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Why does the sun sympathize
...Why does the sun sympathize with the man in the black shirt who is delirious with success? That looking at the window is the door to all happiness For him, an effective way to achieve this is with......

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Categories: like clockwork, anxiety, cheer up, desire,
Form: Rhyme
WOOLLY MAMMOTH SAGED
...[ For Contest : Ghost of Frankenstein Sponsor : Tom Woody submitted: 9/5/25 ] Many starry nights I lay in my wooden cabin next to your sanctuary waiting for whisperings fr......

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Categories: like clockwork, africa, age, betrayal, change,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member The Cute Old Couple in Their Booth
...The Cute Old Couple In Their Booth Like clockwork, every Sunday They arrive at the doors Of their favorite eatery, As countless times before The familiar waitress smiles, Bids them in; Th......

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Categories: like clockwork, cute love, emotions, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Another Year
...It’s another year And with spring The automatic sprinklers Once again run like clockwork Mesmerizing in the morning Making me feel like an inmate In an insane asylum Or old folks home Bound......

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Categories: like clockwork, perspective, spring, time,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Life unfolding
... april brings us its share of miracles of life that sprouts in shades of green every year the cycle like clockwork rejuvenates yet we are always in awe spring give rise to our sense of ......

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Categories: like clockwork, life, miracle, nature, spring,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member I'm happiest at the beach
... the tide like clockwork rushes in reeling in summertime memories and such joy comes in all shapes and sizes AP: Honorable Mention 2025 Posted on March 24, 2025......

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Categories: like clockwork, beach, love, sea,
Form: Free verse
The Inheritance of Fire
...I was raised in the storm’s mouth, where walls learned to shudder before I did. Nights smelled of whiskey and rage, and the air, thick with silence, was a hymn of waiting— waiting for the door t......

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Categories: like clockwork, anger, anxiety, father, father
Form: Free verse
suffering
...No one knows when I am like this. Alone. In my room with my phone, I See everyone out without me. Pity me. Oh, pity me. Every month like clockwork, I sit alone in my room with my phone, Scrollin......

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Categories: like clockwork, angst, sad love, work,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Whimsy
...Whimsy catches the wind Like a fall leaf, orangered and guileless And enters the house Like a cat, confident but cautiously curious To whatever it is that has made the wind. As she catches si......

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Categories: like clockwork, allegory, cat, life, seasons,
Form: Narrative
butterfly messengers
...from above a hum, a gentle pop and they appear out of thin air large as Right whales out of the sky they pour in like colorful dreams gliding down on papered metal wings, the airborne clan desce......

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Categories: like clockwork, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member weeds
...no rain brings no weeds grass ceases to survive like clockwork it rains rain brings many weeds grass becomes green once again daily mowing starts......

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Categories: like clockwork, growth,
Form: Haiku
The remnants of August 2024 Hurricane Debbie
...The remnants of August 2024 Hurricane Debbie Like a humane huntress, she (the anthropomorphized storm) brought a spate of cool Autumn like temperatures and gentle soothing rain here within my ......

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Categories: like clockwork, adventure, appreciation, august, cool,
Form: Free verse
I’m your genesis
...In the tangled web of my thoughts, you’re stuck, A plague that both torments and comforts. I've heard whispers of your newfound flame, Yet I ponder how long that flame will endure. For I know, li......

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Categories: like clockwork, heartbreak, i am, passion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Twilight Zone
...“We may think of freedom, not as the right thing to do, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” ~~Peter Marshall~~ "Need I say this was inspired by the t......

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Categories: like clockwork, granddaughter, grave, prison,
Form: Narrative
The First Time You Broke Me
... **Content warning: depicts abuse (please skip to one of my more lightheaded poems if one needs to). To you, your abuse began as a game or joke, so insidious, so quietly inhumane, a spo......

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Categories: like clockwork, abuse, betrayal, child abuse,
Form: Alexandrine

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