Corn on the Cob
...We drove along the secondary streets of Iowa,
Towards my grandparents’ large farm.
How excited we felt for this seemed like a yearly pilgrimage
To visit my old folks back home.
I alw...
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Categories:
irrigated, family, farm, food,
Form: Free verse
Sunflower
...
Taking a glimpse of the blazing sun,
first proper look, before life begins.
In the moist soil was sown yesterday,
following its strength, throughout its way.
Going in its direction from e...
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Categories:
irrigated, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Civilization
...Midst Egypt, the desert land, flew ‘Red River’ Nile,
He irrigated her; made her ever fertile;
Common humans, like birds and flies, lived with no guile,
Weren't, even then, Cain-Able-like enmity r...
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Categories:
irrigated, culture, life,
Form: Rhyme
Deteriorated
...12/28/21
"Dodging Karens"
So easily time is merely wasted
Hidden or in fine print, not always clearly stated
People often irritated
You and your bull leaves me infuriated
Stomach such a ser...
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Categories:
irrigated, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Intoxicated
...intoxicated by entwined souls,
breasts beating, breathing
in the amalgamation of us.
trust in lips, tongues, stress
of otherworldly communication.
neo-occasion of bare skin,
slightly shy, sur...
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Categories:
irrigated, marriage, sensual,
Form: Free verse
Symbiosis Strike
...Your vision, Your vision.
The recitation of a poem of metaphor.
And the blink means a throng.
Standing and clapping, clapping and clapping.
The world remains in grief.
Who's forge...
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Categories:
irrigated, analogy, dark, death, deep,
Form: Free verse
Sorry Song
...I'm fed up by giving you so many things
I really don't know what makes you happy
I have done everything I could
I have given you all i have and
I promise to continue the same for ever
Every ti...
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Categories:
irrigated, deep, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Reptiles and Us
...When neighbor fields are plowed, sowed, and irrigated
The reptiles enter our homes feeling accepted
They move around within, as though unobstructed
When neighbor fields are plowed, sowed, and irri...
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Categories:
irrigated, 5th grade, life, love,
Form: Sonnet
A Time For Everything
...# A TIME FOR EVERYTHING
You may be snared through certain situation
Not knowing what to touch nor let .
Enduring pains as if you are to end
Despite that everything as its time .
Have you fe...
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Categories:
irrigated, care, caregiving, change, confidence,
Form: Free verse
To My Mom
...It wasn't an ordinary day
I knew it "Hey!
shouted the doors
but all of em' in roars
I felt breathless
and found four walls to be tasteless
That day I rushed relax
beds and pillows made me p...
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Categories:
irrigated, mother daughter, mothers day,
Form: Lyric
After the Genocide
...For years, the ominous signs were palpable
The deep fraternal mistrust festered and discernable
Propagated by colonial masters to divide and make Rwanda malleable
And left lingering became monstro...
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Categories:
irrigated, abuse, anger, conflict, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
Australia
...I think
my gift from God
is to deliver
his final solution
To the world
I have been telling
people my idea
based on ten dollars
per week
but his Idea
was the tithe
ten percent
te...
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Categories:
irrigated, inspiration, international,
Form: Narrative
We Can Change
...Mr Muldoon the prime minister of New Zealand
from 1975 until 1984 said we need to think big
but I think his ideas nearly crippled the economy
but I also believe he was right we need to think big
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Categories:
irrigated, inspiration, international,
Form: Narrative
Tradition and Diversity
...I honor the day of Canada's birth
on July 1st, 1867, a nation rooted in democracy
began to grow and flourish,
irrigated by its people's sweat, blood, and tears.
I'm lucky to have inherite...
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Categories:
irrigated, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Ode
God's Grace
...An arid land Man's heart would be if not irrigated by God's grace!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
03 December 2019...
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Categories:
irrigated, god, love, men,
Form: Monoku
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