Turning Point
...Everybody has experienced a turning point
It’s a natural part of life; it’s part of growing up
Life is a sleek roller coaster that goes down and up
There’s a Carrefour which we must turn to a poin...
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Categories:
individual(a), america, destiny, extended metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
In the quiet corners of thought, where the stars of ideas flicker and bloom
...In the quiet corners of thought, where the stars of ideas flicker and bloom,
I hold a belief, a sacred mantra whispered to the winds of destiny:
The free, exploring mind of the individual, a treasu...
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Categories:
individual(a), fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Remember Me
...I want you to remember me, not like the settling sun but the rising moon, fierce but volatile. Remember me as a silent beach, the one with many pits, like a wind mill but smaller. I want you to not r...
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Categories:
individual(a), anxiety, caregiving, deep, poetry,
Form: Blank verse
To Read Poetry
...To understand poetry you must read poetry
By External Journalist
It is said that a teacher from the countryside once asked Mario Quintana:
What should I read to understand Shakespeare?
And ...
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Categories:
individual(a), allusion, analogy, appreciation, art,
Form: Prose
The Askance Chapter 2 Part 4a
...The Befallen Angel Of Dreams
There was this balance atween the light and the dark
Beyond all knowledge permit-able to comprehend
An inborn illusion never too far apart
Some place no one ever al...
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Categories:
individual(a), imagination,
Form: Rhyme
Sunshine's Daughter
...Lift your gaze upwards daughter of the sun,
Feel its enveloping warmth upon your ivory skin,
Allow the melting star shine to wash over thee,
And be at one with the mornings dawning.
Enlightenment...
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Categories:
individual(a), beauty, daughter, emotions, family,
Form: Free verse
Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 6
...Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 6
Should the State legitimate entity be
To make the use of force It generates valid
True father protects for life his progeny
Change helmsmen a...
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Categories:
individual(a), abuse, freedom, political, power,
Form: Villanelle
Torn Pride
...I sit here, once again with tears in my eyes
A sad individual, a waste of a life
How can i feel like this, I'm suppose to be proud
A sunny day, unreachable by clouds
But I've fought, I've fought so...
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Categories:
individual(a), dark, life, lonely, love,
Form: Rhyme
Perfect Create
...Life isn’t always really great,
It very much depends on your fate,
Many-a-times you want to dictate
But, you are not even in a position to state,
You want your issues to abate,
Whereas they amplif...
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Categories:
individual(a), life, love, nostalgia, sad,
Form: Couplet
Father
...A tiny tot faces a new sight. She looks quietly ahead without feeling fright.
He gives her a great big hug and a kiss on the cheek.
Before the beginning of church services he gives her beautiful fa...
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Categories:
individual(a), familylife,
Form: I do not know?
The Darkside
...the devil is watching my cryptic charm my HEALTH IS GONE.
withdrawn from this world just a HELPLESS PAWN.
Eternally burning while standing in this acid rain.
unbelievable pain death is flowi...
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Categories:
individual(a), deathpain,
Form: Rhyme
Third Best
...Everyone’s heard the line of being second best
My scenario is different; I’m third in this contest
The contest of affection from our parents as we grew
Competition of siblings; conclusion too pai...
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Categories:
individual(a), childhood, family, sad, child,
Form: Sonnet