definitely juried in
...The swirls in the painting were thickly slathered onto the canvas
Would they ever dry? The artist was unconcerned.
Concentrating on the creative process, not the technicality of his art.
The art t...
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Categories:
juried, art,
Form: Free verse
Two Verdicts
...When Stephen laid his charges out,
Both devastating and severe,
His verdict then left little doubt,
Delivered boldly, without fear,
Held nothing back, his message clear:
“You stiff-necked folk...
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Categories:
juried, anger, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme
Getting Juried Out
...We three teachers were taking a painting class.
Mr.G, the teacher was new, fresh, nervous.
Asked us if we would please let him put our paintings into an art show.
Kitchia was reluctant, but Margo ...
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Categories:
juried, art,
Form: Narrative
The Fall
...Talk about how you feel, talk about how they fell
Purge your emotions without due process, but remember, it didn’t just happen overnight
He wasn’t always alright
Sometimes they cried through the n...
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Categories:
juried, betrayal, hope,
Form: Free verse
I Have All Kinds of Addictions
...I have food addictions, hobby addictions, and friendship addictions.
They go in spurts and phases; no rhyme or reason, fed by an internal need.
They start up without warning and last until they are...
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Categories:
juried, addiction, poetry,
Form: Prose Poetry
Lovitivity V1
...Time is the recorder, measuring events that expire
And not the Judge, deciding when events transpire
it silently and anonymously prints beginnings to endings
The world juried our Love affair
Eart...
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Categories:
juried, earth, i love you,
Form: Free verse
Nine Year Old Seals My Fate
...My hobby arrived accidentally
In the form of a request issued simply but emphatically
By my nine-year-old granddaughter.
Grandma, can you paint with me?
Was she crazy?
These canvases cost eigh...
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Categories:
juried, art, joy, passion,
Form: Prose Poetry
A B C For Fun's Sake
...Avid anteaters ate artichokes
Blossoming beyond barley’s beauty,
Classic chews can clearly
Deny delivering dangerous dangling dates
Evening eggplants enormous evolved ecstatic
Ferocious fig fri...
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Categories:
juried, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: ABC
This Art Gig Is Therapy
...Today is the day of a big fall festival, about twenty miles from here. I have been juried in, and have purchased all the equipment, set up a white tent, and put out my paintings, a few hours ahead, ...
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Categories:
juried, art,
Form: Prose Poetry
I Am On Fire For Poetry Soup Right Now
...I know this may surprise some of you.
Not all.
It’s not going to surprise my besties.
But for others,
Let me be the bearer of a
Little surprise nugget of
Information.
I am OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE...
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Categories:
juried, friendship love, how i
Form: Free verse
My Drunken Sad Heart
...My Liquor language, and bottle babble, is giving you and on slaw of curses an
voodoo spells. The heat from lips that can singe the devil feet in
hell.Contemplate; contemplate the real side of the...
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Categories:
juried, girlfriend-boyfriend, lost love, sad,
Form: Blank verse