Long Pitfalls Poems
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Georges Scoriety BashPicture this..? Seedy joint.'mediocre comedy one Kiev night.
Hunky billionaire bored and sour, joins his guests Uneventful hour.?
A pan faced man is on the stage, mocking life with inward rage.
George faintly get the vibe, listens more...
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Categories:
pitfalls, addiction,
Form:
Rhyme
Lux Vitae Love Stories of the Fey: In the Clouds
Lux Vitae Love Stories of The Fey:
“In the Clouds”
“What are you looking at Mum?”
“They come in the clouds you know”, she said to her daughter
“Every night, the same time, the numbers seem to grow,...
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Categories:
pitfalls, adventure, fairy, fantasy, journey, mystery, mythology, science
Form:
Free verse
Velvet Glove CompartmentAge defiant was this spruce and spirited citizen slinking blithely past the burgundy red doors of her enigmatic country dwelling.
As her olive skin neatly curved fingers
slid over an intermittently scratched carbon black handrail she...
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Categories:
pitfalls, adventure, age, birth, celebration, deep, devotion, feelings,
Form:
Prose
Enjerciendo PrudenciaDedicated to: Myself and the kindred spirits
Rise up today so gracefully and comely. Let not the present by the past be spoiled. You are entitled to what is best in the new day; do not...
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Categories:
pitfalls, dedication, depression, inspirational, philosophy, spiritual, uplifting, heart,
Form:
Prose
Plagued with lifelong lower gastrointestinal Sturm und DrangPlagued with lifelong lower gastrointestinal Sturm und Drang
Ever since a young lad
irritable bowel syndrome
in my humble pinion wracked
lower abdominal area
gurgled and ballooned gastrointestinal tract
(similar to following Colonoscopy preparation
slated for January 24th, 2024
at Phoenixville Hospital)
posterior...
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Categories:
pitfalls, 9th grade, angst, anxiety, birth, crush, drink,
Form:
Rhyme
Beam On MeI never knew who wrote them, but some of ...
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Categories:
pitfalls, life,
Form:
Verse
AliveAlive
(how do I know)
I knew I was alive
Not from the pain
Of giving birth
Not from the excruciating
Re-occurring tooth ache
Sometimes its things like this-
That makes you call on death
I knew I was alive -
Though I did not...
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Categories:
pitfalls, life,
Form:
Free verse
In the Manse Market For a Preowned Spa HouseIn the manse market for a preowned spa house
Mine feeble efforts pale in comparison
to a kid scaling El Capitan
of Yosemite National Park,
nevertheless me, a dry witted husband
self emasculated milquetoast
of late ofttimes yawps imprecations
against fickle finger...
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Categories:
pitfalls, absence, allegory, angel, appreciation, autumn, black african
Form:
Free verse
Ruminating Vagaries of Life May 2nd 2021Ruminating vagaries of life May 2nd, 2021
(conceived while in utero
which loosely summarization in toto
of this ordinary Joe Schmoe,
who did wade nine months for a roe
at mercy of obstetricians status quo,
giving me a jump start to...
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Categories:
pitfalls, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Free verse
Building Castles In the SkyLudwig Andreas von Feuerbach Or What Is in A Name
When building Babylonian Towers with the Lego of our minds we construct
...
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Categories:
pitfalls, god, religion,
Form:
Free verse
Write It Don'T Fight It ContestI know that I sail close to the wind
It's something I do to counter lack of confidence
Let's get in a frenzy of mixing metaphors now: I throw myself past the point of no return, seeing...
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Categories:
pitfalls, anxiety,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Reckoning With Lifelong DespairWhich late afternoon/ early evening
today adventuristic, edenic, and idyllic
April 13th, 2021
pitch perfect weather
serves as temporary tonic
to balm away blues.
Like a tumbleweed
aimlessly blowing in the wind
across infinitely wobegon open wide
prairie home companion land
(which wasteland famously
epitomized by...
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Categories:
pitfalls, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 2nd
Form:
Free verse
The CrawlIf I had to choose
would I brave that dark sea
waves crashing relentlessly upon me
knocking aside the armor I've spent so long
meticulously piecing together
My heart is a fortress
made from clay
water is its natural enemy
and you on...
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Categories:
pitfalls, confusion, depression, loneliness, mental illness,
Form:
Free verse
The RoadSuspended in perpetual animation
There is a light at the end of the tunnel
From hours of travel though inches gained
Spewed forth from the bowels of existence I stand
Before me lies the road
Like a pond turned solid...
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Categories:
pitfalls, beauty, brother, courage, depression, faith, family, happiness,
Form:
Free verse
DespairLike a tumbleweed aimlessly blowing in the wind
across the infinitely open and wide prairie land
(which wasteland famously epitomized by T.S. Elliot)
a barren vista ravages the metaphorical landscape
of one measly mortal malcontent male
bumping and scraping...
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Categories:
pitfalls, age, angst, baby, body, character, confusion, depression,
Form:
Bio
Shepherd and LambThe little lamb and his shepherd went on a long journey. The lamb wanted for nothing. When nights were cold, the shepherd held the lamb close for warmth. When paths were steep or treacherous, the...
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Categories:
pitfalls, allegory, faith,
Form:
Haibun
An Inmates Letter of Exhaust From AddictionAn Inmates Letter of Exhaust From Addiction
~Ricky Nichole Flanigan
An inmate’s life is built with love, but permanently judged by social population,
The unjust society plus there own family pushed mental states towards self mutilation.
...
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Categories:
pitfalls, addiction, corruption, devotion, discrimination, judgement, life, prison,
Form:
Rhyme
Eulogy For a Fly - Part OneOK Let’s get started, huh?
Well, ladies and gentlemen, on this sad occasion, it is my painful duty to welcome
You all to the farewell meeting convened in honour of our beloved Uncle Hector.
We...
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Categories:
pitfalls, funnyfamily, education, family, me,
Form:
Prose Poetry
A Storm In Heaven, Sections 7-12But on this night he saw so clearly before
His eyes would not leave the sight at the door
Graceful and gorgeous the girl who appeared
As a storm brewed outside and the heavens had teared
And so Lyla...
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Categories:
pitfalls, devotion, loveheart, beauty, beauty, heart,
Form:
Rhyme
LifeBegin at the beginning is a good place to start
It makes this poem less tart
sliding from oozed cocoon box
the lions have dens, the holes for fox
screaming is the first noise issued
followed by...
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Categories:
pitfalls, lifelife,
Form:
Rhyme
DespairLike a tumbleweed aimlessly blowing in the wind
across infinitely open and wide prairie home companion land
(which wasteland famously epitomized by T.S. Elliot)
a barren vista ravages metaphorical landscape
of one measly mortal malcontent male
bumping and scraping along...
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Categories:
pitfalls, angst, anxiety, conflict, crush, dark, emotions, grief,
Form:
Elegy
The Balls: A Parody of Poe's the BellsI
Hear the bouncing of the balls--
Basketballs!
What a sound of merriment they cause when each ball falls!
How they echo, echo, echo,
Inside the gymnasium walls,
Arriving at a crescendo
While the spectators shout “Bravo!”
Drowning the referee’s calls;
And the players...
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Categories:
pitfalls, 11th grade, basketball, humorous, parody, sound, volleyball,
Form:
Rhyme
Moderate Debauchery, Part IWhen I was fifteen my friend 'Riff' and I
started our very own garage band,
and for the first year we truly stank,
but I've always been a dedicated man.
I pushed Riff, and we quickly got better,
soon started...
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Categories:
pitfalls, addiction, celebrity, endurance, music, sad, truth, wisdom,
Form:
Narrative
And Yet, I ForgaveThere once was a woman.
I, in all my searching,
and all my dreaming,
had never seen nor imagined such a one.
In her, for a while, I found my muse,
in her I thought I'd found my future.
And...
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Categories:
pitfalls, beautiful, beauty, forgiveness, happy, hope, inspirational, life,
Form:
Free verse
StupidI'm stupid.
I've fallen for the same pitfalls
that I sighted in
the distance
and said that
I was too smart
I was too ambitious
my potential was too great
to fall for them
and yet
I've fallen.
I hurt everyone with whom I come in...
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Categories:
pitfalls, angst, confusion, depressionpeople, people,
Form:
Free verse