Addressing the Soup: For Constance
...I'm addressing the Poetry Soup community, not with divine words,
for none of us come close to being righteous. Hurting the feelings
of poets who have suffered a loss is an act of self-righteousne...
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Categories:
insensitively, abuse,
Form: Rhyme
coming to town
...Peter (my bf) is coming to town - tonight. I’m breathy with excitement.
My energy is so sick. “Someone scrape her off the walls,” Leong remarked, as I bounded out of my room this morning.
Lisa winc...
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Categories:
insensitively, boyfriend, humor, school, student,
Form: Free verse
My Heart is an Egg
...my heart, the perfectly shaped egg
oh dear, hear me out, would you?
i can explain it, everything, for you
it's a philosophy only one can understand, will you?
i'm not like the rest
i used to w...
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Categories:
insensitively, 11th grade, anger, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Spore your appreciation, edification, information
...Spore your appreciation, edification, information...,
orchestration, and utilization,
a moss fungi (fun guy) attests his marriage
synonymous with symbiotic relationship.
Nostalgic acquiescence ...
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Categories:
insensitively, adventure, age, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
Screenglow
...Should’ve realized it faster;
Scrolling on phone would be a disaster!
Only a few hours left until the deadline;
How I wish I could rewind
It wasn’t my plan to overuse
those time-vortex apps to...
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Categories:
insensitively, mental health,
Form: Rhyme
From Death To Life
...A leaf on a big tree was happily hanging
Favorably for every passer-by just to see
He was appreciatively coloured green
Like a bean, he was very much attractive
A treacherous wind rose up to s...
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Categories:
insensitively, abuse, birth, death, hate,
Form: ABC
I Hope
...Some don’t know of you and suffer
Some refuse you and fall in a pit
Some don’t think about you and deteriorate themselves
Some ignore you and insensitively live
For me, trying hard to follow you...
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Categories:
insensitively, appreciation, christian, desire, god,
Form: Free verse
Gym Fraud
...All the gym's a stage
And all the pale boys merely players;
Unconvincing ones, too.
At the theatre entrance
I part with pride
For a curious form of Vaudeville.
The maxims of inertia invert...
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Categories:
insensitively, america, basketball, school, social,
Form: Free verse
Aurora and Avalanche
...Avalanche of thoughts
Flooding and tossing
in the cold valley of mind.
It attacks by uneven edges
in all the seasons insensitively.
A sincere wish
to silence this tumultuous..
I sought ...
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Categories:
insensitively, desire, fantasy, introspection, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
I Did It My Way
...Did you hear my heartbeats like the soldiers, marchin’ on the notable night of March? It was thumpin’ with thunderin’ pride and victory once upon a time!
Can you hear me echo my empathy in your ...
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Categories:
insensitively, adventure, courage, dedication, deep,
Form: Rhyme
Make the World a Better Place
...There is enough strife and despair all around
The wounds of discord are open and bleeding
The turmoil is rumbling to burst any moment
The time is ripe for all of us to build bridges,
Mend fences, an...
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Categories:
insensitively, inspirational,
Form: Light Verse
The Bum Rush
...Mr. Limbaugh, such a clown,
Insensitively struts
Within his old-time universe
Where women all are “sluts.”
Contraception is an option
Used by all who need it.
Health care givers must comply;
The law...
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Categories:
insensitively, people, political, universe,
Form: Rhyme
Think First
...Think First
Unintentional
intimidation occurs
insensitively.
© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
February 2, 2010
Poetic form: Haiku...
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Categories:
insensitively, philosophy, sad
Form: Haiku