The Distance Within
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2025 Poetry Marathon Mile 6 Poetry Contest// Sponsored by: Mark Toney
( 7th Place )
Written: August 10, 2025
I run the miles deep within,
a subdued race, an unspoken intent,
devoid of...
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Categories:
marathoner, hope, inspirational, journey, life,
Form: Lyric
Ashley, Lane, Massey
...Gold Medal Marathoner, Susan Ashley
Never can be accused of acting rashly
Carefully crafts each word, line, and stanza
Wowing us with her prolific free-verse poetry bonanza!
Silver Medal Marath...
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Categories:
marathoner, celebration, cool, poetry, poets,
Form: Clerihew
Nothing Boot Toe Till Rot and Duff Feet
...Nothing boot toe till rot and duff feet...
concerning yours truly
poor righteous leftist sole.
Great way to begin the new year
mine little feet about size nine wear
sneakers acquired At Ian'...
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Categories:
marathoner, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Rhyme
I Do Not Want Another World To Live
...Wish the time,
tireless marathoner,
standstill...
Be less eternal
while it lasts...
I desire, yes, that life
may continue,
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Categories:
marathoner, allegory, allusion, appreciation, desire,
Form: Free verse
Poets and Time
...Such an obvious thing!
But it really is precious, and worth everything.
It's such an annoying saying to me!
Similar to the sting of a irate honey bee.
Of course, I know that!
But a worn out ...
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Categories:
marathoner, inspiration,
Form: Couplet
The Unwelcome
...My countenance, a melancholy
After strange footsteps possess our balcony,
Close to my two-room apartment,
Now limitlessly a source of contentment..
I do anxious listening,
The hairs on my ski...
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Categories:
marathoner, confusion, environment, hello,
Form: Rhyme
2009 Hyundai Sonata An Infuriating Rattletrap
...Time and again finances stretched
to breaking point
crackle, pop, and snap
'curse Alfred E. Neuman
smiles at yours truly
(this luckless papa)
with with his toothy gap
haint even Abel nor Cai...
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Categories:
marathoner, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Nothing Boot Toe Till Rot and Duff Feet
...Nothing boot toe till rot and duff feet...
Attempting nightly ritual
nsync with sole and
instep of beat
January second 21:08
two thousand twenty
footwear equipped with
custom made cleat
p...
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Categories:
marathoner, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Post-Truth, the Mood of Time
...If truth has its own thesis
That hardly needs emphasis.
If untruth's antithesis,
Post-truth's perhaps synthesis—
Untruth’s sis, and a miss so famous,
Year twenty sixteen’s pet amorphous!
If u...
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Categories:
marathoner, humor, truth,
Form: Free verse
First Blood
...Love can make you happy
Love can be also cruel
Love can be so wicked
And make you feel like a fool
Love can look so tasty
Like chicken and rice
Then make you scratch your head
Like if you have lice
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Categories:
marathoner, introspection, life, lost love,
Form: Light Verse
On Winged Feet
...On Winged Feet
I want to fly on winged feet,
I want to blaze a trail
no one else follows
and I want to carry a message ...
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Categories:
marathoner, adventure
Form: Verse