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Sir Sleep
.So this one was really just a bit of fun I wanted to try and incorporate some really old slang type language within the piece, I've included a glossary below for the old words but...
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Categories:
the good old days, dark, dream, night, old, silence, sleep, stars,
Form:
Free verse
The City and the State of Play Today
THE CITY AND THE STATE OF PLAY TODAY
No one worries about morals today
They follow the rules they create
So to them all is ok
Those on the outside looking in
Are the only ones feeling queasy...
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Categories:
the good old days, business, community, corruption, international, london, money, political,
Form:
Free verse
Gravity of the Situation
I was an experienced astronomer, with bright eyes ever turned to the stars,
As the mysterious, intelligent aliens, might in their turn, be looking to ours.
Space had always held fascination for me, with wonders of worlds...
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Categories:
the good old days, appreciation, beauty, imagery, nature, science, work,
Form:
Couplet
If Only My Wish Would Come True
I often wonder where this world is headed, ...
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Categories:
the good old days, crazy, love, time, uplifting, words, world,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
A Very Long Week
Solomon was born in exuberant springtime, and it was on a Monday.
Proud parents were Gregory and Helen, when now became someday.
They dwelt back in the good old days, in a house not far from town;
But,...
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Categories:
the good old days, faith, fantasy, happiness, life, love, nature, nursery
Form:
Couplet
Confused
A
Alas! I`m in a
confused state,
As I wonder in
perpetual
restlessness
B
Bind by different
thoughts that are
not mine,
I keep remembering
the good old days
C
Caught in the middle
of fights that I
don`t know of;
I mellow down to
understand this
misery
D
Desperately looking
for answers...
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Categories:
the good old days, corruption, emotions, life,
Form:
Abecedarian
Grandad the Superhero
Grandad The Superhero
My grandad was a superhero,
You would not think it true,
For now he’s old and very slow,
And he only wears one shoe.
He used to soar across the sky,
Birdman was his name,
But now he can...
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Categories:
the good old days, 1st grade, child, grandfather, grandparents, hero,
Form:
Rhyme
A Hidden Maestro
I was a professional, melodic dance instructor, at the flowery prime of the art,
And I taught its various, elegant styles, sweet joy of valuable living to impart.
The noble old classic styles will never die, like...
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Categories:
the good old days, career, dance, fantasy, magic, music, nature, travel,
Form:
Couplet
The Good Old Days
When were the Good Old Days?
Was it before we stopped to remember those who died that horrible sunny day of September
11, 2001?
Was it when subways and buses were safe and weren’t bombed twice...
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Categories:
the good old days, people, social, care, old, lost, people, care,
Form:
Free verse
100 Years From Now
Wide-eyed and poised today, as I look at yesterday, I can see tomorrow.* If nothing else, yesterday taught me that tomorrow will be a little like today, because today has features of yesterday and tomorrow....
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Categories:
the good old days, future,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Love
You've probably heard your fair share of love poems over the years.
I know I have.
But I had something I wanted to say
and figured why not make another cliche.
Love an intense feeling of deep affection
Love a...
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Categories:
the good old days, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, life,
Form:
Free verse
King of Fruits
Durians As king Of Fruits
When it is fruits season locally, everywhere there is an abundant display of all kinds of fruits…
In any given location, you’ll be spoilt for choices given the wide selection of fruits…
Of...
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Categories:
the good old days, addiction, appreciation, community, food, fruit, joy, sensual,
Form:
Light Verse
It Saddens Me
It saddens me...
Seeing folks who once stood so tall;
Still towering giants in our society.
...
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Categories:
the good old days, perspective,
Form:
Lyric
Belief System 2
"The streams are my veins."
Can you hear the drum beats of fear as do I?
Does the mere sound of these fears make you want to CRY?
You don't want to believe it, and hope it's...
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Categories:
the good old days, change, christian, world,
Form:
Rhyme
Regret
We were cousins and had grown up
Close friends, living not far apart.
When I was nine and he was eight,
(His sister and my brothers were younger)
We were going to get married
Some day and have ten children,
Ten...
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Categories:
the good old days, age, bereavement, family, sorrow, time,
Form:
Free verse
Painting America
A memory is like a rock in the river
The longer it drifts the smaller it gets
Possibly distorted by the waves
Like a memory over the course of time
It gets whittled down and fades
And eventually you wonder...
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Categories:
the good old days, america, dark, introspection, political,
Form:
Free verse
Good Old Days
Sunday afternoon my grandmother decided to take me down with her to the memory lane.
She seemed excited like a child traveling first time on an aeroplane.
"Those were the days,
when everything was fresh and...
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Categories:
the good old days, education, gender, life, society, today, uplifting, women,
Form:
Rhyme
Some of the Best Times of Time
Memorable - "I remember the time when...." (Aah!...the good old days!)
Puzzled - "What time is it?" (Time for a watch!)
Philosophical - "Time is of the essence!" ...
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Categories:
the good old days, humor, life, sometimes, time,
Form:
Free verse
Nature's Remedy
Naked trees whose dilapidated bodies have outgrown the test of time
shoot unseemly into the unaccommodating sky flustering as they walk by
Nude trees laden with deceptive shadows waiting for the morrow
Echoing a somber tune...
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Categories:
the good old days, age, change, community, death, earth, environment, international,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
College Bill
I grew up with Phillip Jones who was our doctor’s son.
We built huts amongst the ti-tree and fired the odd slug gun.
We went through school together and we hung out up the street;
played footy and...
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Categories:
the good old days, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
A Past You Can'T Forget
The clock hits 3am
She sits quietly in the still of her own room
With her headphones in quietly she listens
Until that one song began to play
Yea you know the one
It hits so close to home
And she...
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Categories:
the good old days, best friend, lost love, memory, soulmate, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
Teacher's Pest
Everybody had a personal favorite or that one teacher that for some reason we just didn't like. Back in the day, when I was in 6th grade, there was a math teacher that for some...
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Categories:
the good old days, 6th grade, teacher,
Form:
Haibun
Sensitivity
SENSITIVITY
They’re all ignored by us, but they have feelings too :
A black gravestone in New York, down in the world,
Recalling its halcyon days as a part of
The impressive strata ...
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Categories:
the good old days, funnynight, old, beach, feelings, night, old,
Form:
Free verse
Change Aint Easy
Change Aint Easy
We thought it was so simple back then
Things didn't need to have to make sense
different words were okay,
yep green on both sides of the fence
We just played
I was a boy
you were a...
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Categories:
the good old days, boy, childhood, conflict, confusion, courage, girl, innocence,
Form:
Free verse
My First New Car
*For Carol Brown's Story Time Contest ..
My First New Car
I grew up a poor country girl living on the out skirts of town. We would move every year like
the military form place to place...
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Categories:
the good old days, socialcar, house, me, old, car, house, me,
Form:
Bio