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I Am My Father's Son
They were gambling in front of the house.
Manservants and pages bustled about
Serving Suitors who just curse and carouse.
Few mix wine with water. I heard one shout,
"Clean down the tables with wet sponges! Rouse
Yourselves! And when...

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Categories: retorted, adventure, anger, anxiety, bullying, father, history, introspection,
Form: Dramatic Monologue



Limericks Vi - Religion
Limericks VI - Religion

Pell-Mell for Hell Mel
by Michael R. Burch

There once was a Baptist named Mel
who condemned all non-Christians to hell.
When he stood before God
he felt like a clod
to discover His Love couldn’t fail!



Why I...

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Categories: retorted, christian, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, religion, religious,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member The Book - the Narrative Style
~The Book~
 ( Narrative / Short Story)


 Shhh...Be quiet! please...or you'll wake up everyone...

 Did you see what that young man did all this evening at the table while taking some of his notes?
 Yes,...

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Categories: retorted, beautiful, books, fantasy, love,
Form: Free verse
The Dancing: the Last Dance
Was it a cruel twist of fate?
Sneering, laughing chance?
Perhaps something I ate?
A bad bout of happenstance?

It wrenched and tore at my gut,
A sickening, sober, foreboding sign.
Wretched chance it was not,
This time was by insidious design.

The...

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Categories: retorted, allusion, analogy, angst, anxiety, dance, dark, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Philistine Troops Gathered Up For War
The Philistine troops gathered up for war,
Between Azekah and Socoh amassed.
Israel encamped near in Elah vale
And drew a line against the number vast.
There Saul, upon one mountain, made a stand,
To face the other tribe across...

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© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: retorted, bible,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Book
Shhh...Be quiet! please...or you'll wake up everybody... 

Did you see what that young man did all this evening at the table while taking  some of his notes? 
Yes, sure we did, and so what?...

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Categories: retorted, bible, books, conflict, wisdom, writing, prejudice,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Chapter 82 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Children, the Adults Excursion
Date  October 2040

The children were in the dining 
Room and having a meeting of
Their own. Amadeus spoke 
"We need to be honest with 
Ma Auntiema and Dad and tell
Them when we don't like 
Something...

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Categories: retorted, confidence, devotion, family, fashion, women,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Chapter 103 -- Damian Dj Carter Junior Damali: Trinidad Business Vacation Relations
Damian  CJ and the guys boarded
The 9 o'clock concord  flight that night
They were on Trinidadian ground 
Within two hours. Then rented a
Limo, chauffer included. When 
Four arrived on the site they noticed the...

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Categories: retorted, business, good morning,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member The Mountain of Knowledge:
In my opinion, one goal in life is to reach the summit of the mountain of knowledge.
But we all seem to be in a rush to attain this, and all following the same path that...

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© White Wolf  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: retorted, analogy, bird, mountains,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Chapter 41 -- Damian Delilah Mallory the Master Plan Iii
Another year passed. 
Molly's twins 
Damian Jordan And Damian 
Justin turned one year old and
Dolly's son  Damian Joshua was 
10 months old. Damian made it
His business to provide the
Entire family 
With trust funds and...

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Categories: retorted, business, child, color, confidence, hip hop, leadership,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Chapter 147-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: A Hawaiian Approach
Date:  April  2051
 
7 am the call resounded throughout 
Every Hakim Household. They had it
Blaring out onto the estate's public
Address system. "DJ heard it in 
His house clearly he was visibly 
Irritated. ...

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Categories: retorted, america, anxiety, black love,
Form: Alliteration
The Butterfly, Part I
One warm Summer’s day
As I sat in my folding chair
Something caught my eyey
Something there
Something flying through the air
It was a butterfly
It did flitter and flutter by

When it decided to land
It landed on my left hand
I...

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Categories: retorted, allegory, allusion, analogy, butterfly, me, mental illness,
Form: Rhyme
Watching Me
It was midnight and my dream was shattered
I fell into darkness
A nightmare
I was sinking, drowning, dying…
But then I heard the laugh of a child
Carefree and joyful was the music of her lips
She smiled and suddenly...

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© Cayla Carr  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: retorted, dream, life, miracle,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Raven Run and the Southern Lass Wanting To Have Fun
There once was a southern lass 
Who was looking for a good-looking guy to make a pass,
She thought fast and decided to sell them gas. 

Now here comes Marty 
And he was a dude who...

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Categories: retorted, bird, drink, horror, howl, raven, scary, sexy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Last Fight Part 1


When Marjorie Boyd and Tania Evans spotted each other on the first day of 
primary school, it was like a chemical reaction went off in their brains, compelling them to attack each other. Mrs Banks,...

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© Paul Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: retorted, childhood, growing up, truth,
Form: Free verse
Akula
AKULA

Mark and I caught the last plane from Ft. Lauderdale to New Orleans to escape Hurricane Andrew, leaving Akula ,our boat, tied up at Rolly Shipyard to face the wrath alone. The next few hell...

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© Judy Konos  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: retorted, adventure,
Form: Narrative
Make Me Yours Pt2:Erotica
Chris stared at her dripping mess and held his urge to dick her down. Her hands were on her knees, keeping herself wide and on display. She was an exhibisionist of sorts and she was...

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Categories: retorted, 12th grade, adventure, africa, america,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Death My Pal
Death,
An old friend, as old as life,
We met soon after my birth 
He liked to play games with me 
“Be ready,” he said. “I am coming for you.”
I waited, was all ready to go, 
no...

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Categories: retorted, death, fear, life,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Of Road Rage and the Poetrysoup Profanity Policy
As Joe was biking down the side of the road
He ran across a chap with a dearth of driving skills.  
Or more accurately, the driver almost ran over Joe; 
'Twas one of life’s unwanted...

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Categories: retorted, anger, conflict, culture, funny, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Dabble Dactyls
I have invented a nonce nonsense form: the "dabble dactyl." A dabble dactyl starts out like a double dactyl, but forgets the rules and changes horses midstream. Anyone who prefers order to chaos should give...

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Categories: retorted, giggle, hilarious, humor, humorous, joy, light, nonsense,
Form: Double Dactyl
Double Limericks
The Platypus: Double Limerick
by Michael R. Burch 

The platypus, myopic,
is ungainly, not erotic.
His feet for bed
are over-webbed,
and what of his proboscis?

The platypus, though, is eager
although his means are meager.
His sight is poor;
perhaps he’ll score
with a...

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Categories: retorted, cheer up, fun, funny, funny love, giggle,
Form: Limerick
Theater of Utter Charm Part 12
but this is certainly not intended
to be an instrument of terror
except maybe for the habitual
who are out for my blood
and from whom I am occasionally rescued
speaking of which
it looks like time for my fairy godmother's...

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Categories: retorted, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
For Fans of French
I tell you of a friend who's so fond of everything french
She didn't call her a frenchie when she saw one on a bench 

Her favorite food french fries and syruped french toast
She's been to...

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Categories: retorted, french, humor, language,
Form: Rhyme
Speaking In Tongues In Malaysia
Ho, ho, ho! 

There is this well written article, the link which I gladly give down below,
It is a most beautifully written anecdote of a traveler's tale for well it showed...
A funny side of Malaysia...

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Categories: retorted, beauty, community, confusion, crazy, happy, humorous, people,
Form: Free verse
Gods Fire
God’s Fire!

Most accidents are avoidable, 
I’m sure you would all agree, 
In modern society, high-tech, 
Where things are more robust.
 
All my relatives believed in, 
God, Jesus and the holy trinity, 
But since there is...

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Categories: retorted, betrayal, fire, grandmother, grandparents, jesus, religion, truth,
Form: Blank verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things