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Be of Good, Compassionate Courage
Dandelions…
They flutter, now I see
Fiery lions…
They're dancing with me
Sunlight…
Come out and shine down 
Moonlight…
Shun out my darkened frown

I am the infinitesimal stars in the tranquil, terrestrial night
I am the scars minutes before the sunlit dawn...

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Categories: rubbed, confidence, courage, encouraging, endurance, hope, muse, passion,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Chapter 71-- Damian Delilah Mallory and Polly: Cascades the Triple Date
A good time was had by all at
Mother Daughtry's. The next 
Day Damian was in his usual 
Mood with Molly in her cozy
But large room. He layed on her
Bed she layed on top of him.
"Hmm,"...

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Categories: rubbed, confidence, emotions,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member At the Footbridge - Limerick Collaboration
At the footbridge Sue was meeting her beau
(He was married to a woman called Flo)
Sue soon found out his deception
She dismembered his erection
For his love life it was a massive blow

To the hospital fled poor...

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Categories: rubbed, betrayal, body, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Chapter 63 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Family Seventeen Xiii-- Vacation
11 o'clock at night. Everyone is 
In bed. Molly was in the adjoining 
Room with the seven and 
Desharah. Damian was awake
 and Planning. Dominant 
Damian was deeply devious 
in his domain. In bed with...

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Categories: rubbed, adventure, atheist, beach, deep, divorce, good morning,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Rum n Raisin 11 - One Hundred Million Years BC
Sneaking into the museum to avoid the sudden rain
Raisin said, “I don’t want to get soaked right through again,
It was bad enough when that truck through that puddle dashed
And you and me - but mainly...

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Categories: rubbed, adventure, cat, fantasy, time,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member FBI ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOIS CONFIDENTIAL HUMANS SOURCE CRISIS TEAM
CRISIS TEAM:HELLO WE ARE HERE TO HELP  

AGENT BROWN: HELLO I AWAKEN EVERY NIGHT BETWEEN  THREE OR FOUR AM I CANNOT BREATHE PANTING HEARING MY FETUS HEARTBEAT SO LOUDLY 

CRISIS TEAM: YOU ARE...

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Categories: rubbed, america, analogy, anxiety, art, career, inspirational,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 89
The magic disappeared.  The lead Troll's hand fell through the air where the magic was released and he lost his balance almost falling to the ground.  He hesitated feeling the emptiness in front...

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Categories: rubbed, christmas, fairy,
Form: Epic
How I Got Richer and What I Did Next
How I Got Richer and What I Did Next



I struck a sly deal with some Wall Street investors.
I shorted 'em stocks that didn't exist!
But they got me back (those post-empty-nesters)
by making fake deals I couldn't...

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© John Mudge  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rubbed, allegory, funny, heaven, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
My Corporate Life and How It All Ended
I met with some bankers in fine textured suits.
I struck a deal quick. (I had such a knack.)
I offered rare cacti and tropical fruits – 
a cure-all for things that ail your back.

I served 'em...

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© John Mudge  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rubbed, business, humor, humorous, money, political, satire,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Adopting Yua
The dust had all but settled from the sultry morning air when Sergeant Kessler tapped me on the arm to wake me up.
“Gonna be a hot one,” he announced, “a chance o’ rain...and could get...

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Categories: rubbed, child, daughter, inspirational, inspirational love, uplifting,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member I Want a Doggy
Oh how I want a doggy, 
a bundle of love and fur.                       ...

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Categories: rubbed, dog, friend, love,
Form: Narrative
Saturday, September 23, 2023
Saturday, September 23, 2023  

Coincides with first day of fall
and Autumnal equinox for said year,
where colorful splash kindled like tinder.

After I riff flecked about thee August
Autumn Equinox 2023,
this seasonal polymath teached you 
fall Equinox...

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Categories: rubbed, animal, appreciation, autumn, celebration, cool, environment, heaven,
Form: Free verse
Turning To Turquoise
Verse 1: My destiny...
My dignity...
Is all gone since you left me with nothing to lose
I'm willing to let go of this grudge in my heart...cut loose the noose 
That's around my neck
Give me your love...

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Categories: rubbed, deep,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Chapter 81 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Leo Legends Age
Date August  10,  2040
Damian roused Molly from her
Pleasant dream just because 
He wanted to make love. She
Drowsyly responded to his 
Belly caressing, "Yes, Damian 
I'm sleeping, soo... tired." 
He said, "ooh, that's alright."
He...

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Categories: rubbed, birth, black love, confidence, emotions, family, father
Form: Alliteration
Worming the Cat and Dog
Once again it’s Saturday; the day when footy reigns supreme.
The Dogs are up against the Cats, the premier favoured team,
but I’ve got no doubts the mighty Dogs will surely cope with that.
I couldn’t think of...

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Categories: rubbed, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Precipice
"The Precipice"



In the Autumn 
she wore a wedding veil
A cold winter would lift it
Kiss her lips passionately to 
speak words of 
LOVE
on a 
late roll call

“Well, that’s insanity for you” 
some snakes would hiss
others rapture-faced
on...

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Categories: rubbed, god, humanity, science,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Megan's Quest Part 3of7
'A magical lock?' Groaned Graygall in a voice of defeat.
    'We are doomed before even we are set to advance.
To defeat Trolls would be an almost impossible feat
    but...

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Categories: rubbed, adventure, courage, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
July Bride
I was so anxious to get away but I did not realize what was on the way
I got a standing ticket because all the tickets have been sold out some on the black market, others...

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Categories: rubbed, betrayal, endurance, environment, friendship love, happiness, symbolism,
Form: Narrative
Winter, 1948
WINTER, 1948 [40 Saxton Street]

for W.W

The winter nights that pass now
are so unlike the winter nights
that passed before, that I often
struggle back in those suspended moments
when sleep grapples for a hold,
to once again hear the...

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Categories: rubbed, age, childhood, family, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Proof
We are the days that we’ve become. 
moments dripping gifted from
the lounging clocks in rolling melted sightings, 
given by the gifted madness of a soulmate’s fightings. 

Our lives wrapped up in phrases coined
in books like,...

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Categories: rubbed, allegory, america, computer, crazy, extended metaphor, irony,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Chapter 152 -- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: pt 4 Almost Time for a Wedding
April 3,  2051

Dolly speculated about home, "the kids."
And decided Skype contact before
The dawn of day. Next day early morning.
Dolly was thinking, "this turned out 
Completely different than expected.
Ooo this was Not the plan. She...

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Categories: rubbed, absence, allusion,
Form: Prose
Premium Member The Mask of Alabaster
Once the night had fallen upon a sleepless slumber,
Whence the winter woke me when the third was three in number.

I sense that a wince doth lurk and wear which wicked gaze,
Of conniving shadows cast between...

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Categories: rubbed, anxiety, confusion, deep, dream, education, fantasy, fear,
Form: Couplet
Long Before Isis
Thirty years ago, long before ISIS started executing Kurds, Muslims and Christians, I hired a Pakistani Muslim as an art director in Chicago. I was an Irish Catholic editor putting out a small national magazine....

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Categories: rubbed, friendship,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Pipe Lines of Kaimu: Imu Ground Oven
Preparations for 'Luau' (LOU-ow) or a Hawaiian Party-like event, for a church Luau, would be a 'Ho'ike' (hoe-'E-kay). The hunters will tie the hind legs of whatever animal will go into an 'i'mu' (E'-moo), which...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rubbed, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, celebration, happiness, religion, together,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Chapter 36 -- Damian Delilah Mallory and Polly
Molly had just awoke from a
Nap when Damian rang her bell
Carrying Damian Junior. "Hey
Damian." She had to be calm for 
The Baby's sake. He placed
DJ in a small bassinet that he
Brought with him.  Then...

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Categories: rubbed, angst, confidence, deep, future, happiness, heart,
Form: Alliteration

Book: Reflection on the Important Things