Write Poets Poems

Why won’t poets write about us?
Is rhyming with orange that troubling?
Don’t we, like other fruits need thus:
To be showered with praises all bubbling?

We have stunning...

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The muse just kicked a garbage can
The you know what just hit the fan
I mutter “I can write…I can”

The keyboard trembles ‘neath my touch
Words not...

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Pray, pray, pray
He longs for you to pray
He wishes to be part of your daily life
Do not be afraid to pray
*
He listens from your heart...

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CHINESE FEMALE POETS: ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS

Creamy Melons
by Chao Luan-Luan
translation by Michael R. Burch

Scented with talcum, moist with perspiration,
like pegs of jade inlaid in a harp,
aroused by...

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     I once disliked poetry worse than math   
        going back further...

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As poet, I never said I was any good.
If you think I did, you've misunderstood.
I only said that between me and Shakespeare,
there's only one winner-take-all...

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I'm not a poet, I'm just a part-time rhymer.
When I start a new verse, first thing I do is grab for a timer.
And if the...

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Within every writer's soul
is an untold role,
rolling along the shadows,
secretly, desperately seeking
the glow above the darkness
that gave it life in the first place...

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The smooth ink stains bleed a crimson red with each stroke
The pages' colors publish a perilous message against the black granite surface

Black, red, white

Its message...

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indeed, the excellent poets do it in seconds
very good do it in minutes; good do it in hours
however, weak poets do it in days or...

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Yeah Right

If poetry is so easy to write,
drop a Choka, tercet, or a quatrain slight.
So remember the rules and keep things tight,
let’s see how easy...

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The growing crops harvest not by crofter
Having to wait a time to ripe  them
Any birth by woman giving to a child 
Not until comes...

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Written on April 14th 2025 for Mystic Rose Rose prompt Finish my Poem contest

Mystic Rose Roses’ two couplets
“As she drinks nectar from a flower, sweetness...

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poetry
is
my
    life & breath
I
   live
to read poetry
that
   feeds and inspires me

it moves
me to pick up my pe
 ...

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The question is,
should I listen to my imagination?
Sometimes it can go very wild,
I look for a lion ready to eat me alive.
There are times it...

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