Trapped Breath
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Written: August 07, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Mark Toney
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Corset of steel tightens—ratified pain,
Vestigial breath trapped in ischemia thrall.
The...
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Categories:
ratified, analogy, character,
Form: Free verse
The emotional, mental and spiritual fallout courtesy Colt Gray
...The emotional, mental and spiritual fallout courtesy Colt Gray
Apalachee High School,
located in Winder, Georgia
witnessed an active shooter,
whereby the alleged lone gunman
(actually just a t...
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Categories:
ratified, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
JD Vance Rants Collab
...In 2015…
—In DMs, he wondered whether Trump “Is America’s Hitler”
In 2016…
—“Fellow Christians, everyone is watching us when we apologize for this man.
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Categories:
ratified, analogy, character, political, usa,
Form: Monoku
June nineteenth one hundred and fifty nine years ago
...June nineteenth one hundred and fifty nine years ago
The conclusion of the American Civil War commenced with the articles of surrender agreement of the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, at App...
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Categories:
ratified, america, anxiety, crush, evil,
Form: Free verse
Sans sixth psychic sense
...Sans sixth (psychic) sense...
poise zen dystopian rant
This prognosticator doth predict
potential based at current rate
sinister debacle that will
instantaneously annihilate,
United States st...
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Categories:
ratified, abuse, america, anxiety, april,
Form: Rhyme
I dread the United States presidential 2024 outcome
...I dread the United States presidential 2024 outcome...
Whereby yours truly presages and doth abhor
nothing short of an imminent civil war
dwarfing insurrection on January 6, 2021
oddly enough e...
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Categories:
ratified, abuse, america, anger, animal,
Form: Free verse
A World Without Conflict
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Written: March 07, 2024
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As I gaze up at the sky,
A vision appears in my mind:
A ring of children, of all hues and races,
Joking, holdin...
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Categories:
ratified, war, world,
Form: Free verse
June Nineteenth One Hundred and Fifty Years Ago
...June nineteenth one hundred and fifty years ago
Juneteenth hint: three hundred
and sixty six days
after eighteen sixty four.
Major General Gordon Granger
led the Union Soldiers to Galveston,...
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Categories:
ratified, africa, america, anniversary, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
On a Map
...They say old is a state of mind.
If I may be so bold it's not Ratified.
Everyone ages can't change that.
If old is a place, somewhere on a map.
Stay Forever Young, Thrive, and Surpass....
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Categories:
ratified, analogy,
Form: Quintain (English)
Ronald Rump Reasonably Roasted
...Ronald Rump reasonably roasted
Remarkable – recourse retaining rickety
rambling reverence regarding “r.”
Ronald Rump
repugnant racist republican reviled -
rickettsia re:itch ruler.
Rap...
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Categories:
ratified, 12th grade, america, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Success Is Any Beehive
...Souls amid vagueness
we sustain an inheritance
when affection is betrayed
the fights ratified a farewell
prior, we struck the shore
In the last spell of my life
faults are piled h...
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Categories:
ratified, analogy, meaningful, success,
Form: Free verse
A Stupid Battle
...7/8/22
"A stupid Battle"
So much I always had in mind
Another toke and drink of Spanish Wine
Back in flight among satellites
In multiple ways an increase in appetite
Continuing to strategize
I...
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Categories:
ratified, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Urgent Message To Send Mephistophelian Madman Back To Stone Age
...Though I wrote no book
attention summoned to look
at following--->>>
Urgent message – to send Mephistophelian madman back to stone age
predicated upon past and present, I gauge
will offer ...
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Categories:
ratified, abuse, america, bullying, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
From the Wind of Your Lips I Confess I Am a Mess But Now With You Oh God I Am Blessed
...Father I am walking the grounds
Of this life my feet have gotten dirty
From the wind of your lips I confessed I am a mess but not with you oh God I am blessed
And I've been unfaithfu...
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Categories:
ratified, analogy, appreciation, bereavement, heaven,
Form: Lyric
Amelie Beth Harris Mcgeehan
...Amélie Beth Harris-McGeehan
December first 2020 equals
thee above named sibling
whereby she completed
LXIII earth orbits around the sun
therefore incumbent upon me
(cuz yours truly to wish ha...
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Categories:
ratified, age, birthday, blessing, celebration,
Form: Free verse
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