Wakey-wakey
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some mornings before my coffee
i feel as prickly as a porcupine
and don't want anyone nearby
precious silence respectably
a most welcomed blessing
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
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Categories:
respectably, appreciation, blessing, morning, peace,
Form: Free verse
Dressing Peccably
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Shorts, gyms shoes, a sweatshirt with a hoodie
Senator John Fetterman dresses peccably
Yet unafraid to speak his mind, to call 'em as he sees 'em
He serves his co...
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Categories:
respectably, fashion, integrity, leadership,
Form: Rhyme
he dazzled my eyes out
...I had heard of cute clowns, but this was ridiculous.
Mom said, “prepare me to dazzle your eyes out.”
I had laughed, thinking she was exaggerating.
Then he walked in, and he was the epitome of cute...
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Categories:
respectably, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Light Verse
A Flower In Paradise
...A flower in paradise
There’s a lack of nostalgic golden bell,
Garden flowers in Carlsbad*, and
Even cherry blossoms in Descanso**.
In a neighbor's mini-garden
Resting is...
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Categories:
respectably, flower, retirement,
Form: Free verse
The Evil Twin, Part I
...I.
It was in the frontier town of Simmons,
in the year eighteen hundred ninety-one,
that two twin brothers, the Malcomson twins,
bought themselves a ranch that they hoped to run.
They were ide...
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Categories:
respectably, brother, corruption, drink, family,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Google Doodle Doo
...while soaring the heavenly heights
many hours ago
every major metropolis appeared
about a million miles below
the rarefied atmosphere
ideal composition beckoned angels,
wh...
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Categories:
respectably, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
A Few Words To the American Mogul
...I don’t have the financial muscle
To wrestle the American State President intellectually
If the truth be told ;
I don’t have half enough in my savings account
To ridicule the financial dry season...
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Categories:
respectably, racism,
Form: Epic
World Night Prayer
...World Night Prayer
Prayer poem
Lionel Derbyshire
This poem is respectably and politely dedicated to GOD
O God with your might
Let our night be of
Peace and rest
In every corner of
Your 7 ...
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Categories:
respectably, bible, blessing, prayer,
Form: ABC
I Went To Heaven
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I went to a beautiful Utopia heavenly,
Floating above the blue azure firmament;
I found myself in a Paradise lovely.
The angels were singing a sweet melody,
I felt bliss, rapture ...
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Categories:
respectably, heaven,
Form: Villanelle
Untitled
...One Look
Equals a double glance
Subtract the problem
Replace the stance
Tomorrow whispered this algebraic problem in life's ear
yesterday I thought you was sent to make this type of **** clear ...
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Categories:
respectably, abuse, angel, blessing, dark,
Form: I do not know?
Storied Continuum
...I am your lord and savior,
Holding thy life in the palm of my hand,
Heed my words and know I am not kind,
I shall excuse your despicably free behavior,
And teach you to die by my stern command,
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Categories:
respectably, abuse, childhood, culture, family,
Form: Epic
Who Will Cry For the Little Boy
...who will cry for the little boy?
When his innocence is no longer attached to his
soul.
who will cry for the little boy?
When he sees another little boy running alone.
who will cry for the lit...
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Categories:
respectably, adventure, home, cry, life,
Form: I do not know?
My Insignificant Snack
...Read letters to the left of the word (red) from "a" down to "y" then repeat for the word (blue)!
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With very little knowing and harmless ...
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Categories:
respectably, faith
Form: I do not know?
Life
...A child of dreams withdrawn in a state of seclusion
Trudging through with the reliance upon a hand designed delusion
Manufactured emotions man-made potions
Enclosed shores searching for an escape ...
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Categories:
respectably, inspirational, life, child,
Form: Lyric