Etched In Stone
...This or That, Vol 30 Poetry Contest
Edward Ibeh
As soon as my eyes cleared from the tears
I could see that his body and soul were long gone
He layed frozen in time
Lifeless, naked and so...
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Categories:
pronouncement, death, memory,
Form: Free verse
Until Then
...it was on a bleak afternoon,
that Cancer came and abruptly announced
"I am going to be with you for ever.
follow me wherever I lead you.
fight back if you can, rather if you dare,
but indomitabl...
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Categories:
pronouncement, cancer, death, feelings, pain,
Form: Free verse
Though no political pundit, nevertheless
...Though no political pundit, nevertheless...
I trumpet the withdrawal
of democratic contender from out the presidential race.
Breaking headline news story
courtesy rumor monger premieres
show...
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Categories:
pronouncement, america, anxiety, blue, dark,
Form: Free verse
Idyllic reverie during break of day
...Idyllic reverie during break of day
May today bring unbridled bliss
delivered courtesy sunshine kissed
giving Midas a run for his money.
When the last trace of night
evaporates analogous t...
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Categories:
pronouncement, angel, appreciation, april, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Presidential Pronouncement
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Our precocious President pronounces,
in patent ad hominem attack,
that those deplorable disagreeables
are notably Neanderthal.
He might be technically correct;
nasty Neanderthals existentia...
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Categories:
pronouncement, bullying,
Form: Alliteration
The Great Catching Away part nine
...Raymond Miles heard what sounded like a super sonic boom in the air while he
eye witnessed jet airliners fall to the ground on the freeway. His family watched
cars piling up on the freeway totally...
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Categories:
pronouncement, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose
Letter
...“Even after our corporeal form leaves, a letter speaks to us in a language so intimate, conveying pent up emotions so personalized that one cannot express through spoken words without causing embarra...
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Categories:
pronouncement, angst, bereavement, death,
Form: Free verse
As the Misty Moon Rides High
...The corn maze full in October,
“As the misty moon rides high.”
Nighttime makes occasion sober,
Still laughter lingers, is not shy.
Headless, the hopeful, scans the crowd.
The hi...
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Categories:
pronouncement, october,
Form: Rhyme
Tattoo You
...I don't regret I got it
This small tattoo of mine
An everlasting love note
In permanence of kind
I look at it and smile
It doesn't make me sad
It represents the moment
Where ink on the scratch...
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Categories:
pronouncement, for her, i love
Form: Rhyme
Lord God, You Are My Instruction Giver
...July 29 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Jeremiah 35-38
Key Verse – Jeremiah 35:13 Thus saith the LORD of hosts… Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the...
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Categories:
pronouncement, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
The Worlds Most Difficult Announcement
...A sure ear-bursting announcement:
It shall walls vibrate: pronouncement
A knight’s last-hour confession:
Banging the pregnant profession…
“I can’t. I will not! Where is he?
Don’t even mention...
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Categories:
pronouncement, evil, humanity, image, religion,
Form: Rhyme
When Vitamin and Medication Bottles Became Plaything of the Missus
...When vitamin and medication bottles became plaything of the missus
Mental health of yours truly
heavily reliant upon one selective serotonin
reuptake inhibitor named fluoxetine (Prozac)
aside f...
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Categories:
pronouncement, adventure, anxiety, appreciation, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
The Drunken Stain
...a sadness seeps into the soul
where sanctity is living
caused by the heart's fondest desire
for human love
not given
a dance on passion's summer night
in bonded moves preciseness
with ris...
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Categories:
pronouncement, drink, lost love, love,
Form: Rhyme
Please Stand By
...Please stand by for this important announcement
Of news you’ll most assuredly not want to miss
A newsworthy, earth-shaking pronouncement
More startling than your first unexpected kiss.
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Categories:
pronouncement, anger, conflict, humor,
Form: Light Verse
In the Doctors Office
...In the Doctor’s Office
A poetess, sits and waits.
Wondering his pronouncement
on her future fate.
I realize at times, other poets, this
process, you have endured.
The tension, the myster...
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Categories:
pronouncement, health, humor, poetess,
Form: Rhyme
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