Hooray Shark Week
...Shark week on TV and Sheldon was excited as he had ever been.
He got out his pad of paper, his iced tea, his TV Guide and his pen.
He would figure out what channel featured his favorite show and th...
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Categories:
pad of paper, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Ice Cream and Whiskey
...Lemon luminous lanterns soft lighting
A breeze of Peppermint tea leaves or coffee feels exciting
Mellow melodic music makes for melancholy musings
Intense Incense that insists on being noticed
P...
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Categories:
pad of paper, day, fun, humanity, peace,
Form: Free verse
I Want To Write a Love Poem
...A poet who was famous for his love poems was approached by a young boy who shyly bowed his head…
“I want to write a love poem…can you teach me how?” He said.
The old poet smiled.
“So you have c...
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Categories:
pad of paper, love, writing,
Form: Rhyme
The Stage
...The Stage
We are often alone when we write.
We use ink, or blood, depending.
The color often defining the mood.
A quill, a feather a plume,
a sharp PIN indeed, to prick…the imagination.
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Categories:
pad of paper, 12th grade, allah, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
A Trick My Father Learned In Prison
...I’m not saying my father hated the English, God forbid. If he were still alive, he’d hate to hear me say that. He’d correct me right away and say he didn’t hate the English. Truth be told, he despise...
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Categories:
pad of paper, ireland, prison, war, ,
Form: Prose
The Real Cowboy
...The Real Cowboy
A lined pad of paper and a pencil stub,
Just what Dreamer needs to write her hubub:
"How do I love thee - let me count the ways."
More to the pity WHY do I love thee o...
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Categories:
pad of paper, pets,
Form: Couplet
The Banks of Serenity
...The Banks of Serenity
Under the trees and on the river
Here I find my rest
No voices beckon or holler here
It’s just silence of the water
The Willows bend towards love
The Oaks...
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Categories:
pad of paper, beauty, peace,
Form: Free verse
The Mall Cop
...a man comfortably stretched out on the bench
watches his little daughter run around,
looking out for sketchy folks,
while at the same time talking to her---
she giggles, continuing to want him to see...
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Categories:
pad of paper, life, father, daughter, daughter,
Form: Free verse
Words Unsaid
...A pad of paper
Clicking pen
Words on a page
You wouldn't understand
Thoughts and feelings
Swirling in his head
Images of things unseen
His words remain not said
Circle of silver
Round and round
Shi...
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Categories:
pad of paper, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
My Pen and Pad of Paper
...My pen and my paper,
it's all that i need,
when i want to fuel minds,
and set sad souls free,
when I'm feeling depressed and lonely,
and my heart begins to bleed,
I drop ink on my paper pad,
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Categories:
pad of paper, anger, anxiety, death, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Car Crash
...A dark room with a small wooden desk, no lamp
A thick pad of paper and a typewriter, never used
Like a museum exhibit, though they aren’t allowed to gather dust
And dead flies and moths, a pack of...
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Categories:
pad of paper, car, world, books, dark,
Form: Free verse
Human Imagination
...Within the realm of human imagination,
the immortal spirit is allowed to be free.
Fantasies gather in the brain's thought room,
opening eyes to the possibilities that could be.
Painting emerge ...
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Categories:
pad of paper, imagination, introspection, life
Form: Rhyme
Kick In the Face
...Bought a pad of paper
Has lines on it
One hundred pages of paper
Already stained
Stole a Staedtler marker
Just a pen really
Stuffed with ink all waterproof
Document proof and lightfast...
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Categories:
pad of paper, confusion, loss, lost love,
Form: Prose Poetry
If All Else Fails
...If all else fails
Grab a pad of paper
And plenty of useful pens
Express your feelings wholly
Forget the social trends
If all else fails
Seek the unconditional love
Of family and of friends
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Categories:
pad of paper, happiness, inspirational, life, may,
Form: Sonnet