,” said Satan.
“Magnetized. Yes, magnetized,“ I answered.
“Sure. You are magnetized by old life,” said Satan.
“So good to meet with you agai...
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Categories:
henceforth, fantasy, fate, future, life,
Form: Free verse
Memorial Day, 2025
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While I struggle to understand
the battles, the wars
unending shadows weep
for the moments
just before duty called
you to the front lines,
where you would meet
the last encoun...
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Categories:
henceforth, appreciation, death, forgiveness, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Model twaddle'
...Quyeer times emit blazing signs..And some ex-boy friends?
Is this karma divine? mi5 say its Putin..' a prime topic for
Them...And its taken a fortnight with henceforth..No why
Where or whens..From...
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Categories:
henceforth, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
two bodies one soul
...reversed and reformed repost edit.
once before humans walked the earth. before Adam and Eve before the trees and the air we breathe there was one-
one physical body with four legs four arms ...
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Categories:
henceforth, allusion, analogy, angst, death,
Form: Narrative
Tears of a Clown
...suddenly from somewhere
a street urchin
an untamed bird of the wider sky
dropped down into the circus tent.
before him unfurled,
scenes eerie, awesome!
soaring lions and tigers,
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Categories:
henceforth, heartbreak, identity, pain,
Form: Free verse
Ashen-Cradle
...A haunting past that trails behind,
An unnerving shadow that fails to blend.
The harrowing voices that curve the bend,
Sending your sanity off to the other end.
The gleaming red eyes that tend ...
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Categories:
henceforth, anxiety, death, funeral, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
OF HEARTS AND MINDS
...1
Hearts cultivate love,
Minds tend to cultivate war;
War fruits are bitter:-
Let hearts cultivate sweetness,
Producing ripe fruits of peace:-
2
While you’re sitting there...
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Categories:
henceforth, allegory,
Form: Free verse
Karma
...Karma
K Kindness of the heart within everything you do
A Always having gratitude that shows through
R Remember to give thanks for all you possess
M Mindfulness of those that need a helping ha...
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Categories:
henceforth, humanity,
Form: Acrostic
A PRAYER TO THE DIVINE
...Oh divine creator, this is my prayer to you-
Let the birds fly freely in the sky,
And nobody to stop them and to ask them why,
Let the eggs in their nests get their warmth,
And none or nothing ...
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Categories:
henceforth, age, angel, baptism, birth,
Form: Rhyme
Hailed Down
...It is said that if I make this oath with God,
Blessings would start to rain down
But why when it storms,
Like beams when it sounds
They used love for elaborate personification
Just to keep my mi...
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Categories:
henceforth, feelings,
Form: Free verse
From A to C
...And for my last will & testament to a life concluded at the hands of the cruel poison that is time, I solemnly swear that a life poised to mean nothing shall not only bear such barren nakedness but w...
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Categories:
henceforth, death, depression, destiny, grief,
Form: Free verse
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