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THE CROWN
...He sat upon a stool In a bar, of all places Three men surrounded Chiding TRUTH for her choice A cowboy can NOT wear a crown With his meek and mild ways Who builds his castle In a field where w......

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Categories: highlighted, love, relationship, truth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Workings of Nature
... Although barely, the sun was still casting Its light as she slowly descended Beyond the tree-lined horizon. A view of the grey-free sky revealed A beautiful contrast of rainless clouds Hig......

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Categories: highlighted, nature,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Time
...Dead ye lie dead ye rot -- human thy lot Dead ye rest dead ye soar -- spirit on a weightless tour as all sought little man will find -- whether earth or sea a puzzle of clouds, highl......

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Categories: highlighted, grave, humanity, introspection, planet,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Persistence of Memory Painting by Salvador Dali - Collaboration with Dilly Dally
...Caustic memories dissolve on my tongue Lingering tastes of battery acid and nicotine Cause me to choke on putrid saliva. Staring at melting walls, clocks tick in unison. Distorted bir......

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Categories: highlighted, art, deep, imagery, poetry,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member The Persistence of Memory, Collaboration with Sara Jama
... Caustic memories dissolve on my tongue Lingering tastes of battery acid and nicotine Cause me to choke on putrid saliva. Staring at melting walls, clocks tick in unison. Distorted birds......

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Categories: highlighted, art,
Form: Ekphrasis



Premium Member The Threefold Threat
...When the dusk bleeds epitaph roses, and the blackbird sings wilted elegies, I search for a glimpse of gold beneath tender ingrains of soundless te......

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Categories: highlighted, abuse, angst,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
The river
...From the dark shadows of the past to the unfair justice of this cruel world lies every new day that passes by around the shores of the flowing river, like a gentle wind it flows traveling with all th......

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Categories: highlighted, anger, anxiety, art, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Consilium from The Outlier
...Consilium from The Outlier (A lone voice whispers) (A lone voice whispers) Have you ever encountered painful heartbreak, or are enduring, soul-destroying grief And sometimes sit ......

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Categories: highlighted, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Rain
... DORMANT DREAMS, INTENSE - THEIR YEARNINGS The night has erupted in a thunderous bedlam. As it comes crashing, an unrelenting downpour, volcanic its intensity, lashing out its love......

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Categories: highlighted, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Many voices
...I was delighted in reading many voices, Those voices were stated by various poets, Their poems made me and readers to rejoices, Whether it mi......

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Categories: highlighted, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member familiar walk
...I'm pretty impressed with how beautifully the paint peels from the sparkling post box, how grass is iced into uniformity, the edges of leaves highlighted so I can't forget the world is magic......

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Categories: highlighted, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Many British thermal units later
...Many British thermal units* later Vice linkedin to carnal flesh this writer, (a married heterosexual doofus, – whose alter egos named and highlighted courtesy Gallant and Goofus) attones ......

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Categories: highlighted, 12th grade, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Golden Oriole Found - A Fantasy Story
...Martin came to a cleft in the rocks The oriole must have gone this way It was narrow and curving A sudden turn, and everything seemed to change. Shrill, reedy music of pipes filled the heavy air,......

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Categories: highlighted, bird, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Shikata Ga Nai
...“This is love: to fly toward a secret Sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.” ~ Rumi Life can be a pi......

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Categories: highlighted, devotion, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Thirty Nine Minutes to Nowhere
...As I look upward at the wooden door labeled 'My Demise', I clearly see thirty-nine wooden steps on the rise. Each step takes a minute to grasp what I'll leave behind, With many memories and though......

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Categories: highlighted, life, memory,
Form: Sonnet

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