Eternal Conditional Love
...When the sun sets in the morning
and rises late at night,
and dogs hop on lily pads,
and frogs viciously bite,
that's when I'll stop loving you,
and not one day before,
unless, I find, regrett...
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Categories:
regrettably, animal, love, nonsense, sleep,
Form: Rhyme
The World
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This world is a home to many creatures,
big and small, and it is a pitiful place
known all to well for its unsightly...
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Categories:
regrettably, beauty, world,
Form: Free verse
On the moors
...There was a great incline of stone, weathered
amongst the sparsely green valley
whose feet lay at the door of a thatched cottage
and whose head I was treading over now.
A fair stream, no wider th...
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Categories:
regrettably, 12th grade, metaphor, nature,
Form: Free verse
Dune Perdue
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Updraft lifts limbs, leaves scurry like mice exposed
Mother Nature shakes shorebreak, incline imposed
Gnaws at sand buried tree toes gnarled, spit polished
Hourglass chamber sug...
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Categories:
regrettably, animal, beach, bird, metaphor,
Form: Couplet
Things That Should Grow on Trees
...Things That Should Grow on Trees
Things that should grow on trees include:
big sea birds with
extremely long wings, old-fashioned shoe
horns, tape recorders who
play sporadically cries of
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Categories:
regrettably, humor,
Form: Free verse
My apology to love
...1. I have spent time with numerous women, engaging in relationships that were often superficial. I have shared moments of intimacy and, regrettably, have caused heartbreak in many love stories that u...
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Categories:
regrettably, love, sorry,
Form: Free verse
My aries love
...1. In reflecting upon our relationship, I find myself grappling with the stark contrast between your professed affection and the deceitful actions that have characterized your behavior. Initially, I ...
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Categories:
regrettably, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Narcissist
...Finally, I see you—the grim reaper—emanating death.
During the time I spent with you, I always gave you my best.
You couldn’t deny that you lavished great pride
I was in it, but you simply didn’t...
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Categories:
regrettably, betrayal, dark, leaving, moving
Form: Rhyme
Boar Man, from THE WOMAN WHO COULD EAT WOOD
...Boar Man
Boar Man was the best at
his job of eating food waste.
He didn’t mind
the truly horrible taste.
Regrettably he’d lost all his friends
because every time he opened his mouth
flie...
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Categories:
regrettably, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Rats On Gas
...My garden backs onto a farm
Which shouldn’t cause any alarm
With so much fresh air
I’m glad I live there
And only one thing spoils its charm
I feed the birds and feral cats
At night ...
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Categories:
regrettably, animal,
Form: Limerick
Let The Lilies And The Roses Flourish
...For crying out loud, the flowers are gorgeous,
Fresh, happy, young, alive, and vivacious.
Regrettably, we, humans, cut their lives short,
From time to time, from events to events.
For God’s sak...
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Categories:
regrettably, autumn, beautiful, celebration, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Missing Him
...As The Rising Sun, The Dawn Came In Softly & Slowly;
&
So Did My Suffering.
Maybe Unexplained Or Unexpected Feelings;
Which Have Been Ignored;
A Sudden Melancholy Skulking In The Silence;
Awa...
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Categories:
regrettably, angel, best friend, boyfriend,
Form: Free verse
Imprisoned Heart
...Music is my source of escape,
For when the night pours its sadness on me.
My heart resides in that place,
For when my thoughts starts bullying me.
Lent everyone my ear but never my secrets
Whe...
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Categories:
regrettably, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Wabi-Sabi
..."Dead leaves lay still, even the last flower is withered: yet there is a beauty in decayed imperfection." Taken from a quote by _Constance La France
On an orbital rotation around our planet every ...
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Categories:
regrettably, beauty,
Form: Narrative
Anathomy of Melancholy
...When I'm by myself and free to muse,
But I am reluctant to leave the dark views.
when I'm crafting virtual castles in the air.
without sadness and without fear.
Soothing my mind with fantasies is...
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Categories:
regrettably, analogy, bereavement, inspirational, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme
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