Long Tighter Poems
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Bunch of limericks and other funny tricks I
"Okay, tell me, who's gonna be next?"
said the writer of the too-long text.
"No, please, not me," said the lean noun.
"Cut that fat verb there, two lines down."
And they all watched with their faces vexed.
The women...
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Categories:
tighter, crazy, funny, giggle, howl, humor, silly,
Form:
Limerick
The Sun's a Liar-Children's Story Short Contest-
The Sun Is a Liar
It’s been quite some time since I've awoke early enough to meet the sun coming over the horizon. As I gazed out the window from my bedroom window seat, the sky...
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Categories:
tighter, childhood,
Form:
Prose
Chapter 65 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Family Seventeen Xiv 2 : the Family Vacation
It was at this point 11 o'clock
At night. Damian Left Molly and
Checked on the seven. Everybody
Was fine. He returned to
Business. Molly was no longer
Afraid she knew she was in the...
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Categories:
tighter, 7th grade, beach, beauty, child, grandmother, parents,
Form:
Alliteration
Skin of Terror
Skin of Terror
- Daniel Henry Rodgers
(The stage lights come up slowly on Michael's face, which is crisscrossed with wrinkles from his fuming anxiety. He peers out into the gloominess at the wheel and tightly clutches...
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Categories:
tighter, horror, mental health, mental illness, psychological,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Tail Spin, Revised
This page shows my writing process and is part of Poetrysoup's first workshop. The workshop's intent is to reveal how revision strengthens a poem. Constructive feedback can be a gift. Should any journal...
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Categories:
tighter, courage, fear, love hurts,
Form:
Free verse
2 Versions of 4 Seasons
These 2 different versions are separated by nine years
Part 1
MUST BE SPRING
Small speckles of wild grass
Looking like tiny green drops
That had fallen to the earth
Were the very first sign
Waving in the...
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Categories:
tighter, lost love, seasons, time,
Form:
Prose
The Daily Show and Tell
Dear Toni,
I saw you on The Daily Show
the other day
having your way
with Trevor,
or was it the other way around?
Not sure.
I'm also not sure where we first went wrong,
but I'm sorry for once having thought you...
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Categories:
tighter, family, health, humor, patriotic, political, psychological, science,
Form:
Political Verse
The White Lady of Skipsea
"The White Lady of Skipsea"
Last night I dreamt
I dreamed of you
a kind of dream
within a dream
Diaphanous,
my soul escaped,
this firmament,
my immaculate heart
held hands, my fingers
did entwine with
handsome Morpheus
Crystal radiate
twin gossamer...
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Categories:
tighter, dark, fantasy, gothic, history, horror, mystery, romance,
Form:
Free verse
The Whiskey Bottle Wish
The Whiskey Bottle Wish
One late summer night outside a saloon in the mid-west, an intoxicated Dusty Rogers, stumbles out of the Bar nearly taking one of the revolving doors with him. As he flutters...
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Categories:
tighter, bible, drink, judgement,
Form:
Narrative
A Makerere Student, Her Snake, Her Piper, and a Doctor
This poem is featured in Dr. Ivan Edwards' upcoming anthology, Resonance of the Soul: Flowers and Harmonics, published by IEME LLC. The book will be available in e-book, softcover, and hardcover formats upon release. Available...
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Categories:
tighter, anxiety, depression, family, inspiration, mental health, true
Form:
Free verse
Parts Two and Three Honoring Elizabeth Barrett Browning
(4.)
As Midnight Hours Call In More Darkened Hosts
Slow flows a river of doubt and regret
foaming its swirling eddies and sad pits
cavernous echoes one can not forget
nor withstand jagged cuts and hardest hits!
As sun retreats and...
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Categories:
tighter, appreciation, art, creation, poetry, poets, tribute, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
The Village On the Water VII
Raised Stone-Tablet eternally abiding under
Towering Heavens endless span; and in its
Solititude...charts the migrations of our
Highest Lord's cestial rockets.
Because of Stone-Tablet, bestowed unto us, we...
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Categories:
tighter, appreciation, imagery, places,
Form:
Free verse
Aphrodisiac 18plus
Aphrodisiac (18+)
We got beaten by the rain on our way home
Looking so wet and feeling cold all home alone
She is not my bride and I'm not her groom
She is not my girlfriend and I'm...
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Categories:
tighter, adventure, angel,
Form:
I do not know?
Ledger of Love: PART I
Ledger of Love
In the dim-lit chambers of the Victorian home,
Resides a wife, her heart a silent tome.
Once, love’s flame burned bright within her breast,
But now a thin whisp, a ghostly jest.
Her gaze averts from her...
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Categories:
tighter, confusion, desire, heartbreak, longing, love, marriage, sad
Form:
Narrative
The Traveler
A traveler dwelling among refreshing springs
The busied day was drawing a close
Evening dishes clamored loudly to sing
Outside my door a whipping wind blows
Working to rest a goodnight rest
Again I hear that whipping wind that blows
But...
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Categories:
tighter, emotions, faith, inspiration, jesus,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
My Life
As I sit and look up to the sky I wonder
why. Why do I go thru this pain
Me a 9 year living life having fun but didn't
kno my innocents was gon be taking...
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Categories:
tighter, wisdom
Form:
ABC
Becoming Righter
I could be wrong,
we might become righter
with left bipolarity
now left with right tighter
co-arising dipolar.
A distinction more tangible
as bipolar left science didacticals
against Right sacred muse
teasing twittering testicles
while comparing
and contrasting
mutual deplorables
Both Andedness, bi-causal effects
YangLeft natural
with YinRight spirituals,
patriarchal/matriarchal...
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Categories:
tighter, health, humor, integrity, math, philosophy, psychological, science,
Form:
Political Verse
The 4 Seasons a New View
SUMMER
-----------------------
It was one of the warmer summer days
Not a breeze or cloud in the sky
The humidity so high
I could almost reach out
And pluck it from the air
I watched the sunlight
Hitting the north side of my...
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Categories:
tighter, life, seasons, time,
Form:
Narrative
The Rites of Business
When one hits pay-dirt
How far can this go
The thrill in success is habit forming
Success becoming currency of the day’s blo'
Materialism playing a heavy hand as judgment
With minions waiting to join in
Groping for a share... a...
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Categories:
tighter, betrayal, business, corruption, culture, life, self, work,
Form:
Rhyme
Heart break
Heart break.
It’s not just a feeling, it mentally messes you up. Heartbreak is so strong, it’s like a pain in your chest that won’t go away, it’s like you can physically feel your heart splitting...
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Categories:
tighter, break up, feelings, heartbreak, heartbroken, i miss
Form:
Free verse
Memaw
Hey lady, memaw. Boy do I have a lot of questions for you. Questions like what's your favorite color? Who's your favorite band? I know you love your rock music. I know you liked Freddy...
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Categories:
tighter, death, deep, family, god, grandmother, heartbroken, i
Form:
Free verse
My Tree
The most human of things, that was once said to me, sat in the garden, under the tree, licking my ice cream, feeling the grass, wanting to grow up, wanting to ask, wanting to drive,...
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Categories:
tighter, adventure, age, anger, child, child abuse, depression,
Form:
Rhyme Royal
The Fire, the Flood
You’re the headless horseman running on half a heart
You shouldn’t know where to go but you just do
And you’d lose your head if it wasn’t attached to you
Lost puzzle pieces, collecting dust,...
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Categories:
tighter, anger, betrayal, hate, how i feel, identity,
Form:
Free verse
my rapist's follow request on facebook
ping!
like pavlov's dog,
i glance
quick
at my phone
new facebook follow request.
i click the account
click!
my rapist.
it's been nearly 14 years since the first the time
he laid his hands on me
but i feel them
like it was this...
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Categories:
tighter, recovery from, strength, suicide, writing,
Form:
Spoken Word
Kristy and the Conch Shell
Along some bank of ambiguity.
Isolated while in wonder,
I lacked motivation.
Consequently, I preferred to be someplace different.
I perceived myself wandering near the banks,
Concerning one Tiber River in Rome.
"What is behind me,
Is not in front of me!"
Snickering,...
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Categories:
tighter, beach, confusion, humorous, imagination, memory, nostalgia, parody,
Form:
Free verse