Improvising ExistenceImprov is an unscripted comedy form.
Starting with an idea for a sketch,
actors interact with each other,
making up things as they go.
As one person responds to another,
“No, but…” squashes spontaneity,
while “Yes, and…” builds the banter,
propelling witty action forward.
Quick and clever dialogue
promises even more to come.
Then, after finding an apt ending,
a brand-new sketch can begin.
Our lives are...
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Categories:
death, humor, joy, life,
Form: Free verse
FOUR YEARS STILL STANDINGFOUR YEARS, STILL STANDING
Four years bleeding, four years bruised,
Four years fighting, four years used.
Carried the weight till my back near broke,
Choked on silence, swallowed the smoke.
Four years of bills and sleepless nights,
Four years swinging at shadows and lies.
Loved and lost, trust turned thin,
Hiding the chaos I’m drowning in.
Four years scraping, hand to mouth,
Hope ran dry,...
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Categories:
life, abuse, anger, anxiety, cancer,
Form: Rhyme
Light And Darkness
Light seems brightest when seen in the darkest dark.
Yet darkness can be all but eliminated by the brightness of light.
When in a balanced contrast, each is often seen clearer.
Although their differences when compared are quite stark,
Both darkness and light have the potential to provide great insight.
Each has qualities that can make things seem dearer.
Once while...
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Categories:
dark, destiny, inspiration, life,
Form: Rhyme
LadyOnce adored by beholder,
Soiled doves, fall in no longer.
From garden to minefield,
Avoidance is justified;
Inamoured, favourably yield,
Innocence gone vilified.
Once lured by sweetness,
Penetrated, unable to flee;
Trapped inside glowness,
Choked, unable to glee.
Memories gone masterless,
History, halted unspree;
Living dead and throneless,
...
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Categories:
life, adventure, august, divorce, for
Form: Rhyme
LEAVE ME NOT IN THE LURCHLife, as I’ve come to know it
Is trial wrapped in unexpected moments
A dance of hope, missteps, and loss
Like betting all blindly in business.
Each soul must face its reckoning
Some see the signs, prepare in time
Others, like smoke behind a jet
Only glimpse what’s left behind.
I was one of the second kind
By the time I looked, it was...
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Categories:
12th grade, adventure, life,
Form: Free verse
Why?Why?
Why? Why should I accept human science?
Do I have to? No. I don’t think so. Where does it come from?
I don’t need this science. I am dying. This science is eating my life.
Please, please. Respect, respect. The life. The life. The life.
The life. That. Given by God. I accept God. His teaching. Life.
Bible. His text....
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Categories:
fate, life,
Form: Free verse
Always Taking L'sMy life's always been full of so much love, lust, and longing,
As well as shallow lovemaking, loneliness, losses, lamenting.
Feelings old and new within me are always lingering....
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Categories:
life, lonely, longing, loss,
Form: Sijo
I Know Life's UnfairI know how the cycles of life, death, and rebirth can be unfair.
I know how it used to feel like they never showed they care.
I know how it feels when nobody at all wants to share....
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Categories:
death, depression, grief, life,
Form: Sijo
The Journey Within
“that inner journey starts the day we're born . . .
we pray the road be worthy, fully worn”
...
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Categories:
journey, life,
Form: Free verse
The Salt of the Earth, the SilentFor Those Who Hold the Field… the Keepers of Resonance
To be used at spoken dedications, at gatherings, at endings,
or where remembering is needed most.
The Salt of the Earth, the Silent
They walk without thunder
They pass without name
They mend what was broken
Before there is blame.
They carry the sorrows
Too quiet to scream
And bury lost hopes
With the roots...
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Categories:
life, appreciation, caregiving, dedication, earth,
Form: Free verse
Names we gaveName of hardship to life’s journey we gave,
For means that help move on, money we gave.
To loose change that’s today money the least,
What else? As a worthless penny we gave.
That which never if ever opened mouth,
To dumb mirror, nickname dummy we gave.
To love’s first journey of sweet memories,
Yea, you guessed it right: moon’s honey...
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Categories:
funny, journey, life, money,
Form: Ghazal
Life is life if moves onIf sometimes name moves on,
Oftentimes fame moves on.
If began well moves on,
Well-ended, game moves on.
If bond of breaths be life,
If lost, lame scarce moves on.
Shame soaked up scarce moves on,
Fame filled to frame moves on.
Right from birth death moves on,
Life’s aim is same: moves on.
If fear of shame shackles,
Freed from same man moves on.
Life’s...
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Categories:
life, moving on,
Form: Ghazal
Beauty of Real Life Love:
Oh my sweetheart!
Oh beauty!
Alizeh
Please give me Your heart.
Please hurry up.
When You entered.
Bells started ringing in my heart.
Listen to the commentary of the heart.
I fully guarantee that I love You.
I will constantly gaze at You.
And I won’t mend my ways.
A fountain of desires is erupting now.
A heart can’t be repaired.
And it doesn’t carry any warranty.
You...
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Categories:
life, blessing, cheer up, romantic
Form: Heroic Couplet
When too much is enough
i try to lead a modest life
without having expectations
without making demands
i reach out with everything i’ve got
being satisfied with what comes my way
but when it comes to love
i think that too much is
what needs to be expected
too much is exactly
what’s enough
life’s too short and
time too valuable
to be squandered
passion is not
merely a...
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Categories:
desire, life, love, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
KARMAKarma that patient gangster
Very slow in action
But never fails to repay
Creeps into your life
Paying in double all your deeds
After replaying all your acts
Karma is just like a seed well planted in a good soil, it always germinates.
Karma the avenger
Rewarding your deeds accordingly
Either good or bad
The seeds you sowed
That's...
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Categories:
life, africa, children, community, dedication,
Form: Epic
Specific Types of Life Poems
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