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I AlphaBET Not
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Patrick Hamilton
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opt out, analogy, confusion, dedication, hope,
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The Poets Retreat - Part 1
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Indiana Shaw
| Epic |
opt out, funny, holiday, poets, satire,
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Follow Me
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Kevin Shaw
| Rhyme |
opt out, devotion, god, religious, satire,
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ABC Moving forward With Determination
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Heather Brearley
| ABC |
opt out, appreciation, change,
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Unquotable quotes:Gals, Dolls, Bitches and Broads - XXXVII Part One
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T Wignesan
| Epigram |
opt out, family, girl, husband, men,
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Lost Time---Old Friend
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Okanagan Bell
| Rhyme |
opt out, future, journey, life, longing,
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Opting Out
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Elisa Christensen
| Narrative |
opt out, age, beauty, desire, hope,
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Prizes for Ultimate Sacrifices - Part Two
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T Wignesan
| Dramatic monologue |
opt out, howl, inspirational, metaphor, satire,
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Soliloquio del Individuo by Nicanor Parra, Translated by T Wignesan
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T Wignesan
| Dramatic monologue |
opt out, allegory, humanity, loneliness, philosophy,
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zuni
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nick armbrister jimmy boom semtex
| Verse |
opt out, fantasy, funny, nonsense, silly,
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Villanelle: All are prisoners locked in the prism of timespace
by T Wignesan
All are prisoners locked in the prism of timespace
A few sail through cushioned from the rigours of hate
Yet none may opt out never losing the...
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Villanelle |
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Categories:
opt out, allegory,
Life's Sweet Buffet
by Jack Ellison
Life is a never ending series
Of highs and a bunch of lows
Where we're heading, what lies ahead
We really don't want to know
Let it all be...
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Quatrain |
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Categories:
opt out, life,
Wise And Humble Soldier
by Selena Martinez
To the end of the dark corner where all the darkness leaps
Hoping to jump out with excitement and capture the innocence
Each piece played as chess,...
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Dramatic monologue |
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opt out, dark, depression, lonely, memory,
Drifting on a Cloud
by Reggae Magnet
Drifting on the clouds I lie
With my head pointing
To yonder skies
In a sea of dreams
Where mind and spirit
Igniting natures prize
To feel like...
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opt out, beautiful, nature, nature, time,
Drunken Pen Rewrite
by Joy Wellington
My electronic pen as drunk as a blind bat rattles along the virtual pages of my computer trying to make sense of its staggering direction,...
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opt out, depression, write, life,
So I am Here
by greg bell
Ok so now that I am here, what do I do? Do I keep going. Do I fly around. Am I sure I am here....
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Burlesque |
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opt out, adventure, art, beauty, caregiving,
To My 16-year Old Self
by Andrea Dietrich
Hello, I’m you, and you just wrote this poem!
You’ve written hundreds more! One day you’ll find
A place that poet friends world-wide call home.
Creatively, you’ll exercise...
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Quatrain |
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opt out, life,
Drunken Pen
by Joy Wellington
My electronic pen as drunk as a blind bat rattles along the virtual pages of my computer trying to make sense of its staggering direction,...
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Free verse |
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opt out, on writing and words,
Life
by Jack Ellison
Life is a never ending series
Of highs and a bunch of lows
Where we're heading, what lies ahead
We really don't want to know
Let it all be...
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Quatrain |
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opt out, life,
something musical
by andrew delapruch
another wrinkle comes our way &
takes with it another day
(one that we will never get back)---
another place we’ll soon forget,
another pain, another regret,
another tired evening...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
opt out, life, life, time,
live the life
by bulinya martins
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I do not know? |
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opt out, devotion, fire, fire,
A Matter Of Hate
by Anish Anand
From black-board to projectors,
the education system has ...
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Burlesque |
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Categories:
opt out, education, life, school, work,
Battle Of The Bulge
by Robert L. Hinshaw
I made my periodic visit to the medico the other day.
Said he, "Hop on the scale, I want to see how much you weigh!"
He didn't...
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Rhyme |
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opt out, funnyme,
Soothe the pain.. and move in joy
by frederick smith
after the rain has falling
where will you be
when the pain stop
yawling
i can see you free
after the hard labor dies down
like a tree...
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Shape |
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Categories:
opt out, adventure, art, imagination, inspirational,