towards the exhalting booth
...dotherant's hardened mule
news of numbers and yearling's pew
ardvakians, mustering askance the dairy
frolic, adhere, nearer, when forward
finding in country
beliefs?
how have you been beate...
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Categories:
mustering, cinderella, color, england, eve,
Form: Ballad
major storm on the horizon reported from the forecastle
...major storm on the horizon reported from the "Fo'c'sle"
Though forever being a landlubber
a vision analogous to the nether world
deep within the bowels of the Earth
immensely distant from the s...
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Categories:
mustering, absence, anxiety, destiny, god,
Form: Free verse
Love Unbound
...Love Unbound
In the quiet, unassuming town of Willowbrook, there lives a man named Elias. He was a shadow of his former self, his once vibrant spirit dimmed by the harsh glare of divorce and the cr...
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Categories:
mustering, 4th grade, emotions, fairy,
Form: Free verse
Reflection
...
Reflection
Staggering out of the maze
his mind still swaggers
Mustering up his wit
he shored up his faith
Sulking his present state
he craves this cringing hope
Bemoaning the looming d...
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Categories:
mustering, deep, hope,
Form: Narrative
Raining in Summer
...
In skies of gray I dwell
inside of clouds,
keeping company with mugginess
and sweltering heat.
People who labor underneath me
perspire profusely; some curse.
Others pray for me
to cut thei...
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Categories:
mustering, rain,
Form: Free verse
Turn Envy the Green Eyed Monster to you can do this, You can
...Envy the green eyed monster
can be harnessed to achieve a goal
I currently have a want for fitness
it's eluded while my life was on hold
So I am mustering up my health
and working on my stam...
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Categories:
mustering, appreciation, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Watchers?
...
Are there creatures of Dark Energy
Gliding through seas of Dark Matter
Weaving between the galaxies
As the Universe continues to scatter?
Did they oversee the bang of creation
Like shepherd...
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Categories:
mustering, creation, imagination, mystery, space,
Form: Rhyme
Work Walk
...Work Walk
Breath fogs the space between the situation I left, for the space I am to inherit.
Just by walking the meandering path to my employ,
Mustering strength waylaid by last nights drinking....
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Categories:
mustering, age, work,
Form: Free verse
Once Again
...Once again I find myself at the whim of these storms.
From peak to valley, to peak again.
I’m spent.
They take my energy, my focus & desires. Turn them on their head, then shatter them to pieces ...
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Categories:
mustering, angst, beautiful, black african
Form: Free verse
Flowers, Sticks and Stones
...He gathered flowers, petals which felt like first rain,
“She loves me; not” his heart in strain,
Relentless plucks, his hope at test,
Until the final petal indeed whispered, “yes”.
While in t...
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Categories:
mustering, allusion, anger, art, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
A Bag of Spiders
...A bag of Spiders
Today, a special delivery came,
Spiders in a bag, a new game.
Open with caution, it warns,
If you are careless, they will swarm.
This writer is a fighter
And will not be ...
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Categories:
mustering, anxiety, games,
Form: Rhyme
Onwards
...So much I wish to do
But to myself I must always be true
Stepping above self doubt I feel
Close my eyes my nerves become steel
Just mustering up the will
So far I wish to go
So much I wish to k...
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Categories:
mustering, 2nd grade, anger, bird,
Form: Rhyme
Isis Staind 26 Plus Years of Marriage
...Isis staind 26+ years of marriage
Yes, believe me you,
I (also considered the best karaoke singer
for the go-go's)
putting Shabrina Leonita to shame
back in two thousand and twenty one
once...
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Categories:
mustering, adventure, age, america, anniversary,
Form: Rhyme
His Mouth Was a Constant Drip
...His mouth was a constant drip of a tea pot
Words came out in rushes, and I mean a lot
Most of us could not hear them after awhile
Even his relatives had trouble mustering a smile...
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Categories:
mustering, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Get Up P
...Eyes open, Mouth yarns,
Arm stretched.
Yet, my feet haven't touched the ground.
Heart beats, Ears itch.
Still mustering up the energy to put my feet on the ground.
Sun shines in between the li...
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Categories:
mustering, appreciation, art, beautiful, blessing,
Form: Free verse
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