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Brownian Motion Writ Large
Brownian motion writ large...
within small medium 
as light brainstorm doth 
hail forth the following poem.

Across the realm of gray matter
slowly percolating within tissue
composed of neuronal, glial 
and endothelial cells, and although 
there must be biological...

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Categories: polled, 11th grade, 12th grade, age, appreciation, business,
Form: Free verse



Inferiority Complex As a Kid, Adolescent and Emerging Adult
Inferiority complex as a kid, adolescent and emerging adult

Yours truly (an amazingly,
gracefully, and markedly modest
passively aging baby boomer -
formerly introverted long haired
pencil necked geek),
prattling wordsmith doth behold
nostalgic memories regarding father
(Boyce Brandon Harris)
long ago lapsed decades

during...

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Categories: polled, 11th grade, 12th grade, 1st grade, 2nd
Form: Rhyme
Destiny Doth Accompany, Deliver, Inveigle America
Destiny doth accompany, deliver, inveigle America...

Smartly, squarely, summarily into
pall bearing sized hands Helena Handbasket
adorned with Aconite (Monkshood) atop casket
signaling demise, née sealing freedom
(of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness) fate
with eternal bondage super glued gasket.

I...

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Categories: polled, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, abuse,
Form: Political Verse
Brownian Movement Writ Large
Akin to daffodils got to puff the magic dragon GoDaddy seed achieve
visibly absent pride and prejudice where aggrieve
ment unseen, as careening human bits believe
where forebears of Adam and the ants sandy dunes cleave
species pollination, yet...

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Categories: polled, adventure, age, allusion, conflict, confusion, humanity, myth,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Collisions Between Yours Truly and the Missus
Collisions between yours truly and the missus

Space at a premium
in our apartment
lettered and numbered b44
at Highland Manor,
cuz the spouse
heavily trends toward disorderliness.

She readily admits her predilection
to disavow being a neatnik,
yet owns the capacity
getting down to...

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Categories: polled, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, appreciation, betrayal,
Form: Free verse



Mosque Cowed Covenant I Keep Putin Off
Mosque cowed covenant I keep Putin off...

and withheld broadcasting
the following communication
tucked away these many years,
when president number forty five
donned, jump/kick started, and tweeted
thru his musky, albeit flabby mantle,
a rallying cry forewarning onset of Mag(m)a
bubbling, gurgling,...

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Categories: polled, absence, abuse, addiction, adventure, best friend, business,
Form: Rhyme
Blue Light Bulbs and a Bottle of Bleach and the Incandescent Must Win -Part 2
“Deep, deep, deep. Listen and hear our faint gait.
Sanitation, fluorescent lights, and a PC pillow for smother.
Agree! Agree! Atone! Suck it in and suff-o-cate.
White-ness. Black. Ev’ry creed, faith, and color. Listen to Nanny State and...

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Categories: polled, america, farm, political, race, rap, symbolism, war,
Form: Rhyme
Severely Withdrawn As a Doggone Lad
Severely withdrawn as a doggone lad...

I wanted someone to hear me shout for help
as recently recalled
when yours truly a little barking whelp.

After conversing with Amélie Beth
(yesterday February 26th, 2021)
yes, the same sibling diagnosed
with nodule on...

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Categories: polled, age, brother, devotion, feelings, grief, i love
Form: Rhyme
The Piper
One can't help but a feeling

With all our country men a leaving...

...and more migrants lining up
at customs door...

Latest figures polled this year
57,000 plus have left...

...in pursuit of work as there is no more...
and the piper...

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Categories: polled, peace, political, men,
Form: Quatrain
Bugsplat Derby
in a cozy office in the US, 
maybe at langley, or
creech air force base,
north of vegas,
there is an officer watching video 
feeds of suspected targets in
“afghanistan, pakistan, bosnia, serbia, iraq, yemen,
libya & somalia,”
just to name...

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Categories: polled, life,
Form: Free verse
Moss Cowed Covenant I Keep Putin Off
Moss Cowed Covenant I Keep Putin Off...

For preservation, salvation,
and veneration, though with hold
ding temptation two mike
pence sieve lee clear,
to immoral majority mold
toot hoods, (those bajillion
Americans unanimously polled)
did want me to broadcast, communicate,

and declare, sans mock...

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Categories: polled, absence, encouraging, faith, humor, inspiration, visionary, word
Form: Free verse
Inferiority Complex As a Kid and Adult
Inferiority Complex As A Kid And Adult!

I recall father, (now behold
at near ninety years old - maintains stronghold
on life, cuz born of sturdy mettle -
rumor claims bullion – ne'er did buckle nar fold
meaning bull +...

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Categories: polled, 1st grade, 6th grade, age, boy, environment,
Form: Bio
My Ebbing Physical Prowess and Strength Flows Away I
analogous to expending precious Air Supply
embellishing, modifying, revising, et cetera
a poem crafted about fourteen months ago.

I take stock and revisit good ole days of yore
quite conscious undeclared state of war
prevails within body (Electric 
Light Orchestra)...

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Categories: polled, absence, analogy, april, birthday, death, destiny, fate,
Form: Rhyme
Convenience Afforded Microwave
Especially one courteously wrapped ably
anonymously gifted to
an aspiring gourmet Chef Boyardee
i.e. not surprisingly... revealing mystery
person none other than...
yepper namely me.

Moost anyone can show
off culinary karate chop
suey, whether schooled among
fishy creatures either
from black lagoon,
or privately tutored,

(this...

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Categories: polled, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form: Free verse
Inferiority Complex As a Kid, Adolescent and Emerging Adult Part Two
timid, meek, and demure (effeminate) me,
essentially ruled the roost
regarding Harris household
sole son characterized vis a vis
presented passive resistant
outward nonestablishmentarian mold
worst case scenario
would witness Matthew Scott Harris
spending longevity old and feeble minded
at 324 Level Road

outliving parents,...

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Categories: polled, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 1st
Form: Rhyme
A Conversation About Hitting
when she talks about the past,
she does so with a numbness
that has been developed over
years of trying to push it behind
her---these are the mechanisms
of endurance that had been taught 
during years of therapy &
she is...

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Categories: polled, life, men, men, endurance,
Form: Free verse
To Each His Own
My sister and I have different personalities
Never alike, two peas from the same pod,
but not germinated for the same Winter crop.
We never argue over mundane trivialities.
I like halibut, but she always chooses cod,
and I prefer...

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Categories: polled, angst, sister,
Form: Rhyme
Unconscious Love
Romeo

'When truth can't help someone,we have to lie'
Until the moment our chance is denied

Mistress put Romeo's life on hold,
The volume key to his life low,
Romeo seems to be like a sheep, polled

It would well be...

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Categories: polled, boy,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Straw Man, the 2012 Presidential Campaign
......a strange color, green

   Become better informed, listen to your teachers,
educate yourself....which branch will the bluejay
survey from? 
The hawk, circling, choose his best option?

   Bleeding soldiers depend on doctors, rich men
depend...

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Categories: polled, political,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Isobars Shifted
the weather report predicted hectic thunder storms

oil jackets and umbrellas for all the stars in the show

stages were empty though except for a curtain raiser

who had failed to seek her measly social security grant


not exactly...

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Categories: polled, allegory,
Form: Free verse
Family Love Unfolds
The young and the old are part of man's fold.
Love between them, better than gold…tenfold.
The past before told, as the future shall behold.
Depends upon love shown, not an empty billfold.

Chores hide and seek, anger vanquished…controlled.
Life...

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Categories: polled, caregiving, family, happiness, inspirational, love
Form: Monorhyme
Judge Who Held a Grudge
Judge Who Held A Grudge

We knew Judge a grudge he would hold,
After one more predicted plot did unfold,
Hair ringy;
Also stingy,
Who is poorest one we ever have polled.

Jim Horn

Over 10 again.

Trump Slipped On Transcript

Seems like up...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: polled, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Doom and Gloom
Our society may be crumbling before our eyes
As foundational structures change dramatically,
Families are not cohesive units as they used to be
Seldom we experience those extended family ties.

Sunday church attendance is at an all-time low;
Non-religious stats...

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Categories: polled, corruption, perspective, society,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Analysis (Election 2010)
Against the castles walls tonight
The broken assemblage of squires and knights
Dance around the damsel in delight
Her distress dispersing dreamers into fights

This America deserves a better show
While the bugles rage, against the muffled heart 
The cold...

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Categories: polled, political
Form: Verse
Premium Member Can We Love Those Different Than Us
If we had to love people who were the same as us
We could love no one 
My identical twin looks like me
But we share almost no ideas
We laugh the same, it is a funny laugh
Distinctive,...

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Categories: polled, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Book: Reflection on the Important Things