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Premium Member A Snow Queen Tale
Part 1: FORE SIBERIAN FATE

silk wings wet -
angel on the lake.
starlight glitter
separates from

the golden wheat.
her docile hair,
prophecy of ice.

winter pink,
pinched cheeks.
ice skate scrapes -
flecks of flakes.

the snow queen
before her relentless
reign, a pretty thing.

her smile warms
the...

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Categories: absentee, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Father
FATHER

Father, a strong figure,
who we look up to and admire
for he is the provider and the protector,
who puts roof over our head
and puts food on the table.

A good father is a good provider,
to provide the...

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Categories: absentee, father,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Seeking Assurance
I am sad
and need reassurance
this choice was not bad
at the time of searching
Home's new-found voice,
and is not bad
now,
and will not be bad
and sad
in my shortening future.

Diminishing now
into year by year forecasts,
no longer this seventh decade
by...

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Categories: absentee, earth day, health, humor, integrity, peace, power,
Form: Political Verse
Fearing Father
There in the corner of the living room 
on a loveseat meant for two 
now only resides one
there he sits, by a warm fireplace
its occupant a man 
a man have I known only as a...

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Categories: absentee, allegory, allusion, analogy, angst, art, conflict, death,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Anglo-Norman Arising
the wealth of norman England is poised to grow
  towns enlarge, markets exchange, a fresh fertilising sprinkled culture
  kingdoms extend with numbers reducing
  old and new empires jostle, reshaping across continents and...

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© Ian Love  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: absentee, england, history, identity, immigration, language, people, social,
Form: Narrative



When God Speaks
When God Speaks...

When God speaks... do you listen?
or, do you say
How can you speak when you don't exist?
I don't understand you...
so that must mean
that you don't exist...right?

My denial of your existence now
obligates you, to not...

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Categories: absentee, freedom, god, introspection, spiritual, truth, universe,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Voting Without Aggravation
Voting without aggravation...

Otherwise known as
absentee ballot/ mail-in ballot
if ye read no further... please exercise
opportunity to cast ballot
obviously freedom to choose,
but take serious stock of human bondage
(desperately calling out
for their Maugham me)
regarding: economy, integrity, monetary, xyz...

Anyway,...

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Categories: absentee, 12th grade, betrayal, freedom, humanity, miracle, motivation,
Form: Political Verse
Dereliction Possibly Fake News Read All About It
Dereliction (possibly "FAKE NEWS") - read all about it!

2020 presidential election
already promises seat of pants suspense
hint of (post apocalyptic) coming attractions
see – https://www.aol.com/article/news/2020/09/25/
probe-into-discarded-ballots-becomes-campaign-
outrage-fuel/24630731/

supposed poll worker(s) accidentally
(yea right) fomented kerfuffle
imposible mission witnessing
transgression Republicans wont muffle
reasonable rhyme...

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Categories: absentee, abuse, anger, bullying, corruption, father son, future,
Form: Free verse
June 2nd, 2020 Pennsylvania Rescheduled Primary Voting Day
(alternately titled: Whew...
so glad I chose absentee/ mail-in ballot),
and agitate (poetically)
November presidential election
brings requisite equality.

Unforeseen (unprecedented)
stiff competition with protesters
crowdsourced within major
Pennsylvania metropolitan areas
necessitating president

to confront inconvenient truth
he (whom even
Voldemort would not name)
must trumpet forth progressive
unilateral...

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Categories: absentee, 12th grade, absence, celebration, confidence, fate, hate,
Form: Political Verse
Electorate On Tenterhooks Until
Electorate on tenterhooks until...
outcome of 2020 presidential election announced

Polling places slated to open seven o'clock
in the morning November third two thousand twenty
heightened tensions will strain patience
to breaking point concerning
extreme anticipation common joe experiences
(biden his/her time)
regarding...

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Categories: absentee, 12th grade, bullying, change, environment, grave, horror,
Form: Free verse
Rabbit Dna

Hare trigger instincts
always served Roger well
He had an oh, no-no lettuce nose — 
a hyper-keen sense   when to leave
Roger was rabbit good
at knowing when
to skip out    on his responsibilities ...

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Categories: absentee, parents, parody, truth, wisdom,
Form: Ode
Wednesday the 27th
Not happy
not unhappy
not satisfied
not unfulfilled
being a cancer makes me susceptible to  the energy that surrounds me
it also makes me aware of my downfalls
i am a baptist  but hardly  pray
i am a ...

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Categories: absentee, black african american, life, loss, mother, father,
Form: Blank verse
Piecing Together Harris Kuritsky Tattered Family Tree
Piecing together Harris/ Kuritsky tattered family tree
(Betsy Ross would beam at unflagging effort)

Ah, here all along yours truly
thought himself an abductee,
and/or zoologically
linkedin with chimpanzee,
hence imagine my disappointment
flipping laminated pages ye

ja undertook undoubtedly
painstaking effort,
plus wireless subcommittee
stitched...

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Categories: absentee, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form: Free verse
Walk Away
Pain inflicted
My life suddenly conflicted with such conviction. 
At a young age witnessing things I wish I never had to or didn't. 
Scarring a beautiful soul, it's dark.
Breaking all of what I had, my heart....

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Categories: absentee, abuse, anger, betrayal, corruption, feelings, how i
Form: Lyric
Allow the Mind
Allow the mind
Afford its need to conjure
Profound:
If exaltation and majesty
Require a bit of provocation and amnesty today
Humor:
As remedy and coagulation
From the bleeding of
Pain, stress and anger
Affection:
To reach out from solitary
Disconnectedness and remind
Ourselves that human beings...

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Categories: absentee, humanity, imagery, imagination, introspection, judgement, language,
Form: Free verse
Pipe Dreaming Democracy
Today’s a day that’s supposedly filled with political rhapsody/
Yet I sit down and write these words in full spiritual apathy/
I rather be electing a leader whose ideas can capture me/
Chattel ghosts are after me so...

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Categories: absentee, conflict, political,
Form: I do not know?
2009 Apology To Us Amerindians
Layli Long Soldier speaks ...
Legalese: with lots of "Whereas"

Her Lakota people make other news in praying -
She really believes in prayer as resistance

Yes, "Indians" are so very different
But I have not read, ever, they fought...

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© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: absentee, america, history, immigration, international, peace,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Le Squirrel Sat For Le Painter
Le Squirrel Sat For Le Painter

His canvass set
And oils based,
He zeroed onto her providence.
His lips miming
Rhode Island here
Big Apples there.
She scowled her impatience.
Her eyes dismissing his.
Although,
Him noting her dark chocolates,
Sweet looking,
Cloaked as balls of fire,
And...

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Categories: absentee, art, betrayal, parody,
Form: Personification
Twin Aborted Truth
	
She refuses to bring a child
into this cradle contaminated world
Even herself, she wished
were never brought into it

With stillborn immature regret,
she woulda flatline wrapped the umbilical cord
around herself ...
And let the ultrasound noise
drown her,
with a suicide...

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Categories: absentee, abortion, pain, truth, wisdom,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Do Not Give a Place To the Devil Ephesians 4:27
Ephesians 4:27 admonishes all believers in Jesus Christ, not to give a place to the devil.  As a direct result of our anger because when we lose control of our own emotions, the devil...

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Categories: absentee, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Scotland People Driven From Home
I sat there as yet another
refugee looked at me 
and ran me down
with the statement 

Your ancestors invaded
Australia your ancestors 
invaded New Zealand
yet what a racist statement

what is the difference today
with the refugees coming into
Australia...

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Categories: absentee, inspiration, international,
Form: Narrative
The Funky Train 2
The nation is very rich indeed
 But,
 Wounded out of loss direction;
 Wounded out of lack of ambition,
 Weeping out of lack of impulse;
 Wounded out  of  lack  of imagination,
 Ingeniously exhumed...

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Categories: absentee, urbanloss, cry, loss,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Poets Are a Funny Lot
Poets are a funny lot
they come for what is sizzling hot
Compassionate? Most times they're not!
they give your rhymes a decent shot
curious to see what you have got
compare and contrast on the spot
criticize the missing dot
or...

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Categories: absentee, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
At the Foot of the Unknown Soldier
At the foot of the unknown soldier
I heard them speak about the past
The generation born after the war
I heard them sing of warfare
Like children recite rhymes 
I heard their threats of war 
Even from lands...

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Categories: absentee, africa, angst, betrayal, metaphor, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Night Train To Berlin Extract
I write upon the page 
Words plucked from the air 
The clarity of the moment passes 
My words falter, fade and disappear 
Return a moment later 
Vibrant with life 
Razor sharp and crystal clear, 
The...

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© W.A. Cholt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: absentee, introspection, journey, life,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs