His Constant Companion
...Albert Nelson's father bought a huge clock, the very day he was born,
A happy fellow, with a winsome smile. Like the merry pink sun, at dawn.
Being too tall for the shelf, it stood inside...
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Categories:
penchant, age, death, fantasy, friend,
Form: Couplet
Trapped Breath
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Written: August 07, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Mark Toney
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Corset of steel tightens—ratified pain,
Vestigial breath trapped in ischemia thrall.
The...
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Categories:
penchant, analogy, character,
Form: Free verse
PAEDOPHILES RUNNING THE SHOW
...PAEDOPHILES RUNNING THE SHOW.
It doesn’t matter where you look
Or anywhere in the world you go,
The only thing that’s guaranteed
Is there is a paedophile running the show.
From ancient times...
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Categories:
penchant, abuse, anger, angst, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
KL Cool Cat Rahul and Panto Pant
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Rat a tat tat..from the off…doff my hat to that.. rare..great hair and flair pair…the cool cat and crazy cat..
Teasing twang…of the Pant and anti Pant thang..the genesis of a genius nemesis it b...
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Categories:
penchant, sports,
Form: Prose Poetry
When In Rome
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No pease porridge for me if you please
neither hot nor cold
especially not if what's in the pot
is nine days old
for when in Parma Palermo or Pisa
(no pottage slop)
I'm predisposed an...
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Categories:
penchant, drink, food, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Aspiration towards elusive apotheosis of enlightenment
...Aspiration towards elusive apotheosis of enlightenment...
analogous to where
the fountainhead of knowledge
gushes forth unstoppable
as a result after Atlas shrugged
his head and shoulders
loo...
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Categories:
penchant, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Brian Charles Lara
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Have to admit.. do have a bit
Of a trenchant penchant
Alright adore southpaw purveyors
Dabbles..pique aroused..rabbles in the stands roused
Unique sleek cheek of their chic espoused
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Categories:
penchant, sports,
Form: Rhyme
my god is fame
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my god is fame
i shall not rest
‘til the world regards me
as the very best
not content
to badmouth my rivals
i seek to eliminate
the...
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Categories:
penchant, celebrity, evil, god, satire,
Form: Rhyme
Impossible mission for systematization to be wrung out of entropy
...Impossible mission for systematization to be wrung out of entropy
Which lame excuse I exclaimed,
when my dear old mom asked
rather told me in her scolding voice
to tidy up my bedroom,
cuz this...
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Categories:
penchant, 7th grade, abuse, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
sliver of silver
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she had attempted to colour in outside of the box
now the silver lining dangled from a broken necklace
suffocated her aspirations oozed discontent and sorrow
the shine had come off and no amo...
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Categories:
penchant, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
A Flock Is Encircling an Esophageal White Sky
...Above a beached bleached paperback, "The Doors of Perception",
a pent-up penchant for greed is flung wide open:
The esophagus of a seagull sky grows narrow
until one seagull stomachs trash with ...
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Categories:
penchant, beach, bird, nature,
Form: Rhyme
poet on thuh loose'd
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'tiz plural mine
astute
indulgerz
they ofttimez
banquet in
packs
...
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Categories:
penchant, allusion,
Form: Imagism
Epitome Of Perennial Charisma
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The splendor of blossoming flower lies
in the petals of the unfurling buds,
as the shower of spring’s spectrum of colors
saturates the latticed wings of butterflies.
Their charm surrounds the...
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Categories:
penchant, analogy, beauty, woman,
Form: Free verse
And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War
...And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War
Preface: On the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of the comedy, "Our American Cousin," Presiden...
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Categories:
penchant, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
flip a coin
...two sides to every coin
sometimes,
the head speaks
while the tail roars
twisted by the pain
tales of their fame
an infamous villain
sent to the stockade
Tales told, and evils sold
A pench...
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Categories:
penchant, drink, forgiveness, friendship, memory,
Form: Free verse
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