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Athenian Epitaphs
Athenian Epitaphs

Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato

Does my soul abide in heaven, or hell?
Only the sea gulls
in their...

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Categories: excelled, death, eulogy, funeral, grave, loss, memorial day,
Form: Epigram



Premium Member MOST REVEREND ARCH BISHOP CARDINAL JEROME LISTEKI
OTETS THE MANY DAYS AND NIGHT YOU LENT ME YOUR 
DIVINE EAR THROUGH PRAYER DURING HARDSHIP TIMES 
AND ILLNESS RAISING MY GRANDDAUGHTER KEEPING HER 
SAFE IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS IN WISCONSIN OUR LADY OF 
MOUNT CARMEL...

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Categories: excelled, america, angel, miracle, seasons, teachers day, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
April 9th, 2024 would be ninety fifth birthday poem for dearly departed papa
April 9th, 2024 would be ninety fifth birthday poem for dearly departed papa

The following words crafted soon after the soul of me daddy set adrift into the empyrean realm joining the rank and file of...

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Categories: excelled, absence, age, anniversary, april, bereavement, death, father,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Charming Patterns
When still young,                                ...

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Categories: excelled, career, christian, marriage,
Form: Free verse
Me
I was born to be a survivor and a fighter.
That's why I became a writer.
As a child the physical abuse I endured.
Being a baby it was pretty absurd.

The child of recovering addicts.
Even one that still...

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© Erica Berg  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: excelled, absence, abuse, addiction, anger, depression, drug, how
Form: Rhyme



Our Baby Girl Turns 21
OUR BABY GIRL TURNS 21

ON 1ST JULY 1990~ THE ANGELS DID SOMETHING ALMIGHTY
FROM HEAVEN THEY SENT US OUR LIFE-LONG DESIRE-A PRECIOUS DAUGHTER TO LOVE AND ADMIRE.
TRUE TO YOUR NATURE YOU ARRIVED WITHOUT FUSS OR PAIN--THE...

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Categories: excelled, daughter, daughter, school, baby, nature, beautiful, age,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Growing
Two girls far apart leading different but crazy similar lives 
Lots of progress and work - arousing with small talk of becoming wives
But are those emotions genuinely what you wanna explore?
The journeys we will have,...

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Categories: excelled, girlfriend, women,
Form: Rhyme
April 9th, 2023 Birthday Poem For Dearly Departed Papa
April 9th, 2023 birthday poem for dearly departed papa

Borne aloft into the netherland
the body bearing thee soul   
of Boyce Brandon Harris
birth name given to my late father
buoyed aloft united with spirit
of mine late...

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Categories: excelled, age, anger, anniversary, appreciation, april, bereavement, birthday,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Eulogy For My Mother
Joyce Letitia Richmond-Solomon (A servant of God and a friend to man)

Every life has its seasons and God has created each individual for a purpose. Blessed and happy are those who discover their purpose and...

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Categories: excelled, bereavement, death, eulogy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Translation of Oothukkadu Venkata Subba Iyer's Poem Thaye Yashoda By T Wignesan
Translation of Oothukkadu Venkata Subba Iyer (circa 1700-1765)’s « THAYE YASHODA » by T. Wignesan


This devotional song and poem in Tamil (the principal Dravidian language which has spawned over twenty languages in the southern Indian...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: excelled, god, mother, religious, universe, , western,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
April 9th 2021 Birthday Poem For Dearly Departed Papa
April 9th, 2021 birthday poem for dearly departed papa

Elysian fields embraced dada's soul
which rocketed into aerospace
(courtesy General Electric satellite)
just a tad more'n six months ago,
nevertheless melancholy
still plucks mine heart strings.

Mine psyche still situated awry
placid countenance...

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Categories: excelled, absence, angel, april, bereavement, birthday, dad, death,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member X-Ray Oscar
(Pentagon E-ring office—executive officer knocks & enters—General motions him in)

XO,
Explain
examinees...

                         ...

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© Mark Toney  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: excelled, military, poetry,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Dear Dr Fred You Missed the Big One
When I was young,                               ...

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Categories: excelled, birthday, death, drug, mom, murder, sick, sports,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
The Kitchen Not the Cake
There’s cheap lunches in the Barley Tavern,
each Wednesday, when after one o’clock.
I always chose to eat beer battered fish,
plus mystery cake a little bit ad hoc.
And this Wednesday here in the tavern,
Ted Austin joined me...

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Categories: excelled, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Scrounging For Boogers Wrought My Damn Nostrils Nearly To Bust
Scrounging for boogers wrought my damn nostrils nearly to bust 

My humblest apology if the following account
doth gross thee out forlorn childhood of mine 
found further ostracization of me tantamount
being shipped off to  a...

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Categories: excelled, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member An Unlikely Encounter
There was once a young woman named Dawn.
She could be compared to Scrooge and the Grinch. Why? You might be wondering.
Because she hated and loathed everything that Christmas stood for.
She had nothing to be happy,...

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© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: excelled, christmas,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member What Politics Should Be
“A Man alone could never live
For this to achieve, a God must he be or 
A beast”* 

But

Since Man is neither a God nor a beast but 
Rather something in between, who is struggling the...

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Categories: excelled, men, political, power,
Form: Free verse
A Reformed Daughter of the Usa
Perhaps it was a bit of old moral Navy nostalgia misting from Dad's brow as he taught us moral just rule.
At times in my life, honoring my father and mother; one of the ten commandments--...

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© Cindy Lu  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: excelled, absence, dad, freedom,
Form: Narrative
Souls are Worth What You'd Sell for
My first enemy was one I should have loved
He claimed that he loved me but I suppose not enough
He carved the gaps in all my memories
And deprived me of what made me
A child at twelve...

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Categories: excelled, abuse, death of a friend, father daughter,
Form: Free verse
Something About Ed's Wife, Part I
I first met Ed’s wife when he moved in next door,
it was hard not to see such a beauty,
nearly six feet, with long, honey-blonde hair,
and skin as perfect as any movie.

Now I did not say...

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Categories: excelled, friend, life, loss, marriage, mystery, mythology, sad,
Form: Narrative
I hope this is enjoyed it was a fun post
Is it strange the things I say here
and how I just use this place to clear my brain.
Im not really trying I dot prethink what I say
I notice some of those things are pretty lame.

If...

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Categories: excelled, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
A Son of Virginia Who Is Loved In Philly
He was born a bouncing baby boy in the year 1975 in Hampton Virginia.

To two loving parents Ann Iverson and Allen Broughton.


While growing up in Hampton, the nick name "Bubba Chuck" was given to this...

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Categories: excelled, appreciation, basketball, career, christian, faith, father, heart,
Form: Free verse
Odyssey From Africa 11b
CHAPTER 11b The Island Kingdom, continued...

In an ocean-going vessel
Now this group of island warriors 
Journeyed on an expedition 
From the island to the mainland 

Han could sense a strength of purpose 
And a loyalty between...

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Categories: excelled, adventure, africa, endurance, history, mythology, nature, voyage,
Form: Narrative
The Eightieth Trimester, Part I
Huxley was in his nineteenth year,
a freshman at a fancy school,
the kind with excesses of ivy,
who claimed they accepted no fools.

The academics were no task,
he’d always excelled with his mind,
but finding like souls to fit...

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Categories: excelled, abortion, conflict, courage, culture, growth, political, truth,
Form: Narrative
To My Universal Moms
To vt
Gorgeously graceful the group of three
Great gals emit grin with glee
Exuberant energy encompasses
All the excitement and surpasses
Ethnicity finds its abode
In form of their drapes adored
South Indian bevy with bewitching smile
Thus goes an extra mile
One...

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Categories: excelled, angel, appreciation, art,
Form: Couplet

Book: Reflection on the Important Things