A New Phantom of the Opera
...The phantom of the opera,
once bitter and marose,
living in torture chambers,
almost comatose,
has got a new publicist.
Don't write his epitaph.
Now, he's bright and cheerful,
signing autogr...
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Categories:
publicist, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Grand Dragon Press
...Some may say grand dragon others grand wizard either or it began in 60s everything was a bit chaotic the death of John f Kennedy Bobby Kennedy pope John XXlll my birth and Martin Luther kings famous ...
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Categories:
publicist, allah,
Form: Quintain (English)
Clerihew Dali
...Spaniard Salvador Dali
a surrealist he came to be
With ego & flamboyancy he did persist
this moustachiod self-publicist...
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Categories:
publicist, art, people,
Form: Clerihew
Adam Mickiewicz Translation: the Ruins of Balaclava
...Sonnet: The Ruins of Balaclava
by Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Oh, barren Crimean land, these dreary shades
of castles?once your indisputable...
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Categories:
publicist, death, depression, grave, romantic,
Form: Sonnet
What a World, For Chinua Achebe
...What a World!
By Izunna Okafor
Tears roll down my cheeks
Beholding the palm tree I tapped
From his knowledge of blue ink
With a bow, lofting off a huge gap
What a World !
Our intell...
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Categories:
publicist, death,
Form: Elegy
The Sun
...By Izunna Okafor
Oh ye the sun
Why have you been stubborn like son
Consistent in gazing at ground
Endlessly waxing around the town
The ground is as though as husk
But you never consider t...
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Categories:
publicist, sun,
Form: Free verse
Friendship: Just Like a Palm Tree
...Friendship: Just Like a Palm Tree
By Izunna Okafor
From the crusts of lonely loams
It gently roots inner and outer
And softly pullulates harder and taller
To register its purpose to man...
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Categories:
publicist, 8th grade, best friend,
Form: Epic
I Love America, Differently, In Fuller History
...I
The Servants of Free Men on the Mayflower
Knew "abundant life" in Jesus, Great Savior
Two servants, too, rose up to sign The US Constitution
Lover of His Morals, Binder of America's First Bible...
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Categories:
publicist, america, appreciation, celebration, community,
Form: Verse
Amplified
...Nothing is ever time wasted,
just the interlude to the rest of the album. Soon it becomes nostalgia. To think you almost pressed the skip button..
It's all about trying new things.
Slowing were ...
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Categories:
publicist, black african american, black
Form: Free verse
Corruption Cum Recession
...Unprecedented and unannounced
The sound out-hauls the band
The beat of corruption much allowed
Now in dual they posses the land
Who should the finger now highlight
The finger itself is bent an...
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Categories:
publicist, anger,
Form: Free verse
Yayati Madan G Gandhi 1
...You are the light bearer
And I am the light seeker
Your radiant thoughts flourish and fall
As shower of blessings on us all
Tides of love created by you
I
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Categories:
publicist, poems, poets, universe, ,
Form: Acrostic
An Example of True Upliftment and Sincere Appreciation
...i give her a hug as she shows me her degree
i reward her with encouragement and a chocolate shake
so many of those close to us tried with everything in them to bring her down
yet she kept her eyes...
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Categories:
publicist, appreciation, celebration, graduation, growth,
Form: Free verse