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FLOWERS
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Sidney Beck
| Quatrain |
nostrils, flower,
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Lisa: My Romance
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Victor Buhagiar
| Narrative |
nostrils, love, romance, writing,
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Lazy Summer Days
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Angel Villanueva
| Rubaiyat |
nostrils, beach, seasons, summer, sunshine,
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The cliff and the river
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Sakushla Gunaseka
| Blank verse |
nostrils, river, sea, water,
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Scribe Under Fire
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Kai Michael Neumann
| Free verse |
nostrils, courage,
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The Country Side
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olusegun Arowolo
| Enclosed Rhyme |
nostrils, nature,
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RIP
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Kale Brereton
| Free verse |
nostrils, bereavement, death, death of
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Whispers
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john chizoba vincent
| Blank verse |
nostrils, abortion, abuse, africa,
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Wading the Depths
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Seeker Shadow
| Rhyme |
nostrils, deep,
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The Sleepers Mask
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Joshua Harris
| Prose |
nostrils, addiction, christian, deep, poetry,
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Star Power
by rob carmack
A Little Boy’s gun with a barometric trigger,
showed a Fat Man how to
blot out an Empire’s rising sun.
Proliferation’s need pushed
Sellafield and Kyshtym to trip chasing...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
nostrils, cancer, death, environment, pollution,
IN THE WILD
by JENNIFER PROXENOS
IN THE WILD
Early morning, we go for a drive,
An awesome feeling as we arrive,
At our camp gate which, opens
At 6 o’clock,
Now we are...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
nostrils, adventure, africa,
She Wolf
by Shadow Hamilton
My nostrils sniff the air seeking,
the various scents tantalising.
Then I smell the bison and throwing
back my head I howl to my pack.
The bison start to...
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Personification |
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Categories:
nostrils, animal, howl,
Silent But Deadly
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
Sniper hid vapors
tend to always bullet strike
with stealth air carrier accuracy
Silent noxious assault
pierced the nostrils
with oxy painful inhalation,
of the non-ventilated third degree
Deadly gaseous arrows
hit...
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Light Verse |
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Categories:
nostrils, fun, humorous, satire, word
Aliens in the Park
by Maurice Rigoler
Aliens in the Park
Skateboard tight in hand, hair cut to the skull,
he puffs away on cigarettes, flipping each butt
with a flick of fingers.
At...
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Dramatic Verse |
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Categories:
nostrils, growing up,
Beyond The Carousel
by Katie Telling
She is dressed in variegated ribbons, jewels and tassels,
Like a show horse ready to compete,
Yet is frozen in time, anchored to a carousel.
Her mane is...
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Categories:
nostrils, image, imagery,
Freewriting Exercise 1
by Carissa Marie
An apple falls on an energetic man.
Sparks.
Are we all made of stars or just anxious flames?
Crayons for teeth and googly eyes in our nostrils-
There...
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Categories:
nostrils, angst, art, child, class,
Blind Hearses
by stark hunter
Blind Hearses
Another dubious nuptial at sundown,
Sequestered beyond the rolling tribal hills,
South of Spring Street across the bridge,
Down the road aways, maybe seven miles.
Another ceremony...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
nostrils, death, wedding,
I WILL WAIT NO LONGER WHAT
by James Edward Lee Sr.
People come to the gathering
Come read of my adventures
Come all ye and follow me
Read the words I spew
And if you don't believe them true
That's okay...
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Pastoral |
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Categories:
nostrils, analogy, atheist, caregiving, change,
Liar-to-Liar
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
One liar said to the other liar,
“That’s some shaky vanilla truth,
I heard you done cold call sold.
With these lying eyes, do I scream with glee...
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Categories:
nostrils, allegory, humorous, satire, truth,
DEAD DAYS
by MOSES KISIANG'ANI MAKHAKHA
Dead are the pure days, when colour wasn’t the issue
When food and culture, before the moral punctures
Before came predators to hunt, and scavenging vultures
To make...
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Categories:
nostrils, age, culture, endurance, nature,
THE MALE MENOPAUSE - please feel free to join in the collaboration
by JAN ALLISON
Ted’s libido has now gone astray
He refused a quick roll in the hay
So what could be the cause -
It’s the male menopause...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
nostrils, age, body, humorous, men,
My Five Senses
by Malik Nottage
I love to watch the sun rise,
the way its tangerine colored
rays pierce the
metallic grey sky and
how they dance playfully on
the waters edge. As its face...
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ABC |
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nostrils, love, senses,
The Most Beautiful Place I've Ever Been
by Jacob Jones
You electrify my senses; you are a storm that brings me to life
Your delicate scent invades my nostrils before my eyes catch a glimpse
The familiar...
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Categories:
nostrils, longing, love,
Beautiful BottomFeeders
by Gerald Dillenbeck
The down side of monotheistic patriarchalism
is EitherNature/OrSpirit fundamentalism
LeftBrain's tendency to ignore
polyculturally cooperative wealth optimization.
The weakness of climate pathology risks
is also the stength
of green ecotherapeutic...
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Political Verse |
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Categories:
nostrils, green, health, humor, peace,
My Sheltered Upbringing
by Jack Ellison
Well, well, well, well, this is the story of four holes
How's that for a real grabber my merry old souls
Ear holes, nostrils, and mouth
And one...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
nostrils, fun,
Diego Rivera's Flower Carrier
by Dennis Spilchuk
Diego Rivera’s Flower Carrier
My load to carry is back breaking.
But, this I must do to feed my family.
On the ground, on all fours, praying;—
For fairness...
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Categories:
nostrils, art, endurance, faith, family,
Dirty Word
by George Stanworth
"I love you more than breakfast"
(I said on our first date)
You thought that I said "Brexit",
and punched me in the face!
?It wasn't like you had...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
nostrils, humor, humorous, political, satire,
Achoo
by charles messina
I was eating a bagel,
With the late Betty Grabel
When I accidentally,
Dropped lox on the floor
I thought it was cool,
Ya know, that...
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Lyric |
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Categories:
nostrils, humorous,
We Want Our Bonfire Now
by Caren Krutsinger
We sit in the forest, admiring the trees, my dog and I.
The roosters behind us are in full racket form.
A dog barks, gruffly and hoarsely.
My...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
nostrils, fire, perspective,