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Considering the Centipede
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Jim Slaughter
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millipede, animal, humor,
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Beauties and cuties
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Supraja Kannan
| Free verse |
millipede, animal, beautiful, beauty,
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Mom Hated Millipedes
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randy johnson
| Rhyme |
millipede, fear, hate, mother,
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honesty at the edge of sleep
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PATRICIA CRESSWELL
| Free verse |
millipede, character, endurance, fate,
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And what to choose
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Taoi Chanan
| I do not know? |
millipede, bangla,
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Song of Nature
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Mario Vitale
| Free verse |
millipede, america, anxiety, appreciation, art,
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Would that be a chicken with custard or cream and in hexagonal or circular form
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Taoi Chanan
| I do not know? |
millipede, animal, appreciation,
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Graceful but Dangerous
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Solomon Ochwo-Oburu
| Free verse |
millipede, allusion, evil, society,
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CHIT chat
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Taoi Chanan
| I do not know? |
millipede, analogy, bird, christmas,
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correctional distillation
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Taoi Chanan
| I do not know? |
millipede, art, assonance,
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pleasurable
by Taoi Chanan
Millipede. Multitude. Millionaire damson. When elevation is caused by an unauthorized z code a b could be an m an an m could be a...
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I do not know? |
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Categories:
millipede, bible,
hollowed out but holding heavens
by Taoi Chanan
Stone set unblemished unworked faces create hardship floors on which to sip out of rock puddles. Such luxury. In a fine art landscape one must...
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I do not know? |
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millipede, beach,
The Circus Is In Town
by Terry O'Leary
Come join the unraveling circus
quite soon to be passing our way,
with the clowns in a clamor to twerk us -
line up as they lead us...
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Quatrain |
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millipede, humor,
no where but here
by catherine labeau
on a velocipede against traffic pedaling hands free texting cyberspace
at the last minute the millipede with its mani pedi went to the stratosphere
to meet the...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
millipede, death,
Slower than Slow Motion
by Funom Makama
Still clinging onto the hangover of colonialism
with mental independence weighed to a pathetic size of almost zero.
You are a beautiful woman, yet low esteemed like...
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Dramatic Verse |
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millipede, africa, political,
Lyric Man
by KAYOD5 Kayode
It was atlantic beach I went
In search of pearls and cowries
Sad, to voidness I return:
I do not see him, Dave my Lyric Man.
My darling Dave,...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
millipede, friend, missing you,
New Shoes For Mike And Molly
by Diane Lefebvre
Millie Mable Millipede was worried by the news.
Mike and Molly Millipede would soon need winter shoes.
Their itsy, bitsy, tiny feet, until now free and bare,
Were...
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Rhyme |
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millipede, children, giggle, humor, mother,
Be a queen that you are
by KAYOD5 Kayode
Darling, my darling baby,
Why do you not dance while I sing?
Why do you coil together like millipede?
Stretch out to me your satiny hands,
Lean your...
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millipede, inspirational, psychological,
SOLITUDE A LOVE KNOT
by Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser
SOLITUDE A LOVE KNOT
Rushing millipede of rain down my window pane
sadness drifts, glided uninvited ounce reef.
Unruffled even from billowing strain,
solitude steals unnoticed like a thief.
Tiptoeing...
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millipede, emotions, growth, life, light,
MY LEADERS
by ESTHER MUCHAI
Only the disturbing wings of the fly
Hissing at the corners of the gravy room
Who died still a puzzle
Straight heads would pass for a lecture room
Black...
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ABC |
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millipede, betrayal, leadership, power,
IF I WERE THE PRESIDENT
by john chizoba vincent
The sky bear me witness
The soil knows my gut and willpower
Since its my home in the next phase of life
And the air could read...
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millipede, dream, grief,
Road mishaps
by Timothy-Paker Nwaorgu
Their honks were like buzzes
From a desperate housefly;
Streams of smoke blurred the air
As the metallic insects cued up
On the road beaming the light of the...
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Free verse |
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millipede, journey,
Slaughter of the innocents
by Gorlum Gorlum
Millipede eating baby cockroach
An innocent victim
I feel no sympathy
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Haiku |
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millipede, abuse, allegory, baby, feelings,
I LOVE NATURE 2
by chipepo lwele
Eagle,Dove,Sparrow,Peacock
Spider,Butterfly,mantis,Millipede
Tiger,Kapenta,Bream,Bottlefish
Girl,Boy,Mother,Father,Grandfather
Stomach,Liver,Kidney,Lungs
Pumpkin-seeds,Watermelon-seeds
Sheep-manure,Foul-manure
Rose,Amaranthus
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Classicism |
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millipede, adventure, nature,
Poetry: The Voice Of The Soul
by Funom Makama
The Soul!
Enveloped in flames of a burning Heart
suppressed by the strong will of the mind
and silenced by the dynamism of the body's actions.
The Soul!
Morbid with...
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Imagism |
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millipede, faith, fantasy, nature, passion,
SHOES GLORIOUS SHOES
by stephen blencowe
I was mooching in the bedroom..
When I heard a tapping sound..
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Blank verse |
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millipede, life,
adieu
by Nurudeen Olaniran
You need a visit to the bush
to see an elephant
You need a visit to the bush
to see a bufallo
Who will go to the wild
to...
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Prose Poetry |
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millipede, death, fear, funeral, nostalgia,
THE BYSTANDER
by Timothy-Paker Nwaorgu
On one daring day, when the bruising sun was yet to set
And unfold the opportunities of an anticipated and hopeful day.
A bystander sprouted out from...
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Free verse |
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millipede, people, sun,
My Shed
by Nick Bagnall
A ball of twine, a washing line
A bag of peat, an old dust sheet
A rope
Some wire
An old flat tyre
A roller-skate, a garden gate
Some dry grass...
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List |
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millipede, funny, old, garden, old,
THE MILLIPEDE THAT BLED
by HELLEN MASIDO
I really didn’t mean to
Btu I stepped on the young millipede
That lay in the path
Of my foot
I hadn’t seen it
I just heard the crunch
Then felt...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
millipede, animals, death, forgiveness, heart,