Matthew Scott Harris may be
...Matthew Scott Harris may be...
cunctatious, flirtatious, and unostentatious,
plus being calm, cool and collected,
but he haint disputatious!
Though by far whether alive
or posthumously repur...
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Categories:
posthumously, adventure, age, appreciation, atheist,
Form: Free verse
Nikola Tesla - 1856-1943
...
Tesla the inventor
an eccentric Serbian
once worked for a businessman
an entrepreneurial USAnian
when Edison had an idea bright
saw the light
and invented DC electricity
positive and...
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Categories:
posthumously, car, celebrity, fun, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Sexually explicit meme more real day
...Sexually explicit meme more real day
originally written May 31st, 202_
humorously, posthumously,
and tempestuously expressing woes
from the top of my talking head
to gnarly nails of
(this ...
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Categories:
posthumously, 11th grade, adventure, america,
Form: Free verse
It’s Coming
...Computers computing have pinpointed here
This planet, it seems, has something to fear
I look to the skies and they’re beautiful…… now
The stars are quite static, yet I mop my brow
A spacecraft ...
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Categories:
posthumously, angst, fear, space,
Form: Rhyme
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:
posthumously, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Drawn Heart Esquire
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Written: April 09, 2025,
*************
I will be faithful and reveal to you the facts,
You are mine in life and as soul, subtract.
Because when I die, all fabl...
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Categories:
posthumously, appreciation, cute love,
Form: Rhyme
From Criminal To War Hero
...
True story, my uncle was a famous safe cracker
Before becoming a soldier in World War I
Known to police in New York City for robbery
The army wanted his skills against the Huns
Empl...
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Categories:
posthumously, heart,
Form: Rhyme
In an age of cheap poets and marketplace philosophers
...In an age of cheap poets and marketplace philosophers,
When words intertwine beautifully but lack depth,
My contemporaries have already given me the greatest reward,
Their indifference, thei...
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Categories:
posthumously, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
A Letter to Emily Dickinson
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Dear Emily, 'the Recluse of Amherst'
In my university days, you burned in me
As a dazzling flame of endless inspiration.
As I sit to write to you, your soul in its depth I see
...
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Categories:
posthumously, appreciation, inspiration, poetess,
Form: Rhyme
No objection to cold weather, but
...No objection to cold weather, but...
ah jest wanna boomerang
back into the womb
versus being threatened
courtesy beastie boy gang
beating me to a pulp
after accurately discerning
being s...
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Categories:
posthumously, adventure, appreciation, color, environment,
Form: Rhyme
Perfectly Poetic
...Perfectly poetic is what I propose to be
Predictable perceptions for all the world to see
Posthumously parodied a name on all your lips
Profanity prolific like sailors on the ships
Premeditat...
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Categories:
posthumously, fun, future, humor,
Form: Couplet
A Man Of Hull
...One of our local heroes:
his record of try’s in a season
has still not been beaten.
Jack Harrison VC, MC
A Temporary Gentleman
Not really the right sort
Just a common school master
Who playe...
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Categories:
posthumously, conflict, courage, in memoriam,
Form: Rhyme
Since English language my mother tongue, no surprise
...Since English language my mother tongue, no surprise...
etymology encurtains, encompasses,
and encapsulates healthy fixation
why I can spend countless hours
engrossed with printed material
cou...
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Categories:
posthumously, addiction, analogy, books, dream,
Form: Free verse
The Shadows Following Apparitions
...like shadows they follow us
they tell their stories
on pages
that may or may not
be seen, or read,
we a'muse them -
"we", of course, are truly inconsequential
in the greater scheme of thi...
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Categories:
posthumously, poets, truth,
Form: Free verse
Woven Worlds
...Buoyant orange flames leap like a leopard stalking the sun. Posthumously, the mountain of smoke and ash collapsing on itself, selfishly stomping out joy, but for the Aurora Borealis, the joykill of s...
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Categories:
posthumously, nature,
Form: Other
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