Long Ottava rima Poems
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Marcus marrow crowd of visitors past midnightMarcus marrow beaten into a coma after a gang initiation was allowed 17 gang members to visit him in the hospital past midnight crowd of gang members atleast 9 women 8 men or vice verse...
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allah,
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Ottava rima
Don't Look CloselyOttava Rima & ABC. Sadly, due its lack of artistic values and matching verbiage that would have met with an arguable challenge, hail an NFC poem--you see, as I found the bite in this baby...
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ottava rima, analogy, art, cool, extended metaphor, imagery, imagination,
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ABC
The Penknob KidPENKNOB: Is our household word that my kids euphemistically created of the two phrases that I purposely refrained its actual pronunciation by slurring PENKNOB: Phrase #1. Hands-Off/or don't touch; #2. Shut-Up/or be quiet. My youngest...
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children, courage, cry, hurt, imagery, life, pain,
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Ottava rima
Federigo's FalconThat look of fierce disdain, nobility!
That regal plume of chestnut ruddy-brown
with speckled breast! No hint of weak servility
besmirched the falcon's fine, imperious frown.
He loved the way it sat in proud tranquility...
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myth,
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Ottava rima
By Quill of NightSteadfast, he, as fortress guarded
In his ivory tower slept
Fearing naught, though faith-departed
Knowing not his lover wept.
Cowardice, thought long-discarded
Secretly in silence crept
Corroded, as if silver, tarnished
‘Twas his heart - her only quest.
Haunting, held-yet lamentations...
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devotion, loneliness, longing, love, love hurts, metaphor,
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Ottava rima
The Excruciating CrucifixionHe was the Lamb that had to be slaughtered
during the Passover and without Calvary, there wouldn't have been any salvation;
nothing would have forgiven our unpardonable sin!
Christ, as Isaiah prophesied, came when Jerusalem
was in dire...
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history, hope, love, people, placesgod, god, love,
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Ottava rima
L'Aquila, the Mighty, Has Crumbled Into the DustSuddenly everybody was awaken by the strong tremors
of the early April's earthquake...walls falling all around them,
dust suffocating them as they ran out to the debris-covered streets;
with no slippers and shoes on their cold feet;
people of...
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death, history, hope, life, natural disasters, people,
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Ottava rima
The Result of Cruel FateThe crone can hear the children's laughter, cold as ice
And they exclaim out "witch", not thinking she can hear
Their parents then admonish, "Try to be quite nice."
Upon her thin, emaciated form they leer
Of love forbidden...
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death, loss, lost love, love, sad, child,
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Ottava rima
The Subject of RosebudsRosebuds draft in scarlet, crimson, or maroon,
dreams to capture the viewer's point of view,
as its blossom's sheath their basis to its prune,
magnificent achievers rise in rows queue,
as the loss of age cast their field of...
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beautiful, flower, growth, rose,
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Ottava rima
Science and CreationA span of questions fogs the mind of man.
Some famous thinkers wonder; is there God?
Was man formed by chance or by divine plan?
If not by God, the Bible is a fraud.
Yes, Big Bang Theory...
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creation, philosophy, religion, science, universe,
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Ottava rima
The Snowy Cliffs With Bouffant BouldersEven before the arrival of the first snows, so brilliantly candid,
we climbed mounts less dangerous than the Alps's;
and we proudly chalked it up to our experience.
Now the snowy cliffs with bouffant boulders,
have lost their...
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adventure, dedication, devotion, family, friendship, funny, happiness,
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Ottava rima
The Taconic Parkway TragedyDiane was like any other Long Island mother,
but on July twenty six she made an horrible mistake by smoking pot,
resulting in the death of five beautiful kids, as young as five,
and three passengers in a...
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death, family, loss, mother, socialdeath, death, may,
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Ottava rima
Giovanna: the Lovely Prima DonnaI often visited the prittiest and kindest lady,
who lived by an abandoned, weedy cemetery...
and she told me tales that made me dream;
up that pine-scented and rugged hill, the Devil tripped many times and finally fell:
when...
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childhood, death, devotion, music, nostalgia, passion, seasons,
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Ottava rima
Theories Are Not FactsThe Big Bang Theory and others devised.
Professors armed with latest editions.
Soon, teach as facts; oh, faith of youth revised.
Inspired, common suppositions.
Biblical creation too soon capsized.
Unaware, youth accepts false traditions.
Half-truths and questions upon young minds flay....
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angst, faith, religion, science,
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Ottava rima
My Life My WayMy Life My Way 1
In childhood mom says:
...
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8th grade, for teens, freedom, high school,
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Ottava rima
Kanhapatra - WinOnce upon a time there lived a dancer
Shyama, a concubine of a feudal baron
Had a pretty girl Kanha, also a dancer
Quite excelled in playing of the Veena”s tune
Was mortified being Courtesan’s daughter
Sobbing, came to...
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mother, time,
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Ottava rima
Jesus Christ's Final Days On EarthJesus Christ’s Final Days on Earth
His ride to town began with human praise.
And palm fronds paved the road that Jesus chose.
The will of God the Father Christ assays.
Upon an ass with humble heart he goes.
The...
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abuse, death, easter, faith, god, love, religious,
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Ottava rima
As the Rain Fell On the MaplesIn the very warm May' afternoon,
I decided to take a stroll instead of being blue,
and getting a little adventurous was to discover
another pansy or violet bloom;
these flowers were the precious gifts of a little and...
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adventure, childhood, funny, happiness, imagination, natureme, rain,
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Ottava rima
:0: No Rainbows :0: Yes Angels :0:~*~*~*~0~*~*~*~ ~*~*~*~0~*~*~*~ ~*~*~*~0~*~*~*~
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change, community, emotions, humanity, imagery, natural disasters,
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Ottava rima
Guilt, Remorse and SorrowGuilt, remorse and sorrow
are the unrepressible emotions making me restless...
as they revoke their dreadful images,
leaving hot sweat on my wrinkled pillow,
and though I did hurt nobody but me:
it's a wound that will keep bleeding,
never finding...
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death, faith, forgiveness, hope, life, loss, loveme,
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Ottava rima
A Garden of Many FlowersMy youth once was a garden of many flowers
that bloomed in each fragrant spring,
and the canaries and butterflies flew over them
with irresistible charm and supreme gentleness;
when winter came with a bitter chill, frost followed
without showing...
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nostalgiagarden,
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Ottava rima
White AngelsHow many roses since have come and gone?
he thought as he sat looking at her grave.
How many futures had been staked upon
those brilliant blooms to her he often gave?
What stiff buds like hands in prayer...
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death, lost love, moving on,
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Ottava rima
Reach Down To Us... Whom Are Lost!In times truly simple and harmonious,
faith shined with ardent love...to never lead anyone astray,
and light was never overcome by darkness;
He heard our prayers and granted us joy,
no days were wasted chasing after man-made idols:
now-days...
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social
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Ottava rima
An Incarcerated FatherHe chose the illegal way,
instead of honesty and prayer,
to deny his sordid existence with the blankest stare;
and while tragedy strikes home,
he can't evade those prisons' walls and run free
to comfort with his shallowness a wife...
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father, children, forgiveness, health, hope, loss, mother,
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Ottava rima
Why Be a Perfectionist?We all fail in one way or another, and failure
is an essential and painful way to learn...
while searching for that life's treasure;
and if it is never found, rejoice in what you have
by honoring the gifts...
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Categories:
social
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Ottava rima