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Is the time of our departure near part three Q and A and commentary
Q Are we living in a modern era of Sodom and Gomorrah? A Yes Q Was it predicted by Jesus Christ that these times would return at the closure of His church age of grace shortly before the rapture? A Yes Q Were there other sins...

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Categories: modern, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Modern Poet's Pinball Machine
Roll up to the amusement arcade. Behold all the video games you can play - Dodgem car driving games, smash-'em-up derbies. Claw-crane lunge-and-snag-a-toy games, Pop-a-shot in basketball hoops, Pac-Man, Mario, Galaga, Street Fighter. Way-back in the far shadowy back corner is the Old ‘Pinball-For-Poesy’ Machine, with lights blazing like a disco-machine. “5 Stanzas Fires for a Buck,” reads the sign. Come on, Come on, give...

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Categories: modern, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse



Still the Dust Sings
after ‘The waste Land’, by T.S. Eliot I met a woman on a glitching screen, her face a whisk of pixels and prayer. She spoke of shattered systems and survived code, “The cloud remembers everything,” she said, "but forgets what matters.” A rat hurried through my feed at dawn, past memes and headlines, each a kind...

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Categories: modern, april, endurance, loss, recovery
Form: Lyric
Modern Sea Creatures
Creatures of the sea, all beautiful and fair. A thought comes to mind, what if they swam in the air? Would we swat fish away as we do with bugs Or tentacle arms always giving hugs? Whales would want nicknames, Sardines playing hopscotch games, Lion-fish need to be tamed, Crabs at cafes sipping coffee...

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Categories: modern, 10th grade, adventure, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Modern day versions of lynching
They kept finding different ways to lynch us Oh we're still spectacles They just watch from their smartphones Watching as we struggle Watching us be tackled They don't see us as victims Just waiting for a pundit To say we deserve it Let's not forget about the 13th ammendment Instead of being slaves they just entered our names in the system As...

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Categories: modern, color, education, racism, truth,
Form: Free verse



A Modern Exodus
The sugarcane fields once a binding chain, Where generations toiled in sun and driving rain. A promised land, it seemed, for those who came in faith, But shadows lengthened and hope began to chafe. The whispers grew to shouts, a bitter angry sound, As those who chose to leave on hostile ground were found. The union's iron...

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Categories: modern, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Six-Line Shrug - Modern Art
Petrified zombies march past displays of potato starch Onlookers stop to gape at what’s depicted on their capes The clue connecting all this ...

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Categories: modern, lost, mystery,
Form: Couplet
Waldere modern English translation by Michael R Burch
WALDERE: MODERN ENGLISH TRANSLATION “Waldere” is an ancient Old English (i.e., Anglo-Saxon) poem that recounts the exploits of Walter of Aquitaine, a legendary king of the Visigoths. In the poem Waldere and Hildeguth or Hildegyth flee the court of Attila the Hun, where they were being held hostage, for Aquitaine. The poem mentions names that appear...

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Categories: modern, courage, death, grave, heart,
Form: Free verse
King Alfred the Great modern English translations by Michael R Burch
KING ALFRED THE GREAT MODERN ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS King Alfred the Great (circa 849-899) was the first English king to be a notable scholar, poet and translator. Alfred has been credited with translating Latin works of Boethius into Old English (i.e., Anglo-Saxon English), although it is not known if he did the translations himself, assisted, or just...

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Categories: modern, earth, rose, song, stars,
Form: Free verse
Alfred the Great modern English translations by Michael R Burch
KING ALFRED THE GREAT MODERN ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS King Alfred the Great (c. 849-899), arguably the first great king of England, may have done more to lay the groundwork for English literacy and literature than any other English monarch. And he was quite the scholar himself, although there is no consensus that the following translations were...

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Categories: modern, england, leadership, literature, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Freedom is a bird with broken wings in the modern world, trapped in invisible cages of indifference
Freedom is a bird with broken wings in the modern world, trapped in invisible cages of indifference, Reflecting destiny as a silent shadow, the immutable aspects of existence embrace us with cold arms, Death, an artist of limits, carves the boundaries of our lives with the chisel of relentless time, Each human being becomes a prisoner in their...

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Categories: modern, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Modern Day Office
Computer say’s no! We are trapped in the gloom Software is broken The office is a tomb American tech to you we plead Save the day and our voracious greed Look out! Here comes the tumble weed! We have become a dormant seed. ...

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Categories: modern, computer, work,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Modern Day Bo Peep
Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep And I've lost my little old mind Been cruising along then all of a sudden Wham! You came up from behind Behind the great walls of secrecy Lost my ability to observe Like how our lives had gotten along Since life threw us both a curve We drifted apart without knowing why Sadly we each took...

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Categories: modern, nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Future Modern Society
Future Modern Society Future modern new society. Where is it? This exists, just invisible yet Sometimes the development of possible and expected events is hindered by negative factors We are late, and the life of our planet is slowly running out. We are destroyers We dig...

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Categories: modern, fate, future, humanity, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Singsong of Spring-modern sijo
Hate is a feast for crows. Feast your eyes, instead, on love. —by poet Singsong of Spring Caw of unseen crow and chorus of potentially pretty wings. Singsong may have interrupted the murder - melody was sweet. Tweeting torques communication; hate fades with unflappable faith. ...

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Categories: modern, bird,
Form: Sijo

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