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Personae Poems - Poems about Personae

Gotcha! Once respectable haute cuisine thief Sue She

...Gotcha! Once respectable haute cuisine thief Sue She...,
a septuagenarian renown for his trademark prank
to steal himself into a neighboring house,
and prepare an elaborate meal
unsuspectedly nab...
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Categories: personae, absence, adventure, america, appreciation,
Form: Free verse

Nova

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   A celestial dance, infinite grace
in the grandeur of 
ancient yearned place.
A Red Giant lassos 
his pearly bride,
keeps her from roaming the desert face.
A vow is exchanged, a cosmic ...
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Categories: personae, art,
Form: Rhyme



We, Crazy

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In the shadows of my half-waked condition of terra firma- patronus renditioned, I mudder into your soil,
snorkel into your swamp of inlet tributary, a flagellum personae , prosopopoeia explorae ...
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Categories: personae, art,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberUpheaval Symptoms

...Life is inherently difficult. It is its cornerstone
Awakened, striving to tie up all wear and tears
Respect you've given, the kindness you've shown
Will still offer me vigor and be my ...
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Categories: personae, analogy, bereavement, life,
Form: Pantoum

Premium MemberI Am a Writer Too

...You’re a writer? I am too. My brother is. My father is. We all write.
I am asked to critique, but I refuse, for I am not a critic or an influencer.
My muse Trixie yells things - kick them, run away...
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Categories: personae, writing,
Form: Narrative



Eden: Scene I

...Dramatis Personae
Adam: A Man – First to come, Last to know
Eve: A Woman – Innocent Temptation, Supple Adamant, Persistent Inconsistency
The Serpent: Being in and of the Human Condition, Th...
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Categories: personae, innocence,
Form: Free verse

Friday May 13th 2022

...Friday May 13th, 2022

An excerpt taken from a lengthy tome,
written courtesy a favorite poet of mine.

Paraskevidekatriaphobia  struck within a blink,
I swear yours truly never took a drink,
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Categories: personae, atheist, dark, destiny, gothic,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberDramatis Personae - Players and Rogues

...Labyrinthia  P. Babineaux  ……………  The White Witch of the Lower 9th Ward

Papa  Babineaux  …………………………… The Father, an honest apothecary

Algebra Babineaux  ………………………  The even-tempered Mother

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Categories: personae, allegory, psychological,
Form: List

Premium MemberPerfume of Pauline

...Pauline’s perfume personified poise and passion, a sliver. 
In the quay of life, it was quaint, but it made one quiver.
Parading through life enticing quite a few quails, 
Querying within but most...
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Categories: personae, woman, women,
Form: Rhyme

Ebony O Enkefalos Omorfias

...The Power of a soul burnt in dark Wind birth a diamond
In the midst of the raging personae emerged an Almond
You're the wisdom that lurks in the shadow of Storms
You pushed the limit of your mind;...
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Categories: personae, anniversary, beautiful, birthday, blessing,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMy Forlorn Place

...bereft and afloat I travel aimlessly
without my own thoughts
my mind is mush
no accident I have landed here
I always come back to this forlorn place

have you taken your pills?
What good are t...
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Categories: personae, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberPersonae Gratae

...Come on in take a seat 
everyone’s welcome,
I don’t discriminate, 
black-brown-yellow, or whites,
Say now your a 
really good person,
An altruist philanthropist 
or really just nice. 

Yeah ...
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Categories: personae, allusion, freedom, racism,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberMean Ends and Means

...Only clowns had masks

And secret agents

Personae non grata 

Disallowed from disguise


Now the Stasi and Gestapo

Of all nations denunciate

Those renegade souls

Who hide their scr...
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Categories: personae, abuse,
Form: Free verse

Sonlight On Blue

...Haiku-sen'ryu SERIES:

Seek things from above
feet on ground, blue sky in spring
gilded clouds chase the NIGHT

my role, just a scene
the author knows all the Acts --
personae, THE END...
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Categories: personae, allegory, allusion, gospel, hope,
Form: Senryu

Premium MemberKristel Settles

...Kristel had some old scores to settle for good or for better

She had tried the violin with no significant results other

Than a crystalline chandelier shattering quite frequently

When she rai...
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Categories: personae, music,
Form: Free verse

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