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Obsession Confession
...She shared with me her confession: "I used to have an obsession..." I saw him as a shining superstar, and believed he was good, not bad; The infatuation I had nearly drove me mad. When I opened......

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Categories: retain, crush, life, wisdom, woman,
Form: Rhyme
Matsuo Basho English Translations: Spring 1
...Matsuo Basho Haiku: English Translations of haiku about seasons, spring, rain, moon, flowers, blossoms, wind, river, etc. Blame the rainy season for my absence, old friend Moon. —Matsuo Basho, ......

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Categories: retain, flower, moon, rain, river,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Summer Perdition
...after 'Berck-Plage' by Sylvia Plath (1) A sheet of glass, this expanse of water. How its tranquillity mocks my unrest. Bloated beachballs and balloons travel the park and......

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Categories: retain, abortion, loss, summer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Echoes Reamed Out, Cleaned, Redeemed
...Time cleans out the rusty clogged drains to forget the gritty dusty details logged in echoes, stored for recall, too messy, too truthful to retain. I wonder why? 'cause the rough stuff lodges ......

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Categories: retain, cheer up, dream,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member In This Golden Cage
...In Secret Caverns, we harken to the darkness. Our headlamps’ shut off, we are anywhere, we are everywhere, it doesn’t matter where. No matches, no breeze, no breath to strike up the light, no......

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Categories: retain, introspection, silence,
Form: Verse



Premium Member Iron Veils in Shadowy Vales
... From the crag I see the path descend into the valley shrouded in the shadows of doubt, uncertainty, and fear of failure. I see a white pillar cast in regret's cold salt-stone, from which there......

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Categories: retain, angst, dedication, fear,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Whither thou goest
...Ecclesiastes 9:10 “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.” "Incentive to work well i......

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Categories: retain, death, endurance, faith, grave,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Sitting in Philosophy Class
...Attempting to think As these reasoners of Greece If I reason a thirty-secondly Of these, that'll give me peace I must admit this it is not how I get my kicks, Reading all this course m......

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Categories: retain, philosophy,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Epitome Of Afterglow
... The smoky dust screen blows away far into the halcyon horizon, the flotilla of cotton cloud sails in the concave depth of cobalt. Bowed down slender blades of cinnamon grass sway in th......

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Categories: retain, analogy, autumn, love, passion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Defeating Tyranny
...Defeating Tyranny This is how to overthrow tyranny: elections by a free people who care peaceful transfer of power alternative media outlets to counter brainwashing decreasing the size of gove......

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Categories: retain, political,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Zen mode
...holding onto last traces of ego we retain the form sconce that holds the flame the light of Self we intimately know dwelling here, love enablement its aim whereafter our soul’s no longer the sam......

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Categories: retain, life, love, self, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme Royal
Premium Member The Democratic Party really only cares about illegal aliens Q and A part one
...Q: Why did the Democrat's under the Biden/Harris administration have an "open boarder policy in the first place? A: They wanted to retain permanent control over the government by allowing i......

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Categories: retain, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose
Never have I ever
...There are so many things in life I can't do and it makes me sad. I will never know the Zeta function on the f line. I will never win a noble prize. I will never retain the entire dictionary in my voc......

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Categories: retain, age, art, bird, creation,
Form: Free verse
Written
...I’m not good with directions If they’re not in written form. My brain cannot retain them; I don’t know if that’s the norm. So whether it’s instructions For a project or a meal Or a way to get......

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Categories: retain, words, writing,
Form: Rhyme
The Perfect Storm
...A perfect storm on its treacherous course, The wonder of nature and its powerful force. In the storm's eye, it is calm and serene, It's the mayhem around that lies in between. A power unleashed......

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Categories: retain, earth, environment, natural disasters,
Form: Rhyme

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