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Drifting aimlessly
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Chris Green
| Free verse |
polished, loneliness,
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Downtime and Dust Trio
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Aqua Marine
| Haiku |
polished, meaningful, time, words,
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I Stand Here
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Michelle Faulkner
| Free verse |
polished, endurance, hope, pain, recovery
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SOMETIMES
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Line Gauthier
| Free verse |
polished, caregiving, emotions, grief, hurt,
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Recycled Treasure
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Vegter Papyrus
| Free verse |
polished, meaningful,
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Remembering What It Was Like Back Then
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Caren Krutsinger
| Free verse |
polished, childhood, nostalgia, school,
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Grandads leather belt
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Tom Cunningham
| Sonnet |
polished, beach, death, grandfather, world
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Covered Dishes Part 2
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stark hunter
| Free verse |
polished, literature,
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THE HIGH NOTE
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Kim Rodrigues
| Haibun |
polished, murder, violence,
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Echoes
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Michael E Cantrall
| Free verse |
polished, death, faith, heaven, metaphor,
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Place to be
by Alex Duffy
I share everything I have yet they still feel the need to take from me
People always want to take more than they give back
Not...
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Categories:
polished, deep, depression, inspiration, inspirational,
True Cowboy
by Caren Krutsinger
Tan leather boots with fancy stitching
Butterscotch vest with pencilled fringe
Polished black Stetson size eight and three quarters
Faded denim shirt with copper snaps
Silver oversized belt buckle...
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Cowboy |
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Categories:
polished, jealousy,
THE PEPPERMAN AND THE ANCIENT WORLD OF WISDOM PART III
by Michael E. Harris
I LIFTED MY HANDS ABOVE MY HEAD.
LOOKED INTO THE HEAVENS
AND THANKED MY CREATOR.
AS I WAS LOOKING INTO THE HEAVENS.
I NOTICED SOMETHING,
DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.
I REALLY...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
polished, imagery, perspective, philosophy, spiritual,
the sound of paean
by colin heavingham
that sound of paean
that piss that doused the fire in me
a broken celebration of children's desires
they fight on causeways lined with dreams then flee
that...
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ABC |
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Categories:
polished, age,
The girl with the looking glass heart
by Chris Green
The girl with the looking glass heart
She polished the lens with a smudge of her finger
Still tiny traces of memories linger
Held to the light so...
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Rhyme |
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polished, longing,
Nails, Nails and Nails
by Caren Krutsinger
Nails
Tool box
Where’s the hammer?
They take a good pounding.
Nails
Nails
Women speak
A good salon
Painted, polished, and glossed.
Nails
Nails
Lone tool
My worst nightmare
Clawing out of coffin
Nails
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Cinqku |
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polished, perspective,
THE PEPPERMAN AND THE ANCIENT WORLD OF WISDOM
by Michael E. Harris
I PRESENT YOU THIS BOOK.
IT TRULY HAS POWER.
IT'S NOT VERY LONG.
YOU CAN READ IN AN HOUR.
I WON'T GUARANTY
IT'LL MAKE YOU REAL SMART.
BUT, IF YOU...
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Free verse |
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polished, analogy, creation, inspirational, philosophy,
I house a bullet
by liam mcdaid
In words deeply cased lead makes no mistake
held by one hammer hitting home
dropping through the threads of a barrel
smoking time words hotly...
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Quatrain |
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polished, emotions, faith, fire, meaningful,
Multiverse dreams
by fauxcroft wade
On a planet light years away
I found myself face down in alien dust
I knew not how I got here
The dust was fine and bright yellow
It...
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polished, color, dark, dream, fantasy,
Yemen Slaughter August 9, 2018
by Robert Trezise Jr.
If one is hungry
And bored
Of watching over Mecca,
What better place
To steal an apple
Than from another country’s orchards,
With fighter jets
Twanged in the sky
Like flying bottle openers,
Diving...
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polished, evil, grief, international, political,
Waiting For A Princess
by Caren Krutsinger
A jewel-encrusted tiara sat on a tiny white throne,
Against a soft, shiny satin pillow, it dazzled and shone.
The jewels were emeralds and sapphires, a beautiful...
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Rhyme |
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polished, cinderella,
Black Swan
by Gregory R Barden
Dance for me now ...
Eyes of polished onyx pierce me like the keen edge
of a...
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Free verse |
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polished, analogy, dance, dark, love,
the Breakup
by Arum Dusu
She's quite an intellect
A beauty skinned in fair reasoning
Clothed in fumes of rationalism
Her eyes were made up with eyeliners of 'what's your next...
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polished, break up, confidence, encouraging,
Last Tussle in Brussels
by Nina Parmenter
Somewhere in Brussels, March 2019,
Poor Theresa’d not slept since about Halloween,
But at last it was ready! The dream Brexit treaty,
Which pleased every spluttering zealot so...
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Rhyme |
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polished, fun, funny, humor, humorous,
hey Liz abeth
by Omogoriola Bisayo
Lizzy, ...easy,
that feeling that gets me dizzy.
J-nisi!.......so twas your love... Missy!
Hey!...liz..abeth, ...albeit i be sassy
still you be my friend,...no daunting fiend.
despite my complexities, my...
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Prose Poetry |
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polished, beautiful, birthday, love,
THE MASTER CONTROL
by Kim Rodrigues
arm wrestle for the master control
“tis under the bridge”, says the troll
“there the dragon breathes stench.
me thinks your heart must stay benched.”
and this slimy ogre...
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Couplet |
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polished, allegory,
Married to the Slob
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
I don’t run with the mob ...
the mosh-pit, gossip crowd
End of message Stop!
Just wanna hip you to this fact,
right off...
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polished, humorous, imagery, love, marriage,
GROWL
by Pixie Dust
The year was nineteen forty three
back then crime was more
then a mere slap on the knee
Life in the mines was very...
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polished, humor,
Barry Tone Not My Type Of Playa
by matthew harris
Ooh...this... just an amazing grace note
recalling how I felt like an ass
and wanna toot 'bout me getting steered
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Elegiac Lyric |
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polished, 11th grade, 5th grade,
Japan respects
by Lewis Raynes
Before we walked in, before we arrived,
The place had been tidy and neat,
Everything was washed and polished and fresh,
In this beautifully odorous suite,
We...
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Quatrain |
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Categories:
polished, appreciation, culture, football, integrity,