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Premium Member Translation of Canto Xvi Hell By Dante
Already I reached the place where heard the sound
Of falling water in the circle next
Suchlike the rumble done by hives around,

When three spirits together changed their treks,
Running, out of  an horde just passing there
Under...

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Categories: hard(a), fantasy,
Form: Terza Rima



Premium Member Canto Xxiii Hell Translation Part 1
Silent, alone, with no mates at all
We went on there one forth the other back,
Like the minor friars a narrow way crawl.

Of the Aesop’s tale was now on the track
My thought after the previous seen...

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Categories: hard(a), fantasy,
Form: Terza Rima
Sweet Little Marigold

She was a dairymaid, oh so sweet;
many a year ago.
Her figure was trim, her hair was neat,
with ringlets tied up in a bow.
And many a farmer would leave his plough,
the turkeys and chickens, and even...

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Categories: hard(a), beauty, devotion, song-
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Flight of the Firefly
I walked a wooded path at night;
Down in the vale: a hint of light.
It shone as through an open door:
A faint, soft glow, and little more,
And sounds of bells, to my delight.

I crept up close...

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© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hard(a), adventure, fantasy,
Form: Quintilla
Premium Member Moderna Commedia, Canto 1, Part 2
Egli in tal modo il proprio carro aggancia
A quello del bieco suo alleato
Che adesso verso l’est la sfida lancia.
He in this way his chariot hooks
To the one of his awry ally
Who now to east his...

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Categories: hard(a), dream,
Form: Terza Rima



A Call From a Son
A Call From A Son

When you called today
I sensed in your voice “sweet smiles”.
I heard a slight hint of laughter
Sent out to me, all of those miles.

You were driving on your way home
After working so...

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© Old Buck  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hard(a), age, anxiety, father son, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
The Saving of Joel Claughtrey, Part Iii
Joel just collapsed into the brown dirt,
clutching his face in both of his palms,
cried,”Running Moon, the day that you ‘died,’
was the day my life started to go wrong!

“I drank for days, mourning for you so,
It...

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Categories: hard(a), adventure, family, father son, lost love, love,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Walk the Tightrope
Trudging through thorny and rocky paths,
His feet often got cracked and torn.
Yet he persevered, for he had a lovely family.
His dear one stood by his side as a pillar of support,
Sharing the joys and hardships...

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Categories: hard(a), angst, dark, endurance, fate,
Form: Prose Poetry
Money the Root of All Evil
Ever wonder why pains progress?
The world's under money a' stress,
Systems of exchange beat's a' brow,
The rich get richer, the poor a' dow.

For years on end the lord's not blessed,
Thanks and praise a' words a' test,
Blessed...

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Categories: hard(a), abuse, anger, money, political, symbolism, war, world,
Form: Political Verse
Seed
A seed fell from a lady’s heart; it fell in to the ground, 
A ground of brick, of ash and tar, a crack within it found. 
The seed of little chance to grow was watered...

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Categories: hard(a), absence, abuse, addiction, analogy, beauty, betrayal, care,
Form: I do not know?
What would I tell my 19 year old self
What would I tell my 19-year-old self?

At nineteen, standing at the cliff's edge,
News hit me hard, a storm in my head.
Reached out for a lifeline, asked, "Which way to tread?"
They said, "Return to your roots,...

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Categories: hard(a), addiction, age, angst, cancer, creation, growing up,
Form: Bio
Dont Get Me Started
Why is technology more difficult to grasp, the more they try to simplify it? Take the computer for example, when it first came out it was big, expensive and bulky and not in use for...

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Categories: hard(a), computer-internet, funny, satire, me, me,
Form: Free verse
How God Works
A young man attended a Wednesday Night Bible Study and the Pastor preached about listening to GOD and
obeying the Lord's voice. The young man couldn't help but ponder, 'Does GOD still speak to people?'
After service,...

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Categories: hard(a), 4th grade,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member The Menacing Stranger At Shopco-Tar-Zhay
The Menacing Stranger At ShopCo-'Tar-zhay'  - A Narrative Poem

One day at a dress shop,
I met a man selling shoes,
For money he wanted to swap,
But I really wanted some hushes.

A fence, also known as a...

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Categories: hard(a), allusion, anxiety, appreciation, fashion, funny, humorous,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Mr Willie At Creatures Normal and Wild Shop-A Narrative Poem
Mr. Willie At CREATURES NORM AND WILD - A Narrative Poem

One day at a pet shop,
I met a man(named Mr. Willie) selling cockatoo,
For money he wanted to swap,
But I really wanted some cuckoo.

"Got any cuckoo?"...

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Categories: hard(a), adventure, analogy, animal, appreciation,
Form: Narrative
Get Up
Get Up

The further I run into love I lose more and more of me
Seeing the water run off the rocks and not understanding the rain
Knowing that life has not aided the thoughts that I think
Endless...

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Categories: hard(a), allegory, change, confusion, feelings, lonely, love, universe,
Form: Epic
And Who Will Do the Mopping Up
Vae victis! Her quick eyes spy out the field.
Reconnoitred, the foe's dispositions have been noted, 
quantified, assessed. The forces of order
and tidiness, in neat array, 
perfect their alignment, await onslaught.
The sentinels stand guard:
A pot of...

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Categories: hard(a), baby, child, violence,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Cemetery of the Heart Revisited
Recently, after a long battle which cancer…a battle that lasted years…
our friend’s daughter’s lost her battle…which brought us both to tears.

Cancer! How I hate that word because from the moment the battle begins
no matter how...

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© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hard(a), death,
Form: Rhyme
Sad Day's of Christmas
Yes the Catheolic's will have their day, so do the Protestent and the Baptish and also
    the Christian's are all subject to see sad day's. Yes-yes happiness is an adjective de-
 ...

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Categories: hard(a), holidayday, sad, christmas, christmas, day, jesus, sad,
Form: Quintain (English)
Premium Member The Fast Stranger At Barker's Cake and Pastries Shop- a Narrative Poem
The Fast Stranger At Barker's Cake and Pastries Shop- A Narrative Poem


One day at a cake shop,
I met a man selling cats,
For money he wanted to swap,
But I really wanted some diplomats.

"Got any diplomats?" asked...

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Categories: hard(a), analogy, angst, anxiety, appreciation, business, cat, engagement,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Intentional Lack of Interest
Feeling great, feeling happy, feeling keen, 
feeling snappy, better than some years.
The other side of the table cannot stop crying, 
fully concentrating on his sadness.
This could have some other counselors feeling badly, 
but I sense...

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Categories: hard(a), perspective,
Form: Prose Poetry
That Is Some Hydraulic Brakes
That is Some Hydraulic Brakes

One day at a food shop,
I met a man selling cakes,
For money he wanted to swap,
But I really wanted some hydraulic brakes.

"Got any hydraulic brakes?" asked I.
"For that's how I'll spend...

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Categories: hard(a), 11th grade,
Form: Verse
i would like to be twelve millions kilometres away
I would like to be twelve million kilometers away
From this stupid town, I’d like to be in Minnesota,
To burn all my poems in your hungry eyes,
I want to get away from those raptors that steal...

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Categories: hard(a), allegory, imagination, travel,
Form: Free verse
The Friendly Stranger At Orange Street
One day at a New york city shop,
I met a man selling marbles,
For money he wanted to swap,
But I really wanted some barbels.

"Got any barbels?" asked I.
"For that's how I'll spend my money."
"No barbels here!"...

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Categories: hard(a), 11th grade, 12th grade, 1st grade, 2nd
Form: Narrative
Many, Many Tears
As I awaken this morning at dawn

And the sun began to rise,

I walked on my porch to look toward
Heaven,

For I knew something was strange
When I awaken,


I thought I seen a beautiful angel
All dressed in white,

She...

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Categories: hard(a), death, loss, sad, father, words, angel, angel,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things