And So You Write Poetry
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Poetry is the one place
where people can speak
their original human mind.
- Allen Ginsberg.
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You can get lost sometimes
in the mind's obsessions,
its n...
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Categories:
levers, life, poetry, writing,
Form: Free verse
Babbling Brook or Dirty Harry
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Michelin star cricketing cook…by hook or crook.. so canny..will find every nook and cranny…if you took a look at the record..score or text book ..won’t have forsook ..our dutiful..beautiful babblin...
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Categories:
levers, sports,
Form: Free verse
Magical Vanishing Memory Machine
...Beneath a drop cloth
in the back of the mind
hums a machine—
gears oiled with old lullabies
and levers etched in looping script
you almost remember learning.
Turn the crank and out drifts a sme...
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Categories:
levers, memory,
Form: Free verse
Fulcrum of a Rose
...The rose is a common flower,
and sometimes goes unnoticed -
when our attention is remotest.
But, a rose has a special power.
Being a blossom that is clever,
she garners our attention
with af...
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Categories:
levers, mystery, rose,
Form: Rhyme
Play It Cool
...Play It Cool
A Cool Demeanor
Is A Novelty Form
Of Conformity.
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Oh, I Forget, You
All Don't Hate That
Dread
Conformity Like
I've Been Forced
To Do.
Doodily-Doo.
Not Forced.
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Categories:
levers, life,
Form: Free verse
Brian Charles Lara
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Have to admit.. do have a bit
Of a trenchant penchant
Alright adore southpaw purveyors
Dabbles..pique aroused..rabbles in the stands roused
Unique sleek cheek of their chic espoused
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Categories:
levers, sports,
Form: Rhyme
So sorry to see you go Mo
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So sorry to see you go Mo
Tally ho & bravo but must let you know
Not being weird...you had a bigger beard
Face more hirsute to boot than even WG Grace.
Gleaming beaming grin..strea...
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Categories:
levers, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Leverage
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Written: May 19, 2025, for contest by Edward Ibeh
Quote: "Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself." By Rumi
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Categories:
levers, appreciation, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
A grave concern'
...What is to be expected? Mr Trump finally was elected.'
Before was Biden.' Yet there were forces behind him
Holding gold? And other riches.' Influencing this world
By almost un-seen stiches.' Garne...
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Categories:
levers, appreciation, celebrity, character, education,
Form: Political Verse
Alexa down!
...Alexa down!
She, the brainchild of Rohit Prasad -
India-born person who breathed life
into Alexa, and lead technology side
of project almost from its inception.
Amazon Alexa Echo
a marvel o...
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Categories:
levers, addiction, appreciation, best friend,
Form: Free verse
Drone
...Drone
little specs down below
watch them scurry to and fro
streams of white and red
filling an ocean at my behest
with broken backs and crooked limbs
their hurried toils
are the subject ...
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Categories:
levers, corruption, culture, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Mothcode
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O The Mothcode, Umm Yes
The Dance of Light :
In twilight’s silverly hush, where shadows blend,
a moth takes prismatic flight, its journey bends.
Drawn by the whispers...
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Categories:
levers, art, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
Complicatd
...Women
we all know are
so many knobs and buttons
strings and levers
volumes and settings
push or pull?
up or down?
speak into the mic
of adjust the equaliser?
all so very confusing
for a sim...
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Categories:
levers, addiction, emotions, funny,
Form: Free verse
NEVER'S FOREVER'S
...I’ve a box of never’s
Slightly used
Some just lightly touched
Others quite abused
For never is an endless moan
A screechy thing lacking tone
A chewing dog without a bone
Each never a curse ete...
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Categories:
levers, word play,
Form: Rhyme
Subjugated
...You say see it your way
Trying hard to convince
Me repeat what you say
Each word I painfully wince
Memory has sharp twists
Heavy mind candidly speaks
Reasons counted off lists
Your narrative...
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Categories:
levers, truth,
Form: Free verse
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