RepetitionOnce is never quite enough,
Once again feels more like trust.
Once more, close to sure—
Eat, has eaten, ate, will eat—
Breath itself repeats,
A ritual done compulsively,
Yet never fully satisfied.
Like tasting twice, the second time charms,
Knowledge grows through shifting views,
Education’s...
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Categories:
repetition, character, confidence, creation, education,
Form: Free verse
Who is right and who is wrongSomewhere, a poem exists in our minds about love, life, politics, natural disasters, religion, and contentious issues.
Suddenly, political uprisings and wars emerge, with ISIS and figures like Donald Trump acting as modern crusaders.
Here we are, as citizens, once more feeling disheartened, striving to discover beauty in life amidst chaos, seeking a...
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Categories:
celebrity, forgiveness, repetition,
Form: Dramatic Verse
AN UNMOCKED ALLEGORICAL FLASHBACK
AN UNMOCKED ALLEGORICAL FLASHBACK
When we were young and growing up,
Granny said that all things have a seed,
And that every seed produces its own
Things to be reaped: good or bad:-
At the time, it was hers and the bible study
Lesson to be taught and remembered; however,
At that time, I didn’t get the full allegorical meaning
Of what she...
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Categories:
repetition, allegory, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Prose
Our rootsIt can be coily it can be straight
It can be parted many ways
It can be texturized or revitalized
Our hair is reversible
Cultural, unique, a symbol of power
You can braid it up, twist it up, loc it up
But you cant mess it up!
...
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Categories:
repetition, beauty, black african american,
Form: Alliteration
Cycles and routinesCycles and routines
create a loop
it can be positive or negative
the loop that is never ending
You can be stuck in a cycle of
progression or degression
seasons they never end
thats just how the loop
Begins....
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Categories:
repetition, seasons,
Form: Rhyme
Againenslaved to the cyclical void,
abused, confused, and paranoid
of that endless—(somber schema)—
cyclical void, enslaved to the?
sheer gravity and that friendless
somber schema.—Of that endless
wicked, whirling, said wanton wheel
and that friendless, sheer gravity
of motion which sent atwirling
said wanton wheel, wicked, whirling,
hurtling through hell? a meager twitch
sent atwirling of motion which
shook all things fused.—And all this spell:
a meager twitch,...
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Categories:
repetition, creation, death, destiny, identity,
Form: Quatrain
Categories:
repetition, film, guitar, inspirational love,
Form: Ballad
Failures Colossal
Nine months after October 6, 1973
PM Golda Meir of Israel was history
For an intelligence failure colossal
She became a political fossil…
Fast forward to October 7, 2023
...
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Categories:
history, jewish, leadership, repetition,
Form: Couplet
The Quiet Things That Saved MeI was saved by quiet things—
The rustle of the morning breeze,
The way the robin spreads its wings,
The golden drift of autumn leaves.
I was saved by threads of light
That touched my skin through broken blinds,
By distant stars that pierced the night,
By echoes I had left behind.
I was saved by falling rain—
The softest tears the sky could...
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Categories:
repetition, bird, health, life, love,
Form: Rhyme
In the Mouth of Desirein the mouth of desire, inverted spires
lean toward the grots of Hell.
tongues forked, skewered with sapphires
in the mouth of desire, inverted spires.
Adam's apple burning cores, as moths for martyrdom's fires.
on the path to perdition: many had attended well.
in the mouth of desire, manipulation stirs.
the crone fanning her cauldron
a hot vat of ruin, Wiccan...
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Categories:
repetition, betrayal, bible, celebrity, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
Morning Ritual;AutumnOutside the trees are called
by the Autumn’s breeze.
The door isn’t perfectly shut
as the leaves seep through
the uneven cracks.
The whistling tune from
Nature’s broken karaoke
machine finds its way under
the door. Slowly the shadows
become dimmer as the morning
sun sets in and the birds begin
to chirp as the crickets causes
a ruckus enough to wake
the subconscious mind from
sleeping internally.
The...
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Categories:
repetition, autumn, day, good morning,
Form: Narrative
Beat the Heat
Beat the heat, beat the heat
You’re on the hotseat
Beat the heat, you’re on the hotseat
Drink lots of water, drink lots of water
You really had...
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Categories:
health, repetition, summer,
Form: Rhyme
Untitled 4Don’t clip my wings
My paintbrush has traced many lines
My feathers have flown in many formations
A commander of confidence
I am flying
My heart is racing
I know I am alive
Am I living?
These talons need to be removed.
Where are my wings?
What happened to my art?
I remember a paintbrush.
Why am I naked?
Did I doubt it?
Did I clip my wings?
~Reborn ...
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Categories:
repetition, appreciation, change, dedication, flying,
Form: Free verse
The Digits of Pi
The digits of pi are a squiggle
That never will cease but to wiggle.
It won't stay in place,
No pattern will trace,
It has a continuous giggle....
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Categories:
repetition, beauty, giggle, humor, math,
Form: Limerick
Droplets of RelativityLife moves ever forward
Every minute that passes
It changes ever so slightly
Stepping closer
Step by step
Til the steps fade out into the night
Millions of them start and end
Like droplets of rain
Eventually they evaporate
Into clouds they form
And soon they'll fall, again and again...
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Categories:
repetition, beautiful, deep, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Repetition Poems
Definition | What is Repetition in Poetry?
Poems Related to Repetition
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