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The Tea Party"Go on forth young graduates,
And show us who you are
You're now our future leaders
We know you will go far"
And so commencement ended
Pictures done and people changed
Now, off to private parties
All orderly pre-arranged
But four young girls...
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shorter, america, future, graduate, graduation, life, sad, society,
Form:
Epic
Why LifeWhy does dawn dress robust morning,
while dusk undresses sight?
Each dawn incarnates another Earth Day
a lifetime of Easter mornings
redeeming nocturnal sight's revolution,
another therapeutic day of gift-it-forward light,
some longer,
some shorter
before naked covered night.
Why life?
To uncover...
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Categories:
shorter, adventure, earth, earth day, farm, love, peace,
Form:
Free verse
Answers Without QuestionsWhy do questions hope to end with answers
while answers seem to never end
without yet more questions?
As a case in point...
How are the Case Studies of economic and political history
different than Einstein's Thought Experiments?
Wait a...
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Categories:
shorter, feelings, health, humor, integrity, language, relationship, science,
Form:
Political Verse
Cooperative FeministasCooperative Feministas
are not quite so much Competitive Manifestos.
In David Holmgren's introduction to Permacultural Therapeutic Design,
he contrasts "Industrial Culture" with "Sustainable Culture"
kind of like comparing masculine LeftBrain culture
with feminist RightBrain enculturation, nurturance, resonance
over the longer-term scenaria,
rather...
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Categories:
shorter, anti bullying, caregiving, destiny, health, humanity, humor,
Form:
Political Verse
The Old BearThe Old grizzled Bear... was now keenly aware
as he lay in his Cave all alone.
Where his time as King... was a mere passing thing
and must choose another...
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Categories:
shorter, funny, humor, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 36I sung all the night with the Devil,
It seemed harmony had found itself spooning with dissonance
Not indeed needing to be one or the same
Yes—the light indeed could sustain itself in the midst
Of what then was...
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Categories:
shorter, appreciation, dark, desire, endurance, inspiration, literature, meaningful,
Form:
Epic
Heroic Crown of Sonnets - Part Two
(continued from A Year Of Months (January-June)
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/heroic_crown_of_sonnets_-_part_one_772928
A Year Of Months (July-December)
8. July
July now follows summer's song of June;
with sun ablaze, her days are humid, warm.
Great time to languish in the afternoon,
and later, watch an evening...
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Categories:
shorter, earth, seasons, thanksgiving day,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Thirty-Twofrom island corner, big Antrim lad
to Belfast city, a tiny pad
shattered windows, tilted clocks
Goliath had lost his socks
gargantuan giant going mad
Armagh apple girl, any topic
...
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Categories:
shorter, ireland, nonsense,
Form:
Verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 87“I don't know anything about that. I just do what I must.”
Bréagán's smile was sad but understanding. He knew what it was like to be pushed to do what seemed impossible. He...
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Categories:
shorter, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
February 29th, 2024February 29th, 2024
Alternately titled: 111th leap year since 1582
the year Pope Gregory XIII world leader
(i.e. essentially paterfamilias among
Roman Catholic flock)
timely maneuvered around calendrical rock
and hard space implementing
viable system tracking years ad hoc
out of sync and...
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Categories:
shorter, 12th grade, age, birth, celebration, fate, february,
Form:
Rhyme
The Subway Incident - Both Audio and TextHopefully these two young boys stayed out of trouble after getting a wonderful break like this.
...
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Categories:
shorter, forgiveness, inspirational, uplifting,
Form:
Narrative
The Queen of EnglandQueen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary ll
Her seemingly eternal monarch--God has now beckoned
Balmoral Castle, reigned over the United Kingdom
"God Save The Queen" The British national anthem
21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022
“We are all visitors to this...
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Categories:
shorter, appreciation, celebration, grief,
Form:
Clerihew
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 9As Lumi left the two, they strolled slowly along the cobbled streets and the mood changed from jovial to serious. DynDoeth's voice lowered to just above a whisper,
“Joulupukki, I...
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shorter, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Tasting Africa, One L----Ick At a Time - Part 1Tasting Africa (One L****ick at a Time) Part 1
(Though the title's a joke, my limericks are not!)
1. Life's Always an Adventure (Morogoro)
Can one's life be that safe when all live in a zoo -
Friend on...
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Categories:
shorter, africa, appreciation, journey, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Hold the PhoneHold the phone, hold the freakin’ phone. Lisa’s got a boyfriend!
I’ve never seen Lisa with a boyfriend. Lisa draws men like fireworks on a dark night, but I’ve never seen her keep one. I mean,...
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Categories:
shorter, boyfriend, fashion, humor, money, student,
Form:
Free verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 58When they came to a side hall Joulupukki stopped.
“Do you feel the magic?” He said to her. She nodded. He stepped around the corner, on the far...
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Categories:
shorter, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Triple WhammyThis is based on a completely true event - and every time someone mentions either of these 2 towns, I get hives -
...
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Categories:
shorter, lost love,
Form:
Narrative
Justice In the Quest For LoveI saw how martyrs longed for love, and so began the play of my flitting heart
A strange girl had I become, with airs of fickle dream,
My heart an embodiment of wonder to all that dared...
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Categories:
shorter, beauty, birth, change, inspiration, life, light, love,
Form:
Narrative
Hilda's Family ReunionPaddy didn't want to go to his wife's family reunion. He told her that in the same nice way he had told her in years past so as to avoid other reunions over the many...
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Categories:
shorter, family, marriage,
Form:
Prose
It Won'T Be Dark ForeverDaylight dies
Blackout the sky
Does anyone care
Is anyone there
Enjoy this life
Pop open a Sprite
Roll over to the right and kiss my wife
She's fast asleep
Daylight is trynna come
It's trynna creep
When she...
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Categories:
shorter, cheer up, depression, desire, encouraging, feelings, future,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 155 -- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: HoMeCoMing Date: April 2051
End of the first week of April
late morning.
The Hakim Family was preparing
For a quick exit. Desharah DJ
Sashi Amadeus Amani and Jordan
And Justin were in Desharah and
Sedanah's room...
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Categories:
shorter, best friend, birth, black love, business,
Form:
Prose
Upon approaching advent of an early spring 2024Upon approaching advent of an early spring 2024
(alternately titled GENESIS RESPLENDENT)
No matter the calendrical/official onset of vernal equinox takes places Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024 and transpires until Thursday, Jun 20, 2024, an intimation sensed...
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Categories:
shorter, 12th grade, animal, appreciation, beauty, daffodils, earth,
Form:
Rhyme
The Fall and Rise of Bernie FrasierPart One.
Bernie Frasier, a funny man, a brilliant man, a can do man, if Bernie can’t do it, no one can! Bernie Frasier, a kind and friendly man, a gentle man,...
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Categories:
shorter, absence, destiny, encouraging, fate,
Form:
Narrative
Two Dads -- 2nd HalfHere's the deal, folks...
This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 2 parts.
The 1st...
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Categories:
shorter, father son,
Form:
Verse
Red TulipsUnder a tree of wet blossoms, shimmering to life in the sun, one honey bee is circling around two burly men, who wave it off, with childlike dramatics...arms flailing. One of them,...
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Categories:
shorter, friendship, me, red, spring, tree,
Form:
Verse