WOMB WORDS
... WOMB WORDS
Womb ! Mother of All, what sayeth you
knowing activation before birth
births through girths, a Q ?
~ ‘I see rainmakers smoking pipes
drink from ostrich eggs fresh
then...
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Categories:
languidly, allegory, baby, birth, blessing,
Form: Couplet
I'd Gift the Moon to You
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My desire is to savor the taste of your sweet lips
and wake the flame of passion asleep in your heart.
I'd brush the contours of your face with my fingertips
then paint your beauty from memory a...
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Categories:
languidly, love,
Form: Rhyme
King Canute Would Play His Flute
...King Canute would play his flute,
And dance upon his nose;
And all the while a symphony
He’d languidly compose.
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Categories:
languidly, england, history, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Etched In Stone
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Written: January 17, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh
"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others."Quote ...
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Categories:
languidly, analogy, fear, success,
Form: Rhyme
Falling Asleep
...Falling Asleep
Roger White
Languorous head caresses feathered pillow. Fatigued back and limbs repose on cushioned bed. Eyes finish the day’s tasks and rest b...
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Categories:
languidly, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
THE TRAIN JOURNEY
...TRAIN TRAVEL
I am on a superfast train
Listening to the soothing refrain,
Of the wheels on the railway track
Clickety clack, clickety clack.
Verdant vistas on either side,
Soothing visions ...
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Categories:
languidly, travel,
Form: Rhyme
THE TRAIN JOURNEY
...TRAIN TRAVEL
I am on a superfast train
Listening to the soothing refrain,
Of the wheels on the railway track
Clickety clack, clickety clack.
Verdant vistas on either side,
Soothing visions ...
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Categories:
languidly, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Sleep
...Woken up, I want to sleep
Now I need it to be deep
As an ocean, where my boat
Welters on in aimless float
Not a sign of land ahead
Beaches of the golden sand
Must be somewhere else aside
Up an...
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Categories:
languidly, ocean, sleep, solitude,
Form: Rhyme
A Voyage To Unknown
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Birds twitter, birds croon to each other,
I watch life moving at a lulling slower pace,
Rose bushes leisurely sway, breeze converses
With the rustling leaves, clouds float languidly
In endless ...
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Categories:
languidly, death, life,
Form: Free verse
Temptations Of the Flesh
...Even with
The cross
Around his neck
And the childhood
Anxiety over
An imaginary man’s judgement
His thoughts
Were more iniquitous
Than my own
He would delineate the way
Showe...
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Categories:
languidly, bible, lust, religion,
Form: Free verse
Sunset Dimmed
...I stood alone on the sandy southern shore
watching sunset dim with a sense of languor.
Soon, of its luminance there'd be little trace
but 'til then, I'd enjoy its warmth on my face.
Hues of...
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Categories:
languidly, color, sunset,
Form: Sonnet
Broken Bough
...Heavy rain is falling down
On the baked soil
Making every tree a clown
Showering turmoil
Lightnings crack the sky and thunder
Shakes the window pane
Where are you this time I wonder
Could you...
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Categories:
languidly, i miss you, love,
Form: Rhyme
Until the Cusping of Dawn
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Tonight, the mystical moon languidly drifts in pallid glory
while holding night court, clad in a golden silk sarong.
Ruling her astral kingdom, amusing the stars with a story
about a jumping...
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Categories:
languidly, moon,
Form: Rhyme
Art Of Endurance
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In desolate wasteland of deprivation,
sauntering languidly with my indigent life,
I tried tolerantly for so long
to smoothen the angularities
of our beleaguered bond.
Swirling in the...
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Categories:
languidly, analogy, lost love, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Silken Splendor of the Lovely Dame
...Luminous lids lift, languidly unveiling vistas of vibrant verse, as lavish laughter lines lips that lure with lyricism.
Sultry syllables swirl, a sweet serenade that saturates the senses, summonin...
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Categories:
languidly, love, lust,
Form: Alliteration
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