Resembled Poems

The White Silence

...Seven minutes lingered, an interim of residue,
a trembling partition between continuance and conclusion.
The body rehearsed survival, a theatre of reflex and delay.
Then the stage went silent,
a ...
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Categories: resembled, absence,
Form: Free verse

When I Was a Boy

...Boyhood was a one-night stand,
So brief and unforgettable,
Full of dreams,
Sweet —like a rooftop party,
Wild and loud,
When the world several feet below,
Full of envy, shouted at us,
“Come dow...
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Categories: resembled, childhood, memory,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberA Donut's Tale

...Here's the true story of a beautiful girl.
How the sun shone on her every curl. 
Like a proud oyster's flawless, crowning pearl,  
she was admired from all around - 
the sweetest angel in the tow...
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Categories: resembled, food, silly,
Form: Rhyme

Premium Memberthe night’s hours

...The day’s hours were worn down and a sudden sunset, that
resembled a master’s painted glimpse of Valhalla, was upon
us, its majesty of deepest blue, blood red and black.

From our tenth-floor ske...
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Categories: resembled, education, gothic, humor, school,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberAfter the Static

...She smelled like ozone
and old commercials—
the kind with jingles
you didn’t know you remembered
until your mouth sang along.
Plop, plop, fizz, fizz,
oh what a weird thing she is.

S...
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Categories: resembled, humorous, imagery, imagination,
Form: Free verse


the end of everything

...The end of everything

The master of the old tank ship that resembled a schooner
sat fretting in his cabin; for twenty years, he had been
the master of the vessel, a friendship between the animat...
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Categories: resembled, age, art, books, break
Form: ABC

lost my friend to Bipolar

...JY and I met through a mutual friend in 1991.
We strucked a deal with a handsome transaction,
In which we both were in a win-win situation.
Since then, we became close friends,
Every week, she tr...
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Categories: resembled, for her, for him,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberTattoos

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Since I no longer fit in my name,
I carry it beneath my heart,
like a relic unearthed
from a dead alphabet.
It is a cracked word,
written in blue ink
on the page of a lost Bible
in my grandp...
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Categories: resembled, allah, anxiety, blessing, depression,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Nightmare - Henry Fuseli

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In vibrations of virtual whispers,
I found her under a satin sunset,
chained to an eerie entity, digging, 
its claws into her silken spirit.
Yet behind her dim eyes - I saw 
tiny flames of fuc...
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Categories: resembled, art, betrayal, lost love,
Form: Ekphrasis

Why Your Cities Burn, Part II

......Finally Gobayth came to
a devastated mountainside,
the trees and soil stripped away,
slaves cutting out blocks of great size.
They led him to a wooden hut
where several gold coins were exchan...
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Categories: resembled, anger, conflict, dark, evil,
Form: Epic

Lao Tzu: English Translations IV

...LAO TZU ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS IV

The Roots of Turbulence
by Lao Tzu, translation by Michael R. Burch

Heaviness lies at the root of lightness;
stillness begets turbulence.
Thus the nobleman he...
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Categories: resembled, courage, desire, life, peace,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberProtagonist of George Harrison

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Written: May 5th, 2025, for contest by Brian Strand

Painting by Peter Doig. A concise abstract on Abbey Road and its pivotal moment.   He subsequently produced outstanding music.   H...
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Categories: resembled, art, music,
Form: Ekphrasis

Premium MemberGrief Never Leaves You

...Grief never leaves you; memories keep loved ones close to your heart .
Quote by poet.


John and his young wife Maria had been apart for a year now,
but every week he'd drive across...
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Categories: resembled, death, memory, rose, wife,
Form: Free verse

God Help Us

...I sat there.
Stewing.
Angry at the world.
That day,
on Easter,
I had witnessed a Christian church service.

It was cult-like.

They worshiped beings,
having little proof of their existence....
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Categories: resembled, angel, anger, god, gospel,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Old Victorian House

...I dreamt about an old Victorian house that was abandoned
It was dilapidated and left vacant for years and was starting to decay
It was hidden down a long dirt driveway aligned with overgrown lilac ...
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Categories: resembled, dream, fantasy, mystery,
Form: Free verse

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