A Victorian Christmas Carol
...Did Robert Browning say it best when he
wrote, “winter takes the old ones”? Possibly.
Bronchitis, pthisis, whooping cough, T.B. –
they ran amock in 1863.
I trust it’s not too jarring if I jump
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Categories:
incredulity, history,
Form: Rhyme
G H I J K L M
...ghastly grimy gruesome greedy gray ghost
happily haunts Henry’s hoarder habitat
igniting icy incredulity
jiggery-pokery jimjams justified
kismet keeping kowtowing kin keen
lighthearted lively lo...
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Categories:
incredulity, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: ABC
Summer Solstice 2025
...Summer Solstice 2025
Friday, June twentieth
at 10:42 Post Meridian
Eastern standard time
will find Earth's North Pole tilted
closest toward sun.
This demarcates
most daylight hours of the...
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Categories:
incredulity, adventure, anniversary, appreciation, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Stretching outer limits of incredulity beyond realm of logic
...Stretching outer limits of incredulity beyond realm of logic
In an attempt to recount how life came about on planet Earth,
thence subsequently spanning across the webbed wide world
birthed cocka...
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Categories:
incredulity, absence, adventure, america, angel,
Form: Free verse
Isn't it Sad To Seek Unfairness?
...Do we allow the compelling mind to control our unwilling steps?
Do they obey or deviate from the path smeared with insecurities?
Isn't it sad to seek unfairness instead of much desirable closeness?...
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Categories:
incredulity, anger, anti bullying, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Lasting Impression
...Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite impressions. - Philibert Joseph Roux
After the rain falls
Cleansing the air, the earth
With a music beyond words…
My spirit praises the One wh...
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Categories:
incredulity, appreciation, creation, god, imagery,
Form: Free verse
CONFIDENCE
...C-ultivate yourself and keep your head up HIGH,
O-ver a billion stacks of gold
N-eutralize the value and take your place.
F-or, you have a soul beyond riches of the world.
I-nside you lies infini...
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Categories:
incredulity, confidence, encouraging, endurance, inspirational,
Form: Acrostic
I Couldn't Talk About It, So I Wrote A Poem Poetry Contest
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If I had a hashtag or even understood them,
it might be “TMI.”
I don’t lack for stories and opinions.
I’ll engage in conversations with friendly total strangers
when right away I see they share...
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Categories:
incredulity, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Rafah in flames
...My flaming tears cannot douse
the tents aflame.
My burning eyes can never unsee
the corpse of a headless baby.
My beating heart yearns to
give life to those stilled.
And still the killing co...
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Categories:
incredulity, care, conflict, sympathy,
Form: Free verse
Behind The Eight Ball
...His chapstick soft lips
Distracted me
From the perverse taste
Of stale cigarettes
He inhaled
Between every other word
But it didn’t
Make my sagacious heart
Uneasy
He was winso...
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Categories:
incredulity, deep, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
It Started With A Blank Canvas
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Solitude, the lonely word most people like to sidestep around. ~ quote by poet
I love the solitude that silences my doubts,
The solitude that blends with silence, like a son...
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Categories:
incredulity, appreciation, art, heart, solitude,
Form: Free verse
What Breaks Your Heart
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There is a music that weeps comfort,
Through the distance, in quiet moments,
Healing and blessing, reminding that His gentle grace
Will flow from the heavens, embracing,
Surrounding hearts wi...
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Categories:
incredulity, appreciation, heart, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Forever We'll Be
...You and Me...
You and me, seemed to always be,
Like the colors of autumn,
Rhythmic as the birch’s quiet gold,
And, the breathless scarlet of a maple’s smile.
Forever dancing in the winds, so c...
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Categories:
incredulity, love, marriage, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Glass Half Full
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Psalm 23:5 (KJV) 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
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I’ve been asked, in friendly modes...
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Categories:
incredulity, appreciation, god, gospel, hope,
Form: Free verse
Be to become
...Incredulity and disbelief marked their demeanour
When we spoke of ineffable rapture of unending bliss
We were asked to prove validity of our affirmation
So we pointed to a blooming rose and said,...
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Categories:
incredulity, joy, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
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