Spoilt For Choice
...I want to write a poem but I have no way of knowing
If it’s coming or it’s going; how it starts or how it ends
Should I try to make it funny; sickly sweet or bright and sunny
Write of sex and lust...
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Categories:
precondition, inspiration, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Santa-Cide
...[Jenna recently described Santa’s job spec. I said I fancied
the job… and then Tom killed him. Well I couldn’t take that lying down!]
[[by the way… say ‘chance’ like you’re American, unless...
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Categories:
precondition, christmas, murder,
Form: Limerick
Grayson Favour
...[Written with Matt Caliri’s ‘Chapter One’ contest in
mind but too many verses (presuming that ‘three
paragraphs’ also meant three stanzas)]
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Grayson Favour, private detectiv...
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Categories:
precondition, hero,
Form: Narrative
Fate
...From assassins fleeing but finally spotted,
One’s good image guarding and still it is blotted;
An ill-omened murderous car
Crushing one’s guiltless star!
A team playing out its heart but lifti...
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Categories:
precondition, anxiety, bereavement, creation, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
Lockdown- 18th Day
...World is gypsy dot
Sickness present punishment
No healer is there
Medicines in naughty wombs
Savior on blessed secret pyres
Blind, deaf, dumb, lame gods
In empty buds of praying
Paths made o...
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Categories:
precondition, how i feel,
Form: I do not know?
Western Culture
...A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics - a rational ethics - as a precondition of rebirth.
We are living ...
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Categories:
precondition, culture, dream, evil, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
In Response To If---
...IN RESPONSE TO IF---
In my conjunction, possible my condition provided that
In my condition,
Imagine this,
And into the Response to If… "What if”
Presuming that
Supposing that
As long as,...
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Categories:
precondition, assonance, deep, imagery, word
Form: Free verse
Politics
...Politics! very complicated,
very tough to consummate
it is everywhere , in every place ,
associated with every man
in every acts he indulges in
in very moment it is played upon
any thing ca...
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Categories:
precondition, political, power,
Form: Free verse
Demons
...DEMONS
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
There are scenes we encounter on a daily basis
Worn out shoes, dirty clothes and unshaven faces
A man unwashed and dirty, acting erratic
Joined by a likewise, bot...
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Categories:
precondition, angst, emotions, encouraging, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
The Art of Talking Is Another Name of Poetry
...The art of talking
If you want to talk
And in the process want to learn the art of talking
Then you are requested to sit down beside me
One more request to you
Please do not take me as ...
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Categories:
precondition, art, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Conservative
...Precondition for the disgust, I set tight mouthed to not talk.
The ultimate right had been denied and now I was the intelligence they desired.
Within the first ten minutes, I stood up.
I felt frustra...
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Categories:
precondition, abuse, corruption, courage, strength,
Form: Verse
Growth Rate
...Two-digit growth rate
Is essential for
Least developed countries
To come out of
Vicious circle of poverty
Within a short timeframe
But it’s not the only precondition
For higher standard of living
Of...
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Categories:
precondition, inspirational, political, visionary, growth,
Form: Free verse
Economic Development
...Economic development is the precondition of higher living standard
Therefore we should focus on economic development at first
We know infrastructural development is a must
For economic development o...
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Categories:
precondition, inspirational, political, visionary,
Form: Prose Poetry
Where Love's Ultimate Happiness Can Be Found
...Love can never be negotiated, because it has no immunity
by its merit the world exists, in an atmosphere of continuity
while war kills and spreads tragedy, love rescues to repair
healing broken he...
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Categories:
precondition, dedication, family, friendship, happiness,
Form: Rhyme