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Premium Member SHALA ILLUSTRIOUS EMOTION
Little light in my life Tell me the secret of your shine Star in my sight Light of my life Little notions Loving devotions Now I have an appetite My PLEASURE MEASURED TREASURE I am jealous with every noxious Minute the moon glow touches you Mon amore mon amore mon amore I am sending gentle tidings your way To save for...

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Categories: illustrious, deep,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Connie's Illustrious Legacy
I am the mother tree that spawned the seeds of you. "Connie Marcum Wong" What a mysterious merit! What marvels will you inherit? They are highly sweeping and dainty, All the graceful leaves fall so faintly What a lovely tree; Connie's lyrics are lost for us, the mystery of life is what you discuss. Comments that are about to prevail, Heard and avail. Shades...

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Categories: illustrious, tribute,
Form: Sonnet



Love Is the Most Illustrious Bird
Love is a royal bird .. Perches in the best of nests, the heart... ...

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Categories: illustrious, allegory, allusion, bird, creation,
Form: Free verse
The Illustrious Balloon
Mid clouds of adulation, topped with a golden crown, he wafts so high above us and smiles benignly down. We lowly creatures wallow here on these earthy sods. Our eyes alone may follow his passage to the gods....

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Categories: illustrious, satire,
Form: Rhyme
The Treatise of the Illustrious Sage On Response and Retribution
Canto I: The Words of Laozi The Divinely Illustrious Sage Prays for every soul to heed: That neither woe nor weal Heaven has foreordained, But wrought by men alone, The fruits of virtue and vice Pursue the begetter like A shadow following the form! Canto II: The Celestial Justiciars Between Heaven and Earth Dwell the Demigods of Justice, They weigh the...

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Categories: illustrious, blessing, heaven, humanity, judgement,
Form: Epic



'everybody Knows' the Illustrious Lc
'Dress Rehearsal Rag' of humble beginnings, 'Who by Fire' melodic intrigue, 'Nevermind' a gravelly reckoned voice, 'Everybody Knows' his razor sharp witted comic relief in self-deprecation, he knew it was 'Closing Time, shared his last sentiments, 'You Want it Darker' with all those in loving accordance relishing his masterful talents, poetry, music & stories intertwined 'tween the life and death of the Greatest Artist of the Highest Caliber, our Beloved dearly departed one &...

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Categories: illustrious, appreciation, death, dedication, destiny,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member Illustrious
When favored by sun raindrops scattered through the trees form candles of light… Withered leaves are christened new with lucent rainbows streaming ______________________________________ 8/2/16 Inspired by Contest: One Tanka Resubmitted for this contest: Sponsored by Rick Parise...

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Categories: illustrious, beautiful, nature, rain,
Form: Tanka
Illustrious, Venomous
illuminating, intimidating mixed in with the brilliant light of the sun added in with the color of a little maple leaf Happiness, the message given off but it's only a masquerade ball hiding behind all the plastic mannequins standing tall Sadness, regret, puzzlement the meaning of life, what is it the real question, the real face of the iris behind the glass wondering if the...

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Categories: illustrious, nonsense,
Form: Free verse
Free Cee the Illustrious Vienna Bombardieri
VIENNA BOMBARDIERI She'll take a tincture of time and teach you she'll take you to a realm where she'll reach you she'll take that time and education then mix them together as one and won't stop until her mission of mercy is done warm up a glass of brandy or open a box of candy look at an old family picture in brown...

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Categories: illustrious, dedication, friendship, education, time,
Form: Quatrain
Horrid Harmony By the Illustrious Free Cee
HORRID HARMONY She’s a horrible lady who does horrible things But man, the lithe little lady sings She’ll bend a note while you lend an ear And her falsetto is something you really must hear She’s an insolent woman with wicked ways She wants to be worshipped but never prays Yet she makes every song seem a lullaby Until her finale begins...

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Categories: illustrious, angst, song, song, ,
Form: Quatrain
Four Poor Junkies By the Illustrious Free Cee
DO DON’T, WILL, WON’T We were wandering, we were lost Four who knew not the route out of a maze Other’s blood upon our hearts was there embossed Never to forget a dead man’s glaring gaze Once, twice and then one becomes numb and void While death becomes birth’s ally and partner in crime Some may swear and some become annoyed Each time...

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Categories: illustrious, angst, death, time, death,
Form: Ekphrasis
Illustrious Phallus
Illustrious phallus! Therein procreation, the urge for a bedfellow, To yearn for the delight and gnaw not bashfully, Seeking the unfound renascent song, faithful-song, Gross poems like lemon to the mouth, Seeing the wetness of wood, lapping leaves, perfect motionless or no, A lying form, tremulous and ashamed of its divinity arouse this mystic whisper,...

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Categories: illustrious, romance
Form: Free verse
~ (~) Illustrious (~) ~
~ (~) Dandelions sway Autumn blessings-peace; abiding, illustrious; time. (~) ~ This Haiku was written to this song-yes... ? . .. ... ... ... .. . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqjuvtYw0us...

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Categories: illustrious, inspirational
Form: Prose Poetry
Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry