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Not What It Seems
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Brandie Osborn
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not what it, allusion, anger, anxiety, dark,
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Our Mortal Sleep
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Joe DiMino
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not what it, body, creation, god, introspection,
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HARVEST OF LOVE
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Al Juman
| Free verse |
not what it, 11th grade, 12th grade,
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On Bended Knee
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Kurt Philip Behm
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not what it, faith,
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A Poem That Could Have Been
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Earl Schumacker
| Free verse |
not what it, absence, creation, fate, write,
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wings
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Kai Lun Wong
| Rhyme |
not what it, change, hope, how i
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Stuck
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Todd Aguilar Jr.
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not what it, anxiety, depression, growth, mental
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Lost Ski Mountains
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David Welch
| Rhyme |
not what it, age, imagery, lost, memory,
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As a Grain of Salt
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Sean Matthews
| Rhyme |
not what it, confusion,
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Ode To A Cherry Tree
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Michael Wegman
| Ballad |
not what it, color, february, humor, nature,
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Being Okay
by Andreas Simic
Being Okay ©
I wake up with a start, it is back and I know what it is!
Why else would I wake up at 3:00...
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not what it, inspiration, introspection, irony,
A Chair and Music
by Sunlite Wanter
A Chair and Music
How deep in pain I met the day,
Yesterday’s old emotions had gone into play,
To top the mood, the skies were gray,
My mind...
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not what it, perspective,
When In Hell Do as the Demons Do
by Winged Warrior
Within Dantesque fields of dust a calcifugous crushing crust
In layers of lactating lust demoniac deception a deist distrust
Hibernating hallucinations of hope in cathedrals trying...
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not what it, dark, dream, night,
Do What You Want
by Jack Ellison
If your wife says “do what you want... go ahead!”
Just stand still, don't blink, don't breathe, just play dead
What she really means
Is not what it...
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not what it, cute,
Azalia's Rebirth
by Marqese Dabbs
A voice calls out to me
Death is near, I will see
I close my eyes visioning wretched dreams
Hearing agonizing screams
A demonic horde on the rise
Say goodbye...
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not what it, betrayal, dark, fantasy,
it is what it is
by Anna A.
It what it is?
How can it be what it is?
These are humans,
These are living beings,
Just like you and me!
How would you like it?
if...
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not what it, abuse, africa, anger, bible,
GIVING THANKS FOR IMAGINATION
by Michael E. Harris
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF IMAGINATION.
WHERE THERE ARE NO RULES OR REGULATIONS.
YOU CAN BE, WHO YOU WANT TO BE.
YOU ONLY SEE, WHAT YOU WANT TO...
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not what it, adventure, creation, freedom, imagination,
Spoken Art From Broken Hearts
by Adeleke Adeite
This is a silent spoken art
Flowing from a broken heart.
My lips leap with livings lessons,
Love and life are the real reasons...
Love is not what it...
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not what it, imagination, inspiration, life, love,
Like Sand into the Sea
by Mike Gentile
I don’t want you to slip away
Those words, once said to me
As I approached my moving day
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not what it, forgiveness, friend, life, loss,
38 isn't what it is cracked up to be
by Julie Leigh Rodeheaver
Being 38 years old should be
more fun than it is
By this age I should be married
and have a couple of kids
I love my...
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not what it, funny, humorous,
Sweet Potato Fries
by Dino Clarke
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY, 50 LIKES ABOUT “SWEET POTATO FRIES”.? PEOPLE POST ABOUT LOVE OR FAME , PEOPLE POST ABOUT PERSONAL GAIN, PEOPLE...
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not what it, crazy, irony, social, society,
-you found me
by Pio Jasso
a corpse,
you found
me an
is-what-is-not,
moving
like a ghost
through bodegas,
streets and doors
invisible to my
only dreams.
I slept
in caves
and drooled
on...
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not what it, identity, life,
From The Black Hole's Darkness
by Franchesca Mia Tortoza
Plants can survive not
Without light, my darling strawberry
You can try to push me away
But I'll leave not, my rosemary.
For I know the path you tread
---I've...
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not what it, care, cheer up, dark,
If You Have a Minute
by J.W. Earnings
Take a minute to consider me
Give me a moment and you will see
That everything in life is not what it seems -
I will be willing...
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not what it, deep, desire, emotions, encouraging,
Ennui Sets In
by stark hunter
"Ennui Sets In”
Whenever pen is placed
Between purloined phalanges,
When my mind unfolds and tears along the seams,
I know it’s time to move my thoughts,
Through the underground;
That...
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not what it, city, life,
Fantasie Wurds
by J.W. Earnings
I never thought the end is soon to come
I have scars in my mind's eye that leave me numb
Stop playing mind games with me because...
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not what it, angst, best friend, betrayal,
COLD SEPTEMBER CRYING
by Judy Emery
Cold SEPTEMBER CRYING
It was a sad and very cold on that September night
when Dark Angel given me fright for my life
when he had taken me...
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not what it, angel, betrayal, conflict, dark,
The voice within
by richard nnoli
the voice within
i see yes i see
i see alot that makes
me wonder
i see things not inline
with humanity
i see life in shades
of terror...
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not what it, africa, cheer up, confusion,
Never give in
by T.I.R.O. JY
Dream of hope
Hope of dreams
Reality is not what it seems
Dark hours come to drill through your soul
But it's holes can't kill and it's hours soon...
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not what it, character, conflict, courage, dark,
Inner Sanctum
by Iredia Uyi
There is a place far up above
where dreams, ambitions never die,
the place that is the stuff of dreams
though there all is not what it seems,
it...
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Categories:
not what it, analogy, conflict, corruption, emotions,