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Premium Member Enola Gay
Enola Gay

There on the ‘North Field’ tarmac of Tinian Island, Marianas;
Taxis the sleek designed ‘Boeing B-29 Superfortress’ to ready for take-off. 1
Glistening, polished aluminum under the blaring floodlights filmed for posterity,
Maneuvers' the ‘Enola Gay’, chosen...

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Categories: contributed, education, history, usa, war, world, world war
Form: Verse



Premium Member Cooperative Feministas
Cooperative Feministas
are not quite so much Competitive Manifestos.

In David Holmgren's introduction to Permacultural Therapeutic Design,
he contrasts "Industrial Culture" with "Sustainable Culture"
kind of like comparing masculine LeftBrain culture
with feminist RightBrain enculturation, nurturance, resonance
over the longer-term scenaria,
rather...

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Categories: contributed, anti bullying, caregiving, destiny, health, humanity, humor,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Unquotable Quotes: L 50 - Tongue-Teasing Epigrams
UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: L (50) - Tongue-Teasers

The « early bird catches the worm » only because the worm has not woken up yet.

« I don’t love you ! I hated your father ! » - must...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: contributed, art, humor, irony, women, word play,
Form: Epigram
Premium Member The Crow Bar
"The Crow Bar"

she said,
here I bury my dead,
you can hear them sleeping
somnulent forget-me-nots,
snoring blithely unaware,
in neat rows between 
the thick,
ink injected lines,
their soiled lives
ploughed and 
turned over 
replanted
sunnyside down
expunged and 
wrung out

eventually,
not totally oblivious, 
they...

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Categories: contributed, love, muse, satire,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Chapter 17-- Molly and Dolly and Polly: Damian
First week  of March  2025
Last  week of March
Melancholy Molly and her sister 
Dolly stopped by  for a chat with 
Eat  some pizza Polly 
(nick name due to her Appetite for...

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Categories: contributed, character, confidence, growth, house, identity, imagery, romance,
Form: Prose



My jubilant latent, nascent poetic tribute to black history month
My jubilant latent, nascent poetic tribute to black history month

Which acknowledgement ought to be year round,
similar to altruistic, humanistic, and philanthropic
unconditional acceptance and respect
crafted with the following words 
mostly written January 23rd, 2023,
cuz I, (a...

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Categories: contributed, abuse, africa, age, america, anger, betrayal, black
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Niitthaar Perumai, the Fundamental Role of the Ascetic, Canto 3 of the Thirukkural By Thiruvalluvar
Niithaar Perumai, the Fundamental Role of Ascetics, Canto 26 of the Thirukkural, the Tamil Classical Treatise on Ethics, Translation and Commentary by T. Wignesan 


[Given the scarcity of information (mostly conflicting even then) on the...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: contributed, education, humanity, life, philosophy, retirement, tamil,
Form: Epigram
Premium Member K169 and K170 of Canto Xvii of the Thiruk-Kural With Translations and Commentary
K169 and K170 of CANTO XVII of the THIRUK-KURAL with Translations and Commentary

[If one could put together all that has been said, written and published on the Thiruk-Kural and on its progenitor Thiru-Valluvar, it could...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: contributed, bible, evil, hate, jealousy, people, tamil,
Form: Epigram
Premium Member My Veteran Friend
I have a friend who is a veteran.                           ...

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Categories: contributed, friend, veterans day, war,
Form: Narrative
I Celebrate You My Friend
The year that is about to make its last appearance 
before it dies and is buried to be only given a place 
in the history of our existence has brought  ?e joy, 
l° shall...

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Categories: contributed, adventuregod, people, god, love, people, time, perspective,
Form: ABC
April 9th, 2025 birthday poem for dearly departed papa
April 9th, 2025 birthday poem for dearly departed papa

Elysian fields long since embraced dada's soul
which rocketed into aerospace
(courtesy General Electric satellite)
just a tad shy of 
fifty four plus months ago,
nevertheless melancholia
still plucks mine heart strings.

Mine...

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Categories: contributed, absence, abuse, adventure, anger, appreciation, bereavement, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Blocks View of His Feet
Blocks View of His Feet

Trump not only is total loss but also complete;
Speaks same words several times and will repeat;
Ignorant sign off;
Retarded slightly above,
And big belly does block view of his both feet.

James Thesarious Hilarious...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: contributed, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
Shayna Punim You came a long way baby
Shayna Punim - You came a long way baby!

Though negligible communication
now transpires between us
twenty seven years ago
come February fourth,
two thousand and twenty five,
our lives (affecting yours truly
and that of mother, plus Eden
a caring older sister)
irrevocably...

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Categories: contributed, adventure, age, anniversary, beautiful, birthday, gender, hello,
Form: Free verse
Whatever Happened To Glasnost and Perestroika
Whatever Happened To Glasnost And Perestroika?

Hobbit those characters who lived 
within the realm 
of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
as far removed as
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
upon squelched cusp of progressivism,
now most likely 
experience bitterness at the...

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Categories: contributed, absence, angel, atheist, beautiful, betrayal, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
Approximately Three Plus Days Elapsed
Approximately three plus days elapsed...
without yours truly experiencing urge to defecate

Neither bloating nor constipation
arose, but one nondescript anguished
logophile anticipated intestinal blockage,
hence prophesying worse case scenario

I (predicated in direction for an adult)
ingested three Dulcolax tablets
and subsequently...

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Categories: contributed, adventure, america, anniversary, beautiful, courage, family, july,
Form: Free verse
The very abridged version recounting untold tragicomic storied life of Matthew Scott Harris
The very abridged version recounting untold tragicomic storied life of Matthew Scott Harris

I led a boring life.
The end.

All joking aside, now the epilogue.

As a bookish fellow born January 13th,1959
he attended school and got promoted
as a...

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Categories: contributed, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th
Form: Free verse
Praise
An old farmer, his wife and little daughter,  had dinner in their farm house before going to sleep,

A gang of four thieves, showed up on the farm in a dirty, old truck,  to...

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Categories: contributed, music, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Deciphering Crossword Puzzles, Cryptograms and Scrabblegrams Once Favorite Pastimes
Deciphering crossword puzzles, cryptograms and scrabblegrams once favorite pastimes

Livingsocial at 324 Level Road
circa post high school graduation
found yours truly voluntarily holed up
for an inordinate amount of time
within familiar four walls of his bedroom.

He preferred solitude versus
interacting...

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Categories: contributed, 12th grade, angel, anxiety, books, boy, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Reflections Upon Mine Gender Identity Redux
Reflections upon mine gender identity redux

Although heterosexual 
predilections punctuated
physiological pulsations 
about five inches below
innie belly button of mine 
showcasing undersize
male member, when fully erect 
not much to crow
about, contributed 
diminished masculinity within
body electric regarding 

wordsmith...

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Categories: contributed, age, analogy, anxiety, atheist, birth, boy, confidence,
Form: Free verse
Translation: Ech Day Me Cometh Tydinges Thre
Ech day me cometh tydinges thre
"Each Day Three Tidings Come to Me"
(anonymous Middle English poem, circa the 13th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Each day I’m plagued by three doles,
These gargantuan weights on my...

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Categories: contributed, angst, anxiety, death, depression, england, fear, sorrow,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Monoku Monday - Jan 2021
"2020 Hindsight Collaboration"  Posted 4 Jan 2021

new year's resolutions      things that go in one year and out the other

I resolve to avoid all fatty and unhealthy...   ...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: contributed, new year,
Form: Monoku
Whatever Happened To Glasnost and Perestroika
Whatever Happened To Glasnost And Perestroika?

Hobbit those characters who lived 
within the realm 
of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
as far removed as
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
upon squelched cusp of progressivism,
now most likely 
experience bitterness at the...

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Categories: contributed, adventure, appreciation, bullying, confidence, destiny, grave, integrity,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Chapter 145-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: Homes for the HOMEBOUND
Date: February  2051

It was a cool winter morning. No
Troubles all probable possibilities
Rounds out to be a winning networth
Of $375 billion fortune for 
Damian. He was in Contemplation
 style in his office for a while
He...

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Categories: contributed, allusion, birth, child,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member He's Mr Know It All - Now a Collaboration
Old blabber mouth gets on my wick
His attitude makes me quite sick
He plays to the crowd 
Is brash and so loud 
My husband thinks he's an idiot!

Inspired by Stevie Wonder Song on the Radio today...

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Categories: contributed, humorous, voice,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Mighty Oak Tree, Its Acorns Fed Many
Mighty Oak Tree, Its Acorns Fed Many
  (A Native American Food Source)

Hard-cast shell
flung down in Fall,
food for man and beast
nuggets of forested treasure,

Nature
sprinkles its bounty
majestic Oaks rain
fruited missiles to ground:

thy treasure feeds life itself
creatures...

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Categories: contributed, creation, history, humanity, native american, nature, tree,
Form: Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things