Long Raft Poems
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A Wisp of ThoughtThere was a glimpse of time unknown to man
The things none may ever describe
All wrapped within this wall of thoughts
For if a moment of my thoughts are clear
They are not my thoughts at all
Never again...
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Categories:
raft, beautiful, dream, grief, lonely, lost, metaphor, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
Randomlings 1-34Randomling 1: Matthew Macfadyen
I believe I'm in love with Matthew Macfadyen
He inspires in me a terribly bad yen
But as poetry goes
His name 'spires woes
Cause nothing rhymes with "Macfadyen”.
Randomling 2: Birthday Wishes
For my birthday,...
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Categories:
raft, cat, deep, depression, dog, emotions, funny, love,
Form:
Verse
Film NoirFilm Noir
By the lampost at night
with the pale moon shining bright
but obscured by the fog
I saw her in the harbor
standing where my boat lay moored
but she knew that
her azure eyes beckoned me to come
smoke from...
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Categories:
raft, remember,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Spineless In the RunningWas this a bold endeavour or worst-case high risk plot?
In one sense I was caught between two poles apart concerns.
One must never underestimate indeed trivialise a devilish
difficult decision.
A decision that may...
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Categories:
raft, age, august, beautiful, care, city, creation, fate,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Dream State Yields Deep Sleep PersonificationsDream state yields deep sleep personifications
Upon lying supine - eye shutter lids
into the land of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod,
where the sandman beckons and bids
dead to the webbed wide world,
yours truly immune to wakefulness
despite being...
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Categories:
raft, 12th grade, 1st grade, adventure, animal, birthday,
Form:
Rhyme
Please Help Yarn Hexed Door NeighborPlease help yarn hexed door neighbor...
Yours truly pinned down by invisible
vestiges of coronavirus and
getting attacked from angry plague
of buttons, plus huge spools of yarn
grossly mistook me for human sock
to seal and line...
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Categories:
raft, abuse, anger, bullying, character, december, humorous, husband,
Form:
Rhyme
Excerpt From Fake Encomium Given Years AgoExcerpt from “fake” encomium given years ago...
at Lake Wobegone High School (my alma mater),
and recently discovered ridiculous rough draft
amidst plethora of junk emails
while practice reading some lines
regarding Midsummer Night's Dream
upcoming performance.
Arch...
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Categories:
raft, 11th grade, 12th grade, age, america, angel,
Form:
Free verse
By George Burning Hard, I Shaw Tried To PlaywrightBy George (burning hard), I Shaw tried to playwright
offers his unsolicited tidbits
as scene courtesy
the following virtually
staged philosophical insight.
Arch back like
a professional ballet dancer
to stand out from other pedestrian applicants
seeking...
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Categories:
raft, adventure, age, angel, appreciation, beauty, celebration, character,
Form:
Free verse
A Poetic Litany of Poems Celebrating Mlk DayThe Man…The Spirit
His name was Dr. Martin Luther King;
He was a peace-loving human being.
HIM
Preaching peace and love–
A mountain top of a man:-
Martin Luther King.
THE HUMAN DOVE
He came bearing a dream for humanity
Teaching nonviolence, peace,...
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Categories:
raft, black african american, high school, inspirational, metaphor,
Form:
Alliteration
Overarching GenocideOverarching Genocide
Noah built the wooden Ark in his homeland instructed by God
to save his wife three sons and their wives from drowning a life
raft rescue boat of sorts with three decks and only one...
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Categories:
raft, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse
And What To ChooseCoffee or tea?
Fragmented frogs frolicking fruitlessly freeing flavoursome fairy freckles,
But what of the speckled hound in the bin?
Well he growled,
He snarled,
The sole paw pilot pivoting,
How interesting was it to note though that the frogs although...
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Categories:
raft, bangla,
Form:
I do not know?
Hope-And a Father Is Could BeHope and…a father is could be
Against all odds and expectations
so many rules and norms and
clever theories society’s demands
cultures and conventions there is
no magic wand no miracle solution
I throw you high up in the air
and...
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Categories:
raft, childhood, fantasy, father daughter, father son,
Form:
Free verse
Wergle Flomp Good Humor 2023Wergle Flomp Good Humor 2023
The following constitutes a rather
twisted as a pretzel SUBTITLE:
I dash with my jiggling boobs in an attempt to escape...
being overrun by teddy bears and beanie babies
while carrying out heavy...
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Categories:
raft, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, america, animal,
Form:
Rhyme
UtopiaOur lives and our time
Fired useless
Into the air
Toy cap gun shots
Those winter palaces unstormed
No tax offices ransacked
Where is utopia I asked
And no-one knew
They looked at me with pity
As if I still talked
To an imaginary friend
At...
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Categories:
raft, political,
Form:
Blank verse
Virtue… as I child I heard these words by Immanuel Kant from my late Dad
over and over again …’you must act in a way that if everybody did it
your thinking and deeds could be the...
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Categories:
raft, character,
Form:
Free verse
A Mutual EnemyA Mutual Enemy
By Reg Rhodes
My friend and I have a dangerous and mutual enemy. It is called alcohol, and
it is killing her.
Masquerading as her best friend, the alcohol is cunning. Repeatedly, it...
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Categories:
raft, addiction, drink, faith, spiritual,
Form:
ABC
Kindness Generates Rewardsa heave and a shove, into the ocean she goes
where she stops no one knows,
floats and floats till it may sink
you may spot it with red ribbon bows.
message in a bottle set off to...
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Categories:
raft, appreciation, giving,
Form:
Free verse
Loving My Refurbished Fifteen Inch Mid 2015 Macbook ProLoving my refurbished fifteen inch mid 2015 Macbook Pro
A lightning fast machine
purchased three days ago
now comfortably nestling with
said technological wonder,
where outside a cold wind howls
measuring windchill factor of five below
allowing, enabling and providing me
an opportunity...
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Categories:
raft, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
The Battle At Beaver CreekThe Hunters sallied forth... their hearts aglow
with a fearlessness displayed.
A pugnacious merry band of brothers
who to a boy were not afraid.
To find the foe they hoped to...
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Categories:
raft, adventure, humor, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania Circa Early 1970'sOhiopyle, Pennsylvania circa early 1970'S
(just in time for end of summer reading...
recounting emotionally disastrous campy turbulence)
intended food for thought indulgence.
A boys' life aborted
miscarried golden opportunity
for adolescent romance to be courted.
Amidst a raft of fellow...
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Categories:
raft, 7th grade, 8th grade, adventure, age, america,
Form:
Rhyme
Where the Sea Meets the SkyAt the end of the world where the sea meets the sky,
there's a small strip of land where the mermaids lie.
Where they chit and they chat, or play and have fun,
and top up their...
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Categories:
raft, dark, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Chinese Translations ShijingThese are modern English translations of Chinese poems of The Shijing or Shi Jing ("Book of Songs" or "Book of Odes")
Shijing Ode #4: “JIU MU”
ancient Chinese rhyming poem (c. 1200-600 BC)
loose translation by Michael R....
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Categories:
raft, desire, family, girl, home, love, marriage, song,
Form:
Rhyme
A Growing Menagerie of Stuffed Animals and Beanie BabiesA (growing) menagerie of stuffed animals And Beanie Babies
The following doth constitute
combination of fact and fiction
unfortunately not sentences
referencing overactive spousal glute
though sphincter roaring
could muscle us into ample loot
(after wife explodes open bank vault)
versus ass spire...
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Categories:
raft, adventure, appreciation, best friend, crazy, family, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Final FarewellTo my life that betrayed the butterflies~
within my chrysalis mind,
forgive my flawed dialect,
I no longer look upon sakura skies,
awaiting a ray of fluffy...
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Categories:
raft, destiny,
Form:
Free verse
Fleeting MomentA fleeting moment I possess
I tend to obsess
condense my sight to the obvious sightings
I'm beyond inferior to proposals and promise of wedding bells
unable to compete with the reigning smiles
and the incoming wave of tiny giants
opening...
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Categories:
raft, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse