Long Decked Poems

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A CRYSTALLINE COLLAGE

A.COUPLETS

IN SIGHT'S EYE

Ideas with nowhere to hide
An eureka moment inside

Indistinct ,then becoming clear
Words & pictures coming near-

A passage of light to my soul,
Inspiration to make me whole.

LOVE'S STORY

Can a letter break a heart
Like the look...

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Categories: decked, appreciation,
Form: Crystalline


The Tea Party

"Go on forth young graduates,

And show us who you are

You're now our future leaders

We know you will go far"

And so commencement ended

Pictures done and people changed

Now, off to private parties

All orderly pre-arranged

But four young girls...

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Categories: decked, america, future, graduate, graduation, life, sad, society,
Form: Epic

Friday May 13th 2022

Friday May 13th, 2022

An excerpt taken from a lengthy tome,
written courtesy a favorite poet of mine.

Paraskevidekatriaphobia  struck within a blink,
I swear yours truly never took a drink,
nevertheless he witnessed
and falsely accused of being a...

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Categories: decked, atheist, dark, destiny, gothic, history, husband, may,
Form: Free verse

How I Became a Street Boy

Can a lioness tender care
Cease towards the child she bare
Yes she may be forgetful
Yet I shall never forget you
Words of mom on that fateful day
As she lay there in the most pitiable way
She drew me...

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© Onah Edwin  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: decked, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
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The Lily Maid of Astolat

The knight of knights, Sir Lancelot,
From far away in Camelot,
Went by a way that he knew not
And thus, by chance, spied Astolat
With sunset's gleam upon her tow'rs:
T'was there he met the maid Elaine,
With hair as...

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Categories: decked, devotion, farewell, first love, heartbroken, history,
Form: Rhyme


Ten Years, Somewhere In Their Lost Neighbourhood

“Ten Years, Somewhere in their Lost Neighbourhood”

Of course,
he said, like a god,
there is no course,
one must simply go with the flow
the penumbra stands waivering its existence,
a kind of deactivation, fuzzy borderline hanging, 
backing the art...

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Categories: decked, muse,
Form: Narrative

Number forty seven White House occupant against all odds

Number forty seven - White House occupant against all odds...

regarding President elect 
Donald John Trump.

As a cruel joke to self,
I imagined myself as a Republican
for that one glorious day
voting for the candidate
who clinched the nomination
as...

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Categories: decked, abuse, america, anger, anxiety, betrayal, depression, destiny,
Form: Free verse

Ah methinks I could sleep forever

Ah... methinks I could sleep forever

Basking in a supine position
with eyes wide shut
while the space heater churns out
fast moving molecules of heat
solitudinarian drowsy thinker fêted
by miniature fantasy 
of tropical island paradise
accompanying and populating slumber
courtesy flickering,...

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Categories: decked, adventure, appreciation, atheist, beautiful, freedom, humorous, motivation,
Form: Rhyme

Every January first of the new year

Every January first of the new year...

finds me (a doggone muttering Homo sapien)
to give pause for reminiscences
and to take stock (sh lock and barrel)
about mein kampf in general
and previous three hundred
and sixty five days in...

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Categories: decked, adventure, age, america, angel, anniversary, celebration, humorous,
Form: Free verse
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Once Upon a Time

There stood a castle on the summit of a hill
Now fallen to decay, hidden among bushes wild
It perched like an eagle’s nest on the steep hill
It was owned by a Lord, gentle and mild

Blessed with...

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Categories: decked, celebration, cute love, irony, marriage,
Form: Rhyme

Winter Weary - a Seasonal Tale

Winter Weary
A rhyme that sends a winters “chill’.
With snow, not knowing where to start.
But as he’s had some time to “chill”. 
A fellow with a changing heart.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~...

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© Old Buck  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: decked, poetry, snow,
Form: Rhyme
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Thankful


I remember…

Waking up with an eagerness
That can only be felt, never described
By mere nouns, verbs or adjectives –
This was a feeling more precious than gold,
More electrifying than that string of lights
Placed so perfectly on tender...

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Categories: decked, appreciation, faith, inspirational, inspirational love, thank you,
Form: Free verse

Daylight Savings Time Ends November 5th 2023 Means

Daylight Savings Time Ends – November 5th 2023 means...

discombobulated, harried, and lobotomized
state of body, mind, and spirit triage.

Onset of dark shadows signalling edge of night
occurs earlier as the world turns  
beckoning, hinting, robbing passage...

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Categories: decked, autumn, business, confusion, dark, father, light, november,
Form: Rhyme
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Titanic

Global pride! Greatest story-theme worldwide! Oceanic!
Voyage liner - Atlantic! British cruise ship! Titanic!
Born in the yard of Harland and Wolf! Floated to venture!
Who did ever dream of a deadliest wreck- adventure?

Christened after Titans of the...

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Categories: decked, adventure, beauty, boat, fear, life, love,
Form: Rhyme
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Unquotable Quotes: Beggars - Xxx

Unquotable quotes: Beggars - XXX

Who said beggars cannot be choosers?

Who chooses for them the place, the moment or the people they choose to beg from; the hours of the begging day; the alms they refuse;...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: decked, august, french, holiday, leadership, power, sun,
Form: Epigram
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War, Is Unholy Hell

War, Is Unholy Hell

War is wicked rot and most holy hell
 man's evil is its murdering spell
Yet mankind never ever truly learns
 love and faith it arrogantly spurns

Poetry by the great Siegfried Sassoon
 glows like...

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Categories: decked, conflict, dark, death, sorrow, war, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme

The following fictitious scenario I evoke

The following fictitious scenario I evoke

Analogous to fire breathing 
puffed up imaginary dragon
(in a land called Honah Lee)
ye might rightly think
what the deuce
haunting spectre ace of spades 
goodfella aiming to be a poet all about,
meaning...

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Categories: decked, adventure, age, america, angel, appreciation, blessing, celebration,
Form: Rhyme

The Freckled Face of a Girl

~~~
Dappled grey horses
sweat crusted and weary
hooves drifting dust
lift a day
passing dreary
The harness bells faded
reigned in at the rill
a cool running brook
near the base of our hill
~
My eyes
I'm a lad
scant older than four
brought visions to mind
full...

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© Rex Mccoy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: decked, family, first love, heart, lost love,
Form: Ballad

Upon the precipice of an abyss

Upon the precipice of an abyss

I stand able, eager, & ready to jump
impossible mission to swallow lump
muscles primed analogous to pump
prayer for soft landing on mine rump
bereft this johnny come lately trump
petting and donning shock...

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Categories: decked, 6th grade, 7th grade, absence, age, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
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Christmas In July

Author’s Note:
'Christmas in July', which is also known as Yulefest or Yuletide in Australia. July is generally the coldest month of winter, so celebrations emulate the atmosphere of the northern hemisphere winter. So that means...

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Categories: decked, anxiety, christmas, depression, emotions, humorous, mother, tribute,
Form: Narrative

The Bride of Christ

To the bride of Christ I pen this letter.

Aya Jesu
Nwanyi Chineke.

I see you wobbling your feet lazily.
Blissfully content with the comfort of this world.
Forgetting you were sent on an errand.
For this world remains a marketplace....

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Categories: decked, christian, devotion, gospel, humor, journey, joy, love,
Form: Ballad
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Janus face VS An Act of Kindness

JANUS FACE  Posted : 11-11-2023  Form : Free Verse

“I hold a delightful being and an undesirable being inside of me. 
            ...

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Categories: decked, marriage,
Form: Free verse
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Dwm Senior Dance Days

“…Let the sunshine (and let the sun shine on in)
Let the sunshine in (You got to open up your heart)…"
-- From Aquarius, by The 5th Dimension


The times they were a-changing,
an age of great unrest.
A Ball...

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© Eric Cohen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: decked, 12th grade, age, growing up, high school,
Form: Rhyme
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Thiruk-Kural On Women Who Know No Bounds: Canto 92 Varaivin Makalir K913,K919 and K920

The THIRUK-KURAL on Women who know no bounds : Canto 92 – K913, K919 and K920

(Thiru-Valluvar comes down heavily on women of the « oldest profession in the world » in this Canto 92 consigned...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: decked, drink, men, money, tamil, women,
Form: Epigram
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Am I the Assassin Or the Undertaker

Am I the Assassin 
        or the Undertaker

                   For Palani...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: decked, death, grief, morning,
Form: Elegy
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