Smugded Face paint and a bruised ego
...The Merger of Clowns
where the two are out
performed by amatuers
Sorrow the pains of
birdseeds that
were thrown at the
frowning two
cursing and swearing
they ruined the moods of
many in att...
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Categories:
hor, adventure, analogy, celebration, dance,
Form: Ballad
Ye Zindagi Bhi Alag He Paheli Hai
...Ye zindagi bhi alag he paheli hai,
Na Jane kiski kismat me kya liki hai.
Jo khelna caha wo bhi tuta, Jo na kela paya wo bhi Rutha,
Jo samaj na cha ha Wo apno se tuta.
Koi na jane kiske mane ,
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Categories:
hor, life,
Form: Rhyme
Mad About Towns
...
When we set out on a road trip
We didn’t stick to the old script
And were gladly amazed
And rarely unfazed
Hitting strange towns though some were skipped
We started from Thatsnot, OK
Which ...
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Categories:
hor, humorous, travel, word play,
Form: Limerick
Bethi Aa
...Kra ki drd lukai bethi aa
Bhre ni jkhm bs sukai bethi aa
Tu yad na aawe ho k prai bethi aa
Tu hojwe aabad peer mnai bethi aa
Tere mere past nu sjai bethi aa
Present nal future rjayi bethi aa
R...
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Categories:
hor, crush, feelings, time, true
Form: Imagism
Monsters In the Sky
...the sky erupts monsters
sky erupts monsters forming
erupts monsters forming wreaking
monsters forming wreaking havoc
forming wreaking havoc shattering
wreaking havoc shattering serenity
...
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Categories:
dark, horror, nature, society,
Form: Concrete
Backflip
...hor d’oeuvres alongside
wading pool in woodsy yard —
mosquitoes backflip
9/4/2020...
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Categories:
hor, insect,
Form: Senryu
Stifling the Flower Brings Rain
...When growing a flower there’s a few things you need,
Water and sunlight and room for the leaves.
If you tend to your flower with warmth and with care,
It will one day sit tall with assured debonai...
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Categories:
corruption, extended metaphor, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
Intake
...i seem to be
laying sleeping
dry but porous
before you rain
on me showering
me not with ego but
the power of poetry for
you're words i absorb be
cause i'm a sponge among
other things also be...
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Categories:
hor, muse,
Form: I do not know?
Hungry Ted's
...Squalling seagulls sip the morning sunshine
Circling 'round high for their breakfast hor d'oeuvres
Filling their cheeks while their baby ted's whine
Mewing and Keowing for what mother serves
...
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Categories:
hor, bird, nature,
Form: Pantoum
The Stuff Im
...I'm not wholly what my parents are
hor the color of my skin or hair by far
nor the clothes I wear
nor the partner with whom life I share
I'm the books I read
for my substance they sow the s...
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Categories:
hor, animal, art, autumn, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
War
...Undeclared evil intentions imposed
The dark side of ma·lev·o·lence exposed
Magnified by sheer brutality of acts composed
Aaaaah, evidence one can clearly see'th
All of humanity is faced with
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Categories:
hor, truth, violence, war,
Form: Tercet
My Poetic Restaurant
...Were I a restaurant proprietor
Al fresco and exclusively for poets
My menu would be cryptic metaphors
Original from memories echoic
Spring rhymes of happy times and brighter days
Fresh summer ...
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Categories:
hor, appreciation, fun, poetry, poets,
Form: Sonnet
Person's Precedence Hor Haiku
...Person's Precedence Hor Haiku
Should a precedence
Be set up by presidents
Which would make much sense.
James Serious Mysterious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet...
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Categories:
hor, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Let's Play Pretend
...hazy pale substance
spreads over stale rye toast
you crunch it
too loudly
your mother says
chew with your mouth closed
paper napkins
in a big black trash bag
smeared with hor d’vers
cocktail...
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Categories:
hor, age, change, childhood, friendship,
Form: Free verse
Asinine
...Asinine
The Poem
Spit and glue
Tape on glasses
Lace on wrinkled rumps
Lipstick on lizards
Ants in bee-hives
Parties in the cemeteries
Toothfairy bank robbers
Dunces in libraries.
Rhymes on cauti...
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Categories:
hor, fun, humorous, nonsense,
Form: Abecedarian
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