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David Death
David Death

David Death was strong but handsome, 
But he suffered from much discrimination, 
Because his beauty was shaded, unlit, 
Which found him called ugly and unfit. 

He understood why this error occurred, 
So always made...

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Categories: cognate, computer, death, desire, internet, life, nature, self,
Form: Tail-rhyme



Return From Egypt
Return from Egypt
Matthew 2:19-23

After the Christ’s left for Egypt, where they avoided King Herod,
For five whole years, because in the fifth year Herod simply died,
Mary and Joseph arose, took the boy and his joinery wear,...

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Categories: cognate, angel, atheist, christmas, community, history, jesus, religion,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member fallen down -
     my angel, fallen ...

            gossamer linen, violet lace
           ...

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Categories: cognate, imagery, metaphor, muse, passion, sensual, soulmate, true
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member fallen down -
* This is a rather intricate form I created called a “Torridelle” - I hope you enjoy it! *

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my Angel, fallen ...

 ...

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Categories: cognate, analogy, body, love, metaphor, passion, sensual, sexy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Odin's Brood
Odin's Brood



Tyr, Ziu and Saxnot triple threats to the giants*
Hermoor, Heimdallr, Magni and Thor all so defiant
gods of might and power, protectors of sweet earth
Odin's brave brood , courage and strength since birth

Vali, so very...

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Categories: cognate, earth, evil, god, mythology, strength, universe,
Form: Rhyme



Clumsy Oaf
in her people’s wisdom,
The author said,
"No Native language has
a cognate for “human” as
separate from other beings."
The NPR interviewer sighed and
became excited by the unity
of all things and the serenity
implied in this foreign paradigm.

I’ve read enough...

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Categories: cognate, angst, anxiety, nature, perspective, philosophy, social, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Successor's Name Is Death-Bell
The most audacious dynasty will beget darker.
When I'm not on the moon, prefer courtship.
When a child is accustomed to bearing a light.
A scotopic vision marker to support you to view finer at night.
"Follow the Dust,"...

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cognate, analogy, anxiety, bereavement, courage, farewell, inspirational, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
The Human Nature
How weird is the human nature,
How unscrupulous is he a creature.
He acts like a god when he is strong,
He becomes reluctant to admit that he can 
Ever be wrong,
He dreams of owning the whole planet,
He...

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© Humera Ali  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cognate, life, people, may, planet,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Red Square, So Rare
Oh, you ARE a beauty, that's sure
          And are we really so different, you and I?
          ...

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Categories: cognate, analogy, appreciation, beauty, nature, sky, stars, universe,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dolores VOICED NOT A WOMAN OF SORROW DAUGHTER OF REJOICE-Dedicated verse for Delores Matthews
Dolores VOICED NOT A WOMAN OF SORROW DAUGHTER OF REJOICE-

Delores, daughter humanity the world of Sorrows.
Spanish named and is a form of Dolores.
Named of a time
Generations of pain, of sorrow

Father sought to gift you voice
Within...

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Categories: cognate, analogy, appreciation, dedication, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
I'Ll Be Right Back
Embroidery whose titan never gets credit
An empire whose founder is long forgotten
And exists only as an adage, whose tale relives
Long forgotten history
History that ministered hope to those dimming out
Shone paths to those whose itinerary was...

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© Real Heman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cognate, confidence, courage,
Form: Free verse
The Magic Mushroom
Fungi, fungus, funguses thousand fold,
eukaryotic life kingdom of yeast and mold.

Ancient legends and myths from many times,
beginnings and ends through mulching slimes.

Egyptians sensed the connection in fungi to gods,
only Pharaohs allowed to have them as...

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Categories: cognate, 12th grade, metaphor, mystery, spiritual,
Form: Ballade
Indifference of the Different
A gong sounds again
Squalled with familiar war cries
Bringing me on my feet again
To pick the best tools, drop the fries
One more bite and I’m the next casualty
Picking military regalia, dress down to the task’d
My alert...

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© Real Heman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cognate, analogy, deep, introspection, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
From Granite To Sand
i see the city from a high drift
all those shimmering lights
somewhere out in that sea of halogen and high wattage
you exist
i have an idea where 
but i'm not certain
the man-made horizon seems to shift
like a...

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Categories: cognate, introspection, people, places,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Coyote Corner
Image of Coyote Animal Snow by Pixabay

Coyote Corner

Coyotes are wolves near cognate brothers,
closer to jackals who are bred o'er seas,
plus, noted slang for smugglers of mothers
and tots who lacked to grasp the ABCs.

Found hereabouts the...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cognate, animal, character,
Form: Sonnet
Meaningfulness of Life
A human being constantly remains 
heated up in the fire of struggles.
that fire not only burns him 
but also melts him down
heartiness and blaze are virtues of fire
and we call them 
compassion and delinquescence
discontentment is...

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Categories: cognate, life, spiritual, truth,
Form: Prose Poetry
Kites
Kites fly high; trees grow tall
Crackers go up ; vapours reach clouds.

Signs of progress; directions to function
Indicating  vigour ; actions of dedication.

Kites a cognate of Chinese first
Kites a pastime & sport for rest
Kites –kings...

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Categories: cognate, color, sky,
Form: Free verse
Ordeal For Real
Why did Donald Trump emerge, 
As a presidential frontrunner?  
Why did people call a businessman, 
To be a political gun, a stunner? 

Politics is in disrepute today, 
Requiring tight legal regulation, 
Because advantage has been...

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Categories: cognate, america, character, leadership, money, political, power,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Love That Is True
am I made of glass or not I  see no reflection 
am I solid like the rose do I know reflection 

does my scent cling onto him each time I disappear 
does my spirit...

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Categories: cognate, love, magic,
Form: Ghazal
As I Watch the Cognate
I can’t help by slip and fall
As I watch the cognate shudder
But the top of this link is indeed tall

Who cares, when for some reason it was smoothened?
On purpose, to test my stamping gait
As I...

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Categories: cognate, life, sad,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Immortal Gene
Irrefutable evolution conduits 
        Matter tip toes through tunnels
        Microscopic nano shifts continue 
       ...

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Categories: cognate, baby, blessing, endurance, graduation,
Form: Acrostic
Inside Cautions
INSIDE CAUTIONS…?

Knitting some dreams within my heart
Hastly I wished to become her part
Unknown to hurdles ,I stand out for my emotions
She refused but,after giving some “CAUTIONS4”
Havoc started inside the Inwardness
Is that a girl…?,whose name is...

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Categories: cognate, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme

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