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Premium Member Reflection On An Aging Nomad
I finally finished retiring four years ago,
a process that started in my mid-fifties
due to late adopting kids with special needs,
including needs for me to be home
to personally walk them on,
harness them in,
and wheel them back...

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Categories: long story short, age, health, integrity, relationship, religion, retirement, river,
Form: Political 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: long story short, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
Boredom Kingdom
I'm always staring into space
Trying to keep pace with your rapid race
Hoping to find a significant, tranquil trace...

However,

I often wish you'd be a productive brother
I know my father misses my beloved mother
I wish I can...

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Categories: long story short, brother, deep, loneliness, longing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Valentine's Day
My friends have always hated Valentine's Day.
They ridiculed the pimply-faced boys
Whose hormone-infused offerings
Smell of Axe cologne and sweaty palms.

Greater the mocking of pubescent princesses
Who prance and twirl and collect tokens
From admirers like shells on a...

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Categories: long story short, cinderella, february, heart, love, princess, true love,
Form: Prose
Strong suspicion a 2024 presidential win
Strong suspicion a 2024 presidential win...

for the trumpeting don
spells loss for democracy
after inauguration day
witnesses his swearing-in
nepotism will run rampant
lawlessness the name of the game
of thrones breaking apart ramparts
of inalienable rightful
freedoms rent sunder, whereby nothin
can stop...

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Categories: long story short, america, angst, anxiety, business, conflict, culture, grave,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Monoku Monday - Nov 2020
"Election Edition"  posted 1 Nov 2020
politicians:      like diapers, need frequent changing (for the same reason)

debates are like steer horns      a couple points with lots...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: long story short, political,
Form: Monoku
Deep Down: a Bottomless Body
Wallow and vacant...
Not at all significant...
Feeling so breathless
I’m feeling oh so worthless
Depthless distress...

I express hopelessness
Swallow this pill of reality
Deep down, a bottomless body
Looked at by everybody
Everyday, weighed down
By an upside down frown 
Everyday, weighed down
By...

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Categories: long story short, angst,
Form: Free verse
Nonpartisan Sham Bull
***** NONPARTISAN SHAM (BULL SH*T)...
SPECIAL NEWS BULLETIN updated *****

Innocuous, yet unhealthy threat looms across
(air/radio) telecommunications devices
where smart electronic devices enthrall
and decree they co-opt role bing boss
linkedin with plenti networks that criss cross
even primitive computers utilizing...

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Categories: long story short, america, confusion, endurance, freedom, future, history, january,
Form: Rhyme
Sick of Sorrow: Under Pressure
I want to be relieved
I have already grieved
Show me Your serenity please
You swayed me next to you, being at ease
Show me Your prosperous peace
I have already grieved
I long to be relieved

However, our love –
Long story...

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Categories: long story short, angst, emotions, endurance,
Form: Rhyme
Overslept
Overslept
     by Amy Swanson   11/2008

A little something to make you laugh ;)



Alarm clock didn't ring this morning;
Overslept - and now I'm late!
(but I would have stayed in bed,
had I...

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Categories: long story short, adventure, funny, imagination, life, workme, me,
Form: Narrative
Eternity
This summer marked the 10th year anniversary, 
Of our promise that should've lasted an eternity. 
There are more tales to come about our prime,
And I will tell you all about it another time. 

Right now,...

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© Angel Jung  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: long story short, betrayal, death, depression, leaving, love, marriage, wedding,
Form: Free verse
The Missing Piece
My Life is definitely trying to tell me something....
It is almost certainly painting a picture, but I can't see what it's a picture
of.
It's been a series of Magic Moments, Crushing Blows, surreal and unfortunate
events, earth...

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Categories: long story short, adventure, analogy, confidence, cool, creation, psychological, riddle,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dear Jupiter
You don't know me, and perhaps you never will. But in my heart I am certain that we have at least one thing in common.  We have the same Creator.    ...

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Categories: long story short, adventure, earth, future, humanity, paradise, planet, universe,
Form: Personification
On Rock, Paper and Scissors
i refuse to believe that paper could ever
beat 
rock---
there are those 
(in fact you may be one)
that swear by this game of chance 
to make decisions ranging from the
choice of restaurant to have dinner at...

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Categories: long story short, life
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Two Thumbs Up
This is an unbelievable true story of a time when I was in my younger years. I drove out to California with a buddy of mine to spend some time with my brother. To make...

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Categories: long story short, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member High Roads
This might be a bit different from the typical 'High Road' story.
That's because there was no personal conflict between the other
party and myself.  And there was no tug of war for position or possession.
However,...

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Categories: long story short, career,
Form: Free verse
My Gay Moment
My mom always told me not to show my heart so much,
because she said the world will chew it up and spit it out in chucks that won’t fit back together.

See in fourth grade, I...

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Categories: long story short, age, cute, first love, funny, love, satire,
Form: Free verse
Nonpartisan Sham Bull Sht Special News Bulletin
***** NONPARTISAN SHAM (BULL SH*T) SPECIAL NEWS BULLETIN *****

Innocuous, yet unhealthy threat looms across
(air/radio) telecommunications devices
linkedin with plenti networks that criss cross
even primitive computers utilizing DOS

by George, which archaic code
once powered Mill on the Floss,
now...

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Categories: long story short, abuse, conflict, destiny, hate, humorous, journey, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme
Hare Brained Part 3
Part 3

Long story short, 
Let's cut to the chase. 
To where the end of the day, 
Marked the end of the race. 
And as the sun set, 
Who did they all see? 
Cresting the hill,...

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Categories: long story short, 10th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th
Form: Rhyme
We Must Act Before Axe Falls - Part 2
DUCK AFTER DUMP PING THE DON
air ring ma thoughts - no matter aye ham 
juiced one twenty first century mwm ape
serves as genuine s cape
to fly (during pitch black hours of night) and escape
burning effigies,...

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Categories: long story short, abuse, america, anger, anti bullying, anxiety, conflict,
Form: Dramatic Verse
A Winner In Ohana Squash
A Winner in 2017 OHANA Woman Div 1 

There I was, on a  rollercoaster of anxiety with many an anxious moment...
Each time my player dropped a set against each of her squash opponents...

In the...

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Categories: long story short, anxiety, celebration, emotions, for her, happy, pride,
Form: Free verse
Bad Little Piggies
This little piggy never came through 
I come in for an interview, 
Everything is pleasing,
Without explanation you leave the table.
And start to make a pizza?
I'm leaving you right now..
As I get in my car,
I see...

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© Lynn Dolly  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: long story short, funny, history, hope, life, on work and
Form: I do not know?
My Old Odd Boyfriends
I once dated a fella named Bella,
whom I met at a party in a cellar,
I told him I was born in Pennsylvania,
he said he came from somewhere in Transylvania…
Said he worked at the blood bank...

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Categories: long story short, fun, humorous, boy,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member The Rescuer
How far would you go to rescue someone?
There was a story told about a baby elephant trapped in a dry water hole.
The mother and herd of elephants tried to rescue the baby but was unable...

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Categories: long story short, appreciation, bible, confidence, courage, gospel, jesus, love,
Form: Free verse
A Trinidad Wedding Story
I hear that a girl in Trinidad
Looking for a very good husband
My brother says she father rich
Will give me house and land

Well I must admit I thought
This sounds like a good plan
So I decide go...

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Categories: long story short, life, love, wedding, girl, father, wedding, brother,
Form: Light Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things