The Kingdom of Forgotten Things
...In the bottom of a drawer,
where rusted nails and screws gather dust,
never used to mend the house
we swore we’d build together,
my dreams lie waiting.
In the back,
with the dried-up ketchup ...
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Categories:
prop up, anxiety, depression, divorce,
Form: Free verse
Puppet Associates
...Hope was Burrow's substance, where he poured his time,
Pedalling steadily.
Intended path made smooth for those in legacy line.
Sliced through wiry roots,
Watchguard Wombat dug safety spaces.
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Categories:
prop up, analogy, animal, bird, caregiving,
Form: Narrative
Brace For Impact
...Steadfastness of faith-altitude
Anchored by Sovereign fortitude
Such is my humble prayer-plight…
Lord, brace my trust-impact full might.
When angst prevails midst life’s pressures
Your...
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Categories:
prop up, christian, courage, faith, god,
Form: Kyrielle
Janitor Ghost
...When the owls are out of town
his studded boots kick-up featherless hoots.
He is the creak and groan of tired wood,
The splutter of an old aircon
yet more;
all inexplicable noises belong to him....
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Categories:
prop up, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Lean Not On Gurus
...
Lean not on gurus, for God search
Why prop up middleman
Sitting on high and mighty perch
Our credit card they scan
God within intimate
Here now immediate
Go in now, do not wait
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Categories:
prop up, abuse,
Form: Rhyme
Don't Stop Beating Yourself Up
...All of the failures are mine
All the successes are theirs
I cannot stop ordering wine
I keep rearranging the chairs
Don’t stop
Don’t stop
Don’t stop beating yourself up
Should you go to Ma...
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Categories:
prop up, abuse, age, drink, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
He Gave Her a Book
...He gave her a book....she used it to prop up her iPad.
John G. Lawless
5/11/2021...
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Categories:
prop up, humor, irony,
Form: Monoku
Just Stating the Obvious Poetry Contest
...*Image of Nursing Home provided by Pixabay.
Just Stating The Obvious Poetry Contest
Poetic Form: Rhyme
PLACE: Hereafter Harmony House (Assisted Living Facility)
Mo...
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Categories:
prop up, age, care, community, giving,
Form: Rhyme
Oh Dystopia a Tree 4 a Carpark
...The long hard journey through
past to progress
These day's has far few many stops to make along it's tried and tested daily route to commute
As cutting costs has so many
uneconomic station la...
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Categories:
prop up, slam,
Form: Free verse
Maybe We Can Agree On Gravity
...Certain scenes can be taken for granted,
Like clouds blanketing, our sunny sky’s,
Intuition gut feelings, cannot be ignored,
Suspicions important, not vacant denial,
Where contrasts fade into e...
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Categories:
prop up, abuse, allegory, allusion, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
The Church
...I don't really want to cripple the church
I realize that the Pope and the church have problems
Imagine in his position
all the expenses of the church
The budgets, electricity
building mainten...
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Categories:
prop up, inspiration, international,
Form: Narrative
Crippled and Lost
...Prosthetic language can never fix
a Poems broken joints
Only inspiration can set
the break for sure
Crutches and canes to prop up verse
severely disappoint
Perception falling on it...
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Categories:
prop up, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
If Ever I Had a Country: Lxxiv
...IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : LXXIV
IF ever I had a country proud of its sacred Soul Patrie
And if ever by a long shot I was nominated - not spuriously elected - Chef Ministre d'Etat
Ple...
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Categories:
prop up, education, graduation, prison, religion,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Rebirth of My Rigour and Vigour
...Cycles of life stream reams of joy and pain
Alternating nets and magnets of sunshine and rain
Sifting through rest and strain
When by default I favour a fault
That in my right sense I should ...
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Categories:
prop up, poems,
Form: Free verse
Flow Into Your Heart's Glow
...Flow into your heart’s serenade
If happiness should glide and slide
Away the lemonade
You struggle to hide in a ride
Into booze or a cruise
Into screams and streams
That pretend not to bruis...
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Categories:
prop up, poems,
Form: Free verse
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