Outlining Poems

Philosophical Rhythmic Duality

...Philosophical Rhymthmic Duality

Imminent calamity collides with structured debate 
Virulent profanity confides with punctured ingrates 
An insolent generation of insanity resides with a debunked...
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Categories: outlining, life,
Form: Rhyme

Aint Bout Nothing

...Wagyner: the Greatest Bull of all time!
I herd him speak these words,
these clearest of defintions
this bull was meant to salvage
this Ranchers reputation
and to increase the valaue of his
prod...
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Categories: outlining, analogy, character, creation, engagement,
Form: Ballade


A Flower Vase on Top of a Piano

...My neighbor's piano swirls around her finger
likened to a keyed car where scrapes linger.

She teases out a tune as we both try to hum
along with swirling keys her fingers drum.

The naturals a...
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Categories: outlining, insect, music,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThe person I used to be

...As you start to walk out on the way, 
      the way appears.- Rumi  

Tonight, I speak to the moon,  
lunar verses echoing the piercing  
lyrics of an aching heart....
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Categories: outlining, deep,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberSoul Speak

...“I Am as I Am complete
Though ego opines otherwise
Invoking grace we feel God’s heartbeat 
What else does there remain for us to realise” Unseeking Seeker

When the...
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Categories: outlining, perspective, silence,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberIn the deep darkness, where the soul draws its night curtain

...In the deep darkness, where the soul draws its night curtain,
I write with the blind cruelty of children throwing stones,
Hitting a madwoman like a crow in chaotic flight,
No—not writing: opening ...
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Categories: outlining, fantasy,
Form: Free verse

A civil war ferociously raged

...A civil war ferociously raged...

within complex edifice...
derelict hulking corpse delineated courtesy
seared, singed, smoldered smithereens
formerly robust warrior
slain during prime of his l...
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Categories: outlining, age, america, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberA Poet's Crush

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I've seen you through a past sunrise; sunshine. 
You are like heat, warm to indulge in
Identify you, connect with you, and more.
Living in a world that is filled with poetry 
Opening the skies ...
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Categories: outlining, adventure, appreciation, crush, cute
Form: Free verse

Alien Romance

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                As I look at the sky I tremble that it might be happening
                  The eerie fog outlining the shape of his ship
                               Now is my chance    
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Categories: outlining, adventure, boyfriend, crush, fantasy,
Form: Free verse

Queen of Darker Shades

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Girl, you're beautiful 
can I call you ebony?
Nefertiti, my black Nubian?
your skin is like a clear midnight. 

Everything about you is fine
I'm digging the curves of your thighs
trippin on ...
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Categories: outlining, lust,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberWorld Of Light

...The bright world of Heaven is beyond the golden sea's horizon.
Where darkened clouds are outlining silhouettes of many lakes.
Heaven's world of light indeed beyond human comprehension....
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Categories: outlining, beautiful, heaven, light, religion,
Form: Sijo

Premium MemberFading

..."Before a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts; in the full-blown flower there is no more, in the leafless root there is no less" - Ralph Waldo Emerson


I'm a sunflower, 
dipped in honey of 
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Categories: outlining, angst, dark, deep, emotions,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberOn a Full Moon Night

...Written on 23 September 2023 For:                                       
Seven Ten Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Emile Pinet                                       

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Categories: outlining, emotions, fear, feelings, moon,
Form: Verse

Premium MemberBlack Confetti Gone

...Our
conversations quickly turn to black confetti.
Dining in separate cells.
Fingering our cell phone pals to death.
Until they turn us on.
Chips in our relationship throb. 
Yellow tape outlinin...
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Categories: outlining, absence,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMy Neighbor Is Obsessed With Me

...Helena has been rambling for nearly twenty minutes.
I have her blathering on speaker.
I barely listen as I paint my canvas.
Some conversation about her neighbor Ruth
Ruth wants her sister Cookie’...
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Categories: outlining, friend,
Form: Prose Poetry

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