In the secret night, where silence is surrounded by unknown eternities
...In the secret night, where silence is surrounded by unknown eternities,
Under star-studded celestial vaults and dreams chained by the moon’s silver,
Through the poet's words, bounded mortals gain d...
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Categories:
mercilessness, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
There Is A Darkness
...It's not the pitch-black scene that surrounds me ominously.
Suspense-filled 'what's hidden within?' feelings heavily haunt
Visions of serpents creeping around precariously
Appear and disappear lik...
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Categories:
mercilessness, dark, life, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Drifting Sycophant
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THESE ARE OPEN(organic) VERSES using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols, the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' (intuitive cadence)& so inherently requires the 'reader' (rec...
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Categories:
mercilessness, analogy, bereavement, introspection,
Form: Verse
Looking Inward, Asking For Serenity's Grace
...** “The unexamined life is not worth living” – Socrates.**
Looking Inward, Asking For Serenity's Grace
Looking inward, a soul that so silently weeps
For the realization of dear dreams born in ...
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Categories:
mercilessness, art, deep, fate, heart,
Form: Rhyme
Embrace and Release
...Embrace your inner hatred and release
Love; fullness forever, to realize.
Embrace your unhappiness and release
Joy; fullness forever, to realize.
Embrace your hostility and release
Peace; f...
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Categories:
mercilessness, faith, joy, life, love,
Form: Couplet
Twas Fortnight Before Inspection 2021
...Twas fortnight before inspection 2021...,
Not a human creature stirred, nor seen
throughout Highland Manor,
property carpeted in lush green
gently hilly terrain,
(a deathlike stillness desce...
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Categories:
mercilessness, abuse, anxiety, april, community,
Form: Rhyme
Onward: To American Protesters
...Onwards towards that open air we’re to breathe!
It’s time for us our clenched fists to unsheathe
And with the rage we’ve swallowed we now seethe!
We should batter the roof of this vast jail
Dow...
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Categories:
mercilessness, america, anger, world,
Form: Tristich
Papa's Condemnation of Prejudice
...Papa's condemnation of prejudice...
and subsequent grim statistic one
(among millions, or more)
tragedy with feted kiss
Yarraka Bayles darling son
hoop fully experiences bliss,
yet more vehem...
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Categories:
mercilessness, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Narrative
They Saw the Ship Ah Coming
...looking to the better tomorrow
standing on each and every promise
looking at the differences
and wondering if there is something better
with someone else
thinking about things some else did wron...
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Categories:
mercilessness, celebration, encouraging, fishing, introspection,
Form: Ballad
Twas the Night Before Inspection
...Twas The Night Before Inspection...,
Not a human creature stirred, nor seen
through out Highland Manor,
property carpeted in lush green
(a deathlike stillness descended un keen
hilly qu...
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Categories:
mercilessness, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Revenge
...Revenge
Cruelty
penalty
punishment
mercilessness
pitiless
mean payment
repayment
returning anger
retaliation
peaceless
pain-return
unforgiven
sour thoughts
vengeance
payback
harm
i...
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Categories:
mercilessness, anger,
Form: Narrative
Inference
...One fine late midnight coils back the whole universe
And asks me in eager voice, what is the source of the race of man?
In sotto voice i whisper in his ears that it is God who created Adam first
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Categories:
mercilessness, earth, father, fear,
Form: Free verse
Quote Prompt 1
...Quote Prompt:
"How is it so easy for you to be kind to people?" he asked...
Milk and honey dripped from my lips and I answered,
"cause people have not been kind to me."
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Categories:
mercilessness, betrayal, discrimination, inspiration,
Form: Verse
War
...The looting; the crying
The shooting; the dying
The terror; the fright
The horror; the flight
The torture; the pain
The effort; the strain
The nightmarish dreams
The blood chilling screams
Th...
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Categories:
mercilessness, crazy, death, evil, gothic,
Form: Rhyme
Strange Days In Advanced Stage Loneliness
...somewhere in the back of the freezer,
there is an old gallon of ice cream
somewhere in the middle of the refrigerator,
there is a cup with some cold cashew milk in it
somewhere deep inside of me,...
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Categories:
mercilessness, grief, heartbroken, loneliness, lonely,
Form: Free verse
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