Long Non rhyming Poems

Every one of my five brothers
and I strive to create harmony.
Our lives are lived in parallel
yet at times we work alone.
Other times we play well together -
unity and coexistence is our goal.

A chord can bring...

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how clever a peck on the cheek, a kiss on the head
a hug with a boa constriction for the parents i love.

how cruel this fate of social isolation, to stunt the breath
of this illusion, that...

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I sought a theme but it was in vain . . . 
   so, I let my MUSE take me by the hand to this place
       that...

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What might I be
If I know not who I am?
If I am who I think I am,
I am not who I believe
Myself to be, therefore
Not knowing who I am,
What might I be?
Reread and perhaps
There is...

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A is for Acrostic, where the first letter of each line spells a word
B is for Burlesque, a poetic type bordering on absurd

C is for Clerihew, a short and humorous verse
D is for Didactic, meant...

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I was stumbling around the Poetry world when I ran into this Gem
The Blue Mountain Arts Poetry Card Contest. 
I thought, what an opportunity 
But then I read the rules and although 
I do not...

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Thanks my PoetrySoup family
You have shown great humility
By lifting up Epulaeryu
May God always bless each of you

Your endeavors are very strong
Sticking with you I was not wrong
Your bond of friendship is so true
May God always...

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Every smile has a frown
In the life of a clown

We all hide behind painted faces

Our mind is our cell
Our own state of hell

Dreaming of far away places

We keep dreaming of free
Something we’ll never be

As our...

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It is June again.
It is a June after our June when my mind is not preoccupied by bigger concerns:
friends, college, which show should I binge?
It is a June since our June when my heart is...

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Heaven rouses the yearning heart
To gentle hope that lights the soul
With sweet grace which love does impart
Whispers of joy that make one whole

Ecstasy enlightens dark earth
With purity which will console
Feelings inspiring heavens worth
Whispers of joy...

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Have a blessed birthday Michael J
Today I knelt for you to pray
May His guiding light shine on you
God’s grace I pray will bring you through

May you have strength on your birthday
With family this holiday
Celebrating with...

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Morality

Moral
development,
standard adolescence,
we are...

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Happy Mother's Day to all moms
Spilled milk and yet you stayed so calm
Painting coloring on your walls
Today's special so have a ball


Heart shape cookies I made for you
Ruffled laced stapled and then glued
Words inscript made...

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Two moons shine in the morning sky
Join each other as time goes by
Providing light to guide the night
Like Rhoda’s birthday shining bright

From a place so nice it’s named twice
Like birthday cake with blending spice ...

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Happy birthday to you Jenny
Hope your big day brings you plenty
Keep a bright smile all the way
Your mom sings your praises today

Soon you will be driving to school
Don’t forget to follow the rules
Enjoy your day...

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In a moment, in a twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet:
for the trumpet shall blow, and the dead shall be raised up
incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
—1 Cor 15:52

To Friendly Face and Open...

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It’s a great day to shake and bake
Dance, sing, and eat all of your cake
It’s time to wear your dinner gown
Happy Birthday Dear Carol Brown

Upon reaching the Big Six O
Spread and stretch on your patio
Wear...

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THE FATE OF FUTURE

A romp of childhood, descending my steep driveway, to the bus.
My urgent path lit dimly, filled with compacted snow, shoveled

with steel blades. I wearing a woolen coat, always late.
Still on time, before...

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God And Nature Are Foundations In Each Soul
( Sestina Sonnet) (Number 5)


God and Nature give me such sweet release,
as both seep quite deeply into my soul.
Joined in this melding we race on carefree
and we in...

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Happy belated birthday Meg
This is your time to shake a leg
Hope you celebrated your way
Go ahead and have a great day

May your territory increase
And in you God’s blessings release
Holy Spirit hands on you lay
Go ahead...

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Grains Of Sand, Pretending To Be Boulders


After winning, do try to be a real winner
your moment may make or break another.

Nobody lives in the glory their mind conjures
except those lost thinking in fantasy.

Starving people want...

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Perched atop the vaulted arches of Notre Dame
Exquisitely carved spouts are not angelic hosts  
To receive the embattled, sinful souls seeking 
Entrance to the cathedral, Paris's most holy, 
Close inspection reveals grotesque, ugly creatures,
Medieval...

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My Favorite Type of Poem

    Poetry by tradition
   must be lucid and rhythmic,
    but just for information
   syllable count is specific.
    ...

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I stepped off Sunday ready to get roaring with the week
though still isolated in flesh from the rest of the world.

The sun is shining, leaking its profound and hopeful ink
into my genie jar and I...

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Of late, I seem unable
To write a song or fable.
Perhaps it’s too much caffeine;
I seem to be unstable.

Now recently, I’m shaking;
My muscles have been aching.
I may be lacking protein,
Or maybe I’m just faking.

A certain strange...

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