WHO ACTUALLY IS LIKE US
...Who actually is like us
The modern world you see today
Right before your eyes,
Who done this and who done that
Well you’re in for a wee surprise.
From the Bank of England to the Bank of France...
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Categories:
hulled, appreciation, inspiration, motivation, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Oceans Await
...OCEANS AWAIT
Away from the dockside and into the bay
Heading out to sea in this steel hulled ship
Powered by team, yet with masts and sail
A fast and safe journey is as the Holy Grail
Carrying...
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Categories:
hulled, ocean,
Form: Rhyme
No Anchor For Rancor
...When the lights of evening dusk have eluded me long enough
I shall not walk through the hallways of death
with resentment at my side
nor shall I hold any grudges against my fiends and
family ...
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Categories:
hulled, appreciation, life,
Form: Free verse
Four Cut Sunflowers-By Van Gogh
...~o’ so laid before me cut jilted "4" maiden yellow hulled sunflowers~
No# 1250 UNPLACED Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand
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Categories:
hulled, appreciation, art, beautiful, celebration,
Form: Monoku
Birds In Flight
...Across the tops of clouds they skate
like skipping rocks across a pond.
A blanket, downy soft, enshrouds
and obfuscates their earthly bonds.
The white seas part to let them pass;
the turbulenc...
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Categories:
hulled, appreciation, flying,
Form: Quatrain
Galway Gal
...Glassen calm can stretch remoteness _________ distant pale blue
As clouds sink in the glazed stillness ____ of smoothly waned blue
Lilting soft breath whispers gently ~~~~~~ unfurling sail blue
Wa...
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Categories:
hulled, adventure,
Form: Ghazal
Waiting For Good Dough
...No matter yours truly
(potential rising star -
analogous to ascending yeast)
bred for easy street
life of po' witless
mendicant nimbly,
pointlessly, and rhythmically
shuffles (think tramp)
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Categories:
hulled, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Gristmill
...So, this is where the sheaves were hauled
Where corn was husked, and seeds were hulled
So, this is where the meal was ground,
until the clock ran down
Round and round
a donkey bound
As...
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Categories:
hulled, history, nostalgia, places,
Form: Free verse
The Alaskan Oil Pipeline
...The Alaskan Oil Pipeline
Nineteen sixty-eight confirmed the year
Of discovery by ‘Humble Oil’
To North America’s largest oil field,
On the North Slope of the Brooks Range;
A we...
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Categories:
hulled, education, environment, history, technology,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Icebreaker Krasin - David and Goliath
...THE ICEBREAKER KRASIN - DAVID AND GOLIATH
Between the docks* for cruise ships and the berths for yachts of pleasure
Lies another ship, not a purposeless cruise craft ...
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Categories:
hulled, historyriver,
Form: Narrative