From The Workship Collection Joe My Belvoed Beau
...My parents did not know
About Joe
My beloved beau
And what the maturing character did
Making him a heroic paternal twit
One day with spring in the air
Did not have a ca...
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Categories:
ranked, birth, father, happy, love,
Form: Rhyme
chromatic undulations
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she hung her sari out
on a hilltop clothesline
wisps of colours to the sun
playful lengths of silk
toying with the breeze
flowing swaying dancing
no fanfare no introduction no applause
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Categories:
ranked, appreciation, beautiful, color, dance,
Form: Free verse
The Talk
...Son, back when I was your age,
I wish I'd had "The Talk".
Sure, some folks might have tried
but they weren't convincing I guess.
I wish someone had made me see
that my life was my own to mas...
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Categories:
ranked, courage, dream, father son,
Form: Free verse
in the gentle mist
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a bouquet of white blossoms
touched by a tinge of pink
blushing at the thought
of your smile in the distance
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Submitted on July 25, 2025 for contest 1398 spon...
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Categories:
ranked, color, longing, smile,
Form: Free verse
Half Past Summer, Two Months Till Fall
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finally summer arrived with all its charms and promises
yet somehow i'm finding myself still waiting for your return
appreciation growing mostly for my sacred peace within
AP: Honorable Me...
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Categories:
ranked, lonely, longing, peace, summer,
Form: Sijo
Kundalini
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deep within the woman in me
a coiled divine energy
sleeping waiting ready
a spiritual connection
embraces Bhairavi
goddess of Kundalini
meditation clears the path
half awake dormant
he...
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Categories:
ranked, faith, heart, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse
Craving something real
...the sound of tin and not a peep coming from your heart
Submitted on June 13, 2025 for contest WHY I ABHOR AI GENERATED POEMS sponsored by JCB BRUL - RANKED 4TH
and July 16, 2025 for contest...
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Categories:
ranked, heart, integrity, words,
Form: Monoku
Coco Gauff
...So yall, Coco Guaff just won the French Open 2025.
Big Ups and CONGRATS to Coco! Oh yeah, she did her Big Won!
In case yall didn’t know, Coco played Aryna Sabalenka.
After Coco won the match, the...
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Categories:
ranked, conflict, dedication, endurance, sports,
Form: Narrative
riding the summer breeze
...a jasmin perfume lingers
AP: 3rd place 2025
Submitted on June 4, 2025 to contest YOUR CHOICE U sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - RANKED 8TH
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Categories:
ranked, night, summer, sweet,
Form: Free verse
wallflower
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wispy wallflower wallowing waltzes while walking with a woozy wobble
Submitted on May 29, 2025 for contest MONOKLITTERATION sponsored by NETTE ONCLAUD - RANKED 4TH...
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Categories:
ranked, fun, silly, word play,
Form: Monoku
Gathering at the cemetery
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It was a somber cloudy day, sadness weighed heavy on us all. The family gathered to pay final respects. Gregorian chant filled the air as we looked up to heaven. We were burying a good man. He had ...
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Categories:
ranked, death, goodbye, grief, loss,
Form: Haibun
succulent
...succulent orange
sectioned ready for sharing ~
not a soul in sight
Submitted on May 24, 2025 to contest A FRUITY HAIKU sponsored by TANIA KITCHIN - RANKED 3RD...
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Categories:
ranked, fruit,
Form: Haiku
Impossible mission for systematization to be wrung out of entropy
...Impossible mission for systematization to be wrung out of entropy
Which lame excuse I exclaimed,
when my dear old mom asked
rather told me in her scolding voice
to tidy up my bedroom,
cuz this...
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Categories:
ranked, 7th grade, abuse, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Blowing in the Wind of Times
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Inspired by Bob Dylan's 'Blowing in the Wind'
Our journey takes on different roads
we make our choices and our beds
no rest for the weary till we're all dead
Time is not our faithful ally...
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Categories:
ranked, faith, journey, time, tribute,
Form: Free verse
A matter of perspective
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Back in school, it seemed time was at a standstill. In hindsight, it seemed
like a hell we needed to to go through and survive as best we could so as to earn our freedom.
Back then, I wish som...
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Categories:
ranked, life, perspective, school, simile,
Form: Haibun
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