Every decision matters
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Life is short but long enough
to make plans and make
some dreams come true
Life is kind and generous
it offers time for second chances
and even a string of redos
Life is short but in the ...
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Categories:
liable(p), appreciation, judgement, life, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Here’s what I should have done
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I should have heard all the indications that the level of danger was low; no shots fired, no weapons, no anger or injuries, and no screaming, just a possible exchange of counterfeit currency.
I ...
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Categories:
liable(p), corruption, hate, power,
Form: Free verse
Shadows Over the Decrepit
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Written: June 3rd, 2025, For Contest By: Constance la France
Quote: "Age cannot wither it, nor custom stale Its infinite variety."
- William Shakespeare
*****...
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Categories:
liable(p), confusion, dream,
Form: Couplet
Shred and delete'
...Thats what we are seeing.' Its going to take rank and file
Disclosure..Or maybe a recording to be found in a boot
Sale i'd hazzard' to get (a grain of fresh disclosure) from
The locked up case? Of...
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Categories:
liable(p), abuse, america, appreciation, betrayal,
Form: Narrative
Your Death Would Be My Own
...{Your death would be my own
{"I barricaded my heart,
After your death, So that nobody could strip away and clutch at the light,
That was left over after you deliberately left me,
Shattered into...
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Categories:
liable(p), absence, abuse, addiction, corruption,
Form: Free verse
They Scream Inhumanely Yearning to Be Humane again
...{“THE NOTION I bestowed with honor was that, nobody could truly coerce what freedom is, what it means, how much of a reliable source it is for hindering away the divulgence that there are indeed peop...
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Categories:
liable(p), absence, abuse, addiction, anger,
Form: Free verse
Selfishly Artistic
...And one day
Out of the blue I wondered,
about those million little sacrifices that have been made
Because of which, the desires burning inside
Had no option other than to fade
How many times, t...
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Categories:
liable(p), art, deep, pain, philosophy,
Form: Other
Quantitative process of elimination
...Anecdote:
For a nuptial effort, I was editing a photograph, my former husband, and his two classmates, as we were proposing for one, not all of them!
Posters are problematic these days, with every ...
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Categories:
liable(p), anti bullying, baptism,
Form: Free verse
No Savior Required
...David Didn’t Require a Savior
It seems that God loved David so much.
Yet he destroyed a lot with his very touch.
He killed Uriah to have his wife,
Which resulted in a lifetime of strife.
A b...
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Categories:
liable(p), bible, christian, jewish,
Form: Verse
The Specious Criminal Trial
...Which fish
The scuba diver
Is going after?
The big one
Or the small one?
Which sheriff
Is on trial today?
The petty one
Or the pretty one?
Everyone must have its day
In the Kangaroo Court.
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Categories:
liable(p), abortion, adventure, america, crazy,
Form: Rhyme
The Rumble
...I remember the rumble
It seemed so distant at first, a whisper in this urban jungle
No one seemed to notice it
There was no proof,no broken glass, no fires lit
I remember the sound of it
It...
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Categories:
liable(p), america,
Form: Rhyme
Learning
...We’re worried about your son.
He’s missing too much school.
If his attendance drops below 90%,
It will break all our rules.
I can’t go to school today, Mum.
My stomach feels so sick.
People m...
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Categories:
liable(p), anxiety, mother son, stress,
Form: Rhyme
Reflections of a Self Portrait
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With cloak removed...
I'm as liable to get lost in a daydream
as I am to scream with delight
when a chrysalis releases a Monarch.
I find nights enchanting when stars are aglea...
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Categories:
liable(p), self,
Form: Rhyme
Nightmare
...Fear, anxiety, and agony fill my heart.
Monsters, ghosts, beasts, and vampires occupy the scene.
Through terrifying events, minds get torn apart.
Blood-spattered sanguinary battle games are seen
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Categories:
liable(p), dream, life, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
Grove of Anguish
...Written: September 17, 2023
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In the misty, morbid moors of winter mantle,
Meadows lay barren in gray shades and prattle....
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Categories:
liable(p), analogy, appreciation, tree, winter,
Form: Rhyme
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