WATERED LIFELife's no banked river...
Life's roving waves frothing shores...
Life's oceanic......
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Categories:
middle school, allegory, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Haiku
ANGELIC DECEPTORANGELIC DECEPTOR
Magnetic mantis,
in pious genuflection,
attracting its prey:-
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Categories:
middle school, angel, betrayal, conflict, extended
Form: Haiku
A SUMMER BALLET
A SUMMER BALLET
In shade and cool winds,
tree green leaves and pink flowers,
joyfully ballet:-
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Categories:
middle school, beautiful, dance, flower, imagery,
Form: Haiku
A QUIET SUMMER CROWD
A QUIET SUMMER CROWD
Birds perched on the fence…
Cats sleeping under shade trees…
Flowers looking on…
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Categories:
middle school, beauty, bird, cat, flower,
Form: Haiku
IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY
IN THE HEAT OF DAY
A peaceful warm day.
Scents of flowers fill the air;
So do summer flies!
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Categories:
middle school, dance, flower, high school,
Form: Haiku
DESPAIR NOTDESPAIR NOT
Root not in despair,
be in the reaping of God’s
fruits of healing grace:
Glorified in your progress,
continue plowing onward:-
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Categories:
middle school, cheer up, confidence, encouraging,
Form: Tanka
GoodbyesI remembered what you did to me in the past
You caused me to shatter like glass
I lost myself trying to stay freinds with you
I played the wrong cards now I've got permanent scars
You want me to forgive you for what you did
You took everything to far with no regards
I put you first so...
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Categories:
middle school, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
SUMMER RAINSUMMER RAIN
God cried today
His tears fertilizing
The womb of
Mother Earth:
The wet smell
Of nature’s essence
Saturated the air
As moist breeze blew
Breath of new life
Into dried hopes
Wilted in despair:-
The rainy season
Of life has begun:
Maybe love’s peace
Will hollow her footprints
In the canvassing mud:-
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Categories:
middle school, allegory, extended metaphor, high
Form: Prose
1993A generation to ask why.
Peaked and taught a world is nothing but themselves, not even to be.
Occupying nothing but digital spaces offered to prior persons and parentage.
From here, where are we to go?
The highest minds have none to say.
If they did this, it wouldn't be.
The hardest working have no say.
If they did, ketamine-soaked South Africans,
wouldn't...
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Categories:
middle school, age, america, appreciation, light,
Form: Free verse
A MATHEMATICAL PERSPECTIVE OF JUNETEENTHA MATHEMATICAL PERSPECTIVE OF JUNETEENTH
(Apropos of 1619 To 2025)
In the proud history of Virginia,
1619 was a significant year
In relating to the beginning
Of slavery in the United States.
It has been revealed, however,
That there were slaves present
In the country long before:-
It’s documented that in the year...
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Categories:
middle school, allegory, america, high school,
Form: Prose
IN LIFE'S GREAT EQUATIONIN LIFE’S GREAT EQUATION
Circling myself in a triangle spirit,
Today I squared all my efforts,
And my results doubled:
I added good and got better,
Subtracted evil, and got best;
And when I cubed this,
I achieved more-better-best:-
As weird as it may sound,
Rounding out everything,
It appears that at day's end,
I had a solid and blessed one:
All praises be for my life’s...
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Categories:
middle school, allegory, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
A DOVED SHELLA DOVED SHELL
A slow-moving shell,
caboose-like crawling in peace:
Cute little turtle:-
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Categories:
middle school, animal, cute, environment, extended
Form: Haiku
ANIMAL CHAOSANIMAL CHAOS
Dogs barking loudly,
excited cats meowing,
as rats run and play:-
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Categories:
middle school, 3rd grade, cat, cute,
Form: Haiku
IN THE GARDEN OF GRACEBlossoming onwards
Know you’re worthy of success;
God…navigating…
Like flowers of spring,
Your destiny is assured;
God…cultivating…
Plow onwards in faith,
Rowing towards your greatness;
God…fertilizing…
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Categories:
middle school, allegory, extended metaphor, high
Form: Haiku
Those Blessed Twins
Categories:
middle school, allegory,
Form: Senryu
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