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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:
hackneyed, atheist, dark, destiny, gothic, history, husband, may,
Form:
Free verse
I Got Friggin Heebie Jeebies
I got friggin heebie jeebies
Cuz buzzards circle o'er me
eyeing these lovely bones prithee
id est Roy L. T. Canard, Si
hence impossible mission
to be lovey dove vee.
Vague remembrances of dream
which recurred with frequency
transfixed by...
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Categories:
hackneyed, angst, anxiety, betrayal, community, environment, faith, how
Form:
Rhyme
Unquotable Quotes: Xlvii - Tongue-Twisting Epigrams
UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: XLVII - Tongue Twisters
If you want to « have » your cake and « eat » it at one and the same time, simple enough, just split it into two equal parts like...
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Categories:
hackneyed, england, humor, satire, sensual,
Form:
Epigram
Words and Poetry
About Bill Posters and Bill Greenwell
Words not to use in poems
In 1993, I (Bill Greenwell) went on a three-day workshop with the poet Peter Sansom, who co-edits The North, and runs the Smith/Doorstop imprint. He’s...
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Categories:
hackneyed, education, poetry,
Form:
I do not know?
Jinxed Jesting Jejune Junior Jobber
Jinxed jesting jejune junior jobber...
just jabbering gibberish (A - J)
Again, another awkward ambitious
arduous attempt at alphabetically
arranging atrociously ambiguously
absolutely asinine avoidable alliteration.
Because...? Basically bonafide belching,
bobbing, bumbling, bohemian beastie boy,
bereft bummer, bleeds blasé blues, begetting
bloviated boilerplate bildungsroman,
boasting...
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Categories:
hackneyed, 1st grade, 2nd grade, adventure, age, birthday,
Form:
Free verse
On Writing Poetry
[A few years ago, I wrote this poem “On Writing Poetry” for creative writing students. I hesitated to put it on Poetry Soup, but I did some revisions and decided to share it with you....
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Categories:
hackneyed, poetry, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
A Mulatto
Otto`s life is not
their British
sickular motto
Grue is his banner
left by his
blue-eyed Brit mom
left long by one of
those hated South
African Paki
His guilty pleasures
in Green Street have
no recognition like
many such Aussies in
mulberry bushes
Yet he shovels the
stake of...
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Categories:
hackneyed, addiction, career, community, conflict, drug,
Form:
Free verse
A Self-Tutoring Translation of Rimbaud's Final Version Vowels In Contemporary Terms
A Self-Tutoring Translation of RIMBAUD's Final Version " Vowels " in Contemporary Terms
(" Vowels " (final version, without the definite article, with the poet's corrections) in RIMBAUD Œuvres complètes. Ed. by Pierre Brunel. Paris...
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Categories:
hackneyed, analogy, color, sound, surreal, symbolism, word play,
Form:
Sonnet
Hostage to Fortune
Written: September 09, 2025, for contest by Edward Ebah
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She was born beneath a...
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Categories:
hackneyed, analogy, community,
Form:
Free verse
Ductile Grace
Written: July 26, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann
Quote: "Be still, for the silence of God is the language of the soul." by Rumi
...
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Categories:
hackneyed, appreciation, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Death of a Poet
“When the pen falls silent that once danced to the muse’s command and when the poet’s heart no longer beats with rhyme, we realize that the poet in us is dead. It is a sad...
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Categories:
hackneyed, death, pain, poetess,
Form:
Elegy
In Life We Shared and In Death We Part
Dew drops fell on my eyelids,
as I lay upon dampened ground
I sighed and looked heavens up astound,
wishing for the pain to cease
I wiped my brow of all crease
with dismay my mind wonders
If it really is...
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Categories:
hackneyed, life, philosophyme, dream, dream, life, me,
Form:
Free verse
The Buzzard
Within the common (all purpose room)
at highland manor apartments aye
daily encounter, one bewitchingly dreaded
fiendishly horrible, jeeringly loopy,
nap noopy, pugnaciously ravenous,...
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Categories:
hackneyed, 11th grade, 12th grade, courage, farewell, humor,
Form:
Free verse
All About Love
No matter the subject, poetry,
somehow, is all about love --
Love, a poet's bread and butter.
Staple stapled to the writing
tip of his forever pen, and the backside
of his often used pencil. Falling in...
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Categories:
hackneyed, inspirational love, love, poetry, poets, romantic, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Stone - Mademoiselle L'Vampyre
STONE - MADEMOISELLE L'VAMPYRE
From out of all the darkest nights we've ever known
her heart as black as all the sins that man has shown
she came in scantly fitted laced atire
abreathing smoke, her body hot as...
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Categories:
hackneyed, abuse, addiction, beautiful, horror, paris,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
Madamoiselle L'Vampyre
MADEMOISELLE L'VAMPYRE
From out of all the darkest nights we've ever known
her heart as black as all the sins that man has shown
she came in scantly fitted laced attire
abreathing smoke, her body hot as fire,
and on...
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Categories:
hackneyed, betrayal,
Form:
Burlesque
Scherzos and Nocturnes
Hackneyed breath of words and the clichés hit the wall,
A stream of summoned nonsense bounces off of me like superstition,
Benevolent limits of indulgence, on the other hand, - oh, well!
The oeuvre of life, I...
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Categories:
hackneyed, life,
Form:
Free verse
Not To Be Neglected
Waiting for petrichor to rise ...
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Categories:
hackneyed, blessing, inspirational, love, poems, poets, words, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
A Self-Tutoring Translation of Rimbaud's the Vowels In Contemporary Terms
A Self-Tutoring Translation of RIMBAUD's " The Vowels " in Contemporary Terms
(" The Vowels " in the Paul Verlaine (first version) copy in RIMBAUD Œuvres complètes. Ed. by Pierre Brunel. Paris : Livres de Poche/La...
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Categories:
hackneyed, color, magic, metaphor, surreal, visionary, word play,
Form:
Sonnet
Sub-Atomic Particles
Sub-atomic particles
the atoms they form
molecules, cell organelles
cells, machinery of life
organs, organisms
communities and ecosystems
planets, solar systems, galaxies
galactic clusters and their inverse
black holes the doors to other
universes, a contradiction
in terms.
...
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Categories:
hackneyed, community, earth, god, language, life, poetry, science,
Form:
Verse
Califia Farms Coconut Almond Milk First Serving
Truth be told said topic minimally embellished
rather, prattling youthful looking
baby booming geezer
precious time (yours), he doth bilk
(cue sinister mock-up halloween voice)
moost valuable intangible
outstripping fine spun golden silk,
yet coronavirus (COVID-19) quarantine
drives dingbat to whole new level
wits...
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Categories:
hackneyed, 11th grade, 12th grade, addiction, dedication, earth,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Mademoiselle L'Vampyre
MADEMOISELLE L'VAMPYRE
From out of all the darkest nights we've ever known
her heart as black as all the sins that man has shown
she came in scantly fitted laced atire
abreathing smoke, her body hot as fire,
and on...
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Categories:
hackneyed, wifeheart, body, heart,
Form:
Imagism
Our Claim to Fame
Written: September 04, 2025, for contest sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker
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Death approaches, yes—
But we do not recoil.
We...
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Categories:
hackneyed, analogy, god,
Form:
Free verse
Donkey's Lament
"Why is it", the donkey mused, "that horses get all the glory?
Seems throughout the ages its the same old hackneyed story.
We go unheralded and are treated with utter disdain,
While horses bear king and emperor about...
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Categories:
hackneyed, animalsangel, angel,
Form:
Rhyme
Transformed By Willingness
I've been transformed by willingness, and a desire
to move forward without keeping sad things in mind.
Confident to smile with surprise and allowing love to flow in;
faces don't avoid my glances that were unfriendly and...
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Categories:
hackneyed, confusion, depression, friendship, girlfriend-boyfriend, health, hope, loss,
Form:
Couplet