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Leavened Poems - Poems about Leavened

Premium MemberIt's Spelled Spelt, Split and Wholesome

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We wanted to break bread
that was pure, clean, pristine, 
stark white and wholesome,
with a crisp, but soft, 
light brown crust.

The field was prepared with
thrice washed and cleaned machin...
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Categories: leavened, food,
Form: Free verse

Neither Presumption Nor Despair

...We can’t make
all the bad things
 good
Just knowing
all that didn’t 
should

We can’t wish
what stays real
away
Or lie
to keep the truth
at bay

Yesterday
today
tomorrow yield
The le...
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Categories: leavened, god,
Form: Rhyme



Premium MemberProtagonist of George Harrison

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Written: May 5th, 2025, for contest by Brian Strand

Painting by Peter Doig. A concise abstract on Abbey Road and its pivotal moment.   He subsequently produced outstanding music.   H...
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Categories: leavened, art, music,
Form: Ekphrasis

Premium MemberMargaret And The Tiffany Hat

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She wore a tiffany hat with a bow and six big plumes of red and white,  
it had an ultra wide asymmetrical brim that rolled up to one side.  
When it came to dames like this I believe God ran out...
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Categories: leavened, analogy, humorous,
Form: Narrative

Leavened Redemption

...Lost in a ditch
on the highway
of life

A change
came upon him
from darkness to light

That dead end
Apostle
arose and broke free

Remanding
his spirit
— at last unto Thee

(1st Book ...
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Categories: leavened, prayer,
Form: Rhyme



Premium MemberDOUGHNUT

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Dough kneaded and leavened,
Designed in circular shape.
Dent in the middle
Deep fried or baked
Dipped in sugar syrup and glazed. 
Dutch immigrants’ popular sweet.
Delectable snack...
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Categories: leavened, appreciation, celebration, sweet,
Form: Pleiades

Battle Royale

...Take me
to Hell
Take me
to Heaven
Bless me
with kindness
Curse me
 as leavened 

Angel within
me
Devil
in waiting
Salvation
unseeded
Damnation
— equating 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024) ...
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Categories: leavened, war,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberArtificial Iris

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"Artificial Iris"


Orwell was lurking in the background, somewhere;
the dream was eerily familiar, 
the words and their meanings, read in Syntax,
once read between pa...
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Categories: leavened, surreal,
Form: Narrative

Trade Winds

...Last call for alcohol, embargo 
              on the cargo headed for Fargo? 
                      Bootlegging articles of? 
                          "ConfederationNow", 
Boot logger, droned Ov...
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Categories: leavened, america,
Form: Rhyme

7:20 Pm, Travis Lovitt Patio At the Right Pillar

...The heavens can’t admire themselves
The spotted clouds, and the opaque wavered clouds
Like a light glide of a brush.
Our Lord gifted us with round eyes
That reflect the heavens
And a mind to pon...
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Categories: leavened, day, flower, sunshine, thanks,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberZeitgeist

...A Copernican change - analysts say,
          Or a paradigm shift;
      Progression has gone a long way,
                    With daydreams drift...!

The revolution that had once begun,
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Categories: leavened, life, time, world,
Form: Rhyme

You Deserve

...Hey Gorgeous Being
You deserve to breathe easy
You deserve amazing food
You deserve love
What is Below, is Above

You deserve heaven
Bread that's leavened
Butter, Love, Honey, Fruits
Shade -...
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Categories: leavened, 12th grade, allusion, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberTransformation

...Overpowered by the vicissitudes of life,
The soul can be broken down and beaten
Like a sheaf of wheat at the threshing,
Where the chaff is tossed to the winds.
The good salvaged like ...
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Categories: leavened, life, metaphor, spiritual,
Form: Free verse

Premium Member'twas the Night Before Pesach

...~ 'Pesach' is Hebrew for Passover ~

     ‘Twas the night before Pesach
        up and down the street
     Not a speck of grain seen
        no bread or barley to eat

     No spaghetti, no n...
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Categories: leavened, food, holiday, jewish,
Form: Rhyme

Being Imperfect

...I carry the world on my shoulders
but it's heavy, any moment now
like a toy building block it will come
tumbling down  merrily merrily
all just a dream, a joy imperfect.

To be imperfect is my ...
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Categories: leavened, age, how i feel,
Form: Free verse

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