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Human Sack Gruff Ice Agonizingly Glommed
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matthew harris
| Dramatic Monologue |
language, 11th grade, 12th grade,
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Babel
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Ralph Sergi
| Free verse |
language,
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Dang Slang
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James Fitz-Gerald
| Free verse |
change, culture, identity, language,
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Americans Can't Spell
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Nina Parmenter
| Limerick |
language, fun, funny, humor, humorous,
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A Feeling
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Ebizimo Arabina
| Free verse |
language, day, feelings, i am,
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Tha Southern 'nacular
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Word Awl
| I do not know? |
america, language, mountains,
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You Speak for Me
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Keith Dovoric
| Lyric |
language, anxiety, conflict, i love
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The higher power of Letters
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Word Awl
| ABC |
language, allah, allusion, analogy, appreciation,
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Poverty of Health
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Political Verse |
earth, health, integrity, language,
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Return To the Highland Mist
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Gregory R Barden
| Free verse |
animal, language, love, memorial,
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Emily and the Ancient door
by Quoth TheRaven
Young Emily sat gazing at a door, that with careful strokes was painted
a starry, but moonless night...
In wandering dreams of far away lands, and...
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Ballad |
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Categories:
art, innocence, language,
WHITE HAT MONDAY VERSE BLACKHAT MONDAY
by Allan Terry
Official Document
from the desk of...
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Cowboy |
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language, appreciation, art, engagement, film,
Adam's Apple
by Rico Leffanta
A man who lived in a garden
Was seeking a dirt-cheap bargain
Along about Eve
He started to grieve
He knew no seductive jargon....
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Limerick |
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Categories:
bible, garden, language, love,
Absorbing England
by Ian Love
the wealth of norman England is poised to grow
towns enlarge, markets exchange, a fresh fertilising sprinkled culture
kingdoms extend with...
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Narrative |
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Categories:
language, england, history, identity, immigration,
TALUS CHAMPIONSHIP
by Allan Terry
HE READ WHAT WOULD BE CALLED THE
"ROLL CALL OF CHAMPIONS"
THE COMPANY NAMES THAT COMPRISE
THE TALUS, AND THE SANCTIONING BODIES
THAT RECOGNIZED THE TALUS CHAMPION AS
THE...
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Chant Royal |
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Categories:
language, adventure, appreciation, drink, encouraging,
Trying too Hard
by Maurice Rigoler
Sometimes trying to sound intelligent
may have an effect oppositely evident.
Take the familiar adverb “often”
pronounced by many as often.
Good dictionaries say the “t” is mute
but...
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Light Verse |
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language,
Free of Charge
by Billy TheKidster
I posted my sign in front of my garage,
"All Must Go, Batteries Free Of Charge."
Suddenly I was met with a large barrage,
of people taking all...
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Rhyme |
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language,
The Boston Tea Party - 1773
by Rico Leffanta
An ancestor known as, "Miss Lottie"
Was a New York socialite "hottie"
To her lasting disgrace
She slapped Paul Revere's face
When he invited her to the p-ah-ty...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
language, america, confusion, funny, history,
TWO KINGDOMS
by Kim Rodrigues
truth or lies bid two kingdoms with sure keys and brave tongues of life or death
9/1/2018
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Monoku |
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language,
I speak
by Elissa Quigley
I speak yarn,
and the twiddling of fingers wrapped in strands of color
I speak cat
hands caressing a purring head
I speak computer
tapping of keys...
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Free verse |
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language,
Sign Language For Toddlers Please
by Caren Krutsinger
Sign language, a terrific way to give a voice to the little ones who have not yet mastered words.
When my eleven-month- old granddaughter learned “drink”...
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Free verse |
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language,
Come hither, come thither
by Gershon Wolf
Come hither, come thither, come nigh
Don't dither, don't blither, don't sigh
Ask me how, ask me where, ask me why
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Rhyme |
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language, light, word play,
The Phoenicians
by arthur vaso
The Phoenicians
Past
From turbulent seas
rise mighty noble Phoenicians
sailors and masters in commerce
twenty two constant warriors
ancestors of our language
four vassals, thriving Phoenician pride
furnished the Persian kingdom
from the...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
art, history, humanity, language,
BEYOND
by Line Gauthier
beyond words
his smile
saying it all
posted on August 16, 2018...
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Senryu |
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irony, language, perspective, silence,
UnScientific Revolutions
by Gerald Dillenbeck
When WiseElders invoked secular language
to colonize reductions in flow of inarticulate
sacred feelings
Building Either/Or iconic moments
oppositional and cooperative opportunity memories
within BothNature/AndSpirit reweaving brainstems
outsideYang/insideYin
dipolar WinWin cooperative...
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Political Verse |
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culture, health, language, peace,
Rivers of Change
by Gerald Dillenbeck
What if we see
and then hear,
think
and then feel,
possibly even smell EarthHealth
not only as good-natured green and blue golden Globe
but also cooperatively enspirited
NurtureWomb of WaterFlow?
What if...
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Political Verse |
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Categories:
language, anti bullying, health, integrity,
A Strange Tongue
by Gershon Wolf
English is a strange language, a strange language is she
English is a strange tongue, a strange tongue is she
If you are tickled pink, did...
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Lyric |
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Categories:
language, word play, words,
Manner
by Esther Yau
Manner
Lingua franca
Hearing, willing, feeling
To keep an appropriate distance
Manna...
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Cinquain |
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Categories:
family, language,
Mahalin Natin Ang Sariling Wika
by Bernard F. Asuncion
Mahalin natin ang sariling wika,
Huwag natin itong ipagpapalit;
Ito'y kayamaman ng ating bayan,
Biyaya ng Diyos mula sa langit.
Ang wikang Filipino ay dakila,
Ginamit...
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Quatrain |
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Categories:
language,
Polly Needs Help
by John lawless
troubled parakeet
mumbles under his breath
WTF
John G. Lawless
©8/2/2018
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Senryu |
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Categories:
bird, crazy, language,