Mariguita has Many Meanings
mariquita has many meanings, one not so snug
she is a Spanish word for lovely polka dotted ladybug
she is also sometimes referred to as ladybird
An English word for ladybug which seems absurd
mariquita can also be referring to a pansy
or a faerie all antsy and dance-y
or a fairy light and airy, according to my Gran
another kind of
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Categories:
meanings, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Peter Periwinkle
“Peter Periwinkle had a car accident,”
my brother said,
as if reading it aloud
from the back
of a cereal box.
It took me three full seconds
to realize
he meant our father.
We were on my grandma’s farm
where she had recently died,
leaving chickens scratching
unknowingly in the dust.
Our father was elsewhere—
broken, back bent like a paperclip,
drunk at the wheel
when the other car
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Categories:
meanings, 1st grade, brother, dad,
Form: Free verse
The Meanings Of Our Names
I gaze at a forest of willow trees beside the sea,
Presenting to me lovely meanings of love and beauty
In loving a man so deeply that I want him to be with me.
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Categories:
meanings, boyfriend, dedication,
Form: Sijo
The Word Treasury
A book of words, so big and bright,
Helps us learn, day and night.
It shows us meanings, one by one,
So we can understand, and have fun.
From A to Z, it's all inside,
A world of words, where we can reside.
It teaches us, how to say,
And helps us write, in a better way.
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Categories:
meanings, adventure, day, education, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Meanings of Love
love's definitions ~
what feels best, cares most, knows when
music becomes noise ~
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Categories:
meanings, love,
Form: Senryu
WORDS MATERIALIZE MEANINGS
Expectant fields,
silent stones,
serious tombs...
words spring up
and materialize meanings...
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Categories:
meanings, allusion, imagery, words,
Form: Free verse
Under the mantle of night, full of hidden meanings
Under the mantle of night, full of hidden meanings,
Where stars dance their stories in silence,
There lies a world where vocations drown in shadows,
Children with grand dreams, trapped in dusty golden cages,
In the name of egalitarian humanism, they disperse in the cold wind.
Schools, temples of logic and unfeeling iron rules,
Bury geniuses under mantles of conformity and
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Categories:
meanings, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Under the mantle of night, full of hidden meanings
Under the mantle of night, full of hidden meanings,
Where the stars dance their stories in silence,
There lies a world where vocations drown in shadows,
Children with grand dreams, trapped in dusty golden cages,
In the name of egalitarian humanitarianism, they disperse in the cold wind.
Schools, temples of logic and unfeeling iron rules,
Bury geniuses under cloaks of conformity
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Categories:
meanings, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Under the mantle of night, full of hidden meanings
Under the mantle of night, full of hidden meanings,
Where the stars dance their stories in silence,
There lies a world where vocations drown in shadows,
Children with grand dreams, trapped in dusty golden cages,
In the name of egalitarian humanitarianism, they disperse in the cold wind.
Schools, temples of logic and unfeeling iron rules,
Bury geniuses under cloaks of conformity
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Categories:
meanings, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Scarcity Meanings
Scarcity is good for rich in economy, bad for poor in need
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Categories:
meanings, allusion, analogy, appreciation, metaphor,
Form: Monoku
Our Words
Our Words
Fear
Force
Tenderness
Tears
Healing
Harm
Curses
Caring
Creates Fear
Creates Force
Creates Tenderness
Creates Tears
Creates Healing
Creates Harm
Creates Curses
Creates Caring
Gives Fear
Gives Force
Gives Tenderness
Gives Tears
Gives Healing
Gives Harm
Gives Curses
Gives Caring
Resulting Fear
Resulting Force
Resulting Tenderness
Resulting Tears
Resulting Healing
Resulting Harm
Resulting Curses
Resulting Caring
Our Words
by JAM
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Categories:
meanings, meaningful, words,
Form: Free verse
Red As Blood and Wool of Wail
The wound becomes inward like the pink moon
after a little rain. It glows and then becomes
red as the blood and the wool of the wail
dangling white like a sheep in the wind.
And this thorn that now curves in your breast;
you will not bring to the garden
nor to the throned light.
It lies at your
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Categories:
meanings, life, loss, sensual, write,
Form: Free verse
Hidden Meanings
If you love 1 & they love 2
We'll then notice
That 3 also grew
If 4 gives more
Than just closing the door
5 grows & 6 will light the room
12 now shines
While 100 changed minds
100 now shown their not alone
With 100 more now reborn
Time streams by
In our impatient lives
Waiting on the moon
To explode
An
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Categories:
meanings, conflict, courage, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Expressions Diverse Meanings Same
She sobbed, screamed, screeched, squealed…
He howled, hollered, hissed, hooted…
The hearing seemed tug-of-war-filled.
The judge smiled and said: "Equaled!
So, your wish to reunite is confirmed!'
They frantically hugged, kissed. In celluloid.
04 June 2021
Bite Size Poem no.4 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Line Gauthier
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Categories:
meanings, life, marriage,
Form: Free verse
The Art In Our Heart
The heart of our soul and mind.
Look deeper, there is an art to find.
Anger for the moments of frustration.
Depression for the thoughts of deprivation.
Guilt is for the choices of regret.
Disappointment for what we expect.
Humiliation takes awhile to dissipate
Resentment runs deeper than hate.
Ignorance for whatever you neglect
Reminiscence for everything
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Categories:
meanings, anger, courage, deep, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme
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