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Epilogueif you have taken the time to browse through this eclectic collection of self-indulgent foolishness, I hope you’ve been entertained by the quirkiness of its content, or at the very least, annoyed by the pervasiveness...
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Categories:
browse, allegory, literature,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Alice, What's Going OnAlice, did th' afternoon grow long an' dull;
As your older sister did read an' mull?
While in your mind, boredom grew-
That you'd grown restless no one knew!
That's what came before th' fall-...
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Categories:
browse, adventure, cat, children, fantasy, imagery, imagination, youth,
Form:
Couplet
Mating of the Rich and FamousI once walked into my backyard
and found two slugs mating in a bucket
I had just learned how slugs go about mating,
or trust-I would have been rightly confused
Here hangs a long line of slime, almost...
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Categories:
browse, animal, beauty, cat, dance, love, nature,
Form:
Prose
Not What We Expected - 2nd Half of Text - Plus Full AudioHere's the deal, folks...
This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 2 parts.
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Categories:
browse, humor,
Form:
Narrative
What You Are, What You Mean To MeWhat You Are, What You Mean To Me...
Oh Wife! You are my life,
around which I spin my daily axis -
My work, dealings, obligations, routine is as a nexus,
Interacting connecting life with gratified emotional plexus...
You...
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Categories:
browse, dedication, destiny, devotion, husband, love, marriage, wife,
Form:
Narrative
What Fascinates MeOn one sleepless night, ...
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Categories:
browse, earth, god, moon,
Form:
Couplet
Speechless Part 2*
The heart may fall in love unwillfully
so, in a script will lie my paramour.
Oh manic quest, I've sworn to set you free
to let the ink's imagination soar.
I’ve found a place to court a writer’s muse;
this...
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Categories:
browse, romance,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Soul Surfer
"Soul Surfer"
I bought some sea shell beads
today,
stood by the ocean
while the half sharp winter wind
washed
through
me
and
whispered stinging sticatto
cold licks next to my ear, so sincerely -...
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Categories:
browse, freedom, romance, trust,
Form:
Romanticism
When All Is Set and Done, Make Sure You Leave LivingWHEN ALL IS SET AND DONE, MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE LIVING:
Born a sinner to break free from sin chain,
So many issues we see as they pertain.
A generational consequence inevitably arraigned,
The life of both young and...
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Categories:
browse, destiny, life,
Form:
Lyric
To the Heart of Viking Legends and Thor's Great Oath, Part One,To The Heart Of Viking Legends And Thor's Great Oath,
Part One, (In tribute to, the poem, "The Old Gods",
by Calvin Dill Wilson)
When the Olden Gods cast mortals aside
such was hopeless and part of divine Fate
Now...
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Categories:
browse, creation, fantasy, hope, humanity, imagination, mythology, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
Are We To Believe Lies Dark World Has ToldAre We To Believe Lies Dark World Has Told
When I hope for goodness to always win,
Ride my old horse well before break of dawn,
While nature gifts its beauty of a fawn
Am I to be chastised...
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Categories:
browse, creation, life, perspective, poetry, religious, word play,
Form:
Sonnet
Questions In a BookstoreI love working in a bookstore…being surrounded by the diversity of books is sweet…but I also love the diversity of the people, in the bookstore, whom I meet.
People from all across the world walk in...
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Categories:
browse, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
The Day Light(please send commentary to: misscindycayton@rocketmail.com )
The day~
What does it mean?
Some effects are the rooster crows on time, the sun rises and soon sets as we
grow one day older.
Some look back on the days gone...
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Categories:
browse, creation, journey, life,
Form:
Free verse
Air TravelAIR TRAVEL
When travelling by air, the first thing that you do,
Is gather all your stuff and pack your bags,
And especially when you travel by plane,
Make sure they are all equipped with luggage tags.
We usually print...
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Categories:
browse, flying, humorous, travel, vacation,
Form:
Rhyme
11 Eleven Types of Facebook Users Muslim VersionIn the Name of Allah
The Most Gracious
The Most Merciful
11 Types Of FACEBOOK
Users
A poem about eleven
users
On FaceBook –Just
from my observation:
Not to brag nor to
annoy anyone -
This is to merely
share information.
In no particular
order, they are:
One: The talented
chefs...
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Categories:
browse, internet
Form:
Rhyme
Moors of Winscombe FaceIt was on the night of midsummer's eve, there was a pregnant pause. Not even a leaf was moving,
the sky so starry bright and the moon benevolently shining lighting up the moors.
It was the kind...
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Categories:
browse, moon, nature, night, star,
Form:
Haibun
How Sweet It IsHOW SWEET IT IS
I had just completed a Marathon, and felt as if I had run through every Galaxy in the Milky Way. I stopped by Wal-Mart to browse and cool down. ...
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Categories:
browse, addiction, beauty, candy, children,
Form:
Free verse
Weep For Me I'M DyingOf a distant land I ponder.
Of a country torn asunder.
Of Zimbabwe ne'er forgotten -
Where the life has turned so rotten.
Ah it tugs my heartstrings so -
This much loved land so full of woe.
In my dreams...
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Categories:
browse, nostalgia, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Life In Your EyesLife has no physical form or shape. Life is an essence we all calculate
We calculate our days by looking at a calender to see
What month, day or year were at.
Days go by quickly sometimes...
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Categories:
browse, allegory,
Form:
Free verse
The Petty Posh-Wahzee - Liberation and OstentationThe Petty Posh-Wahzee - Liberation & Ostentation
The Not-So Distant Past:
The fallen fighters for freedom, are unable to turn in their graves,
their battered, fragmented bones, mixed with a handful of torn rags,
are all that remain, a...
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Categories:
browse, allegory, angst, black african american, business, courage,
Form:
I do not know?
Passing ShipsWith most of the people we see every day…we’re like ships that pass in the night.
We see there’s someone over there…but we don’t often experience their light.
One of the things I love about working in...
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Categories:
browse, community, inspiration,
Form:
Rhyme
Lord God, You Are My Destination GuideJanuary 4 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Genesis 10-12
Key Verse – Genesis 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy...
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Categories:
browse, blessing, christian, faith, god, jesus, spiritual, thanksgiving,
Form:
Rhyme
Rejection Slips 4Rejection Slips 4
Editor's Notes
by Michael R. Burch
Eat, drink and be merry
(tomorrow, be contrary).
( and complain
in bad refrain,
but please, not till I'm on the plane!)
Write no poem before its time
(in your case, this...
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Categories:
browse, internet, poems, poetry, poets, social, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Battling AddictionNo one knew his background, he did not speak of family
Not even the one left, whom he felt was a burden
His younger sister with whom he’d been out of touch
Financially, he was doing alright,...
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Categories:
browse, dark, day, home, sister,
Form:
Narrative
Mother's StoriesI warned you about Mother telling her stories.
I warned you,
but you wouldn’t listen.
I warned you about the magic
of golem and djinn,
about lilac walks
and mysterious circuses.
Stranded mice,
abandoned mice,
runaway mice,
unexceptional princesses,
all fodder for the worst sort...
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Categories:
browse, books, childhood, fantasy, gothic, mystery, poets,
Form:
Free verse