Reflections Of The Past,Visions Of The Future Poetry Contest
...Oh, how did I arrive to where I’m at -
a state perpetually in discomfort?
When young, I was athletic and so strong.
I rode my bike with speed and ran so fast.
I went to church and was obedient.
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Categories:
pain in the neck, life,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Flamboyant Swashes
...Flamboyant swashes; flaming crimson,
could be my face, as the flyswatter-hand
could impress such lettering upon my cheek.
so I
severed the crescent-angel of my imagination,
dashed my dreamy curs...
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Categories:
pain in the neck, 4th grade, angst, school,
Form: Free verse
Daydreaming
...Kickstart the creation of abstract art
Slow play the haze in a wandering day
Drip coffee with hints of toffee
Beach bum take your pick and strum
Careless pain from a neck strain
Light...
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Categories:
pain in the neck, beach, dream,
Form: Free verse
Blarney Stone Collab-MORE ADDITIONS
...If anyone would like to have some community fun,
please send me a limerick(s) in a comment or soup mail.
The famous Blarney Stone, some can't resist
When in Ireland, it's on tourist's che...
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Categories:
pain in the neck, humor,
Form: Limerick
In Ones Comfort Zone
...the only place one size fits all ~ is the main aisle of the shopping mall
well proportioned heavy or small ~ no pain in the neck if nine feet tall...
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Categories:
pain in the neck, humanity, humor, perspective,
Form: Monoku
Not Necessarily Green
...Sausage and custard and ice cream with mustard
Chocolate coated Kentucky Fried Bustard
Whipped cream with mushrooms or frogspawn on toast
These are the foods that an ogre likes most
Volcanic cr...
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Categories:
pain in the neck, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Does Anybuddy Know
...so, seems to be highly debated as to what precise time did the chicken's brain put him on notice.that in a minute, I'm not going to be with you but I will pre-set some things with you, when you get a...
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Categories:
pain in the neck, analogy, assonance, character,
Form: Free verse
New Life Curriculum
...Dreams continue as he pursues and fits into those new life shoes/
Steams of old morose songs singing sad blues in dark venues/
Has his hold paddling multiple life canoes/
His eyes mold maddening v...
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Categories:
pain in the neck, addiction, angst, conflict, courage,
Form: Rhyme
It's Curtains For Me
...Six months from now and it's curtains for me
I'll crash through the barrier of 88
I'll officially be old and crotchety and senile
Pablum after my morning pee
Oh for the days had no trou...
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Categories:
pain in the neck, fun,
Form: Rhyme
I Am All Ears
...Well, aren’t you a sight for sore EYES
Off the top of my HEAD its been nearly two years
Yes ,I have been keeping busy
A FINGER in every pie that’s me
It has been a bit of a struggle
I did put...
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Categories:
pain in the neck, body, fun, silly,
Form: Free verse
Years of Neglect
...4/25/22
Started before last October
Going beyond Passover
Pettiness and greed always gave off a bad odor
I don't know if I'll ever have closure
Rarely ever am I that sober
For the longest t...
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Categories:
pain in the neck, dark, deep, life, me,
Form: Rhyme
Life
...The bell rings, the computer freezes
The chronic sneezes
The bounced check
Pain in the neck
The oven doesn't work
The guy at the store is a jerk
The line too long
This is all so wrong
Can...
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Categories:
pain in the neck, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
Flappable, Gruntled, and Plussed
...I'm new to this language; it baffles me so!
With so many mysteries I wish to know:
Why doesn't 'resolve' mean 'to solve it again'?
And why are 'wise guys' not the same as 'wise men'?
Why do...
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Categories:
pain in the neck, humorous, language,
Form: Rhyme
Love Is a Pain In the Neck
...Love is a pain in the neck
It was an odd week of lovelornness
he kept singing, “born to lose, and now I´m losing you.”
Perhaps it was an Elvis Priestly song.
He sighed a lot, but otherwise slep...
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Categories:
pain in the neck, best friend, dream, funny,
Form: Blank verse
Waste of Breath
...11/16/21
It's all good, even though my life ain't the best
Another day ready to face what's next
Against major threats
Got to put in work and break a sweat
Take a drink, light it up and eras...
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Categories:
pain in the neck, addiction, dark, deep, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
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