A DOG'S LIFEA DOG'S LIFE
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I reign as king in a sovereignty supreme.
I sit by your side gazing, the world whizzing by.
From a rolled down window, a kaleidoscope of colors mesmerize.
My ears flapping wildly, a joyful delight.
The rush of air, a thrill to my canine soul.
As we speed along, the highway our open road.
The engine purrs, a...
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Categories:
12th grade, dog,
Form: Personification
I wish I was the windI wish I was the wind
ruffling oak leaves
wafting through a verdant meadow
traveling through the night air
gently kissing the tips of grasses
the lightest of songs
a whispering wisp
refreshing in the rain
rejuvenating the earth as I pass by...
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Categories:
wind,
Form: Personification
KENSINGTON'S LAMENT*This poem was written for "Kensington Avenue Poetry Contest, Anthony Biaanco, sponsor, July 20, 2025
KENSINGTON'S LAMENT
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Her city streets are grey and worn, with a denim sky overhead. Birdsong trickles out in fractured waves, as if feathered friends cried while flying her way. Engines sputter; horns blare. People hurry by her in silence, eyes down, broken...
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Categories:
12th grade, city, drug,
Form: Personification
The RoseShe sways as her petals flutter about in sync
In beautiful blooms of petals in magenta pink
Her legs are long and thorny, as she sits up high
A delicate floweret, basking under the sunny sky
She welcomes the summer breeze with its light caress
and dances as her petals fully open, on display to impress
A hummingbird stops by...
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Categories:
beautiful, rose, summer,
Form: Personification
She is our Hero Our Queenwater gives us life
she uplifts us
rejuvenates us
keeps us connected
her baptisms
her wet coolness
her willingness to share
keep us fresh
essential loving water
as important as air
they both keep us alive
without them, we would not exist
we owe much to water
she is our hero
our queen
our connection to faeries and angels....
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Categories:
water,
Form: Personification
Whispers That Fracture HallsYou feel the whispers slither down the long corridor,
each murmur coiling around your thoughts like hungry vines.
They scratch at your calm, sharp as claws unseen,
and fracture your resolve until your heart cannot stay silent.
You sense the walls themselves lean, curious and burdened,
their cracks breathing echoes of every stolen word.
Even the chairs groan beneath an invisible...
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Categories:
discrimination,
Form: Personification
The Classroom SpeaksThe walls lean in, murmuring secrets of weary days,
while chairs sigh beneath tired bodies.
Words from hollow lips strike like stones—
they refuse to soften, echoing in empty corners.
My lessons pulse with purpose, glowing faintly in the dust,
each one breathes life into silent desks.
They wait, expectant—hungry for curious eyes.
Even the blackboard leans forward,
eager to share every truth...
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Categories:
education, emotions, silence, teacher,
Form: Personification
Intruders
Please be informed that I knock on everyone's door..
I will enter your home or space whether or not you
Open to me. Some of you will willingly allow me
To move in and live with you indefinitely.
The best and the strongest among you will
Acknowledge my reality but will never give me
A continual dwelling place.
My name is GRIFE....
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Categories:
grief,
Form: Personification
Good Morning AmericaGood morning America.
Today, July 4, 2025, I looked out of my front window,
and at 6AM saw a most beautiful sky. Locked into
this eastern canopy was a very eye-catching
coloration, reminding me of the colors of the
American flag.
Yes, America, like our flag, it was red, white, and blue.
No, there were no stars and strips, but I...
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Categories:
america, july,
Form: Personification
A Cry the World Chose Not to HearWhen Life became too heavy,
People grew harsher,
their words sharpened into wounds,
their silence burned like fire.
When I finally broke,
and Help knocked on my door,
the world turned away,
as if my pain were an inconvenience,
as if my cry were suspicious.
Faith remained my only friend—
steadfast, unwavering—
while Gossip, Mockery, and Bullying roamed freely,
casting shadows where kindness hid.
Gossip spread like smoke—
fast,...
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Categories:
inspirational, mental health, social,
Form: Personification
In the Arms of DarknessNight wraps me softly in her arms,
Whispering secrets, weaving charms.
She cradles echoes in my chest,
A quiet breath, a gentle rest.
Her cloak conceals my hidden scars,
Each one a story traced by stars.
She treads with footsteps calm and slow,
Through empty halls where shadows grow.
By day, she hides behind the sun,
But when the world is overrun,
She dons my...
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Categories:
heart, spiritual,
Form: Personification
yesterday I was a dandelionyesterday I was a dandelion
someone smashed me into the mud
my whisps flew off and I turned into a butterfly
I soared above a rose bush, a bridge and an oak tree
where I heard squirrels giggling...
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Categories:
me,
Form: Personification
Lovelove has no conditions
no contract
no absolutes
no rules or regulations
love is automatic
she cannot be thwarted or obliterated
you cannot talk her out of herself
love demands freedom
she loves who she loves
she owes no one an explanation
or an apology
love is a soul feeling
she cannot help herself
...
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Categories:
love,
Form: Personification
Old GloryDear Glory
In America, today has been declared ' Flag Day'.
I join in this declaration to honor and salute you.
Some in my generation have at times burned you.
I am deeply grieved by such displays of disrespect.
Old Glory, please be informed that on this day, June 14,
2025, there are several flags placed on my property.
Certainly, in America...
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Categories:
america, patriotic,
Form: Personification
JealousyJealousy plunked down in one giant splat
Angry with blue, green, red and yellow
Especially yellow who thought she was all that
Jealousy was enraged to her toes
Her hatred easily seen
Yellow had no idea
...
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Categories:
jealousy,
Form: Personification
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