Atopos
...the space
was invaded by his disappearance,
everything he touched felt so quiet, and alive,
more alive than i was,
(i sat on the bed, curled, like a dog,
with the nozzle on its paws,
eyes in ...
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Categories:
nozzle, for him, i miss
Form: Free verse
I cracked on the central air-conditioning on Juneteenth 2025
...I cracked on the central air-conditioning on Juneteenth 2025...
the first time this summer,
when martyrdom got chucked aside for cold comfort.
How heavenly the climate controlled apartment
unit...
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Categories:
nozzle, cool, environment, humorous, june,
Form: Free verse
Limerick Quality Assurance
...The limericks that herein you meet
Were tested for pressure and heat.
Confirmed for all nozzles,
And yet, if one wozzles,
Return, if you kept the receipt.
...
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Categories:
nozzle, confidence, fun, funny, humor,
Form: Limerick
Onomato-pea-a
...I’m Onomato-pea-a
The window is my home.
I love the sounds of cooking
At day, at dusk, and dawn.
Mom clomps into the room
And clicks on every light
The curtain whooshes open,
I wake up, “No ...
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Categories:
nozzle, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Oh Mother, your tears roll on
...Mother! you weep for your son, and another son
and yet another son! Fodder to the misshapen morals of this world! Shot in cold blood! Again and again! Each bullet screaming out the rage of hatred!
...
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Categories:
nozzle, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Pen
...First, you see the tip
Next, the nozzle of the lead
Then, tube of an ink.
...
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Categories:
nozzle, character, creation, meaningful, perspective,
Form: Haiku
Terror Bugs: Part 5 - A Freezer Mice Adventure
...[Continued from ‘Terror Bugs: Part 4 - A Freezer Mice Adventure’]
__________
A water cannon screeched around the corner on two wheels
Four and twenty Terror Bugs were nipping at...
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Categories:
nozzle, adventure,
Form: Narrative
Last Stand
...Down by the pond,
you know, the one behind the bare hedgerow,
a pond dug out as a feature,
for condominiums to surround,
as if they just had to have,
a basic single nozzle fountain,
and an orna...
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Categories:
nozzle, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Clusters
...They are forming clusters in the sky, and you cannot see them with your naked eyes you have to consult the giant telescope and go deep sea fishing in a construction boat, and when the wind hits your ...
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Categories:
nozzle, america, art, bullying, deep,
Form: Narrative
Obscure Personages of Life
...OBSCURE LIFE CHARACTERS
Hero
Your terror is palid..
fear is your greatest gesture!
Soldier
your loneliness
is greater than death...
smaller than an enigma,
a data..!
COMMANDED
The b...
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Categories:
nozzle, allegory, allusion, appreciation, character,
Form: Free verse
The Pen
...First, the lead,
Next, the nozzle,
Then, the tube of an ink....
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Categories:
nozzle, beauty, inspirational, proposal,
Form: Free verse
Watering the Garden
...How I miss Spring with showers supreme
rainy weather kept everything green
But now it's June in the summer heat
have to water or it's your garden's defeat
An early heatwave it is blazing hot
e...
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Categories:
nozzle, garden, water,
Form: Rhyme
Sugar In My Shower Nozzle
...~ Reveille ~
Put a little sugar in my shower nozzle
Pour hot coffee on my towel
If I ever finally wake up
Will I ever howl ...
With my socks completely inside out
and my...
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Categories:
nozzle, food, humor, morning, sleep,
Form: Rhyme
Flight
...Flight by Terence Cummings-Smith,
I ride the path ballistic,
in a screaming, scorching arc.
From perigee in flaming hell
to apogee far beyond Arcturus.
Neutrons and tachyons spra...
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Categories:
nozzle, science fiction,
Form: Blank verse
Whatever Whatever Whatever
...Whatever turns your crank
Whatever tickles your pickle
Whatever dunks your donut
Whatever waxes your dolphin
Whatever buffs your buddha
Whatever pops your cork
Whatever pets your monkey...
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Categories:
nozzle, fun,
Form: Alliteration
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