Heart and Soul II
...Who can remember the first time we felt the beat of our heart?
Was it when we first kissed or had it broken?
Possibly, it was when we were first told about the metaphorical love of the heart!
Mayb...
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Categories:
mace, love,
Form: Sonnet
Dispensations of Grace
...Hard considerations for the future of mankind
The bard sings commiserations as he looks for what he cannot find
A shard of intimidations hurled toward the innocent and kind
A card that invokes i...
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Categories:
mace, life,
Form: Rhyme
Torn Apart World
...Feel like im 1 of 1 in this torn apart world, if i turn cold thats undone
seen with my past mistakes
nothing new under the sun, someone else has sat in this place
a world where we keep a loaded gu...
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Categories:
mace, dream, imagery, life, love,
Form: Rhyme
WTC Remember Temba
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Lovingly lauded.. they marauded.. rightly applauded
Saffa gaffers did thrill
Willow wielding wizards of Oz
Yielding…lampooned..marooned..jaffas
Festooned spill just like Seville .
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Categories:
mace, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Fix your lips
...The Early Years
She is to entertain 20 people
I fried up 20 cucumbers
5 lbs. Of okra
In a grit and Parmesan cheese
And bits of bacon in the batter
Some spices, mace, cayenne , paprika
Garli...
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Categories:
mace, adventure, culture, dance,
Form: Alliteration
Beware the Ol' Schnozz
...Beware if you find yourself in a dark dank place
You may become the prey of Old Schnozz Face
Don't bother spraying him with a can of mace
He's a Vampiric creature of the Mosquito race
I detest ...
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Categories:
mace, insect, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
HALLS OF AMENTI 2
...HALLS OF AMENTI 2
Doom dark in the
Halls of Amenti
whole families are
dropped down drains
covers shut tight
no pink flamingos
not a single orange
tree in sight
They grope along hol...
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Categories:
mace, 12th grade, change, deep,
Form: Rhyme
THREE ROCKS
...THREE ROCKS
Written for Competition : A Magical Journey
Sponsor : Constance La France
[ Prompt : I hold three magic rocks in my hand
Rolling them over and over and over
Leaving this ...
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Categories:
mace, adventure, allegory, extended metaphor,
Form: Alliteration
Cacoethes
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Written: December 30, 2024 for Contest Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh
Fearful individuals may find claustrophobic environments enticing. He battled his formidable opponent Cacoethes for t...
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Categories:
mace, conflict, health,
Form: Rhyme
Cacoethes
..."Alone is an addiction for Agoraphobics," ... by The Poet
Fireplace, beg a question; spark fuels naught?
Tired face lit the embers that awaken,
iron mace walled, beyond, fox and bear...
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Categories:
mace, absence, addiction, anxiety, character,
Form: Lento
Christmas Shopping Madness
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'Twas the night before Christmas and I still had gifts to buy.
I procrastinated getting it done; a terrible fault I can't deny.
As I juggled bags of presents that cost far too much money,
A side...
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Categories:
mace, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
THE CORRUPT GUTTER
...There’s a constant hammering
Alongside my bedroom window
Repercussions of a corrupt gutter
The maddening drain
Obstinately and persistently has refused
All rehabilitation efforts
Ther...
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Categories:
mace, corruption, metaphor, political, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
KINGDOM COME
...KINGDOM COME
The blood runs hot through royal veins
Ready for the throne, and to finally rule
But it has now to be a battle, not a duel
What one pretender loses, another gains
In muddy field...
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Categories:
mace, conflict, judgement, leadership,
Form: Rhyme
Song Without A Chorus
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I'm a song without a chorus
And my mind is rather porous
Been down this road before
Questioning why I'm back for more
Words bounce around in my head
When for years I thought they were dead...
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Categories:
mace, how i feel, identity,
Form: Free verse
They've Betrayed Us - III, Part I
...III.
Do you know of naïve Martin
who saw a report on the news
of how a young, black man was killed,
that the police had shot the dude!
Now protestors were raising hell,
he saw a large mob on TV...
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Categories:
mace, betrayal, celebrity, confusion, evil,
Form: Rhyme
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