Incarnate
...The Pentecostal Biblical Version
The Secular Version
Part of The Protestantism Christian Sect;
A Christian group of souls is gathering
Pentecostal Faith church gro...
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Categories:
midstream, analogy, appreciation, bible, blessing,
Form: Verse
Dabble Dactyls
...I have invented a nonce nonsense form: the "dabble dactyl." A dabble dactyl starts out like a double dactyl, but forgets the rules and changes horses midstream. Anyone who prefers order to chaos shou...
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Categories:
midstream, giggle, hilarious, humor, humorous,
Form: Double Dactyl
A Poem Unlived
...A poem unlived
is a poem merely written --
sustenance our words
let the body digest with heartfelt
regurgitation – a poem unlived
is a poem merely written
as well as tasty center, a hea...
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Categories:
midstream, introspection, passion, poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Learning Great Lessons of Life
...Being a check out girl was not my ultimate dream.
But I learned to be polite and respectful in midstream.
My next job was as a teacher’s helper, not ideal at all.
But the lessons I learned there w...
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Categories:
midstream, life,
Form: Rhyme
A Field Day Shoe Fit For Mother Goose
...A field day shoe fit for Mother Goose
Fruitless effort squeezing figurative juice
Pandora called triggering
helter skelter to get loose
necessitating Bullwinkle J. Moose
to usher at yours t...
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Categories:
midstream, 12th grade, adventure, age,
Form: Rhyme
Who Is This King I Will
...I will bless the Lord at all times his praise shall continually be in my mouth
My soul shall make her boast in the Lord the humble shall hear there of and be glad O, magnify the Lord with me and le...
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Categories:
midstream, adventure, age, angel, appreciation,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Mother Goose Would Find Her Tail Feathers Ruffled
...Mother Goose would find her tail feathers ruffled
Hey diddle diddle
the cat and the fiddle
when off to see
a crooked man and woman,
whilst cowards jumped
over moo ving little
pair of mis...
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Categories:
midstream, abuse, allusion, anger, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Earthers
...Heart always tries
Hate always lies
Fear complies
Conundrum tears
fall midstream
Rationalization relents
Reason wins out
Confidence returns
Loss is gain
Less is more
Patterns lost
A better...
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Categories:
midstream, appreciation, change, eulogy, growth,
Form: Free verse
The Poems I Never Wrote
...~When "light upon yon window” aims to break
into my hollow head by early dawn,
such brilliant prose pours in as I awake
but by the time I stretch those words are gone.
And like two roads that ...
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Categories:
midstream, angst, humor,
Form: Sonnet
The Malignant Ulcer
...I see this ulcer
Mind boggling in perception
Body arresting in phenomena
Of diverse shapes and designs
Magnificently wrought together
In one whiff of putrid scent
It is of an exotic nature
Mag...
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Categories:
midstream, integrity, leadership, metaphor, people,
Form: Didactic
God's Illuminating Wisdom
...Sometimes, I feel like a running brook and in midstream there is a boulder, that I am forced to flow around, yet I know the true force of the current that keeps me flowing and it is inevitable of ser...
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Categories:
midstream, religious,
Form: Free verse
Inaudible
...there is a peace
deep-rooted
that echoes through
as if by some enchantment
its gentle breeze rolls
tumbling in slow motion
toward the lands
barely disturbing
skies of azure blue
wispy cl...
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Categories:
midstream, peace, summer, surreal, time,
Form: Free verse
Hey Come See My Room
...Hey! The kindergarten student said. “See my great room!”
He showed all of us through it, for we were on Zoom.
He was proud of his nest full of action figures and books.
He showed us a glimpse of h...
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Categories:
midstream, computer, school,
Form: Rhyme
Worriers Sink Warriors Shine
...Worriers Sink, Warriors Shine
- By Aare Tunde Dawood-Akerele
Let's exempt the death
Worry is for the living
Who has cases to win
Challenges to surmount
Fears to conquer
Aspirations to achiev...
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Categories:
midstream, analogy, courage, death, fear,
Form: Free verse
Sunlit Roads
...Sparkling midstream waves
cuddling the body
of the slender boat
swaying in the swell
of gurgling water
Steam from the cups
of warm brown tea
wetting the lips
with fleshy glee
Sunlit ro...
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Categories:
midstream, love,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
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