first attempt
...The first attempt
This is the first poem I try not to think about.
It is like crossing the plateau of Alentejo
I see the tarmac road that stretches miles ahead
must follow the lines of the ro...
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Categories:
obtained, absence, abuse, africa, age,
Form: ABC
Human Treasure
...I will forever treasure the two of them.
One was a homeless man I met when
I was in the process of moving.
He said his name was Sky. My
Heart feels warmth each time
I think of him. You might say...
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Categories:
obtained, people,
Form: Narrative
To Me or Not to Me
...How would I define "me", and am I one, or two, or three?
Well, let me see.
I exhibit lots of behaviors and have many feelings and thoughts.
I hope I don't get tied in knots.
If you take all those...
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Categories:
obtained, self,
Form: Rhyme
Concetta Franconero
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This beautiful vocalist who gained huge popularity,
entered this world in Newark, New Jersey.
She was born in 1937 to an Italian-American family.
"Connie Francis" was a name suggested by...
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Categories:
obtained, death, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Mirage of Sanity
...I never said I was sane. I didn’t claim perfection no, I lean more towards distain. Compare, internalize, never share. Crazy, imperfect thoughts run everywhere but never straight. They don’t play the...
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Categories:
obtained, courage, life, mental health,
Form: Rhyme
The River Runs
...It brings to mind a question: why?
Why does the river run?
Does it need to?
Why is it considered peaceful?
And can it be obtained by other means?
And then it fades and the river runs dry.
The r...
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Categories:
obtained, 12th grade, anxiety, depression,
Form: Free verse
The Pride of Santa Monica, California
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Robert Cabot Sherman, Jr. was an All-American boy.
To his parents, Robert Cabot Sr. and Juanita, he was their great joy.
Gifted with acting skills and a great voice, his career went far.
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Categories:
obtained, appreciation, music,
Form: Rhyme
Like The Cheetah
...Like seed that overcomes the weeds,
I too want to produce and succeed.
I am weak.
But I am also strong.
I often reach my peak;
But sometimes, things go wrong;
Like the cheetah that runs fas...
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Categories:
obtained, dream, success,
Form: Rhyme
LOVE IS JUST A MYTH
...Love is just a myth.
Making you want for things you only wish.
I know it’s some thing I’ll never see.
At least it’s clear to me.
Oh, how I longed for you.
To be that somebody, someone true.
Now...
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Categories:
obtained, love hurts,
Form: Rhyme
Crinkle Crankle Walls
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stability
is not obtained by
straightforward solutions ~
compromise, twists and turns
bypass obstacles
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Categories:
obtained, life, relationship,
Form: Tanka
Love and light
...The completion I sought evaded me,
even though I lived every dream heart sought,
so I turned to God that soul may be free,
living in the now, unshackled from thought.
Relinquishing each conditi...
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Categories:
obtained, forgiveness, joy, light, love,
Form: Sonnet
Dennis the Menace is Gone
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As a very young man, his career went far.
On television, Jay was a popular child star.
Success as "Dennis the Menace" could not be denied.
Dennis was a constant thorn in Mr. Wilson's sid...
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Categories:
obtained, celebrity, death, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Multi-Di-Minstrel Message, Reprisal
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Salutations!
Are we all just a figment of GOD's imagination?
Or just a simple angle of schematical equation.
Perhaps, we’re just a footnote in God’s mental thots?
He’s gotta BIG BA...
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Categories:
obtained, celebration, life,
Form: Spoken Word
Island of Agony
...What feeling gives you a belt of happiness?
As if you had obtained the key to Paradise
But it settles in the heart of darkness,
And your soul is on the verge of silence
Memories of your heart g...
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Categories:
obtained, anger, depression, mental health,
Form: Sonnet
A ST PATRICK DAY DIADACTIC
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A romano-british Christian
obtained long-lasting recognition
This apostle to Ireland God did send
an evangelist,easy to comprehend...
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Categories:
obtained, christian,
Form: Clerihew
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