I possess an unusual knack for making women bristle
...I possess an unusual knack for making women bristle
hence immediately this birdman
wishes to escape into his eyrie
or seriously considers joining a nunnery
mainly for the less common slang defi...
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Categories:
impeding, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Gate Sprung, Shut
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I turned to look back, feeling anxious as I stood
"by the squeaky old gate that tomorrow will find."
Was there someone there watching me?
The gate creaked shut, echoing the taint of guilt
That ...
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Categories:
impeding, cry, grief, sound,
Form: Free verse
The Subtitle : I am woman: Request
...I am woman: Request?
I am woman.
What does this mean?
Am I the lesser for it?
Should I stand up
for my Self?
How will I live?
Or die?
Or grow old?
Will I lose my teeth?
Or my muscle mas...
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Categories:
impeding, anger, character, childhood, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Dreamtime: Purgatory
...The laundry needed changing
Impossible in the house I was trapped
Long-haired pot-smokin' hippies
Cluttered the hallways, impeding my progress
Laughing and blocking my movements
Arms full of ...
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Categories:
impeding, allusion,
Form: Free verse
Anxious Ears in a Frozen World
...
Written: March 15, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Sara Jama
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Lost in the frozen haze of a bygone era.
are recoupable if you can.
climb out of the haz...
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Categories:
impeding, analogy, memory,
Form: Free verse
Old School
...
Old School
Miracle Man
3/8/2025
High Tech is impeding my remaining old school,
though sometime late in life I made this conscious choice.
That even though some saw me as just some ol...
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Categories:
impeding, age, life, technology,
Form: Lyric
The joy continuum
...Joy’s a vibe we cannot describe
because no sooner we do so,
pulse of magnetism we proscribe,
impeding soma nectar’s flow.
The trick’s of course to bilocate,
making void-centric our soul’s sta...
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Categories:
impeding, joy, spiritual,
Form: Quatrain
Beyond Despair
...Beyond Despair
despair
heavy, discordant
stomping, injuring, impeding
stamina, outlook, impulse, dreams
refreshing, aiding, inspiriting
...
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Categories:
impeding, angst, emotions, faith, feelings,
Form: Diamante
Ruby
...I am at a loss
For the sake of my words
For the sake of my disguise
You tend to me with an imploring stare
I’ve searched for you yet you were always there
Perpetually unaware of my own solitude,...
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Categories:
impeding, addiction, creation, destiny, for
Form: Free verse
To See the Other Side
...To See the Other Side
The mountain boldly looms, impeding my ambitions.
My stature dwarfs to accept these preconditions.
My prestige cowers and independence shatters;
There is no solidit...
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Categories:
impeding, extended metaphor, life, perspective,
Form: Sonnet
Home of the Illusions
...Is full of concealment,
form, and void. A
plane of darkness
where immortals
descended from grace,
as their flames lay
buried under their temples
and forgotten by.
Intertwining within the
h...
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Categories:
impeding, art, philosophy, poetry, sun,
Form: Free verse
Down the Roads of Pride-
...Down the roads of pride
The street of greed
The path of wrath
The avenue of Envy
Transport causeway on the thruway
I'll pass the corridor of by pass on the superhigh
In the alleyw...
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Categories:
impeding, allusion, analogy,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Nothing You Can'T Bear
...Eerily absent at first
neither dormant nor lurking
Even at maturation and beyond
neither networking nor smirking
In stealthy pursuit, it may produce
a twinge here, a creak ther...
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Categories:
impeding, age, change, life, time,
Form: Rhyme
Singing Memories My Annual Birthday Poem
...*** SINGING MEMORIES ***
“Many days you have lingered around my cabin door.
Hard times, come again no more.” **
A memory came flying through to me this afternoon
— a fine memory, not recently...
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Categories:
impeding, friendship, guitar, imagery, memory,
Form: Prose Poetry
A Series of Abusive Events
...* hello, i wrote and uploaded these poems in May 2018 but soon after my account got deleted. I am uploading them all again so enjoy*
Here comes the sun do, do, do
Here comes the sun
And I say it...
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Categories:
impeding, abuse, anger, art, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
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