THE PRISMATIC SELF
...Contest : The Prismatic Self
Sponsor : Daniel Henry Rodgers
Date submitted : 19/5/25
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Categories:
imbuing, age, character, courage, destiny,
Form: Bio
ICES
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I scream for ice cream
When I’m feeling low.
Its smooth, icy texture
Instantly revives me,
Imbuing thought of my
Idyllic childhood days.
It is the perfect cure.
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Categories:
imbuing, food,
Form: Pleiades
if God was a woman on earth - An ode to my grandmother
...my grandmother’s name is Verna
some look at her and see section 8, welfare checks, abuse and neglect
they see insufficiency, ignorant independency, a trench-condemned wreck
no collegiate ed...
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Categories:
imbuing, 10th grade,
Form: Spoken Word
At the height of happiness, I spoke of unheard music, a secret symphony
...At the height of happiness, I spoke of unheard music, a secret symphony,
and so what? if only I could live in continuous ecstasy, shaping the body of the poem,
with my very being, saving each phras...
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Categories:
imbuing, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
That Friday Feeling
...that Friday feeling calls near noon
with thoughts of lager capped by foam
and dreams this work-day will end soon
which gives your mind a mood to roam
to favored joints, where with the guys
you...
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Categories:
imbuing, fantasy, fun,
Form: Rhyme
In the twilight valleys where shadows weave endless tapestries
...In the twilight valleys where shadows weave endless tapestries,
Where the breath of dusk embroiders the horizon in shades of evening,
A hermit dreams, his window an eternal portal flung wide open,
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Categories:
imbuing, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
God Made Us Whole
...The soul is an eternal spirit,
an ethereal component of Man that is immortal.
The spiritual essence of a human being,
the soul, resides within the heart;
where it guides conscious though...
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Categories:
imbuing, beautiful, creation, faith, god,
Form: Free verse
The Atlantic Ocean An Unrelenting Mistress
...The Atlantic ocean...,an unrelenting mistress
More'n ten thousand leagues under the sea
next to an octopus's garden in the shade.
OceanGate manufacturer
of the Titan Submersible,
which vesse...
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Categories:
imbuing, abuse, analogy, anger, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Starry Night
...Starry night - JapnoorR
Poetry ---------
Written by Jenny
I look into the darkness
of the night
The stars shine upon
Creating light even in the worst times of darkness. Amidst the stil...
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Categories:
imbuing, appreciation, beauty, life, lonely,
Form: Free verse
Resilence
...As Fred's words reverberated through the air, a sense of unease settled upon the group. "Is it ever?" he mused, his tone tinged with resignation. The weight of his words seemed to be amplified by the...
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Categories:
imbuing, adventure, allegory, deep, destiny,
Form: Free verse
Twilight Shadows
...Dawn returns the light
stolen by twilight
shadows.
With the stars still bright
and the bats in flight;
Sol shows.
And lured by daylight;
butterflies alight
and pose.
Sunbeams strok...
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Categories:
imbuing, beautiful, beauty, day, image,
Form: Rhyme
Fill the Empty Well
...empty
hollow, void
depleting, nulling, vacating
abandoned, nothingness, capacity, plenary
filling, imbuing, hilting
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Categories:
imbuing, creation, poetry, words,
Form: Diamante
Good Riddance 2022
...Good riddance 2022!
I’m glad to see you go,
But maybe from your negatives
Some joy will start to flow.
A brand new year begins with hope;
The slate is fresh and clean,
So happiness may yet be...
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Categories:
imbuing, new year,
Form: Rhyme
Light Bulb Moments
...LIGHT BULB MOMENTS
so stark
it feels
delicate
&
ethereal
involving chance
summoned
to an
alternate
encounter
an
exercise
in the capricious
so esoteric
pleasingly
conjured
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Categories:
imbuing, poetry,
Form: Other
Drops From Mobs
...Loss of awareness,I forgot my ambience.
Expansions in floral exuberance,
and exhibits unique ecological trance.
As my veins they come from silence.
Owning a mount is quite a feat of dance.
Con...
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Categories:
imbuing, betrayal, pollution,
Form: Free verse
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